QUEBEC CITY — Canadian rapper K’naan, known for the global hit “Wavin’ Flag,” has been charged over an alleged sexual assault in Quebec City dating back more than 14 years. A charge sheet filed at the courthouse in Quebec City on Thursday says the rapper, whose given name is Keinan Abdi Warsame, is charged with … Read more
NEW YORK — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76. Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, his family announced in a statement released by Ashton’s manager, Alan Somers, on Sunday. No cause of … Read more
PARIS — Alessandro Michele’s eagerly awaited ready-to-wear Paris Fashion Week debut at Valentino was unveiled in a setting that hinted at a transformation— a living room in flux. Stools, ladders, and lamps shrouded beneath white blankets evoked a house renovation, signaling not just change, but a conscious revival of past glories. The scene, poetic and … Read more
NEW YORK — Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. “Wild Robot,” Chris Sanders’ adaptation of Peter Brown’s bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters, … Read more
As Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane and members of Blue Rodeo were ushered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, each took a moment to recognize that writing great music usually comes with incredible struggle. “Writing is often a lonely, isolating business,” McLachlan told the audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall in her speech. “But … Read more
A Perth-based reality TV star has given a tragic update just weeks after announcing her pregnancy to the public. Natasha Bulley revealed she has lost her unborn baby at 19 weeks. The grieving Love Island star posted a black and white photo with two bouquets of flowers, a teddy bear, a cross and an image … Read more
Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with new sexual assault allegations Friday as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters. It’s the latest of several similar lawsuits by women against Combs, who also was arrested … Read more
Promoters for a popular electronic music festival cancelled this year due to surging costs say boutique events such as their own could soon be gone for good after they missed out on cash included in an industry lifeline from the NSW government. Amid a growing number of abandoned or postponed events, it was revealed last … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly lit room full … Read more
Iconic soap star Drake Hogestyn has died aged 70, just one day shy of his 71st birthday. Hogestyn was best known as John Black on the soap Days of Our Lives, a role he played for 38 years. His family confirmed in a statement he died on Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Know … Read more
