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It’s time: The NBA will unveil this season’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night. The winner will be Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’ll be the seventh consecutive time that a player born outside of the U.S. has won the award. Antetokounmpo, of Greek …
Read More »Canadian media star Lilly Singh joins Toronto Tempo ownership group
A fascinating Toronto Tempo ownership group grew by one on Tuesday. Actress, writer and advocate Lilly Singh has joined the WNBA team as an owner and chief hype officer, the team announced. “I love women. I love Toronto. Joining the ownership group of the Tempo is an absolute no-brainer — …
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 …
Read More »Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling, set for 2027
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theatres in May 2027, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm announced on Thursday. Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, a Lucasfilm statement said. The movie is “an entirely new adventure …
Read More »Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and Batman Forever, dead at 65
Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favourite Iceman in Top Gun, donned a voluminous cape as in Batman Forever and portrayed Jim Morrison in The Doors, has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, …
Read More »Richard Chamberlain, star of Dr. Kildare, Shogun and The Thorn Birds, dead at 90
Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr. Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll. “Our beloved Richard is …
Read More »Texas-bound: Canadian politicians slam U.S. tariffs (politely) during visit to Lone Star state
Amid an increasingly heated game of tariff-related chicken, Canadian politicians are in Houston telling Americans they’re fed up — in the most stereotypically Canadian way possible. “I don’t think friends do that to friends,” Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean said, speaking onstage Tuesday during a panel discussion at CERAWeek by …
Read More »Colombian pop star Shakira hospitalized with abdominal condition
Colombian superstar Shakira cancelled her Sunday concert in Lima after being hospitalized with an abdominal condition, the singer said. Shakira shared a statement on her Instagram and X accounts Sunday afternoon, saying she is currently hospitalized and that doctors informed her she was not in condition to perform. “I am …
Read More »U.S. star Shiffrin struggling with PTSD after crash, won’t defend giant slalom title at ski worlds
Mikaela Shiffrin says she is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder following a crash in November and will not defend her gold medal in giant slalom at the alpine skiing world championships. The American holder of a record 99 World Cup wins suffered a deep puncture wound when she fell in …
Read More »Kris Kristofferson, country music icon and movie star, dead at 88
Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family spokesperson Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88. McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, …
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