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New York's top court appears torn on tossing Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York's highest court appeared torn at oral arguments Wednesday about potentially overturning the ...
Feb 13, 2024
Jon Stewart's return to 'The Daily Show' felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away
NEW YORK (AP) - No, Jon Stewart really wasn't sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years, waiting for someone to turn the lights back on. Yet it almost felt that way during Stewart'...
Feb 13, 2024
Chiefs get White House invitation to celebrate Super Bowl win. Could Taylor Swift tag along?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says it's looking forward to hosting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs again - and it isn't ruling out having the team's most-famous fan, Taylor Swift, tag a...
Feb 12, 2024
Canadian TV, film, music industries ask MPs for protection against AI
OTTAWA - Canada's actors, directors and musicians are sounding the alarm over artificial intelligence, saying it threatens their livelihood and reputations. Groups representing people who work in TV, ...
Feb 12, 2024
After decades of cheap rent, some Montreal artists being priced out of their studios
MONTREAL - Over the past 32 years, painter Frances Foster has seen the view from her studio window shift from old railway yards and rundown factories to trendy businesses, new residents and high-end c...
Feb 11, 2024
Vancouver celebrates Year of the Dragon at 50th Chinatown Spring Festival
VANCOUVER - Dragons danced to the beat of drums through the streets of Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood Sunday morning. The spectacle was part of the 50th Anniversary of the Chinatown Spri...
Feb 11, 2024
'Depressing' to see 'W5' affected by Bell Media cuts, says former host Kevin Newman
TORONTO - Former "W5" host Kevin Newman says the demise of Canada's longstanding prime-time investigative program is "depressing" and he worries about the future of hard-hitting journalism in the coun...
Feb 09, 2024
Toby Keith wrote all kinds of country songs. His legacy might be post-9/11 American anger
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Toby Keith's songs accomplished, for some, what great art is intended to: They sustained people in challenging times, particularly U.S. service members and their families during th...
Feb 09, 2024
Vancouver Lunar New Year parade reverses decision to bar progressive, LGBTQ+ groups
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the Vancouver Chinatown Lunar New Year parade have changed course and rescinded their rejection of two progressive and LGBTQ+ groups that they previously barred from particip...
Feb 09, 2024
Jon Stewart changed late-night comedy once. Can he have a second act in different times?
NEW YORK (AP) - As host of "The Daily Show" from 1999 to 2015, Jon Stewart changed comedy - and arguably journalism, too - with sharp, satirical takes on politics and current events. He became an esse...
Feb 08, 2024
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