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SHOW BITS: A tale of 2 red carpets
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Show Bits brings you the 86th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
Olympic silver medallists Chan, Virtue and Moir to skip world championships
OTTAWA – Canada’s Olympic medallists Patrick Chan and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are skipping the world figure skating championships.
Olympic silver medallists Chan, Virtue-Moir to skip world championships
OTTAWA – Toronto’s Patrick Chan is giving the world championships a miss, but he isn’t finished with competitive figure skating just yet.
Review: In Asus Chromebox, a computer cheap enough to dedicate to streaming
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Devices that let you watch Netflix and other streaming video services on a big TV screen are popular, but there are limits to what you can watch.
Canada’s Nguyen men’s singles at world junior figure skating championships
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Nam Nguyen of Canada has captured gold in men’s singles at the ISU world junior figure skating championships.
Nguyen’s world junior title shows future of Canadian figure skating is bright
TORONTO – Nam Nguyen was 11 years old when he performed in the figure skating exhibition gala at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a pint-sized phenom who charmed the crowd in his checked pants and goofy big round glasses.
Elvis Stojko makes natural leap from skating to stage with ‘Chicago’
TORONTO – Making the leap from skating to stage work isn’t a huge stretch for Elvis Stojko, who’s starring in a production of “Chicago, the Musical” that begins in Toronto on Wednesday.
Thunder beats Raptors 119-118 in thrilling double overtime game
TORONTO – The game, according to DeMar DeRozan, was the kind that players live for.
Canada’s Weaver and Poje poised to step onto world ice dance podium
They’ve long danced in the shadows of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
SKorea to file complaint with ISU over figure skating judging at Sochi Olympics
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean sports officials are preparing to file a formal complaint with the International Skating Union over the judging of the women’s figure skating competitions at the Sochi Olympics.
Elvis Stojko excited dad will get to see him sing in ‘Chicago, the Musical’
TORONTO – When skating star Elvis Stojko performs in “Chicago, the Musical” in Toronto this week, in the audience will be the person who first inspired his journey: his ailing dad, a classically trained tenor who taught him how to sing.
Canadians Duhamel, Radford second after pairs short program at skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan – Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford had a season-best score in the pairs short program Wednesday to sit in second place at the ISU world figure skating championships.
Mao Asada 1st after record-setting short program at figure skating world championships
SAITAMA, Japan – Montreal’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won a pairs bronze medal at the world figure skating championships Thursday while Mao Asada of Japan set a world record to finish first in the women’s short program.
Olympic champ Yuzuru Hanyu wins world championship with strong free skate
SAITAMA, Japan – Japanese teenager Yuzuru Hanyu came back with a brilliant free skate to become the first man in 12 years on Friday to win the Olympic and world figure skating titles in the same year.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lonotte win ice dance title at figure skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan – European champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy have captured the ice dance title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Japan.
Michelle Kwan honoured by Figure Skating in Harlem as inspiration and role model
NEW YORK, N.Y. – As Michelle Kwan chats with members of Figure Skating in Harlem, she sees a whole lot of herself in the young girls.
Weir, Lipinski to cover fashion on NBC’s Kentucky Derby coverage
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are bringing their sense of style to the Kentucky Derby.
Chan needed time to get over Sochi disappointment; future plans uncertain
TORONTO – Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan still hasn’t watched the tape of his performance at the Sochi Olympics.
Mikkelson, Spooner take golden hockey skills to “The Amazing Race Canada”
CALGARY – Meaghan Mikkelson and Natalie Spooner spent months preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Fox bid for Time Warner sets off race to consolidate among media companies
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Even though Rupert Murdoch’s $76 billion bid for rival media giant Time Warner Inc. has been rejected, that doesn’t mean how you watch TV shows and movies will stop changing any time soon.
Canada’s Lanni Marchant races to fourth in Commonwealth Games marathon
GLASGOW, Scotland – Come Monday morning when her running rivals are still focused on rest and recovery, Lanni Marchant will pull out her laptop and begin researching her latest case.
Canada’s Sultana Frizell wins gold in the hammer throw at Commonwealth Games
GLASGOW, Scotland – Sultana Frizell spent her pre-Games training camp in Portugal working out in her bathing suit, throwing someone else’s hammers. Her bag had been lost in transit.
Canada claims pair of gold medals at junior figure skating Grand Prix
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Canadians swept the gold medals in pairs and ice dancing at an ISU junior Grand Prix figure skating event Friday.
Canadian figure skater Roman Sadovsky wins ISU junior Grand Prix title
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Roman Sadovsky won gold in the men’s singles on Saturday for Canada’s third victory at a ISU junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.