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Brought closer by playoff fever, Blue Jays fans find ways to move on
When the Blue Jays’ season ended in heartbreak on Saturday, Khela Maquiling was surprised to…
Adam Sandler will receive AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, his second AARP prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for…
Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion powerhouse couple A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have another fashion icon…
Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive
Something has changed for “Wicked” star Jonathan Bailey, something is not the same — he…
Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the…
Jake Paul-Gervonta Davis bout is off and Paul will seek another fight in 2025
MIAMI (AP) — Jake Paul’s boxing match against lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was scrapped Monday,…
Buckingham Palace will stage the largest-ever display of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion next year
LONDON (AP) — The largest-ever exhibition of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion, including the…
Eby says B.C. won’t run anti-tariff ads alone as it had planned
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province is walking back plans to…
Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89
OJAI, Calif. (AP) — Diane Ladd, a three-time Academy Award nominee and actor of rare…
Rogers: Average audience of 10.9 million tuned in for Game 7 of World Series
TORONTO — An average audience of 10.9 million viewers watched Game 7 of the World…
Carney asked Ford ‘a couple of times’ to pull anti-tariff ad, premier says
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney called Doug Ford “a couple of times” from Asia…
How it started, how it ended: A chronology of Ontario’s ad blitz against U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA — Here is a day-by-day chronology of the controversy over Ontario’s advertising campaign against…
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on…
Rick Westhead exposes rot in Canadian hockey culture in book “We Breed Lions”
“Hockey people don’t like outsiders knowing their business.” Former Western Hockey League player Ryan Phillips…
The Grammys invited all Latin Grammy voting members to the Recording Academy: Why it matters
NEW YORK (AP) — In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have made a…
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith’s Midwest roots inspire surprise gift to U. of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Red Hot Chili Peppers may be strongly associated with…
‘Regretting You’ and ‘Black Phone 2’ neck-in-neck on slow Halloween box office weekend
The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25…
East Wing ballroom donations by corporate owners create awkward moments for news outlets
President Donald Trump’s razing of the White House’s East Wing to build a ballroom has…
AI song generator Udio offers brief window for downloads after Universal settlement upsets users
Artificial intelligence song generation platform Udio said it would give its frustrated users 48 hours…
What to know about the British king’s remote private estate that will be Andrew’s new home
LONDON (AP) — A remote and private estate of King Charles III will soon become…
European health spa retreat helped Rush rockers get ready for reunion, says Geddy Lee
TORONTO — If it weren’t for a spa retreat, Rush bassist Geddy Lee says plans…
‘King of K-pop’ Lee Soo Man on his career, a global industry and what’s next
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Soo Man resisted the title at first. “King of…
Paris prosecutor: 2 Louvre heist suspects had prior theft conviction together
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor said Sunday that two of the suspects in the…
With pharaoh-like fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization
CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting…