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Entertainment The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been denied parole and will continue serving a life sentence for fatally shooting the rising young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday. Rising young singer was shot in the back byContinue Reading

South Asian music takes center stage at 2025 Junos South Asian music�’s exploding popularity is being recognized with the addition of a new category at the Juno Awards in Vancouver this weekend, as rising stars like Yanchan Produced, Jonita Gandhi, Chani Nattan, Sukha, Ap Dhillon, and Karan Aujla also competeContinue Reading

Canadian pride on display at 2025 Junos Crooner Michael Bublé hosted the 2025 Juno Awards from Vancouver, adding an extra dose of Canadian pride because of ongoing tensions with the U.S. The show awarded some of the homegrown Canadian artists and paid tribute to Anne Murray and Sum 41. Three-timeContinue Reading

Elizabeth Boland — professionally known by her middle name, Lowell — is sitting in a tiny Toronto studio. The wood-panelled room may be small, but it’s where she’s crafted many of her hits, and it shows.  In front of her sit both a Juno and a framed gold record for The Beaches’ Blame MyContinue Reading

Entertainment Nominations for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were announced Wednesday, with the crime series Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent dominating nominations in both television and overall categories while Universal Language led in the film category. Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent leads with 20 nods for TV Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentContinue Reading

Josh Ross’s Juno nominations could be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up to once-again dominate the awards. This year, multiple country acts have made inroads in many of the categories — highlighting the growing popularity of country music in Canada, and the genre’s resurgence in pop culture in general.  Ross’s five nods putContinue Reading

Entertainment French actor Gérard Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France. Accused of sexually assaulting 2 women during filming of movie in 2021The Associated Press ·Continue Reading

Warning: This review of Severance’s Season 2 finale goes full spoiler. If you haven’t watched it yet, and want to, stop here. But come back later. It’ll be more fun than a waffle party. Usually, on a work day, our innie would write about news. Politics, global events and the such. But, like soContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Disney’s latest live-action adaptation crash-landed in theatres Friday. While it’s far from the worst such film, its aggressive blandness is only underscored by a clunky storyline and unending amount of controversy. Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot-led film is far from the worst remake, but still hardly worth the price ofContinue Reading