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ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel denied making a joke that hinted at the assassination of Donald Trump, hours after the U.S. president said Kimmel should be fired by the network and its parent company Walt Disney. Trump's wife, Melania Trump, was first to call out Kimmel for a monologue he delivered on Thursday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel should be fired by ABC and parent company Walt Disney, joining his wife Melania Trump in calling out the late-night talk show host for a monologue he delivered Thursday, prior to a shooting on Saturday near a gathering of journalists and politicians that the president and first lady...
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Grant Avenue Studio was founded by legendary Canadian record producer and musician Daniel Lanois and partners in 1976, and has been helping make Canadian music history since then. Current owner Mike Bruce says the charm that brought Johnny Cash, Gordon Lightfoot and more to the studio lingers 50 years later.
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Writer-director Kirk Jones discusses making the biographical drama I Swear and revealing the complexity of Tourette syndrome. He says he wanted to make a film that both entertains and enlightens viewers about the neurological condition, while highlighting the need for greater compassion and awareness.
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Antoine Fuqua's Michael is a surface-level replay of the iconic King of Pop's life. Audiences get toe-tapping entertainment value and an impressive impersonation by nephew Jaafar Jackson at the expense of virtually any investigation into the mind and motivations of the eponymous star.
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A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast's media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.
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An overwhelming majority of Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted in support of selling the business to Paramount on Thursday. The approval by shareholders is a big step toward the deal being finalized, which would have big implications for the media landscape.
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Two of the biggest global names in Punjabi music are set to take over Canada's largest venues — underscoring the genre's explosive rise worldwide. Diljit Dosanjh and Karan Aujla are launching Canadian tours drawing demand promoters say rivals some of the biggest names in hip-hop.
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In Montreal, a young woman in a Spin magazine T-shirt stares furiously at the blank page on her 2011 MacBook. It's a moment from the new movie Mile End Kicks that could have been ripped from director Chandler Levack's own life, when the former critic traded Toronto for Montreal's exploding music scene. Mile End Kicks is one of two movies from...
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As U.S. lawmakers press the White House to examine whether Canada's Online Streaming Act is an unfair trade practice — and retaliate if necessary — CBC's The House speaks to experts about whether the bill is worth all the hassle and why it's generated so much controversy.
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A three-judge panel in Manhattan weighed the "exceptionally difficult case" in court on Thursday, and did not immediately rule after hearing two hours of arguments. Combs, who was convicted last July under the federal Mann Act which bans transporting people across state lines for any sexual crime, is challenging his conviction and prison sentence.
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The boys of BTS are returning to the stage after a nearly four-year hiatus, during which the members completed their mandatory military service. Despite pouring rain in Seoul, fans packed a stadium to watch the K-pop group kick off their long-awaited world tour.
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The Testaments, an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book that released its first three episodes on Disney+ on Wednesday, is looking to expand on the chillingly regressive future predicted in The Handmaid's Tale. Its stars and creators talked to CBC News about the message and intent of the series.
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Organizers for a music festival in London have cancelled the upcoming three-day event after the rapper Ye, who was slated to perform, has been barred from entering the U.K. following past antisemitic remarks. The UK Home Office told CBC News that Ye's permission to travel was blocked because his presence would not be conducive to the public good.
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Collien Fernandes says her husband spread pornographic deepfakes of her for around a decade. Multiple experts and online commenters are now calling the actress a "digital Pelicot" after she spoke out about what she has called her "virtual rape," generating protests and a push for change in Germany.
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That The Drama blossoms into a subversive investigation into the limits of empathy doesn't really matter. All that will matter is the disappointment theatre-goers will feel walking out of a supposed rom-com they expected to be like Sleepless in Seattle, but that instead feels closer to Midsommar.
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