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Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11.
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Randell Adjei's call to Canadians: find The Gold Within.The spoken word artist and Ontario's first poet laureate chats with CBC's Makda Ghebreslassie about working with three-time Olympian Phylicia George on The Gold Within and why poetry and sports make the perfect pair.
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Hollywood's video game performers have voted to go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. PT Friday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.
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One of the biggest music genres is experimenting with the power of artificial intelligence. Earlier this year, K-pop group Seventeen used AI to help promote the music video for its single Maestro. Meanwhile, fans have met the technology's use with mixed reviews.
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If there's one emotion that Disney and Pixar are probably feeling right now, it's joy. That's after movie sequel 'Inside Out 2' became the highest-grossing animated film of all time, raking in US$1.46 billion at the global box office and dethroning former record holder 'Frozen 2' from 2019, according to Disney on Wednesday.
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Toronto has a special place in Hugh Jackman's heart. During an exclusive interview with Etalk in front of dozens of fans gathered in the parking lot of 299 Queen Street West on Tuesday, the Australian actor shared that the city was where his Wolverine journey began.
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Sparks flew in court Tuesday as a Nevada judge rebuked a defence attorney and an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader lashed out against prosecutors during his renewed effort to be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur.
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If it's election season, it's also the time when 'Saturday Night Live' writers come together for plenty of satire surrounding politics. The late-night show may already have an incumbent when it comes to portraying U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris: Maya Rudolph.
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Movie stars Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett and Will Ferrell, as well as music superstars Pharrell Williams, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John are among the celebrities expected to walk the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival, a year after Hollywood strikes muted last year's event.
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Canadian fans of the reality dating show Love Island USA found themselves wanting after a delay by streaming service Crave led to the season finale airing about two hours later than the live show on Sunday. As spoilers flooded social media, so did the disappointed comments.
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Yet another performer has learned that singing 'The Star Spangled-Banner' is not easy. Country music artist Ingrid Andress performed the national anthem on Monday at 2024 Home Run Derby. She made some choices. It was notable, but probably not the way Andress intended.
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Entertainment giant Paramount will merge with production company Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape.
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A nearly three-year legal saga for Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer ended Friday without a verdict but with tears of relief for the actor and a small coterie of family who had settled into a sombre daily routine on wooden benches inside a windowless New Mexico courtroom at trial.
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A New Mexico judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin on Friday, agreeing with Baldwin's lawyers that prosecutors and police withheld evidence on the source of the live round that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.
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A Netflix show has reignited a spicy international debate over kimchi. When cast members of reality show Super Rich in Korea prepared the traditional Korean dish, the Chinese subtitles translated it as "la bai cai,” a Chinese term for spicy cabbage, which did not sit well with some Korean viewers.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have added a tiny bit of fuel to the fire surrounding their marriage. Amid speculation that the pair are struggling in their relationship after marrying about two years ago, the couple has listed their 12-bedroom, 24-bathroom California home for sale.
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The lead detective in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust" is likely to be on the stand for most of Friday at Alec Baldwin 's involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico, as prosecutors try to cast the movie star as a reckless cavalier with a gun in his hand and the defense seeks to portray him as a working...
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