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Home in Canada, director Denis Villeneuve says “Dune: Part Two” is a love story first
MONTREAL – Quebec director Denis Villeneuve was feeling the love from his family and friends…
Music Review: Faye Webster’s indie ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’ journeys through a lifetime
Faye Webster, known for her thoughtful blend of indie rock, folk and country, has a…
New designer Chemena Kamali reboots Chloe with a 1970s-tinged debut at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) — Chloe revisited its vibrant 1970s essence, infused with late Karl Lagerfeld’s indelible…
Ottawa adds funding to CBC, despite executives’ claims it was asked to cut its budget
OTTAWA – Canada’s public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that…
ImagineNative film festival scraps 2024 event, pushes 25th anniversary to June 2025
TORONTO – A prominent Indigenous film and media arts festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary…
Tribunal wraps first ‘junk fee’ case over online fees for Cineplex movie tickets
OTTAWA – The Competition Tribunal heard a second day of arguments Thursday in a case…
French actor urges lawmakers to investigate sex crimes and sexism in the film industry
PARIS (AP) — The woman leading a push for a reckoning about sexual abuse in…
Liev Schreiber dons a collar to play a Catholic priest in revival of ‘Doubt’ on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Liev Schreiber was in a reflective mood one recent Sunday when…
Winfrey leaving WeightWatchers board, donating all of her interest in the company to a museum
Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving WeightWatchers board of directors and donating all…
Cyndi Lauper inks deal with firm behind ABBA Voyage for new immersive performance project
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Legendary pop icon Cyndi Lauper, who rose to fame in the 1980s…
Once doomed to cult status, the animated satire ‘Clone High’ finds a new life on Max
NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the weirdest high schools in history, Cleopatra is…
Looking for a leap year lift? Check out this silly French newspaper that only publishes on Feb. 29
PARIS (AP) — Read all about it, right now — or you’ll have to wait…
Prince William condemns antisemitism during visit to London synagogue
LONDON (AP) — Prince William condemned antisemitism during a visit to a London synagogue on…
Charlamagne Tha God offers straight talk in next book, ‘Get Honest Or Die Lying’
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlamagne Tha God’s next book is an ode to hard truths…
Sally Rooney has a new novel, ‘Intermezzo,’ coming out in the fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Sally Rooney will have a new novel out this fall, “Intermezzo,”…
Dave Myers, TV chef known as one half of the “Hairy Bikers” duo, has died at 66
LONDON (AP) — Dave Myers, best known as one half of Britain’s adored “Hairy Bikers”…
Aysanabee and Allison Russell to be involved in Junos tribute to Lightfoot, Robertson
A posthumous tribute to musicians Gordon Lightfoot and Robbie Robertson has been set for this…
How Chinese science fiction went from underground magazines to Netflix extravaganza
CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the…
‘Iron Man’ pilots race in jet suits against a backdrop of Dubai skyscrapers
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pilots lined up on a runway in Dubai on…
New comedy series ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ stands and delivers
NEW YORK (AP) — Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in the new mouthful of…
Kate Winslet’s ‘Regime’ is not a dictatorship – behind the scenes, at least
LONDON (AP) — Kate Winslet is running things — on and off the set of…
Production manager testifies about gun oversight in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin in 2021 rehearsal
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A film-set manager increased oversight of firearm safety but was…
Movie Review: It’s lonely out in space for Adam Sandler in pensive sci-fi psychodrama ‘Spaceman’
David Bowie’s Major Tom, sitting in his tin can. Elton John’s Rocket Man, missing Earth…
Don Henley wraps up testimony in Eagles lyric sheets case, saying they were his property
NEW YORK (AP) — The lyrics to “Hotel California” and other classic Eagles songs should…