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Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans. PEN America’s “Banned in the USA,” released Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy police seize 21 suspected forged Salvador Dali artworks after show opens in Parma
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
ROME (AP) — Italy’s art police on Wednesday seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador DalĂ on suspicion they were forgeries, after being tipped off by the Surrealist’s foundation in Spain about suspected anomalies in the works. The works were part of an exhibition, “Salvador DalĂ, tra arte e mito” (Salvador DalĂ, between art and myth”) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stratford Festival names Jonathan Church as its next artistic director
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
TORONTO — The Stratford Festival has named Jonathan Church as its next artistic director. The festival says he will succeed Antoni Cimolino, who recently announced that 2026 will be his final season in the role. Church has been signed for an initial term of five years and officially assumes the role of artistic director on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Books on corporate consolidation, intimate partner violence vie for Balsillie Prize
By Canadian Press on October 1st, 2025
TORONTO — Authors of books on corporate consolidation and intimate partner violence are among the finalists for an increased Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Writers’ Trust of Canada says this year’s winner will get $70,000, up from $60,000, in recognition of the prize’s 5th anniversary. Runners-up will get $7,500, up from $5,000. The annual award ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tyrese Gibson failed to turn himself in following arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police say
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
Tyrese Gibson failed to turn himself in to police after an arrest warrant was issued because his four Cane Corso dogs mauled and killed a neighbor’s dog in Georgia in mid-September, police said Tuesday. The warrant for cruelty to animals issued for the “Fast & Furious” actor is part of an “ongoing issue” following multiple ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show will be a landmark moment for Puerto Rico
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds wore maga flowers and “pavas” — straw hats traditionally worn by jĂbaros, Puerto Rican rural farmers. They drank Medalla beer and danced salsa. Over the course of a 31-date residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Bad Bunny worked a miracle, inspiring patriotism in the hearts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Courrèges show brings futuristic minimalism to Paris Fashion Week
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Equestrian met beekeeper on Tuesday at Courrèges, where Nicolas Di Felice turned a helmet-veil silhouette into a recurring motif inside the Carreau du Temple in Paris’ Marais. The Belgian designer has made a career of reviving the once space-age house with a club-ready edge, and this spring at Paris Fashion Week was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Helen Mirren opens Stella McCartney’s activist, cruelty-free Paris runway
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Inside the Centre Pompidou, Helen Mirren opened Stella McCartney ’s Paris Fashion Week show with a spoken rendition of The Beatles ’ “Come Together.” Less performance than manifesto, it set the tone for a Tuesday night collection framed around humanity, animals and Mother Earth. McCartney has long been ahead of the curve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nicole Kidman files for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage. Kidman petitioned on Tuesday to end the marriage in a Nashville court. The filing states the marriage “suffered irreconcilable differences.” The 58-year-old Oscar-winning actor and the 57-year-old Grammy-winning country singer, both raised in Australia, met in 2005 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘AI actor’ Tilly Norwood stirs outrage in Hollywood
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Like thousands of actors, Tilly Norwood is looking for a Hollywood agent. But unlike most young performers aspiring to make it in the film industry, Tilly Norwood is an entirely artificial intelligence-made character. Norwood, dubbed Hollywood’s first “AI actor,” is the product of a company named Xicoia, which bills itself as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beloved ‘Reading Rainbow’ returns after nearly 20 years with new host Mychal Threets
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
After nearly 20 years, the beloved, long-running children’s series “Reading Rainbow” is back, this time on the KidZuko YouTube channel. The first of four episodes hosted by Mychal Threets, a librarian and literacy advocate, will be released Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The others will drop on subsequent Saturdays at the same time. Adam DeVine, ... Read More »
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