Entertainment
America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff after funding cuts
CAIRO (AP) — The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that…
Folksy philosophies of Ted Lasso comedy series at heart of N.S. university course
HALIFAX — A professor at Dalhousie University is offering a course using the philosophies of…
Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs want jurors at trial questioned about sex, drugs and violence
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are urging a judge to let…
A trove of artifacts recovered from the black market goes on display in Naples
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special…
‘The Herds’ begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals –…
‘An amazing storyteller’: Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, who helmed ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and ‘First Blood,’ dead at 94
Ted Kotcheff, the genre-hopping Canadian filmmaker known for helming Rambo movie “First Blood” and comedies…
Michael Wekerle plans to fight for El Mocambo concert venue as it’s up for sale again
TORONTO — Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo is back on the sales block. Less than five…
Whiting Foundation announces grants of $50,000 each for 10 emerging writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a…
A song critical of Nigeria’s president is barred from airwaves
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song…
Canadian ‘Warfare’ star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai says film shows true cost of combat
TORONTO — D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai says he’s drawn to stories that challenge what people think they…
Corus Entertainment sees potential ad revenue bump from ‘buy Canadian’ trend
TORONTO — A challenging environment for attracting key advertising dollars continues to plague Corus Entertainment…
Eric Dane, star of ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ reveals he has ALS
“Euphoria” actor and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS…
P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
CHARLOTTETOWN — The University of Prince Edward Island has apologized to a former artist in…
Global warming isn’t funny — except in the hands of these comedians
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Esteban Gast remembered a feeling of shame he had in high…
Mariah Carey on new music, Rihanna, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and her lost grunge album
NEW YORK (AP) — It may be hard to conceive of now, but there was…