Entertainment

‘My principal asked, 'Are you on the Drake album?'': Toronto teen producer lands on rapper's new trilogy

TORONTO — On a school night last summer, Toronto producer Arham Paul was getting ready for bed when his phone rang. One of his beatmaker friends was tapped to work on Drake’s new projects, and he...

May 23, 2026 4:00 am MST MST

Britney Spears was 'confrontational' and 'flamboyant' but tested low for alcohol during DUI stop

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears refused to get out of her BMW for about 10 minutes before her driving under the influence arrest in March. When she did, the singing superstar smelled of booze and appeared...

May 22, 2026 4:41 pm MST MST

Motion Picture Association slams CRTC rules on Canadian content investment

OTTAWA — The industry lobby group representing big American streaming services slammed new revenue rules on Friday forcing them to invest in Canadian content while some Canadian industry organizations...

May 23, 2026 11:17 am MST MST

CRTC triples streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content

OTTAWA — The federal broadcast regulator says large online streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content. That’s three times the five-per-cent initial...

May 21, 2026 2:04 pm MST MST

Owner of 'Peanuts' music sues 3 companies and US government alleging illegal use of its catchy tunes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of the music of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and other “Peanuts” television specials filed four lawsuits Wednesday against defendants including the U.S. Department...

May 20, 2026 4:50 pm MST MST

Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

NEW YORK (AP) — On his very first time hosting “The Late Show” back in 2015, Stephen Colbert ripped into Donald Trump while gorging on Oreos, likening his inability to resist the cookies to his inability...

May 20, 2026 6:40 am MST MST

Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement 'got killed very quickly' in Hollywood

CANNES, France (AP) — Cate Blanchett said the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett...

May 17, 2026 12:19 pm MST MST

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

ROME (AP) — The researchers in Ireland looked at their computer screen, marveling at a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. They flipped through its digitized pages and found their sought-after...

May 17, 2026 8:10 am MST MST

Drake breaks three daily Spotify records for 2026 with new albums

Drake fans who might have felt left out in the cold waiting for new music after the rapper's last solo album in 2023 seem to have warmly embraced his latest drop. With the release of three albums Friday,...

May 16, 2026 11:06 am MST MST

Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched #MeToo-era case that another jury failed to decide last year. While the...

May 15, 2026 10:30 am MST MST