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Starry Saint Laurent show in Paris sees models walk on water
September 25, 2018 - 2:09 PM

PARIS - With a powerful front row of stars, Saint Laurent headlined the second day of Paris Fashion Week in an eclectic French twist on American styles that featured models walking on water.
Review: The long-delayed 'Death on the Nile' runs aground
February 07, 2022 - 10:29 AM

Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s nothing compared to the time that's passed since Branagh's preceding 2017 whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express.”
The evolution of the cardboard box: Nintendo's "Labo" rewards curiosity
April 23, 2018 - 7:13 AM

TORONTO - For all of the advancements over the decades in kids' toys, from remote-controlled gadgets to video games, nothing has enjoyed the longevity or versatility of the simple cardboard box.
Review: Guy Ritchie reinvents 'King Arthur' to mixed results
May 09, 2017 - 12:57 PM

Deep into Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword ," a bad guy who we've never met before informs Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) and his mates that they'd better be at the castle before dark if they want to see "the boy" and "the girl" again. It's one of those harmless, up the stakes clichés that's all too common in action movies, but, in the flawed yet amusing "King Arthur," it unwittingly left me baffled. "Which girl?" I wondered, sincerely doubting that this was the intended effect.
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
April 07, 2017 - 5:45 AM

LOS ANGELES - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed "Mr. Warmth" whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, died Thursday. He was 90.
Biebs is back: Justin Bieber announces new album to drop on Nov. 13
August 28, 2015 - 2:40 PM

TORONTO - Justin Bieber has announced on Twitter that his long-awaited comeback album will drop Nov. 13.
ESPN sues Verizon to raise stakes in showdown over unbundling of pay-TV channels
April 27, 2015 - 1:22 PM

ESPN is suing Verizon in an escalating clash over how the popular sports channel is being sold in a discounted pay-TV package.
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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

Starry Saint Laurent show in Paris sees models walk on water

Review: The long-delayed 'Death on the Nile' runs aground

The evolution of the cardboard box: Nintendo's "Labo" rewards curiosity

Review: Guy Ritchie reinvents 'King Arthur' to mixed results

Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90

Biebs is back: Justin Bieber announces new album to drop on Nov. 13

ESPN sues Verizon to raise stakes in showdown over unbundling of pay-TV channels

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