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Swiss village cashes in as visitors pay to visit dock featured in hit K-drama ‘Crash Landing On You’
By Canadian Press on July 8th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss village has cashed in on a pay-for-entry turnstile used by avid tourists who flock each day to a lakeside dock featured in the hit South Korean Netflix series “Crash Landing On You,” often to snap souvenir photos. Local leaders in Iseltwald and tourism officials insist the village’s 406 inhabitants aren’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Herded like cattle’: Toronto’s Rogers Stadium faces crowd control test after Coldplay show
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
TORONTO — Coldplay fans appeared to experience a smoother exit from Toronto’s Rogers Stadium on Monday night, after complaints of poor crowd control following the outdoor venue’s inaugural show last week. But some concertgoers were still left feeling lucky to get out without any major incident. Leigh Marshall and Adam Archdekin said they felt they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Coldplay wraps first show, Toronto’s Rogers Stadium faces crowd control test
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
TORONTO — Hundreds of fans were streaming out of Rogers Stadium on Monday evening even before British rock band Coldplay took their final bows, trying to get out ahead of transit gridlock as organizers promised improvements to crowd control at Toronto’s newest outdoor venue. Transit and venue staff were holding signs and guiding people on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cierra Ortega exits ‘Love Island USA’ villa following backlash over resurfaced racial slur posts
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer’s “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the hit reality series is set to air on Peacock. Her departure, announced Sunday, followed weeks of uproar from viewers after old posts from Ortega resurfaced that contained a racial slur ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto’s Rogers Stadium welcomes Coldplay, with crowd control ‘adjustments’
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
TORONTO — Thousands of fans are flooding through the gates of Rogers Stadium for the first of four shows by British rock band Coldplay, as organizers say they are “making adjustments” to improve crowd control at Toronto’s newest outdoor music venue. Transit and venue staff were directing fans getting off the subway at nearby Downsview ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former ’16 and Pregnant’ star charged in man’s overdose death
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
ROME, Ga. (AP) — A woman who appeared on MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” was arrested Monday in Georgia on charges including involuntary manslaughter related to a man’s death by fentanyl poisoning earlier this year. Whitney Purvis, 33, was being held without bond in the Floyd County Jail in Rome, Georgia, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron says he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
AP Entertainment Writer (AP) — Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron said Monday that he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years. The 62-year-old Cameron announced his departure in a social media post. “After 27 fantastic years, I have taken my final steps down the drum riser for the mighty Pearl Jam,” Cameron said. “Much love ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot Docs veteran programming directors Heather Haynes, Elizabeth Radshaw step down
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
TORONTO — Two veteran staff members of the Hot Docs film festival have left the beleaguered documentary organization. The festival confirmed Monday that director of programming Heather Haynes and director of industry programs Elizabeth Radshaw have both departed. Haynes, who was promoted last year, had been with Hot Docs for two decades, while Radshaw had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBC News anchor Travis Dhanraj says he was ‘forced’ to resign from broadcaster
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
TORONTO — Longtime TV journalist Travis Dhanraj says he’s been “forced to resign” from CBC News. The former host of “Canada Tonight” announced his departure in an email to CBC staff that alleges a culture of “retaliation, exclusion, and psychological harm.” Dhanraj stepped back from CBC News Network’s prime-time program last fall, less than a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ayissi fuses African tradition and Parisian craft with bold flower forms at fall couture show
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Beneath an opulent chandelier in a sunlit salon, Imane Ayissi’s fall couture show once again fused African tradition with Parisian craft. Monday’s running motif was the flower, explored in bold, distinct ways. In one of the most striking looks, the model’s entire upper body was transformed into a sculpture of giant vermillion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Among couture’s last independents, Iris Van Herpen unveils ‘living’ algae dress in Paris
By Canadian Press on July 7th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — For years, Dutch wunderkind and celebrity favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge — not just with boundary-pushing designs conjured from banana leaves, cocoa beans and 3D-printed polymers, but also by standing apart as one of couture’s rare independents. Blurring the lines between biology, art and design, Van Herpen has built ... Read More »
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