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Movie Review: The villains steal the show in âThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsâ
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy â60s-era romp, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism. Though the Fantastic Four go to the very origins of Marvel Comics, their movie forays ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democrats, over Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) â Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, is lashing out against Democratic âelitesâ and others over the way he says his father was treated during last year’s presidential campaign. Hunter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US says it’s leaving UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
United Nations (AP) â The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from international organizations. The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO comes two years after the Biden administration rejoined following a controversial, five-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colbert jokes about ‘cancel culture’ and has a very pointed message for President Donald Trump
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
Stephen Colbert returned for his first full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his âLate Showâ with some supportive late-night guests, a joke about cancel culture and an extremely pointed remark directed at President Donald Trump. âI’m going to go ahead and say it: Cancel culture’s gone way too far,â Colbert said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Washington Black’ is the show that could, just like its main character
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
LONDON (AP) â âWashington Blackâ just seemed destined for a screen adaptation. The 2018 novel by Canadian writer Esi Edugyan caught actor Sterling K. Brownâs eye. As he put the wheels in motion, things just started to line up in a most un-Hollywood fashion â so much so that Brown started to believe strongly the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Nino,’ ‘The Hen’ and other avant-garde films that TIFF programmers are obsessed with
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
TORONTO â A French film about a young man facing a devastating diagnosis and a portrait of humanity from the perspective of a chicken are among the movies in the Toronto International Film Festival’s competitive Platform program. TIFF announced contenders for the $20,000 prize on Tuesday ahead of the festival’s 50th edition in September. It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden accuses George Clooney of undermining his father in 2024 presidential election
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) â Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter isn’t hiding his feelings about actor and Democratic Party donor George Clooney’s decision to call on the elder Biden to abandon his 2024 reelection bid. In a rare online interview, Hunter Biden used a string of expletives to describe Clooney when discussing the actor with Andrew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Weeknd and Shakira will headline Global Citizen Festival supporting energy access and the Amazon
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â The Weeknd and Shakira â two of the world’s biggest touring artists â will headline this fall’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park, supporting campaigns to improve energy access across Africa and defend the Amazon against deforestation. Global Citizen announced Tuesday that the pop stars behind such hits as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venice Film Festival lineup features Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone and Dwayne Johnson
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this yearâs Venice International Film Festival. Organizers on Tuesday unveiled the starry lineup for its 82nd edition, which kicks off a busy fall film festival season in August. Two years after launching âPoor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US says it’s leaving UN cultural agency UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
PARIS (AP) â The United States announced Tuesday it will again pull out of the U.N.âs educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias, only two years after rejoining. This will be the third time that the United States leaves UNESCO, which is based in Paris, and the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney version of ‘Washington Black’ roots tale in Nova Scotia, expands world of side characters
By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025
TORONTO â Esi Edugyan says Disney Plusâs take on her acclaimed historical novel âWashington Blackâ will surprise anyone familiar with the sprawling coming-of-age tale. There are significant changes to the hero and his relationships, wholly invented scenes and entirely new characters inserted by showrunners and executive producers Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Kimberly Ann Harrison. Edugyan ... Read More »
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