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Outside roles by NBC's Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards
April 11, 2024 - 12:42 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — As NBC News Group chairman, Cesar Conde is already busy overseeing the network's broadcast and digital news operations, along with CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo and NBC-owned local affiliates.
Mary Quant, mastermind of Swinging '60s style, dies at 93
April 13, 2023 - 9:23 AM

LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was 93.
Time's Up to halt operations, shift resources to legal fund
January 22, 2023 - 1:27 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018: The ballgowns were black, and the night's key accessory was a pin that read “Time's Up.” Onstage, Oprah Winfrey brought guests to their feet with a warning to powerful abusers: “Their time is up!”
Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, dies at 95
August 02, 2022 - 5:37 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Mo Ostin, a self-effacing giant of the music business who with rare integrity presided over Warner Bros. Records’ rise to a sprawling, billion-dollar empire and helped discover and nurture artists from Jimi Hendrix to Green Day, has died. He was 95.
Made-in-Japan manga goes global with Webtoon, Deadpool
March 10, 2022 - 9:46 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Deadpool, meet All Might.
Sesame Street theme park to open in San Diego next month
February 09, 2022 - 3:18 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The first Sesame Street theme park on the West Coast is set to open next month, offering a boost to San Diego's tourism market as it bounces back from the pandemic's hit to the industry and restrictions are eased, officials announced Wednesday.
Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida on working with his son, releasing his band's NFT album
November 22, 2021 - 4:00 AM

TORONTO - Raine Maida swears he’s not trying to be an "overprotective dad," yet when it comes to his son's music career he finds himself especially precious.
Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed
June 18, 2020 - 12:31 PM

NEW YORK - As protests erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd, every major entertainment company in Hollywood issued statements of support for the black community.
Canadian TV has 'a lot of work to do' on diversity, say ACTRA co-chairs
June 09, 2020 - 9:11 AM

TORONTO - Looking out at the Canadian television landscape, Toronto-based actresses Lisa Michelle Cornelius and Samora Smallwood see a void.
Globe and Mail leads National Newspaper Award nominations with 19 finalists
March 18, 2020 - 10:48 AM

The Globe and Mail leads the nominations for the 2019 National Newspaper Awards, with 19 of the 63 finalists in the running.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Entertainment News

Outside roles by NBC's Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards

Mary Quant, mastermind of Swinging '60s style, dies at 93

Time's Up to halt operations, shift resources to legal fund

Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, dies at 95

Made-in-Japan manga goes global with Webtoon, Deadpool

Sesame Street theme park to open in San Diego next month

Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida on working with his son, releasing his band's NFT album

Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

Canadian TV has 'a lot of work to do' on diversity, say ACTRA co-chairs

Globe and Mail leads National Newspaper Award nominations with 19 finalists

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