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Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also secretly hoped to play that geisha-like image to win our way out of our oppression. But over the years, some of us grew to resent it, fight it and reject it, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 27-May 3
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 27-May 3: April 27: Singer Kate Pierson of The B-52′s is 77. Singer Herbie Murrell of The Stylistics is 76. Actor Douglas Sheehan (“Knots Landing”) is 76. Guitarist Ace Frehley (Kiss) is 74. Singer Sheena Easton is 66. Actor James Le Gros (“Ally McBeal”) is 63. Bassist Rob ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Edmonton Fringe festival’s porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
EDMONTON — One of North America’s largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that lets donors “adopt” and then name a portable toilet has helped prevent the event from getting dumped. The executive director of the Edmonton Fringe Festival says the cost of most of its porta-potties, set to be erected across streets and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Sinners’ surges past ‘Minecraft’ to lead box office
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” led by twin Michael B. Jordans, proved a bloody exception to modern movie rules, launching with $45.6 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Sinners,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zimbabwe’s stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AP) — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant woman. These stone sculptures from Zimbabwe will take center stage at an upcoming exhibition at Oxford University in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort’s biggest bang yet in Florida
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein’s monster, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest and largest theme park in Florida. With five distinctively-themed sections and a 500-room hotel, the multibillion-dollar Universal Epic Universe is slated to open to the public on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian drummer arrested on child sexual abuse material charges in California
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Seiders, drummer for Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse materials, authorities said. Seiders, 44, is accused of recording young boys with his phone at a Chick-fil-A restaurant bathroom in Palm Desert, California, according to the local sheriff’s department. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jacob Elordi talks weight loss and on-screen romance for ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Jacob Elordi is gearing up for another busy year. He’ll soon be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s much-anticipated “Frankenstein” and is currently filming Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” But during a recent interview in Berlin, Elordi, complete with wild curly Heathcliff hair and sideburns, had his TV series “The Narrow Road to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keri Hilson’s ‘We Need to Talk’ marks her return to music after a 15-year absence
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Keri Hilson put out an album, Barack Obama was in the second year of his first term as U.S. president, the iPad was released and Instagram was brand new. “On some days, I’m like that was just a blink away. But for the most part, yeah, it feels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge denies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ request to delay May 5 trial
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs will proceed as scheduled in early May despite his lawyer’s claims that they need an extra two months to prepare, a judge said Friday. Judge Arun Subramanian said at a Manhattan federal court hearing that the hip-hop mogul’s trial, projected to last from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by The Associated Press that he take further steps to enforce his order last week that the White House stop blocking AP’s access to cover events because the outlet won’t rename the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, ... Read More »
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