Arts

Japan’s Osaka Expo temporarily suspends water shows after high levels of bacteria detected
TOKYO (AP) — Popular daily fountain shows and a shallow pool area at Expo 2025…

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies, dividing cable and streaming services
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery will calve off cable operations from its streaming…

Foreperson’s complaints signal a divided jury at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury foreperson in Harvey Weinstein ’s sex crimes retrial complained…

At this museum, no one will shush you, and you can touch the objects
LONDON (AP) — A museum is like an iceberg. Most of it is out of…

BET Awards bring star power as Doechii, Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey shine in 25th anniversary show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The BET Awards delivered a night of major star power and…

‘Lilo & Stitch’ cruises to No. 1 again; John Wick spinoff ‘Ballerina’ dances to 2nd place
In the box office showdown between a deadly assassin and a chaotic CG alien, “Lilo…

‘Can’t stop’: Researchers say problematic smartphone use like an addiction
EDMONTON — Anita Hagh couldn’t stop pressing the corner of her phone screen where the…

Global streamers fight CRTC’s rule requiring them to fund Canadian content
OTTAWA — Some of the world’s biggest streaming companies will argue in court on Monday…

Tony Awards laud android rom-com ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and history-making ‘Purpose’
NEW YORK (AP) — “Maybe Happy Ending,” a rom-com about androids that crackles with humanity,…

Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg performs ahead of B.C. Lions home opener
VANCOUVER — Snoop Dogg was a B.C. Lions fan on Saturday — if only for…

Cloudy skies can’t dim joy as thousands fill nation’s capital for World Pride parade
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gray skies and drizzle gave way to sunshine, multicolored flags and celebrations…

A quirky vegetable sculpture contest features a squash Donald Trump and a papal ‘Cornclave’
LONDON (AP) — Vegetable likenesses of U.S. President Donald Trump and singer Dolly Parton and…

An AP discussion on the courts, lawyers and testimony inside the Diddy, Weinstein and Mangione cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Walker, AP radio correspondent: We’re here to talk about three…

‘The road is long’: Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal
MONTREAL — When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his…

How groundbreaking gay author Edmund White paved the way for other writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Sean Greer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, remembers the first time…