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Toronto’s waterfront music venue renamed RBC Amphitheatre, will close in fall 2027 for renos
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
TORONTO — Live Nation Canada says a planned overhaul of a popular waterfront music spot will increase summer lawn seating and add movable enclosures for winter concerts. The performance space at Ontario Place has also been renamed the RBC Amphitheatre, thanks to a multi-year partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada running to 2038. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kelsey Grammer, 70, announces the birth of his 8th child: ‘Isn’t that lovely?’
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
It’s a boy — named Christopher — for 70-year-old actor Kelsey Grammer and his wife Kayte Walsh. The “Frasier” star announced his latest baby news on Monday’s edition of the “Pod Meets World” podcast. “We just had our fourth one, it just became eight kids,” Grammer said. “It was like three days ago. Christopher has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pressure builds on Prince Andrew to vacate mansion he rents for the nominal sum of a peppercorn
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the saga haunting the House of Windsor could be called “The Prince and the Peppercorn.” Prince Andrew, who recently relinquished his formal titles after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is under pressure to vacate his royal digs where he lives nearly rent-free ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto’s waterfront music venue renamed RBC Amphitheatre, will close in 2027 for renos
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
TORONTO — Live Nation Canada says a planned overhaul of a popular waterfront music spot will increase summer lawn seating and add movable enclosures for winter concerts. The performance space at Ontario Place has also been renamed the RBC Amphitheatre, thanks to a multi-year partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada running to 2038. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next year, just in time for America’s 250th anniversary. “Sing the 50 States” is the first full manuscript written by Dr. Seuss — born Theodor Geisel — to be discovered since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years. The idea for the fund was initiated by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French senators say security at the Louvre is ‘not in line’ with modern standards and demand action
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
PARIS (AP) — A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged that the museum’s security was “not in line” with modern standards, calling for improved measures at the Paris landmark that was the scene of a stunning heist earlier this month. Thieves took less than eight minutes on Oct. 19 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 93
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had dementia. Scales’ sons, Samuel and Joseph West, said she died “peacefully at home in London” on Monday. “Although dementia forced her retirement from a remarkable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and its residents are all in on promoting Halloween ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Nashville toasts Anne Murray, stars call for Country Music Hall of Fame induction
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
NASHVILLE — With Canadian flags waving in their hands and shouts of admiration echoing from the rafters, some of Anne Murray’s biggest fans welcomed the East Coast songbird to her Nashville tribute concert, offering a level of fanfare fit for a musical legend. At 80 years old, Murray has been around the block more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to take over the streets this Halloween
By Canadian Press on October 28th, 2025
TORONTO — Earlier this year, eight-year-old Betsy Schruder had a tough decision to make: Glinda, Benson Boone, or Zoey from “KPop Demon Hunters”? Ultimately, her choice was clear: she’d join the legions of kids dressing up as characters from Netflix’s runaway hit this Halloween, donning black space buns, a turquoise tank top and purple pants ... Read More »
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