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Sundance Film Festival to name 2026 award winners
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The juries of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival will be announcing this year’s award winners Friday morning in Park City, Utah. Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs are the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition, where titles include Beth De Araújo’s “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday. It was not immediately clear what charge or charges Lemon was facing in the Jan. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Westminster dog show is turning 150. Here’s what has – and hasn’t – changed over time
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — When some Gilded Age gentleman hunters organized a New York event to compare their dogs, could they have imagined that people would someday call it the World Series of dogdom or the Super Bowl of dog shows? Of course they couldn’t. The World Series and the Super Bowl didn’t exist. Nor, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams said Thursday night at the Recording Academy’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SummaryBrief-Entertainment
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
— Melania Trump’s documentary premières at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is capping her first year after becoming first lady again with the global release of a documentary about the 20 days before she and President Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Kennedy Center in Washington ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Katseye, Addison Rae, Lola Young and more light up pre-Grammy Spotify showcase
By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leon Thomas and Olivia Dean brought soul, global girl group Katseye and Addison Rae performed electric pop and Lola Young made a triumphant return to the stage. Those acts, alongside The Marías, sombr and Alex Warren, make up the 2026 Grammys’ best new artist nominees and were the headliners of Spotify’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!).” Now Parliament-Funkadelic is going orchestral. The Detroit Opera will showcase some of funk maestro George Clinton ‘s and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Sundance Film Festival’s big moments and breakout movies
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The last Sundance Film Festival in Utah is drawing to a close this weekend. The Park City gathering was a wistful farewell to the place Robert Redford’s brainchild has called home for over 40 years and launched so many careers. Although the festival isn’t ending — it will start anew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TV hit Heated Rivalry reflects Canadian values as LGBTQ rights threatened: Carney
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Canadian TV show about two professional hockey players who fall in love reflects Canadian values in a world where LGBTQ rights are under threat, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. “The world knows that Shane and Ilya are rising hockey stars who fall for each other as they face off in one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heated Rivalry creators defend Online Streaming Act in Ottawa
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
OTTAWA — The people behind the hit Canadian TV show “Heated Rivalry” defended the Online Streaming Act — which the U.S. has identified as a trade irritant — at a Canadian media production industry conference in Ottawa on Thursday. “People have got to negotiate the way they’ve got to negotiate, but I think it would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In ‘A Poet,’ a Colombian farce of literary failure and stubborn belief
By Canadian Press on January 29th, 2026
In Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet,” Oscár Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a failed Columbian writer who keeps a photo of the author José Asunción Silva above his mantle. Silva died at age 30, and even Oscár would admit his own career would be a lot better if he had died young, too. Mid-aged in Medellín, ... Read More »
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