Suspect in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff arrested on murder charge – National | Globalnews.ca
A 33-year-old man was arrested on a murder charge in the shooting of rapper Takeoff, who police on Friday said was an “innocent bystander” when he was struck by gunfire outside a Houston bowling alley. Patrick Xavier Clark was taken into custody peacefully Thursday night, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Clark’s arrest came one […]
High-flying balloon characters star in Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK — Throngs of spectators lined the streets of New York on Thursday as colorful, high-flying balloons help usher in the holiday season at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Mostly sunny skies and a slight breeze are forecast for the annual tradition, which dates back nearly a century. International cartoon sensation Bluey, the Australian […]
Montreal composer Yannick Nézet-Séguin among top Canadian Grammy nominees | Globalnews.ca
Classical composer Yannick Nézet-Séguin is among the leading Canadian Grammy nominees this year with a strong showing coming from an array of other homegrown talents. The Montreal native picked up five nominations across four classical music categories, which put him neck-and-neck with Serban Ghenea, who is up for record of the year for his mixing […]
Musk threatens to boot Twitter account impersonators
BOSTON — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform’s new owner issued the warning after some celebrities changed their Twitter display names — not their account names — and tweeted as ‘Elon Musk’ in reaction to the billionaire’s decision to offer […]
Jerry Lee Lewis dead: Troubled rock star dies at 87 – National | Globalnews.ca
Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87. The last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that […]
Jury finds Kevin Spacey did not molest Anthony Rapp, who sued claiming the actor tried to bed him when he was 14
Jury finds Kevin Spacey did not molest Anthony Rapp, who sued claiming the actor tried to bed him when he was 14
McDonagh, Farrell, Gleeson Get ‘Bruges’ Band Back Together
By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Time be flyin’,” it’s said in Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.” It’s a sentiment shared by McDonagh and his two stars, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who have reteamed 14 years after McDonagh’s pitch-black feature debut, “In Bruges.” “It feels like not two days […]
Damaging a masterpiece: Has climate action gone too far? | Globalnews.ca
The gasps in room 43 of the National Gallery in London capture the raw emotion of a shocking moment. On Friday, two activists with the group Just Stop Oil walked into the gallery and tossed a can of tomato soup on a priceless painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. It’s one of the […]
‘American Idol’ star Willie Spence dies at age 23 – National | Globalnews.ca
Former American Idol star Willie Spence has died at age 23. The singer, who was the runner-up on season 19 of the show in 2021, died after suffering injuries in a car accident, Katharine McPhee Foster confirmed. Multiple outlets including E! News and TMZ shared the tragic news. McPhee, who was the runner-up on the […]
Greyson Chance says Ellen DeGeneres ‘abandoned’ him, calls her ‘manipulative’ and ‘opportunistic’ – National | Globalnews.ca
Greyson Chance has come a long way from being the 12-year-old boy who rocketed to fame after his viral Paparazzi cover was shared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Chance, now 25, spoke about his former mentor DeGeneres for the first time, claiming he has “never met […]