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Family Channel closure saddens fans, including many grownups
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
Korie Heartz grew up with the Family Channel just like her mother, who also watched the iconic station’s shows during her own childhood. She said she hoped her own children would be the third generation in the family to enjoy the series, dramas, and programs that the television channel aired for Canadian teens and children ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 7-13
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 7-13: Sept. 7: Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 95. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 82. Actor Susan Blakely (“The Towering Inferno,” ″The Concorde: Airport ’79″) is 77. Actor Julie Kavner (“The Simpsons”) is 75. Singer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is 74. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halsey bids big and Colman Domingo hosts Venice amfAR gala
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
VENICE (AP) — Singer Halsey bid for the top lot at the amfAR Venezia fundraiser Sunday and spoke on the red carpet about how the charitable foundation’s work has helped her personally. Hosted by an impassioned Colman Domingo in a bright green custom Valentino jacket, the event took place at the Arsenale during the Venice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How to draw every president and first lady in 4 steps
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hutton starts every White House portrait with an egg-shaped frame. He adds a nose, mouth, eyes and eyebrows, then outlines the face, guided by a series of horizontal and vertical lines through the oval. Hair comes next, followed by the neck and shoulders to add definition and make his paper renderings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man is found dead at annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, a sheriff’s office says
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
RENO, Nevada (AP) — A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a homicide at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities say. Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (175 kilometers) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Weapons’ regains the top spot as the summer box office winds down
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Weapons” found its way back on top during the Labor Day weekend, culminating a summer box office that’s likely to fall right below meeting last year’s earnings. Zach Cregger’s horror proved its staying power as a late-summer viral success and regained the top spot after last weekend saw “Kpop Demon Hunters” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The success of AI music creators sparks debate on future of music industry
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot. McCann’s songs span a range of genres, from indie-pop to electro-soul to country-rap. There’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look back at 50 years of foibles, gaffes and triumphs at TIFF
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival turns 50 this year, marking a half-century of triumphs, gaffes and a fair number of famous foibles. Here’s a look at the festival’s evolution and the big events that helped shaped it. 1976 — TIFF debuts as the Festival of Festivals, launched by the late Bill Marshall, late ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves
By Canadian Press on August 30th, 2025
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and live human voices at the apex predators to shoo them away from cattle in an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jude Law debuts portrayal of Vladimir Putin in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ at Venice Film Festival
By Canadian Press on August 30th, 2025
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin for Olivier Assayas’ “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which has its world premiere Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli’s bestselling book of the same name, an account of the Russian President’s rise to power alongside a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johannson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves
By Canadian Press on August 30th, 2025
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones. But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they’re using them to blast AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips and live human voices at the apex predators to shoo them away from cattle in an ... Read More »
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