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UNESCO gives a shout-out to Switzerland’s yodeling by adding it to list of cultural heritage
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a list of the world’s cultural heritage. A committee of Paris-based UNESCO, meeting in New Delhi, on Thursday listed yodeling in its list of intangible cultural heritage. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Death, family and Christmas in Kate Winslet’s directorial debut ‘Goodbye June’
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a pretty extraordinary maternal gesture, directing, producing and starring in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote, “Goodbye June,” which is in limited release this weekend and streaming on Netflix Dec. 24. While it might be worth pointing out that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here are 10 TV shows from 2025 to catch up on before it’s 2026
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
If you’d rather stay in than brave the elements or deal with holiday crowds, it’s a great time to catch up on the year’s standout television shows. A number of titles got people watching and also talking. In no particular order, here are 10 shows that broke out in 2025. “Dept. Q” When it comes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ rarities are in Lawrence Kasdan’s university archive
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Researchers, documentary filmmakers and others will soon be able to get their hands on screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan’s papers at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Archivists are about a quarter of the way through cataloging the 150-plus boxes of material that document the 76-year-old filmmaker’s role in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday. The agreement makes the Walt Disney Co. the first major content licensing partner for Sora, which uses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One of the world’s most-visited museums plans an extension in an industrial Dutch city
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The landmark Dutch museum that holds some of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer announced Thursday that it is planning a new branch in the southern city of Eindhoven to give more people access to its vast trove of art and artifacts. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rare Dom Pérignon champagne from Charles and Diana’s wedding to be auctioned in Denmark
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
LYNGBY, Denmark (AP) — It was a wedding that captivated the world — in 1981, Lady Diana Spencer said “I will” to Prince Charles, becoming Princess of Wales and bringing youth and glamour to Britain’s royal family. More than 40 years after the wedding and many years after the marriage fell apart, royal fans will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Tramell Tillman, the ‘Severance’ star who is very much connecting
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Tramell Tillman didn’t dream of being an actor when he was growing up. He yearned to be a storm chaser. “I wanted to follow tornadoes. I wanted to study hurricanes. I wanted to see volcanoes up close. I wanted to experience an earthquake,” he says. There was something about the power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Chase Sui Wonders’ Harvard astrophysics detour led her to Hollywood
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — You don’t need to major in astrophysics at Harvard to become an actor — but it doesn’t necessarily hurt, either. “I thought that’s what you go there to do. It’s like why are you paying all this money to go to this fancy school if you’re not going to study a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Danny Ramirez’s entrance into Hollywood began on the soccer field
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Danny Ramirez looks back at the starting point of his acting career, it feels as if the universe, in its own unique way, had chosen a soccer field to mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next. “I always say that the universe is the best ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK police hunt suspects after 600 items relating to the British Empire are stolen from a museum
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — More than 600 artifacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from the collection of Bristol Museum, police said Thursday as they released images of four suspects. The Avon and Somerset Police force said the items with “significant cultural value” were taken from a storage building ... Read More »
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