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Frida Kahlo self-portrait could shatter auction record among female artists
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York. With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La cama)” – in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — may surpass the top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel, 52, declined to address the court before U.S. District ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump steps up attacks on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, says network should ‘get the bum off the air’
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against ABC and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, urging the network to “get the bum off the air” in a social media post sent shortly after the comic’s latest episode ended. The president this week had also expressed anger at the network’s chief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italian prosecutors investigate luxury group Tod’s for labor abuses, seek ad ban
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors have placed luxury group Tod’s and three of its executives under investigation for suspected labor abuses and exploitation, judicial documents showed on Thursday. According to the documents, seen by The Associated Press, Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari has also requested a six-month ban on the company’s advertising, with a hearing on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Not everyone sees the new Cancon rules as a win. Five takeaways from CRTC’s decision
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
An overhaul by the federal regulator of how Canadian content is defined has been met with mixed reaction from some of the country’s biggest film and TV players this week. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued its long-awaited expansion of the range of creative roles that qualify a film or TV show as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!And… cut! Nevada lawmakers narrowly reject plan to lure movie projects to Vegas
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) — That’s a wrap on a pitch to bring more movie productions to Nevada. A union-backed effort to offer millions in tax credits failed by one vote as the Nevada Legislature’s weeklong special session concluded Wednesday. The failure of the controversial film tax proposal is a loss for both Republican Gov. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63. His former Stone Roses bandmate, Ian Brown, confirmed the death of Mounfield, who was better known by his fans as Mani, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sony, Warner and Universal sign AI music licensing deals with startup Klay
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the technology is shaking up the music industry ’s business model. Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wax Diana in ‘revenge dress’ is unveiled in Paris decades after her death in the city
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Princess Diana returned to Paris in wax Thursday as one of Europe’s oldest wax museums unveiled a new figure of the British royal in the so-called “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The statue was ordered in Paris after the director of the Grevin Museum visited London and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Omar El Akkad wins U.S. National Book Award for ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, including Egyptian-Canadian novelist-journalist Omar El Akkad. The writer, who now lives in Oregon, received the non-fiction award for his fierce indictment of the contemporary West, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.” El Akkad told the gathering in New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Brendan Fraser is a middling actor with a winning heart in sweet drama ‘Rental Family’
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
It sounds rather like a mixed compliment to say of an actor that he’s persuasive at playing, well, a mediocre actor. But then, this is Brendan Fraser we’re talking about. The man seems to become more emphatically human with each role, each passing year, each new wrinkle. And what’s more human, or at least more ... Read More »
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