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Carnival begins in New Orleans with Phunny Phorty Phellows, king cakes, Joan of Arc parade
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The countdown to Mardi Gras begins Saturday in New Orleans as…
What to know about the 2024 Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty…
Judith Light and ‘Last of Us’ actors are first-time winners at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid…
Show goes on in Vancouver after Gaza tensions scrap play’s Victoria run
Vancouver’s PuSh Festival is sticking to theatrical tradition that the show must go on, and…
Dozens more Jeffrey Epstein documents are now public. Here’s what we know so far
NEW YORK (AP) — The release of dozens of previously sealed court documents from a…
With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged connections to abuse vulnerable girls
NEW YORK (AP) — A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual…
Jo Koy ready to fulfill childhood dream of hosting Golden Globes with hopes of leaving positive mark
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes…
Britney Spears shoots down album rumors, vowing to ‘never return to the music industry’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is shooting down rumors of a new album, vowing…
In ‘The Brothers Sun,’ Michelle Yeoh again leads an immigrant family with dark humor – but new faces
In 2021, Sam Song Li was cast in an independent film as the ancestor of…
Students march in Prague to honor the victims of the worst mass killing in Czech history
PRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of students and other Czechs marched in silence in the Czech…
Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid great hype, a new batch of previously secret court documents…
Time not right to stage play amid Gaza tensions, says Victoria, B.C., theatre
VICTORIA – The playwright and actor in a play cancelled by Victoria’s Belfry Theatre over…
B.C. school district told to pay student $5,000 for failing to address her anxiety
VANCOUVER – An unnamed school district in British Columbia has been ordered by the province’s…
First Pooh, now Mickey. In public domain, early Mickey Mouse version will star in horror movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely…
Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie may be delayed until author’s memoir is published
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt…
Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who voiced Mama Coco in ‘Coco,’ dies at 90
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who gave voice to the character…
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin…
John Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering Cambodia, dies at 84
LONDON (AP) — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage…
While some Montreal streets boom, downtown is dotted with vacant storefronts
MONTREAL – Wellington Street in Montreal’s Verdun borough is booming, with cheerful shop facades lining…
Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me – with some caveats
LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks,…
What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation
The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31,…
Bollywood celebrates rocking year, riding high on action flicks, unbridled masculinity and misogyny
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood has made a financial comeback this year worthy of one…
St-Onge wants CBC role redefined before next election, possible change of government
OTTAWA – The role of the public broadcaster should be redefined before the next federal…
Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most…