Author Archives: The Canadian Press

NEW YORK - Netflix rode the voracious hunger for TV content during a year of pandemic viewership to a dominant showing at the Golden Globe nominations. The streaming giant scooped up 20 small-screen n...

WASHINGTON - The services sector, where most Americans work, operated in January at the highest level in almost two years. Activity climbed to a reading of 58.7% in January on a seasonally adjusted ba...

WASHINGTON - People in the United States and parts of Europe believe the COVID-19 pandemic has better equipped their countries to handle the next major health crisis, a new poll suggests. The Pew Rese...

MELBOURNE, Australia - All competition at six Australian Open tuneup events scheduled for Thursday was called off after a worker at one of the tournaments' Melbourne quarantine hotels tested positive ...

TOKYO - A coalition of 180 rights groups on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China. The games are...

LOS ANGELES - Complete list of nominees for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards: Best motion picture, drama: "The Father"; "Mank"; "Nomadland"; "The Trial of the Chicago 7"; "Promising Young Woman." B...

NEW YORK - Cable television news has never been more in vogue and so competitive. Several programs on MSNBC and CNN had their most-watched months ever in January, the Nielsen company said. CNN as a ne...

LOS ANGELES - With his final two performances, the late Chadwick Boseman earned two NAACP Image Awards nominations Tuesday, while "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" could make its presence felt at next month'...

LOS ANGELES - The chief executive of PBS rejected a filmmaker's argument that public TV's 40-year relationship with documentarian Ken Burns has come at the expense of diversity. President and CEO Paul...

LOS ANGELES - An explosion at an industrial park near Los Angeles on Tuesday injured four people, three of them critically, authorities said. The blast was reported at 4:45 p.m. in a neighbourhood of ...