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‘Home Alone 2’ nailed holiday travel chaos, but flight rules make movie's plot less plausible today
December 21, 2025 - 3:16 PM

Panic erupts in the McCallister household as soon as the day begins. The parents' alarm clock never rings, bags and coats spill across the floor, and the family barrels out the door to catch a flight to Florida.
Mexico's bullied pageant contestant gets payback by capturing Miss Universe crown
November 20, 2025 - 9:39 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.
Andrew's royal exit is the latest crisis for Britain's monarchy
November 01, 2025 - 6:26 AM

LONDON (AP) — Holding prestige but not power, Britain’s monarchy is finely tuned to public sentiment.
A team of artisans brings Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ to life
October 14, 2025 - 10:22 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — When Tamara Deverell, the production designer on Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” first strode across the nearly finished set of Victor Frankenstein’s lab, she couldn’t help herself.
Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion says creative upbringing shaped his vision of innovation and freedom
October 13, 2025 - 12:02 PM

PARIS (AP) — France’s Nobel economics laureate Philippe Aghion reflected Monday on the creative roots that shaped his award-winning ideas about innovation and growth.
'The Last Frontier' TV series: A plane crash, a jailbreak and CIA secrets unfold in freezing Alaska
October 09, 2025 - 7:55 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The new Apple TV+. series “The Last Frontier” begins with a plane crash in remote Alaska and a scramble for survivors. We learn the plane was carrying a nasty bunch of federal inmates. Then we find out that the nastiest of them is part of a vast CIA conspiracy.
Alessandro Michele's Valentino collection puts 70s silhouettes in the Paris spotlight
October 05, 2025 - 10:43 AM

PARIS (AP) — Against strobe lights that suggested seedy allure more than spectacle, Alessandro Michele's Valentino collection Sunday showed restraint where once there was riot. Prim ’70s silhouettes — bows, ruching, velvet skirts — set a mood at Paris Fashion Week of controlled nostalgia.
Mugler reopens playbook with underground debut show in Paris
October 02, 2025 - 8:21 AM

PARIS (AP) — The fashion industry is deep in musical chairs this Paris season, and Thursday's spotlight swung to a Mugler debut.
'I stole a few': Director Guillermo del Toro goes wild at TIFF's Criterion Closet
September 08, 2025 - 9:16 AM

TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro slipped into the Criterion Closet at the Toronto International Film Festival and some wondered if he might ever come back out.
'What does it stand for?' TIFF at 50 is a cultural giant under heightened scrutiny
September 03, 2025 - 10:39 AM

TORONTO — When the Toronto International Film Festival launched in 1976, Hollywood barely noticed. Fifty years later, it commands the world’s attention — sometimes reluctantly.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

Entertainment News

‘Home Alone 2’ nailed holiday travel chaos, but flight rules make movie's plot less plausible today

Mexico's bullied pageant contestant gets payback by capturing Miss Universe crown

Andrew's royal exit is the latest crisis for Britain's monarchy

A team of artisans brings Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ to life

Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion says creative upbringing shaped his vision of innovation and freedom

'The Last Frontier' TV series: A plane crash, a jailbreak and CIA secrets unfold in freezing Alaska

Alessandro Michele's Valentino collection puts 70s silhouettes in the Paris spotlight

Mugler reopens playbook with underground debut show in Paris

'I stole a few': Director Guillermo del Toro goes wild at TIFF's Criterion Closet

'What does it stand for?' TIFF at 50 is a cultural giant under heightened scrutiny

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