The drummer of Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers has been charged with possession of child pornography, according to police in the U.S. On Thursday, the sheriff’s office of Riverside County, Calif., said evidence has implicated Joe Seiders, 44, in two incidents. Police said, on April 7, an 11-year-old boy reported that a man attempted…
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theatres in May 2027, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm announced on Thursday. Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, a Lucasfilm statement said. The movie is “an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in…
Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as Gambit and Tic-Tac-Dough who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died. He was 91. Martindale died Tuesday at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage, according to his publicist Brian Mayes. Martindale had been battling lymphoma for a year….
Eighty years after her uncle Welby Patterson died on a European battlefield in the final days of the Second World War, Maidy Keir will see him being recognized at a museum exhibit in the Netherlands in a way he never really was back home. “I think it will be very emotional. I’ve always been very…
The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood says that Saturday Night Live has apologized to her for a sketch that mocked her appearance, which she labelled as “mean and unfunny.” The sketch — a satire of U.S. President Donald Trump, his family and members of his staff dubbed “White Potus” — featured Sarah Sherman playing a version of Wood’s White Lotus character,…
After years of performing worldwide in French, Quebec comedian Rachid Badouri is touring a new solo show in English, and says there’s a subtle difference in what his new audiences want from him. Source link
Some of the biggest names in Canadian music are paying homage to Joel Plaskett on a new tribute album that was made in secret — without the Halifax rocker’s knowledge. The double album titled Songs from the Gang — A Celebration of Joel Plaskett features covers from 22 artists including Sloan, the Sheepdogs, the Arkells,…
North of North showrunners Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril didn’t hold back when explaining what crafting their show was like. The series, which launched Jan. 7 on CBC, follows a young Inuk woman named Siaja who spontaneously — and very publicly — ends her marriage. Her next challenge is to find a way forward in a small Arctic…
Instagram users under 16 won’t be able to livestream or unblur nudity in direct messages they’ve received without parental approval, owner Meta Platforms said Tuesday as it widened its safety measures for teenagers. The social media company also said it was extending safeguards for users under 18 to Facebook and Messenger. Meta launched its teen…
It’s always nice to see some old favourites make it onto a new list, right? Toni Morrison’s 1970 classic The Bluest Eye, Stephen Chbosky’s 1999 YA The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John Green’s 2005 book Looking for Alaska have once again been named among the most challenged library books in the U.S. in…