By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow was interested in the U.S. nuclear stockpile: Who was guarding it? What would happen if a missile strike was imminent? And who would be making the decisions about what to do? Her new film “A House of Dynamite” takes audiences into those guarded rooms as U.S. government officials and ... Read More »
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is in full swing with a starry batch of awards season hopefuls arriving in Italy for glamorous premieres and discussions about their films. Emily Blunt, Amanda Seyfried and Dwayne Johnson are just some of the stars who have new films premiering at the Venice festival, which runs ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue — but the most powerful person in the business isn’t going anywhere. Wintour, 75, remains chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of American Vogue and ... Read More »
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PARIS (AP) — French movie star Gérard Depardieu was summoned to trial before a criminal court in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault against actor Charlotte Arnould. “I feel relieved,” Arnould wrote on Instagram on Tuesday after receiving the investigating judge’s indictment order. “The order restores a form of judicial truth. I think ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Don’t be surprised if you stumble across dance-pop performer Kiesza on the stage of your local comedy club. The chart-topping “Hideaway” singer says she was bitten by the comedy bug after talk show host Ellen DeGeneres asked her to be the opener on her retirement tour. Kiesza set the tone for DeGeneres’ Toronto ... Read More »
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TORONTO — At the Toronto International Film Festival, you never quite know what you’ll get: a tearful standing ovation, a chance encounter with a movie star in a dive bar or a bizarre screening mishap that becomes the stuff of legend. Filmmakers, programmers and industry insiders have seen it all — and ahead of the ... Read More »
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow tackles geopolitics in her new film “A House of Dynamite,” which has its world premiere on Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival. The film is about an imminent missile strike on the U.S., from an unknown aggressor, and how the White House responds. “I grew up in an era ... Read More »
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MIAMI (AP) — Cindy Eggleton has always believed in the power of a story. But the CEO and co-founder of Brilliant Cities, a Detroit-based early childhood development nonprofit that supports learning in underserved communities, never expected someone to tell hers. And definitely not in a sleek documentary with a slick soundtrack and plenty of images ... Read More »
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TORONTO — Prolific Canadian actor Graham Greene, who earlier this year received a Governor General’s award for lifetime artistic achievement, has died. Greene’s management team said he died on Monday in Stratford, Ont., after a long illness. He was 73. Greene was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role of “Kicking Bird” in the ... Read More »
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TORON-NI — Prolific Canadian actor Graham Greene, who earlier this year received a Governor General’s award for lifetime artistic achievement, has died. Greene’s manager Gerry Jordan said Greene died on Monday in Stratford, Ont., of natural causes. He was 73. Greene received an Oscar nomination for his role in the 1990 film “Dances With Wolves.” ... Read More »
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AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images of celebrities on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival. ___ AP photography: https://apnews.com/photography The Associated Press... Read More »
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