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CNN found guilty in Florida trial of libeling Navy veteran in Afghan story
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
A Florida jury on Friday found CNN guilty of libeling a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country. The jury in Panama City, Florida, deliberated for more than eight hours starting Thursday before ruling in favor of Zachary Young, who blamed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voice of America is required by law to report the news accurately. Could Donald Trump change that?
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — It’s called the Voice of America — a storied news outlet that has promised “the truth” since it first broadcast stories about democracy into Nazi Germany during World War II. Now, it’s the voice of a country in which a majority of voters chose incoming presidentDonald Trump, a man famous for insistingthe ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beyoncé at the Grammys: A timeline of the most-awarded artist’s historic run
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Give Beyoncé a record and she’ll break it. When the 2025 Grammy Award nominations were announced, her genre-defying album “Cowboy Carter” led the nominations with 11. That brought Beyoncé’s career total nominations to a whopping 99, making her the most nominated artist in Grammys history. Another amazing feat: “Cowboy Carter” tied ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japanese TV network to open independent probe into alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity host
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s Fuji Television network announced plans on Friday for an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one of the country’s top celebrities and company officials’ suspected involvement. Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the SMAP boy band who is now a popular TV host at the network, has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa. “We have here perhaps the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PHOTO COLLECTION: Joan Plowright Obit
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors. The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day, surrounded by her loved ones. “She enjoyed a long and illustrious career across theatre, film and TV over seven decades until blindness made her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paul Gross, Martha Burns on bringing real-life marital history to ‘Virginia Woolf’
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
TORONTO — Being married is not a prerequisite to portraying the tortured couples at the heart of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” but Paul Gross and Martha Burns certainly see the advantage of being able to draw on their own longtime union in order to inhabit the stormy characters. The veteran stage and screen stars ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nintendo says its new Switch 2 console will be released in 2025
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gaming giant Nintendo revealed its newest console Thursday in a highly anticipated announcement gamers had been waiting for since rumors of its release first spread years ago. But the initial reaction to the Nintendo Switch 2 was lackluster, and the company’s Tokyo-traded shares slumped 4.3% on Friday. Nintendo’s shares had surged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Cameron Diaz is ‘Back in Action’ with Jamie Foxx as glam spies turned dorky parents
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025
But, we do Wordle!! Er, OK. That’s how former secret agent Matt (Jamie Foxx) explains that he and wife Emily are now living a boring, mundane, glamour-free life and nobody would ever be looking for them. To which the rest of us Wordle players say: Whoa, speak for yourself, Matt! Lots of us play Wordle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remembering David Lynch’s musical legacy: 10 songs to go beyond the films
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists. Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday, composed music for many of his films, collaborated with others, directed music videos, released ... Read More »
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