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Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has been accused of violent sexual assault by a former model, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday. The incident allegedly took place more than 30 years ago. Sheila Kennedy, a former Penthouse model, alleges that she was “violently” sexually assaulted by the singer

Fans of Hall & Oates may be saddened to learn that the iconic pop-rock duo are currently on opposite sides of a bitter legal dispute. Daryl Hall, 77, sued John Oates, 75, in Nashville Chancery Court on Nov. 16, as first reported by Philadelphia magazine. The court documents are sealed — for Private Eyes only,

Contestants of Netflix reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge have threatened legal action over the alleged injuries they obtained while filming, including hypothermia and nerve damage. A British personal injuries law firm announced on Thursday that it sent letters of claim to the show’s production company, Studio Lambert, on behalf of two Squid Game:

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is currently immersed in the first phase of reshaping the Canadian broadcasting landscape through the implementation of Bill C-11, known as the Online Streaming Act. As the two-week public hearing unfolds, diverse voices are emerging, with Indigenous media players hoping the bill will result in more equal opportunities.

Taylor Swift on Sunday met with the family of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, the 23-year-old fan who this month died while attending the star’s concert in Brazil. Ahead of her final Eras Tour show at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo, Swift posed for a photo with the Machado family, Entertainment Tonight reported. In

Taylor Swift‘s ever-popular Eras Tour is making one more stop this year: your living room. On Monday, the pop star told her Canadian fans they would be able to rent and stream her Eras Tour film just in time for her birthday on Dec. 13. Not only that, Swift also said the soon-to-be released extended

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 29, 2023 2:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Blue Jays radio voice Ben Wagner will not return to the team’s broadcast booth next year. In a statement, Sportsnet says it has decided not to renew his contract for next season. Related Videos

Shane MacGowan, the bold, Irish punk singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, has died. He was 65. The legendary musician was in poor health and had been recently hospitalized. MacGowan was receiving treatment for a diagnosis of encephalitis, a dangerous infection that causes swelling of the brain. MacGowan’s wife, Irish writer Victoria Mary Clarke, announced

The author of a new book about the British Royal Family has been scrutinized after a Dutch translation of the bombshell publication named two members of the family who allegedly raised concerns about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s unborn son, Archie. The Dutch version of Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and

The popular video game-turned TV show, The Last of Us was a huge success for the Alberta economy. According to a new report by Oxford Economics, $141 million was spent across the province to ensure the show became a reality, making it the largest series ever filmed in Canada. “Including $70 million on labour and

“People don’t very often go out looking for a ‘Jeffrey Wright type,’ you know?” says Jeffrey Wright with a laugh. “There’s not a lot of films that are written for a Jeffrey Wright type, so I have to sometimes do a little morphing.”   He’s won a Tony and an Emmy, and has starred in

On Tuesday night, King Charles brought together a group of senior royals, including Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton to Buckingham Palace for the second state banquet of his reign. The spectacle aimed to celebrate a state visit by South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee and emphasize the importance

At the turn from the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway into the Mauna Kea Resort on the Kona coast of Hawai’i Island, I pulled over to the side of the road and told my wife to take over driving. We were supposed to meet our former landlords from California for lunch at the resort’s beachside restaurant, but

Comedian Matt Rife has issued what appeared to be a mock apology to angry viewers of his heavily criticized Netflix special, directing them to a website selling special needs helmets. The 28-year-old American comic had been swiftly gaining popularity online ahead of the Nov. 15 release of his comedy special Natural Selection. After it dropped

Image Credit: TLC Kody Brown’s fractured family dynamic continues to have an impact on his children. In the October 15 episode of Sister Wives, Savanah Brown and Breanna Brown open up about the demise of their sibling relationship in the midst of the family chaos. Savanah, 18, who is Janelle Brown’s daughter, explains to Christine

In early 1969, Ken and Dub, two music fans from Los Angeles, found themselves in possession of some unreleased Bob Dylan songs recorded in 1967 that had been sent as demos to his music publisher. Copies of the acetate recording spilled out among people working in the recorded music industry. Ken and Dub, both employees

On Thursday, Princess Eugenie celebrated her fifth anniversary with Jack Brooksbank with a video that featured a few never-before-seen shots from their 2018 wedding. It’s soundtracked by the song “You’ve Got the Love” by Florence and the Machine, and tucked at the end of the video was the first photo showing Jack and Eugenie with

Image Credit: Dan Wooller/Shutterstock Bill is married to Tamara Hurwitz. They met in 1980. Bill and Tamara have three kids together. Bill Pullman has had a movie-worthy love story for over 40 years. The Sinner actor married Tamara Hurwitz right before he kickstarted his acting career, and they’ve never been apart. Over the years, Tamara

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed what happened between her and Chris Rock immediately after her husband, Will Smith, slapped him across the face during the 2022 Oscars ceremony. The incident has been referred to as “the slap heard around the world,” after Rock made a G.I. Jane joke about Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia

Phil Mickelson has always been obsessed with money, owing to a life of conspicuous consumption (his own Gulf-stream IV, etc.), a visceral hatred of paying taxes, and a self-described gambling addiction. In 2013, he made a flippant comment to reporters bitching about California’s state income tax, touching off one of the many uproars in his

Image Credit: Marion Curtis/StarPix for GIFF/Shutterstock Jenna Bush Hager, 41, let it slip on Thursday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna that her four-year-old son, Hal, still sleeps in a crib. The confession came about as she was discussing an unrelated topic, David Beckham‘s militantly organized closet, with her co-host Hoda Kotb. “Hal is

There are few personalities that unite Canadians quite like Mr. Dressup. For 29 years, spanning an impressive 4,000 episodes, the beloved children’s show host appeared on television screens across the country, inviting kids to explore his iconic Tickle Trunk alongside a legion of puppet sidekicks, including the cherished duo of Casey and Finnegan. And although

Image Credit: Trask Smith/CSM/Shutterstock / Casey Flanigan/imageSPACE/Shutterstock Taylor Swift secretly spent time with her rumored boyfriend, Travis Kelce, after he celebrated his 34th birthday without the singer, according to a new report. An insider told US Weekly that Taylor, 33, flew from Nashville to Kansas City “to see Travis” on Friday, October 6. The “Style” singer and

Michael Chiarello, the celebrity chef who inspired a generation of eager home cooks with his passion for food and entertaining, has died. He was 61. Chiarello’s company, Gruppo Chiarello, announced the Food Network star’s death on Saturday. Chiarello died at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., where he was being treated for

Illustration by Geoff Kim. Nimona Nimona arrived on Netflix this summer and earned passionate support from its admirers. Praised for its queer themes and its unique visual identity, the animated film follows framed knight Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed) and the shape-shifting Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz) on a quest to exonerate the former, earning the latter

Partway through Ross Gay’s The Book of (More) Delights—a year’s worth of short essays on quotidian pleasures, reprising a project from 2019—the author finds himself on a coffee shop porch, the first to arrive for a meeting. The latecomer sends an apology text, and Gay taps out a five-word reply.  “No sweat take your time,

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants young people to be comfortable with failure and struggle — characteristics he claims are necessary to develop mental resiliency. In a Wednesday interview for SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, the 76-year-old action star worried that modern society is raising “a generation of wimps and weak people” overly concerned with hurting feelings. “It’s nice

“This is the opening of a film about Sarah Bernhardt, if I could get anyone to do it,” she says, drawing her hand through the air. “You start on a mirror, and the hand comes in the frame, and someone is trying to put on the eyeliner and it’s smudging. You have to erase it

Image Credit: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock Caitlyn Jenner, 73, looked back on the time she first met Kris Jenner, 67, and revealed she felt it was “love at first sight,” in a new interview with The Times. The former spouse of The Kardashians star also admitted she was “infatuated” with her after they went on a blind