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MIKE FINIGAN: Columnist returns from the land of the palms
Okay, I admit it. I’ve no imagination. I did not want to go to the Dominican Republic. To Puerto Plata. To stay in a resort for a week and live like a Downton Abbey aristocrat, sleeping, eating, sunning, swimming in the pool, eating, sunning and ...
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'I think you just changed your life’: Halifax comedian impresses Canada’s Got Talent judges
Halifax comedian Travis Lindsay had his shot in front of the microphone for Canada’s Got Talent which aired on Tuesday night. His set in front of judges Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, Trish Stratus and Kardinal Offishall was all about his life and ...
What pregnant mothers eat may influence a child's facial features: Study
While a woman who eats a lot of cantaloupes won’t give birth to a baby with a melon-shaped head, a child’s looks may be based on specific foods their mother consumed while pregnant. According to a new study, the facial features of a child can be ...
McDonald's Canada won't be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts
After McDonald’s announced it will start selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts across the United States, the fast-food chain said the arrangement won’t be coming to Canada. The McDonald’s-Krispy Kreme deal in the U.S. comes after a “successful test” at more ...
'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The Batman" from a writer who created a story about the caped crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on ...
Tom Cruise ready to fly high again in 'Top Gun 3'
Tom Cruise will take to the skies again as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a third Top Gun film, according to fr anchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer . But in a new interview with ScreenRant , Bruckheimer ...
Jon Stewart blasts 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary over Donald Trump: 'Such an a**hole'
Jon Stewart is laying into Kevin O’Leary after the Shark Tank star and other conservative voices branded Donald Trump’s bank fraud case as a victimless crime. Last month, t he former U.S. president and Republican nominee for ...
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more details about her personal life which she hopes will help survivors of domestic abuse. The British singer and television ...
Emotional, gory, goofy, fun: Calgary Underground Film Festival's 21st lineup a celebration of cinematically weird
When asked what films best represent the polar extremes of programming at this year’s Calgary Underground Film Festival, co-founder and head-programmer Brenda Lieberman points to Ghostlight, Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan’s tender American ...
Behind the scenes: Calgary-shot Fraggle Rock reboot keeps the spirit of the original, but ups the scale to epic proportions
It’s Feb. 9, 2023, and the Fraggle Rock Creature Shop at the Calgary Film Centre is in full swing, a bustling hive of activity. There are lifeless Fraggles everywhere, but also small animatronic machinery, half-built Doozer figures and ...