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Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million. The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Depardieu on trial, and so is France. A cultural reckoning in the #MeToo era
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Gérard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he reigned over cinema for half a century — a national icon as familiar as the baguette. But this week, the actor who starred in more than 230 films — and who inspired writer John ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot Docs to open with Noam Gonick’s ‘Queer Acts of Love and Resistance’ in scaled-back lineup
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
TORONTO — Films amplifying marginalized voices will take centre stage in a scaled-back lineup at next month’s Hot Docs Festival, following a tumultuous year that cast doubt on its future. Programming director Heather Haynes says the festival will feature 113 documentaries, nearly half the number of films shown two years ago, as it navigates ongoing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director after he was attacked by West Bank settlers
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, who his wife said beat him in front of his home while filming the assault. Hamdan Ballal and the other directors of “No Other Land,” which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oscar-winning Palestinian director released by Israeli forces in the West Bank
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — An Oscar-winning Palestinian director and two others have been released by Israel, a day after he was badly beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Associated Press journalists on Tuesday saw Hamdan Ballal and the two other Palestinians leaving the police station in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outside of Gene Hackman’s home, where the actor was found dead, is shown in body cam footage
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
ALBUQUERQE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have released body camera footage from outside the home of Gene Hackman, where the actor and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in late February. The redacted footage shows deputies talking with the two workers who called authorities to report seeing someone lying on the floor inside the home. With ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. She told the court that he’d behaved “like a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wife of Oscar-winning Palestinian director says he was savagely beaten outside his home
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
SUSIYA, West Bank (AP) — The wife of an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was attacked by Jewish settlers before being detained by the Israeli army said Tuesday that he was beaten in front of his home by three men in military fatigues while another filmed it. Hamdan Ballal and the other directors of “No Other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledges boorish behavior but denies sexual assault
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting her, as he testified for the first time at his landmark trial in Paris. “I understand perfectly if she’s a bit upset,” he said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Depardieu testifies at his trial on sexual assault charges, saying, ‘I won’t hide, it’s hard’
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Actor Gérard Depardieu began testifying Tuesday on Day 2 of his trial on sexual assault charges, saying, “I won’t hide, it’s hard.” In his gruff, deep voice so familiar to global cinemagoers, the 76-year-old former Oscar nominee said it was “very emotional” for him to be in the Paris court, answering charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Depardieu expected to testify on Day 2 of French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Gerard Depardieu was expected to start testifying Tuesday on the second day of the French actor’s trial for alleged sexual assault. Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”). The actor faces up to ... Read More »
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