May 27th, 2025

Entertainment News

What to know about Kid Cudi, the rapper testifying at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

By Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Kid Cudi is the latest celebrity being called to testify at Sean “Diddy” Combs ′ sex trafficking trial in New York. The popular melodic rapper is expected to take the stand Thursday and tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. According ... Read More »

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Before the word ‘transgender’ existed, there was Bambi, the dazzling Parisian icon

By Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2025

PARIS (AP) — The moment that changed queer history occurred on a sweltering summer day in early 1950s Algeria. An effeminate teenage boy named Jean-Pierre Pruvot stood mesmerized as traffic halted and crowds swarmed around a scandalous spectacle unfolding in the conservative Algiers streets. All had stopped to look at Coccinelle, the flamboyant “transvestite” star ... Read More »

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Kermit the Frog to deliver commencement address at the University of Maryland graduation

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kermit the Frog knows it’s not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncertainty and political turmoil. Members of the University of Maryland’s class of 2025 will receive their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious ... Read More »

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What to know about Kid Cudi, the rapper testifying against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Kid Cudi is the latest celebrity being called to testify at Sean “Diddy” Combs ′ sex trafficking trial in New York. The popular melodic rapper is expected to take the stand Thursday and tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. According ... Read More »

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Rapper Kid Cudi to testify at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial Thursday

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after one of the music mogul’s ex-aides finishes telling the jury about the threatening world he recalls encountering when he worked for Combs. Cudi’s turn on the witness stand will come immediately after George Kaplan, a ... Read More »

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Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case, allowing him to start world tour

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The decision by a London judge to grant bail will allow Brown to launch a world tour next month ... Read More »

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Kim Kardashian dons a graduation cap and marches closer to becoming a lawyer

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Kim Kardashian is a step closer to following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a lawyer. She has completed a legal apprenticeship and is now eligible to take the California bar exam, her representative confirmed Wednesday. The entrepreneur and reality TV star posted an Instagram Story from a small private ... Read More »

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Ex-assistant tells of cleaning up booze, drugs and baby oil after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex marathons

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ one-time personal assistant testified Wednesday that he was in charge of cleaning up hotel rooms after the hip-hop mogul’s sex marathons — tossing out empty alcohol bottles, baby oil and drugs, tidying pillows and making it look as if nothing had happened. An implied part of the ... Read More »

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Fictional fiction: A newspaper’s summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional. The content distributor King Features says it has fired a writer who used artificial intelligence to produce a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn’t exist. The list ... Read More »

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Member of Irish rap trio Kneecap charged with a terror offense in the UK

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

LONDON (AP) — British police on Wednesday charged a member of Irish hip-hop group Kneecap with a terrorism offense for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert. The Metropolitan Police force said Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, was charged under the Terrorism Act with displaying a flag in support a proscribed organization. The alleged ... Read More »

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TVA Group cuts 30 jobs in TV division as CEO lobs blame at rivals, regulators

By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025

MONTREAL — TVA Group says it is cutting about 30 jobs as a slew of pressures from competitors and a lack of federal government and regulator support challenge the business. The Quebecor Media subsidiary says the cuts mainly hit its television division, which saw two overhauls in recent years that halved the company’s workforce. TVA ... Read More »

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