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Canadian TV, film, music industries ask MPs for protection against AI

Canadian TV, film, music industries ask MPs for protection against AI

OTTAWA — Canada's actors, directors and musicians are sounding the alarm over artificial intelligence, saying it threatens their livelihood and reputations.
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Beyoncé drops new songs 'Texas Hold 'Em' and '16 Carriages.' New music 'Act II' will arrive in March

Beyoncé drops new songs 'Texas Hold 'Em' and '16 Carriages.' New music 'Act II' will arrive in March

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is back with two new country tracks — “Texas Hold 'Em” and “16 Carriages.
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Q&A: Gloria Gaynor on 'I Will Survive,' the move from disco to gospel, her new film and new music

Q&A: Gloria Gaynor on 'I Will Survive,' the move from disco to gospel, her new film and new music

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 50 years ago, Gloria Gaynor released “I Will Survive,” the first disco song to top the Billboard charts and the only one to be awarded a Grammy for best disco recording.
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Canadian musicians among credits for Beyoncé's two new country-tinged songs

Canadian musicians among credits for Beyoncé's two new country-tinged songs

Two surprise Beyoncé songs revealed during Sunday's Super Bowl game are stacked with contributions from Canadian musicians and songwriters.
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Art exhibit honors fun-loving man killed in mass shooting in Maine

Art exhibit honors fun-loving man killed in mass shooting in Maine

WINTHROP, Maine (AP) — Peyton Brewer-Ross was the life of the party, with wraparound sunglasses and an outlandish Randy “Macho Man” Savage Slim Jim jacket. He also was a Navy shipbuilder, the father of a 2-year-old girl, and engaged to be married.
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Boy George of iconic band Culture Club returns to Broadway in a musical he calls 'a slap of joy'

Boy George of iconic band Culture Club returns to Broadway in a musical he calls 'a slap of joy'

NEW YORK (AP) — Rock stars famously don't get up before noon, and rocks stars in big Broadway shows each night surely stagger awake late in the afternoons. Not Boy George. “I’m not really rock ‘n’ roll," he says, laughing. "I’m more frock ‘n’ roll.
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Book Review: Richard Roper charms and surprises with ’This Disaster Loves You’

Book Review: Richard Roper charms and surprises with ’This Disaster Loves You’

Richard Roper, whose debut novel “Something to Live For” (2020) featured a character seeking the aspiration of the title, is back with “This Disaster Loves You,” about another man whose story is not quite what it seems.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 91. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 84. Singer Irma Thomas is 83. Actor Jess Walton (“The Young and the Restless”) is 78.
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They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival. She insists she's a missionary

They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival. She insists she's a missionary

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Standing 9 feet tall, Raquel Potí regularly graces the front pages of Brazilian magazines and newspapers, and on Saturday the artist donned a lavish feathered costume and lacquered her body in gold glitter.
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Vancouver celebrates Year of the Dragon at 50th Chinatown Spring Festival

Vancouver celebrates Year of the Dragon at 50th Chinatown Spring Festival

VANCOUVER — Dragons danced to the beat of drums through the streets of Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood Sunday morning. The spectacle was part of the 50th Anniversary of the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade. The procession began at 11 a.
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