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Entertainment Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck-calling interest in northern Louisiana into a big business and was the head of the family featured on the reality show Duck Dynasty, died Sunday, according to his family. He was 79. The A&E reality show catapulted the Robertson family into fame, but broughtContinue Reading

Entertainment Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident  won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.  Dissident director Jafar Panahi was bannedContinue Reading

Entertainment A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the robbery of Kim Kardashian nearly a decade ago. Kardashian was bound with zip ties as thieves stole her jewelry during Paris Fashion WeekThe Associated Press · Posted: May 23, 2025 3:01 PM EDT |Continue Reading

Entertainment U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said Friday he is cancelling all of his scheduled concerts, including a stop in Toronto, after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder. Piano Man singer cancels 17 shows, including a stop in TorontoThomson Reuters · Posted: May 23, 2025Continue Reading

Entertainment A Canadian-born freelance television producer said he brought his pitch to build a show around aspiring immigrants learning about the culture of their new country to the U.S., but the spirit of his pitch has been “completely misrepresented.” Says pitch developed from his own experience as a Canadian goingContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Regarded in a vacuum, 2025’s Lilo & Stitch is fine, and likely to entertain the littles. But compared to the stimulating, genre-defining, all-ages masterpiece from two decades ago, it’s nothing but demoralizing. Live-action Lilo & Stitch film will likely entertain the littles, but also shows decline of kids’ programmingContinue Reading

Rapper Kid Cudi testifies against Sean (Diddy) Combs Rapper Kid Cudi testified at the Sean (Diddy) Combs trial about his car being set on fire in 2011 after a confrontation with Combs over his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges. WARNING: ThisContinue Reading

Entertainment A British judge ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on 5-million-pound ($9.3 million Cdn) bail on Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, set to begin world tour next month, due back in courtContinue Reading

Entertainment The federal broadcast regulator is considering whether it should include a “cultural element” in its new definition of Canadian content. Public Interest Advocacy Centre wants CRTC to stick to status quo in defining CanCon Anja Karadeglija · The Canadian Press · Posted: May 20, 2025 4:56 PM EDT |Continue Reading