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Their lyrics are pointed, specific and reference big political events that happened just days ago. Protest music experts say the responsiveness to the current moment has helped these artists catch fire online but say they'll need to move their message into the real world if they want it to stick.
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The Ryan Gosling-led Project Hail Mary does, in many ways, feel like a lowercase Interstellar: a fantastically good time at the movies, if not quite as insightful or far-reaching as a generational classic. But it's still everything you could want from a movie — it's smart and it's fun.
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ABC's cancellation of the already taped season of the reality TV show comes days before it was to premiere on Sunday. A Disney Entertainment Television statement appeared to refer to a 2023 video of an altercation between Paul and Dakota Mortensen that was published by TMZ on Thursday.
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Three women of colour who worked on the crew of Sinners are helping drive a significant shift in the film industry that's allowing diverse newcomers to gain experience and recognition behind the scenes. Veterans like costume designer Ruth E. Carter who've broken barriers say they're lighting the way for those who follow to make their own...
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The results of the 2026 Academy Awards feel harder to guess than any ceremony in living memory. To help you prepare for what is sure to be a nail-biting, shocker of a night, we've broken down the biggest categories — and the razor's-edge battles taking place in them.
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The proposed settlement, which still needs judge approval, includes a number of terms, including an agreement by Live Nation to cap ticketing service fees and allow venues to sell some tickets through competing platforms rather than Ticketmaster exclusively. A number of states expressed discontent with the settlement vowed to continue fighting the...
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Packed with revenge tropes and high-drama plots, microdramas are served up in one- to two-minute chunks in a vertical aspect ratio, straight to your smartphone. Producers say it's the "future” of the entertainment industry, but fans and unions still have issues with the quality, and how performers will be protected.
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It's not clear if the U.S. studio mega-merger will affect existing agreements that Warner Bros. Discovery has with Canadian broadcasters and streamers, like Crave, and whether Canadian viewers will have to subscribe to yet another service to watch their favourite shows.
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The antitrust trial between Ticketmaster's parent company and the U.S. Department of Justice got underway with opening statements on Tuesday. The case could force a breakup of Ticketmaster and Live Nation and have ripple effects in Canada — but experts say it's still early, and bets on the outcome are off the table.
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Netflix on Thursday signalled it was backing away from its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio assets, saying the deal was no longer financially attractive after Paramount Skydance revised its offer for the coveted Hollywood studio to a $31-a-share offer.
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Singer D4vd is the target of a Los Angeles County grand jury investigation of the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found last year in an apparently abandoned Tesla registered to him that was towed from the Hollywood Hills, court documents showed.
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Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers to represent him at his third NewYork rape trial, reshaping his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea. The lawyers, Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, take over for Weinstein's longtime lawyer, Arthur Aidala, who ceded his courtroom role...
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A racial slur shouted by a guest with Tourette and broadcast during Britain's top movie awards event has put the spotlight on one of the symptoms of the syndrome. Here's more about coprolalia — the involuntary outburst of obscene, socially inappropriate, and derogatory remarks and gestures.
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Netflix is backing away from its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's assets, saying the deal was "no longer financially attractive" after Paramount Skydance revised its rival offer. Here's a look at what Netflix had proposed and what Paramount's bid could mean now.
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Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night's broadcast over network fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates.
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Coming after his critically acclaimed documentary The Imposter, and genre-defying American Animals, director Bart Layton just released his deceptively deep heist film Crime 101. While he didn't initially believe Chris Hemsworth could pull off the role, he told CBC the Australian actor proved him wrong.
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