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Telus urges support for broadcast distributors as CRTC hearing set to wrap up

Telus urges support for broadcast distributors as CRTC hearing set to wrap up

Telus Corp. is urging the CRTC to address a "dramatically" changing industry landscape, echoing its Canadian broadcasting rivals, as the federal regulator's three-week hearing held in response to the Online Streaming Act winds down.
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'Crossed my line': Calgary traffic reporter goes viral after response to body comment

'Crossed my line': Calgary traffic reporter goes viral after response to body comment

CALGARY — TV traffic reporter Leslie Horton developed a thick skin over the years because of nasty feedback from viewers, but she unleashed a viral smackdown last week after she says one of them "crossed my line.
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Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on cocaine charges in South Florida

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on cocaine charges in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black has been arrested again in South Florida, this time on charges of possessing cocaine, jail records show.
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Martin Scorsese will receive David O. Selznick Award from Producers Guild

Martin Scorsese will receive David O. Selznick Award from Producers Guild

Martin Scorsese will be honored with the prestigious David O. Selznick Achievement Award in February, the Producers Guild of America said Thursday.
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Succession’ are among AFI Award recipients

Barbenheimer is continuing into awards season. Both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are among the 10 films that will receive an AFI Award in January, the American Film Institute said Thursday.
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'Oppenheimer' will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all

'Oppenheimer' will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all

“ Oppenheimer ” will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all. The Japanese distributor Bitters End said Thursday that the Christopher Nolan film will play in the country’s theaters in 2024.
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Best movies of 2023: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Fallen Leaves,' 'May December'

Best movies of 2023: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Fallen Leaves,' 'May December'

The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle's picks for the best movies of 2023: LINDSEY BAHR 1.
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British poet and self-professed 'anarchist' Benjamin Zephaniah dies at age 65

British poet and self-professed 'anarchist' Benjamin Zephaniah dies at age 65

LONDON (AP) — Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, political activist and actor who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died. He was 65.
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Autism is front and center in the pioneering new musical 'How to Dance in Ohio' on Broadway

Autism is front and center in the pioneering new musical 'How to Dance in Ohio' on Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Haven Burton wasn't worried about what professional critics thought of her new musical “How to Dance in Ohio." Who she really wanted to hear from was her 11-year-old son, Hudson.
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An appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television - and with it American life - in the 1970s

An appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television - and with it American life - in the 1970s

NEW YORK (AP) — In many American living rooms, the 1960s didn't really begin until Jan. 12, 1971. That was the night the comedy “All in the Family” debuted, almost instantly changing television and American society with it.
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