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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey put a lot of internal work into 'The Last of Us'
April 10, 2025 - 9:16 AM

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Five years after the end of the first season's events, “The Last of Us” picks up in Wyoming, where Joel and Ellie — played by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey — are settled into everyday life alongside an ensemble of returning characters and new faces protecting their fortress from the infected.
Artist accuses P.E.I. college of censoring political painting of lemmings, U.S. flag
April 10, 2025 - 8:45 AM

CHARLOTTETOWN - The artist in residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown has quit, saying school administrators have censored a painting they believe is too political.
Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee
April 10, 2025 - 8:08 AM

PARIS (AP) — New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them
April 10, 2025 - 4:46 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jillian Lauren, author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot and injured by Los Angeles police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at officers from her front yard, authorities said Wednesday.
Book Review: 'John & Paul' explores complex ties between Lennon and McCartney
April 09, 2025 - 3:32 PM

Ian Leslie's “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until John’s death.
‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’
April 09, 2025 - 2:14 PM

Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of a real incident involving combat and recreate it as faithfully as possible?
Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist and an Oscar-recipient, dies at 96
April 09, 2025 - 12:42 PM

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died. He was 96.
It's Met Gala time! Get yourself suitable with this guide on what to expect
April 09, 2025 - 6:50 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — As springtime sunshine finally hits New York City, the Met Gala beckons — one of the most anticipated and visible parties in the world.
Jon Hamm steals expensive stuff and likely viewers' hearts in Apple TV+'s 'Your Friends & Neighbors'
April 09, 2025 - 6:37 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — “Your Friends & Neighbors” begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else’s luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood.
Owner of three shopping malls in B.C. says she wants to buy Hudson's Bay
April 08, 2025 - 7:44 PM

A Chinese billionaire in British Columbia has taken to social media to announce her plans to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay locations after she saw "Canadians feeling sad" over the collapse of the retail giant.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops trending down
Rent prices in Kelowna and Kamloops are on their way down, but renters might not be noticing quite yet. The cost to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Kelowna has gone down 4.7 per cent in the last year, while Kamloops has seen a two per cent

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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey put a lot of internal work into 'The Last of Us'

Artist accuses P.E.I. college of censoring political painting of lemmings, U.S. flag

Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee

Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them

Book Review: 'John & Paul' explores complex ties between Lennon and McCartney

‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist and an Oscar-recipient, dies at 96

It's Met Gala time! Get yourself suitable with this guide on what to expect

Jon Hamm steals expensive stuff and likely viewers' hearts in Apple TV+'s 'Your Friends & Neighbors'

Owner of three shopping malls in B.C. says she wants to buy Hudson's Bay

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