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'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" roars to an $80 million box office opening

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" roars to an $80 million box office opening

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according to Sunday studio estimates.
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More than 400 Canadian artists sign letter denouncing 'anti-trans' policies

More than 400 Canadian artists sign letter denouncing 'anti-trans' policies

More than 400 Canadian artists from the worlds of music, film and literature are denouncing what they describe as "alarming and destructive" anti-trans legislation in an open letter released Sunday by music superstars Tegan and Sara.
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Chance Perdomo, star of 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' and 'Gen V,' dies in motorcycle crash at 27

Chance Perdomo, star of 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' and 'Gen V,' dies in motorcycle crash at 27

Actor Chance Perdomo, who rose to fame as a star of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Gen V,” has died at age 27 following a motorcycle crash.
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'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films

'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The day Thomas Shajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans.
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15 years later, Winstead recalls 'Scott Pilgrim' shoot: 'Toronto was our playground'

15 years later, Winstead recalls 'Scott Pilgrim' shoot: 'Toronto was our playground'

TORONTO — Just like the evil movie exes who can't get over her "Scott Pilgrim" alter ego Ramona Flowers, Mary Elizabeth Winstead can't get over Toronto. It's been 15 years since the North Carolina-born actor shot cult film “Scott Pilgrim vs.
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UK counterterrorism police investigate an attack on an Iranian TV presenter outside his London home

LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter outside his home in London as concern grows over threats to a Farsi-language satellite news channel long critical of Iran’s theocratic gov
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Woman in Northern Ireland finds people who can understand her — in Newfoundland

Woman in Northern Ireland finds people who can understand her — in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Whitney McCullough says she has always felt like people outside her home of Banbridge, Northern Ireland, need subtitles to decipher her accent and slang.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurie Anderson to receive medals from American Academy of Arts and Letters

Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurie Anderson to receive medals from American Academy of Arts and Letters

NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Tyla, South Africa's amapiano angel, manifests stardom in debut album

Tyla, South Africa's amapiano angel, manifests stardom in debut album

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, practicing acceptance speeches in the mirror, envisioning herself on the grandest award stages. But as she found out, a dream is one thing — reality is another.
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Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett's first cousin Neal L.
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