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Toronto Hip-Hop artist highlights Black Canadian History through music
In the span of two decades, Toronto rapper D.O. Gibson has spoken at 2,500 schools. He likes to pick out different people from places across the country to educate youth about Black Canadian history. www.cbc.ca…
Schitt’s Creek wins Golden Globe for best TV comedy
Schitt's Creek won the Golden Globe for best television series, musical or comedy, on Sunday, shortly after star Catherine O'Hara captured the award for best actress for her portrayal of Moira Rose. Series co-creator Dan Levy accepted…
U.S. ticketing company’s box office bust costing grassroots Canadian artists
Community theatre director Nicole Jennissen believed she did everything right staging her original play, Love in the Time of COVID, in September 2020. It was written as a series of vignettes, keeping actors in two-or-three-person…
Prince Harry gets fresh about leaving royal duties, living in California
Prince Harry said he didn't walk away from his royal duties, in an appearance on The Late, Late Show with James Corden that aired early Friday. Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped away from full-time royal life in early 2020.…
German radio station apologizes after host compares K-pop band BTS to coronavirus
A German radio station apologized Friday for a host's comments comparing popular South Korean K-pop band BTS to the coronavirus, saying his choice of words had gone too far but was in no way meant to be "hurtful or racist." The…
Reply All podcast on hiatus after accusations of toxic work culture
The popular Reply All podcast has been put on hiatus and is cancelling two remaining episodes of a series that explored allegations of structural racism and a problematic work culture at food magazine Bon Appétit. The reason? Former…
Lady Gaga offers $500,000 US reward for two stolen dogs
Pop superstar Lady Gaga is offering a $500,000 US reward for the return of her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav that were stolen in Hollywood, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, after reports that her dog walker was shot.…
Minari’s immigrant story rides awards season wave
A father and family arrive at an empty field in Arkansas. Their home is a trailer up on cinder blocks. While the wife surveys the brush with apprehension, the father only sees potential. These are the opening moments of Minari, a…
Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dead at 101
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embody its curious and rebellious spirit well into the 21st century, has died at age 101. Ferlinghetti, a San…
Hillary Clinton to write novel with Canadian author Louise Penny
Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is teaming up with her friend, the Canadian novelist Louise Penny, to write a political thriller. The book, to be called State of Terror, will follow a novice secretary of state who is…