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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 4, 2023 6:17 am Updated January 4, 2023 7:24 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto-based scenic artist Ray Lalonde’s winning streak on Jeopardy! has ended. Lalonde, who was hoping for his 14th victory on the long-running trivia game show, had amassed winnings of US$386,400

It was this time last year that New York Times media columnist Ben Smith announced he’d be giving up one of the most coveted jobs in journalism. The former BuzzFeed editor’s abrupt departure quickly sparked a guessing game among media-watchers and members of the newsroom as to who would take his place. While Smith went on

View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Britney Spears ended 2022 by teaming up with Elton John, and she’s kicking off the new year by joining Elvis Presley. As part of Elvis’s birthday celebration – the late King of Rock N’ Roll would have turned 88 on Jan. 8 – RCA Records have unwrapped Britney Spears x

Hollywood actor and filmmaker Edward Norton always thought his connection to Pocahontas was nothing more than “family lore.” In a new episode of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, an investigation into Norton’s genealogy discovered that Pocahontas, one of the most widely portrayed (and oft misrepresented) Indigenous women in history, is his 12th great-grandmother. Norton, who

In the lawsuit, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting—who were underage when they portrayed the star-crossed lovers and filmed the 1968 film’s nude scene—allege that they experienced sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and fraud while filming Romeo and Juliet. By Chris Murphy January 4, 2023

View gallery Image Credit: backgrid New year, same fling! Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach, 49, was seen leaving T.J. Holmes’ apartment in New York City on Jan. 4, just hours after his estranged wife broke her silence on their ongoing divorce. The blonde beauty rocked a blue puffer coat and black jeans for her while exiting the 45-year-old’s home

Olympic figure skater Tessa Virtue has revealed that she is engaged to Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenceman Morgan Rielly. She made the announcement on the Without Losing Your Cool podcast posted online Tuesday. The now-retired three-time Olympic gold medalist told podcast host Shantelle Bisson that she met Rielly through mutual friends. The official announcement came a few days

Robin Roberts and her longtime partner Amber Laign are finally headed down the aisle. The reporter announced on Good Morning America on Monday that after 18 years together she and her girlfriend have decided that this year they will get married. Roberts told author Gabrielle Bernstein on the news show, “I’m saying yes to marriage.

View gallery Image Credit: Lynne Sladky/AP/Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock It wouldn’t be the holidays without some drama! Many people mocked “Got What I Got” singer Jason Aldean, 45, following his wife, Brittany Aldean‘s New Year’s Eve post that pictured Donald Trump, 76, kissing her on the forehead. “A fairy-tale ending to 2022,” the 34-year-old captioned the carousel of snapshots

Avengers star Jeremy Renner successfully underwent surgery on Monday following a snowplow accident that left him with “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries.” Renner’s publicist Samantha Mast confirmed that the actor’s condition is stable but critical. The statement said Renner, 51, is still in the intensive care unit. The actor was injured at his Reno,

View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Monday night’s NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals came to a grinding halt after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field. Mid-way through the first quarter, Damar, 24, tackled Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, but upon rising up from the hit, he fell to the ground

Quebecers are increasingly streaming music online but listening less often to francophone artists, a trend members of the province’s music industry hope will be reversed with a new federal bill. Around 30 per cent of physical albums sold in Quebec in 2022 were by Quebec artists, the province’s statistics institute said in mid-December 2022. But

View gallery Image Credit: TLC Robyn Brown was devastated when Christine Brown announced she’d be leaving the family on this season of Sister Wives. She was even more hurt, though, when Christine said she didn’t a relationship with Robyn and Meri Brown once she moved away. The admission led to Kody Brown blowing up on Christine, accusing her of always

It’s not your imagination: “Jeopardy” streaks are getting longer. Ray Lalonde, the Toronto-based scenic artist who’s won 11 games and counting, is just the latest in a new generation of trivia titans to take up residence on the Alex Trebek Stage. After Thursday’s game, Lalonde had amassed US$311,500. Consider also Mattea Roach, the 24-year-old Canadian

The Glass Onion costars grill each other for Vanity Fair’s Lie Detector Test revealing how they really feel about on-screen make-outs, stealing costumes from set, and who in the cast was the worst at mafia.  By Chris Murphy December 29, 2022

View gallery Image Credit: ABC New Edition is in the house — or should I say, in the center of the universe! The iconic R&B band of the 80’s was among the super talents to ring in 2023 during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Performing from Times Square, the band rocked out

Barbara Walters, a journalist, TV legend and pioneering broadcaster, has died at the age of 93. In a statement posted to social media, Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, said Walters passed away at her home in New York on Friday. “She was a one-of-a-kind reporter who landed many of the most

Pelé, agreed upon by all who would decide such things to be among the finest athletes who ever lived, died at 82 in São Paulo according to his manager, Joe Fraga. Born into poverty in 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil, Pelé followed in his father’s footsteps to become a professional soccer player, but it was

View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock It is a sad evening in journalism, as the iconic news reporter Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93, ABC News reported on Dec. 30, 2022. In a statement to HollywoodLife, her rep said that she “passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has been accused of sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress in a minor in a new lawsuit filed by Julia Holcomb — who says she was 16 years old when Tyler first targeted her in 1973. The lawsuit, which was filed under a 2019 California law that

Under the shared label World’s End, Westwood and McLaren showed their first notable collection, which they titled Pirate, in 1981. The partnership wouldn’t last the end of the decade, but Westwood’s impact only continued to grow.  “I was messianic about punk, seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way,” she told Time

View gallery Image Credit: Tammie Arroyo / AFF-USA.com / MEGA More AboutKirstie Alley Kirstie Alley was cremated following her shocking death on Dec. 5, according to Us Weekly, who obtained her death certificate on Dec. 29. The outlet also reported that the Golden Globe winner’s death certificate said she died at her residence in Clearwater,

Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. He had been hospitalized for the last month with multiple

From Ayurvedic hair oils to traditional Chinese gua sha tools, today’s lineup of beauty essentials has deep roots. This primer weaves together history and of-the-moment practices, for a cross-cultural understanding of what it is to be well. By Kayla Holliday December 27, 2022

View gallery Image Credit: Larry Marano/Shutterstock / Carlos Larios/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Nick Cannon brought the gift of music to his kids this holiday season. Abby De La Rosa took to her Instagram Story on Sunday, Dec. 25 to share a glimpse of the father of 11, 42, spending quality time with their three kids on Christmas by playing

The most famous Canadian musicians have made a name for themselves by getting onto your playlists, but they also earned a pretty penny in the process. But just how wealthy are they? Through the years, Canada has given the world some amazing musicians across many different genres. For this list of the richest musicians born

A week after the New York Times called his backstory into question, the representative-elect acknowledged that he did not graduate from college, did not work for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and said he was not Jewish, but “Jew-ish.” Still, major questions about the Republican remain open.  By Eric Lutz December 27, 2022

View gallery Image Credit: Michael Simon/Shutterstock All good things must come to an end as they say! Model Emily Ratajkowski, 31, and Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson, 29, have reportedly split after dating for just over one month, per Page Six. “Their fling has moved into the friends zone,” a source told the outlet. Despite the split,

The gang from That ’70s Show is back together again. Netflix has dropped their first full-length trailer for the reboot series That ’90s Show, giving fans their first glimpse of old fan favourites Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama. Read more: 82-year-old Walmart worker can now retire thanks to generous

From corporate tumult and high-stakes legal battles to labor unrest and an utterly epic social media meltdown, there was no shortage of captivating story lines to chronicle in 2022. Here are the industry dramas we’re watching into the New Year. By Joe Pompeo December 26, 2022