January 21st, 2025

Entertainment News

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 »

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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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Fired opera singer sues University of Michigan, saying his rights were violated

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

DETROIT (AP) — An acclaimed opera singer fired by the University of Michigan in 2020 over allegations of sexual misconduct is suing school officials, claiming his rights were violated during the process. David Daniels is seeking an unspecified financial award. A lawyer for the university on Thursday urged a judge to throw out the lawsuit, ... Read More »

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Six surreal picks from director David Lynch’s indescribably offbeat film career

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

Few writer-directors are able to capture the ineffable, but David Lynch comes pretty close with a challenging and mind-expanding oeuvre. Perhaps it’s even one of film’s greatest clichés to be called “Lynchian,” a word used to convey a certain grim and macabre atmospheric tone that can’t fully be captured in words. Lynch died after a ... Read More »

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Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren separate after 16 years of marriage

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren are separating after 16 years of marriage. Alba opened up about their split in an Instagram post on Thursday. The actor said the couple — who married in 2008 — are moving into a new chapter individually and shared that their highest priority is ... Read More »

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Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid Benefit Concert

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief. Announced last week, FireAid was originally scheduled to take place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. It will now take place ... Read More »

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He is credited with one of history’s most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

It is one of the 20th century’s most memorable images: a naked girl, screaming, running from a napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. More than a half-century later, a new documentary is calling into question who took it — and the retired Associated Press photographer long credited for the photo insists it was his, while ... Read More »

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Steven Soderbergh, Questlove, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to David Lynch

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “He’s one of those filmmakers who was influential but impossible to imitate. People would try but he had one kind of algorithm that worked for him and you attempted to recreate ... Read More »

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Ron Howard, Questlove, James Gunn and more pay tribute to David Lynch

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “Truly saddened to hear of the passing of David Lynch. Working with him was like a dream out of one of his movies, and I treasure the times I got to ... Read More »

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Donald Trump vows to help ‘troubled’ Hollywood with Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California.” On Wednesday, the President-elect announced on his social media site that the ... Read More »

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David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days before his 79th birthday. His family announced the death in a Facebook post on Thursday. The cause of death and location was ... Read More »

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