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In late July 1990, in the waters off Nova Scotia and at a tiny Cape Breton wharf in Baleine, smugglers looked to offload roughly two-dozen tonnes of hash worth up to $500 million. They didn’t know the RCMP, the coast guard and the military were watching. A judge later called …
Read More »British film academy, BBC apologize after BAFTA awards guest with Tourette’s shouts racial slur
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Britain’s film academy and the BBC apologized to viewers after an audience member with Tourette’s syndrome …
Read More »Merrily We Roll Along was Sondheim’s biggest failure. Now it’s a feature film triumph
If you were looking for the Broadway musical least likely to find wide theatrical success among general audiences … well, that would probably be Cats. But if you were looking for the second least-likely Broadway musical to find wide theatrical success among general audiences … OK, that would be Dear …
Read More »WestJet and Air Transat passengers fight back after airlines falsely claim they can’t film disputes
Jason Huang says he and three older relatives were simply trying to get back to Toronto last August, when a routine check-in at the WestJet counter at Edmonton International Airport escalated into a confrontation. “The manager suddenly grabbed my phone,” said Huang. “I was shocked.” The family was wrapping up …
Read More »Entertainment News : ਮਣੀਪੁਰ 12 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਤੋਂ 4-ਦਿਨਾਂ National Tribal Film Festival ਦੀ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ
Entertainment News : ਮਣੀਪੁਰ 12 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਤੋਂ 4-ਦਿਨਾਂ National Tribal Film Festival ਦੀ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ ਇੰਫਾਲ, 9 ਨਵੰਬਰ (ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਵਾਰਤਾ)Entertainment News : ਚਾਰ-ਦਿਨਾਂ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਕਬਾਇਲੀ ਫਿਲਮ ਉਤਸਵ (National Tribal Film Festival )12 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਤੋਂ ਮਨੀਪੁਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਯੋਜਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੌਂ ਰਾਜਾਂ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧਤਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ 23 ਕਬਾਇਲੀ …
Read More »Love it or hate it, House of Dynamite is a film fuelling nuclear war fears. It’s far from the first
Shortly after its premiere, Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear warning film House of Dynamite earned a curious distinction. Instead of Oscar nominations or accolades, it was a warning: according to Bloomberg, it came in the form of an internal memo from the Pentagon. The document, dated Oct. 16, was meant to “address …
Read More »James McAvoy punched at Toronto bar, apparently unprovoked, while in city for film fest
Actor James McAvoy was punched by a man at a downtown Toronto bar, apparently unprovoked, late on Monday evening. A source connected to the actor confirmed to CBC News that, as was first reported by People magazine, a man punched McAvoy without warning while being escorted out of Charlotte’s Room, a bar just a …
Read More »Trump biopic The Apprentice takes home top film award at Canadian Screen Awards
The divisive, little-seen yet still-controversial Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice managed to grab the brass ring on Sunday, taking home the top award of best motion picture at the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards. It beat out stiff competition in that top category from filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s Universal …
Read More »French movie icon Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence. In one of …
Read More »Shawn Levy, filmmaker to helm new Star Wars film, to be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame
Shawn Levy’s next project may take him to a galaxy far, far way, but he will soon have a star much closer to home. The Montreal-born filmmaker, who’s directing the recently announced Star Wars: Starfighter, will be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame this year. Levy broke out with 2002 teen …
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