July 5th, 2025

Entertainment News

Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial but is told to keep deliberating

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul but was stuck on the top charge, racketeering conspiracy. But the outcome of any of the charges was not yet clear. The judge told the ... Read More »

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Jury reaches verdict on 4 of 5 counts in Diddy trial, judge indicates they’ll keep deliberating

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul and was unable to reach a decision on the top charge, racketeering conspiracy. The judge indicated that he would instruct the jury to continue weighing ... Read More »

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What the key witnesses at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial told the jury

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial heard testimony from 34 witnesses over the last seven weeks. They included Combs’ ex-girlfriends Cassie and Jane, who said he forced them into drug-fueled sex marathons they called “freak-offs” and “hotel nights,” a sex worker they knew as “The Punisher,” personal ... Read More »

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Movie Review: In ‘Heads of State,’ a buddy comedy with statesmen

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

Say what you will about the Idris Elba-John Cena vehicle “Heads of State,” but it’s surely the first buddy comedy about the fraying bonds of NATO. The potential collapse of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization plays a surprisingly pivotal role in this fitfully diverting, for-background-noise-only, straight-to-streaming movie. Elba plays the embattled British Prime Minister Sam ... Read More »

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Jury deliberating at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial asks to review Cassie’s testimony

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial asked Tuesday to review critical testimony from one of the prosecution’s most important witnesses: the hip-hop mogul’s former longtime girlfriend Cassie. Jurors requested the testimony about 75 minutes into their second day of weighing charges that Combs used his fame, ... Read More »

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BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour. Members Jin, RM, V, Jimin, J-Hope, Jung Kook and Suga made the announcement Tuesday during a livestream on Weverse, an online fan platform owned by BTS management company Hybe. ... Read More »

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2025’s best movies (so far) include ‘Sinners,’ ‘Sorry Baby’ and ‘One of Them Days’

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

Often the best movies of the second half of the year come almost preordained as the Oscars Industrial Complex revs into high gear. The first half, though, can offer more of a thrill of discovery. The first six months of 2025 have offered plenty of that, including indie gems, comedy breakouts and sensational filmmaking debuts. ... Read More »

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Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan says it’s being targeted for speaking up about Gaza at Glastonbury

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan on Tuesday rejected claims of antisemitism over onstage comments at the Glastonbury Festival that triggered a police investigation and sparked criticism from politicians, the BBC and festival organizers. The band said in a statement that it was being “targeted for speaking up” about the war in Gaza. Police ... Read More »

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‘Jurassic World’ needed a restart. Steven Spielberg knew who to call

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — EXT JUNGLE NIGHT An eyeball, big, yellowish, distinctly inhuman, stares raptly between wooden slats, part of a large crate. The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp’s script to 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” Like much of Koepp’s writing, it’s crisply terse and intensely visual. It ... Read More »

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Bob Vylan rejects criticism and says it’s being targeted for speaking up about Gaza at Glastonbury

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan on Tuesday rejected claims of antisemitism over onstage comments at the Glastonbury Festival that triggered a police investigation and sparked criticism from politicians, the BBC and festival organizers. The band said in a statement that it was being “targeted for speaking up” about the war in Gaza. Police ... Read More »

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Royal train will end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economize

By Canadian Press on July 1st, 2025

LONDON (AP) — The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have needed a significant upgrade for more advanced rail systems, Buckingham Palace said ... Read More »

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