January 21st, 2025

Entertainment News

Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400M in new step in ‘It Ends With Us’ fight

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama. Baldoni’s suit seeks at least $400 million for damages that include ... Read More »

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Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console will come out in 2025

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 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. The Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch system, will be released in 2025, the company said. In a new promotional video, ... Read More »

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Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in new step in ‘It Ends With Us’ fight

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama. The lawsuit from Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios, which also ... Read More »

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‘September 5’ revisits the seminal Munich Olympics attack broadcast, with questions for today

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly all of the new film “September 5” takes place in the darkened, smokey control room from which ABC Sports broadcast the hostage crisis of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. All around the room is a buzzing clutter of period analog equipment. The video monitors act like windows, offering perspectives ... Read More »

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‘Anora,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘September 5’ among nominees for Producers Guild’s top award

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — The science-fiction sequel “Dune: Part Two,” the doomed fairy tale “Anora” and the Munich Olympics drama “September 5” are among the 10 films nominated by the Producers Guild for its top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award. The Producers Guild announced its nominees Thursday after delaying due to the Los Angeles ... Read More »

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National Arts Centre Orchestra to tour Japan, South Korea in spring

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

TORONTO — The National Arts Centre Orchestra will tour through South Korea and Japan this spring. The Ottawa-based institution says the tour includes a stop in Osaka at World Expo 2025 on June 5, where the orchestra will perform alongside the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Canadian jazz musician. ... Read More »

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Music Review: Mac Miller’s lost album ‘Balloonerism’ is airy and experimental

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

To coincide with what would have been Mac Miller’s 33rd birthday, his estate has given us all a present — an unreleased album by the late hip-hop star. “Balloonerism” was shelved around 2014 in favor of the album “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” and the mixtape “Faces.” To my ear, it’s closer to “Faces” ... Read More »

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Insurers balk at $19.7M claim on fake Basquiat paintings seized by FBI

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings that were seized during an FBI raid at the Orlando Museum of Art in 2022. The insurers say that the owners should have known that the works ... Read More »

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From ‘The Brutalist’ to ‘Wicked,’ where to watch this year’s top awards movies

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming. Are they streaming? For free? In theaters? Only in Los Angeles and New York? Take one of the big winners of the Golden Globes, “The Brutalist,” a film that’s been dominating conversations since it premiered at ... Read More »

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Conan O’Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian and host Conan O’Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday. O’Brien, 61, has carved out an improbable decadeslong career arc, moving from goofy television interloper to comedic elder statesman. Along the way, he survived one of the most public failures ... Read More »

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Conan O’Brien will receive Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian and host Conan O’Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday. O’Brien, 61, has carved out an improbable decadeslong career arc, moving from goofy television interloper to comedic elder statesman. Along the way, he survived one of the most public failures ... Read More »

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