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Entertainment Authors are feeling misled and some are out thousands of dollars after travelling to Baltimore for an event advertised as a romantasy book convention, complete with a fantasy ball, only to encounter what some are calling the Fyre Festival of BookTok. A fantasy ball in a barren, grey conventionContinue Reading

Entertainment Netflix users globally can expect a revamped TV interface starting on May 19. The streaming platform is also incorporating an AI search feature to the iOS mobile app. Netflix on your TV will soon look quite different Isaac Hung‎ · CBC News · Posted: May 07, 2025 1:19 PMContinue Reading

Entertainment Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. Robinson’s lawyer says lawsuit seeking $50M US is ‘vile’ and an attempt to extort the singerThe Associated Press · Posted: MayContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Prime’s The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg follows the fall of Winnipeg sports broadcaster Steve Vogelsang. But even while documenting Vogelsang’s criminal dealings, it fails to stay interesting. Documentary about former sportscaster fails to live up to the hype Jackson Weaver · CBC News · Posted: May 07, 2025 6:00Continue Reading

Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and kick off the first Met Gala in more than 20 years with a menswear theme.  The event featured a Rihanna pregnancy announcement, a tuxedo choir and creative spins on menswear,Continue Reading

Entertainment Percival Everett’s novel James, a radical re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama. Everett’s novel James is a re-imagining of Huckleberry Finn fromContinue Reading

Entertainment The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean (Diddy) Combs, whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days. Opening statements by lawyers and the start of testimony are expected next week. Opening statements,Continue Reading

Entertainment Under all the glitz and glam of fashion’s biggest night, it seems there could be some serious fashion statements this year, as the 2025 Met Gala theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style examines how Black culture — particularly Black dandyism — has shaped fashion and history. Fashion’s biggest night celebratesContinue Reading

Entertainment More than three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust, the movie has come to theatres, opening quietly Friday with the tragedy of its making still hanging over it. Starring Alec Baldwin, the film is better known for theContinue Reading