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Giorgio Armani leaves a legacy as ‘the master of luxury ready-to-wear’
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
MILAN (AP) â For Giorgio Armani, it was always the clothes. And his clothes all started with the fabrics. While other fashion empires make their money on handbags and footwear, Armaniâs appeal has always been in the apparel, the core of his $10 billion empire. After his death Thursday at the age of 91, Armani ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS forbids editing of ‘Face the Nation’ interviews after complaints from Kristi Noem
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
Days after complaints over the handling of an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on âFace the Nation,â CBS News said Friday it would no longer allow editing of its guests’ words on the Sunday morning public affairs show. Noem charged that CBS had âshamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truthâ about Kilmar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training material
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot. The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training material
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot. The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge as soon as Monday, could mark a turning point in legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fall Movie Guide: Here are the films coming out from September to Christmas
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of âWickedâ and the animals of âZootopia.â Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies. That goes not just for the likes of Rian Johnson’s âWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This yearâs song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here’s what that says about us
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Every year, summer arrives with a buzzing energy. Schoolâs out, the sun is shining, music is blaring out of car windows and speakers are blasting on the beach. But this summer, the beaches seem quieter. The playlists feel aimless. The radio waves arenât being dominated by the usual upbeat, sing-along tune. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Opening day at the Toronto International Film Festival
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney opened the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival with a patriotic speech that celebrated Canadian culture ahead of the screening of opening-night film “John Candy: I Like Me,” a documentary celebrating the late Canadian comedian. Candy’s children, Chris and Jennifer, walked the red carpet ahead of the screening alongside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: Justin Bieber has more to say about love on ‘Swag ll’
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â If it wasn’t clocking to you before, it should be now. Justin Bieber is doing whatever he wants. The 31-year-old has surprised listeners with a second new album in 2025 â âSwag llâ follows July’s âSwag.â Both arrived shortly after mysterious billboards teasing the records cropped up in major cities. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian doc-maker Ben Proudfoot wants to preserve Ghanaian records of liberation movement
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
TORONTO â Two-time Canadian Oscar-winner Ben Proudfoot says key archives tracing the story of Africaâs liberation movement in the â50s and â60s are at risk of being lost forever. The Halifax-born director says he hopes his feature film, âThe Eyes of Ghana,â can ignite preservation efforts spearheaded by his main subject, Chris Hesse. Hesse is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI-generated images of Superman, Bugs Bunny and other characters
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
Warner Bros. is suing artificial intelligence company Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the startup enables its millions of subscribers to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny. It’s the third big Hollywood studio to sue Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court after Disney and Universal filed a joint ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t look now, but there’s an AI-generated Italian teacup on your child’s phone. What does it mean?
By Canadian Press on September 5th, 2025
In the first half of 2025, she racked up over 55 million views on TikTok and 4 million likes, mostly from tweens glued to their cellphones. Not bad for an AI-generated cartoon ballerina with a cappuccino teacup for a head. Her name is Ballerina Cappuccina. Her smiling, girlish face is accompanied by a deep, computer-generated ... Read More »
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