December 22nd, 2024

Entertainment News

The Body Shop Canada’s buyer will have to find ways to draw shoppers in: experts

By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024

TORONTO – Retail consultants say The Body Shop Canada’s expected buyer has plenty of work to do, if it wants to reinvigorate the brand. The purchaser is an affiliate of Markham, Ont.-based Serruya Private Equity Inc., which is led by the co-founder of Yogen Früz and has invested in St. Louis Bar and Grill, Second ... Read More »

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In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see

By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He tells them to photograph a white person, a Black person, an Asian person and an Indian person. “And,” he adds, “I want you to ask them how they want to be represented.” Before Ross was a photographer, a ... Read More »

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Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

By Michelle L. Price And David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the year. The honors for the businessman-turned-politician are a measure of Trump’s remarkable comeback from an ostracized former president who refused to accept ... Read More »

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Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and is ringing the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

By Michelle L. Price And David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump will ring the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the year. The honors for the businessman-turned-politician are a measure of Trump’s remarkable comeback from an ostracized former president who refused to ... Read More »

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Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco

By The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it’s being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated performer announced she was off the market in an Instagram post Wednesday of her ring and an embrace with her fiancé, with the caption “Forever begins now.” Celebrity fans sent ... Read More »

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Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell

By Michelle L. Price And David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime. On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was ... Read More »

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Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year, will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell

By Michelle L. Price And David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime. On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was ... Read More »

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Trump will be honored as Time’s Person of the Year and ring the New York Stock Exchange bell

By Michelle L. Price And David Bauder, The Associated Press on December 12th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime. On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and be recognized by ... Read More »

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New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens

By Charlotte Graham-mclay, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2024

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A New Zealand immigration official has overturned a ban on the U.S. conservative political commentator Candace Owens entering the country, citing “the importance of free speech,” a spokesperson for the official said Thursday. Owens is scheduled to speak at events in several Australian cities and in Auckland, New Zealand, in ... Read More »

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Southern California forecast of cool temps, calm winds to help firefighters battle Malibu blaze

By Christopher Weber, Jae C. Hong And Gabriela Aoun Angueira, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – Cooler temperatures, calmer winds and a chance of rainfall in Southern California this week are forecast to help firefighters as they battle a wind-driven blaze in steep, rugged terrain that’s driven thousands, including celebrities, from their homes in Malibu. The weather improved so much Wednesday that meteorologists said all red flag ... Read More »

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Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn are sued by the personal chef they fired

By The Associated Press on December 11th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – Woody Allen ‘s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserves and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the wounds” by saying they didn’t like his cooking. Allen and Soon-Yi Previn “simply decided ... Read More »

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