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Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the 'Barbie' movie marketing mania
July 20, 2023 - 12:32 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Pink sauce on that Burger King burger? What about “Barbie-fying" your pet with sweaters and beds with Barbie motifs? If that's too low-brow, perhaps you'd be interested in hot pink Barbie monogrammed knit leggings by luxury designer Balmain instead, selling at Neiman Marcus for a cool $2,150.
Inside the East vs. West rap rivalry that led to the murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. in 1990s
October 11, 2023 - 9:17 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the investigation into the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur ramped up, prosecutors dug into the past and took the grand jury back to some of the most pivotal moments in the East-West Coast rap rivalry.
Review: ‘Crip Camp’ traces the origin of a social movement
March 23, 2020 - 8:23 AM

If you’re looking for something truly inspirational to distract from the current state of things, Netflix’s “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” might be just the ticket. This documentary focuses on an idyllic summer camp for kids and teens with disabilities in the Catskills in the early '70s that turned out to be a breeding ground for the modern disability rights movement.
Mount Rushmore to improve avenue of flags in $14M renovation
May 23, 2018 - 10:11 AM

KEYSTONE, S.D. - The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is getting a $14 million upgrade, though the carved heads of U.S. presidents won't be touched.
Hollywood's diversity push snubs actors with disabilities
April 04, 2018 - 1:18 AM

LOS ANGELES - Eileen Grubba was working alongside other actors on a TV commercial when she realized the director's eye was caught by her uneven gait. He started positioning her out of shots — and then it got worse.
website offers help to Broadway-bound disabled patrons
March 21, 2016 - 10:49 AM

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A new website hopes to help theatregoers with disabilities find Broadway shows that offer services they may need, from wheelchair ramps to American Sign Language interpreters to autism-friendly performances.
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

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

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

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

Awash in pink, everyone wants a piece of the 'Barbie' movie marketing mania

Inside the East vs. West rap rivalry that led to the murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. in 1990s

Review: ‘Crip Camp’ traces the origin of a social movement

Mount Rushmore to improve avenue of flags in $14M renovation

Hollywood's diversity push snubs actors with disabilities

website offers help to Broadway-bound disabled patrons

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