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Chandler Levack’s debut TIFF feature won over Adam Sandler, landed her a Netflix film
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
TORONTO — Chandler Levack is winding up a summer she’ll never forget, thanks to a call from Adam Sandler. The Toronto filmmaker says the “Happy Gilmore” star got in touch earlier this year, professing he was a big fan of her 2022 debut feature “I Like Movies.” He asked if she would direct his next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TIFF kicks off 50th edition with world premiere of John Candy documentary
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
TORONTO — The 50th Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today with the world premiere of “John Candy: I Like Me,” a documentary celebrating the late Canadian comedian. Candy’s family will walk the red carpet alongside the opening-night film’s executive producer Ryan Reynolds, and director Colin Hanks. Over the next 11 days, Toronto will welcome ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It makes people want to read’: Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
EDMONTON — An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn’t appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores. Kelly Dyer with Audreys Books in Edmonton said the store has noticed a jump in sales since July, when the province announced the ban on books with explicit sexual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s last surviving child, dies at 97
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who was inspired by his father to spend years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, died Tuesday at age 97. Hemingway, the second of the author’s three sons, died at his home in Bozeman, Montana, his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Publisher agrees to changes in Virginia Giuffre’s memoir after family objections
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre says it has agreed on a final draft with family members after they publicly objected to the book’s release. Surviving relatives of Giuffre had worried that “Nobody’s Girl” presented an outdated and unduly positive portrait of her marriage, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: In ‘The Baltimorons,’ emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
There are all kinds of movies that are either endangered or practically extinct. The big-studio comedy. The original musical. But the sweet and shaggy regular-people movie — more a province of the 1970s, always one that required a little hunting down — is a particularly rare breed. “Baltimorons” is one of those little movies you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Learn about the 5 people who’ve pleaded guilty in connection with Matthew Perry’s death
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just over a year ago, federal authorities announced that five people had been charged in connection with the ketamine overdose death of Matthew Perry. All five have now pleaded guilty, including the personal assistant of the “Friends” star, an old acquaintance, two doctors and an admitted drug dealer. All will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The ‘Superman’ sequel, ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ will arrive summer 2027
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Up, up and away! A “Superman” sequel is in the works. Writer-director James Gunn, who now presides over DC Studios with producer Peter Safran, shared on Instagram Wednesday that a new film, called “Man of Tomorrow,” will arrive in theaters July 9, 2027. His post included an image of Superman and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
August saw the death of Stella Rimington, the first female head of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency. Over the course of her time at MI5, Rimington overcame gender barriers and worked in each of the domestic security service’s operational branches. She was also the inspiration for for Judi Dench’s portrayal of MI6 chief M in seven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative news network Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying Fox has sought to maintain its market dominance through intimidation and exclusionary business practices designed to stifle competition. Fox has sought to block television distributors from carrying Newsmax or minimize its exposure, pressured guests not to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BLM co-founder debuts homeless youth documentary as Trump sweeps encampments in DC
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
Artist and author Patrisse Cullors, best known for her role in co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement more than a decade ago, says she has written a love letter to a younger version of herself who knew what it was like to be homeless and seeking care from inadequate systems. With the documentary “Close to ... Read More »
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