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• Sean (Diddy) Combs threatened me with death, singer Dawn Richard tells jury

  19-05-2025 22:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Dawn Richard testified Sean (Diddy) Combs made a death threat a day after she witnessed the Bad Boy Records founder punch and kick Casandra (Cassie) Ventura, and also told her and another woman that "we could go missing" if they didn't stay quiet.
  
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• CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits amid possible settlement of Trump lawsuit

  19-05-2025 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said Monday that she is resigning after four years, the latest fallout at the network as its parent company considers settling a lawsuit with U.S. President Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes interview with his former political opponent, Kamala Harris.
  
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• Sesame Street will move to Netflix, but keeps its longtime home on PBS

  19-05-2025 19:08 via cbc.ca
  
  New episodes of the more than 50-year-old show will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app, while select past episodes will also be made available on Netflix.
  
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• Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker to leave BBC after sharing Instagram story about Zionism

  19-05-2025 16:32 via cbc.ca
  Gary Lineker, the England soccer great-turned-media celebrity, will leave his role as a presenter for the BBC after facing criticism for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism that featured a picture of a rat.
  
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• Beloved B.C. musician Dan Mangan on his new album, Natural Light

  17-05-2025 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Vancouver’s Dan Mangan has always had a knack for providing comfort on a rainy day, a moment of reprieve during heavy times. His latest collection builds on his honest, sometimes validating lyrics and polished folk sound.
  
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• Eurovision's Grand Final is here. Some wonder if Canada will ever change its tune on competing

  17-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The annual pop song contest is a competition like no other, with countries from Europe — and beyond — vying for fan votes amid a sea of flags. The maple leaf has been largely absent from that sea despite Canadians singing for other countries. Now, some observers suggest a recent groundswell of national pride could help Canada sing for itself.
  
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• A new chosen one: Ryan Kiera Armstrong is the next vampire slayer in Buffy reboot

  16-05-2025 20:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong has just been cast in the lead role alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in the pilot for Hulu's reboot of the wildly popular late '90s television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
  
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• Chris Brown to be held in custody over alleged 2023 assault in U.K.

  16-05-2025 17:29 via cbc.ca
  
  American singer Chris Brown was denied bail and ordered to be held in custody Friday after appearing in a British courtroom. He is facing allegations he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
  
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• Man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

  16-05-2025 17:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
  
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• The Weeknd could've gone to therapy. Instead, he made Hurry Up Tomorrow

  16-05-2025 00:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The Weeknd's new movie is not quite a music video, and not quite a movie. Instead, it's arcane, obtuse and boring — a hopelessly pointless therapy assignment serving no one but Abel Tesfaye himself.
  
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• Diddy's lawyers focus on Cassie's texts, try to portray her as willing participant in 'freak-offs'

  15-05-2025 18:15 via cbc.ca
  
  R&B singer Cassie was forced under cross-examination Thursday to read aloud explicit messages with her former boyfriend Sean (Diddy) Combs, some of which expressed enthusiasm for sex with other men at Combs's behest that she previously testified she "hated doing."
  
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• Céline Dion cheers on Eurovision contest, as fans hope for surprise performance at final

  15-05-2025 17:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian chanteuse Céline Dion surprised fans and competitors alike with a message of love and gratitude at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, a competition she says was "life-changing" for her and helped launch her to global superstardom.
  
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• Celine Dion cheers on Eurovision contest, as fans hope for surprise performance at final

  15-05-2025 17:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian chanteuse Céline Dion surprised fans and competitors alike with a message of love and gratitude at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, a competition she says was "life-changing" for her and helped launch her to global superstardom.
  
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• The original Thomas & Friends pilot has been restored — 'and it looks beautiful' 

  15-05-2025 00:49 via cbc.ca
  
  The original pilot of the iconic children’s TV show Thomas & Friends hadn’t been since it first hit the airwaves 43 years ago — until a producer unearthed it from the company archives and had painstakingly restored.
  
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• In Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise shows off his Jesus complex

  14-05-2025 22:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While not the series’ best movie, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning is solidly middle-of-the-pack — and as always, the set pieces are reliably thrilling. But beyond Tom Cruise's seemingly boundless appetite for grabbing onto the outside of airplanes, this is a film aware of the mythos he's created.
  
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• IN PHOTOS | Meet the Eurovision finalists

  14-05-2025 16:50 via cbc.ca
  Here's a look at the performers from the two semifinals who have qualified and will be competing on Saturday at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland.
  
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• Cassie testifying for 2nd day in Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking, racketeering trial

  14-05-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  R&B singer Cassie returned to the witness stand on Wednesday after a day spent recounting details of life with hip-hop music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs and the violence she allegedly endured during their relationship.
  
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• Cassie feared release of 'freak-off' videos, she testifies at Sean (Diddy) Combs trial

  14-05-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  R&B singer Cassie returned to the witness stand Wednesday in ex-boyfriend Sean (Diddy) Combs's sex trafficking trial and described a vicious beating he gave her that was caught on surveillance video at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
  
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• Alessia Cara on her new album, new tour and old secrets

  14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian musician Alessia Cara sits down with CBC to talk about her new album, her return to touring and advice for up-and-coming musicians.
  
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• Sean (Diddy) Combs was violent 'too frequently,' R&B singer Cassie testifies in sex trafficking trial

  13-05-2025 17:29 via cbc.ca
  The second day of music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs's sex trafficking trial got underway on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court, with former girlfriend R&B singer Cassie testifying that Combs subjected her to years of sexual and physical abuse. Combs has pleaded not guilty to five charges.
  
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• 'I was going to die': Kim Kardashian shares fears as she faces Paris robbery suspects in court

  13-05-2025 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Kim Kardashian said a silent prayer — for her sister, her best friend, her family — as a masked man pulled her toward him in a Paris hotel room in the 2016 jewelry heist that changed her life, she testified on Tuesday.
  
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• French movie icon Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set

  13-05-2025 11:18 via cbc.ca
  A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
  
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• Canadian rapper Tory Lanez attacked while serving time for Megan Thee Stallion shooting

  13-05-2025 00:05 via cbc.ca
  Rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where the Canadian is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in 2020, authorities said.
  
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• Classified, Vishtèn, Maggie Andrew lead 2025 East Coast Music Award winners

  12-05-2025 17:12 via cbc.ca
  The awards took place in St. John’s after boycotts and unrest in the music community.
  
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• Sean (Diddy) Combs had violent outbursts, defence concedes in trial, but denies sex trafficking

  12-05-2025 15:55 via cbc.ca
  The trial of music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs kicked off on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, with federal prosecutors trying to prove he turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades. Combs has pleaded not guilty to five charges.
  
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• Remember these iconic Canadian ads?

  11-05-2025 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Ad man Terry O'Reilly looks back at some of the most memorable Canadian commercials, and explains what makes them special.
  
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• Bootleg tape uncovered from Nirvana's sole Calgary tour stop in 1991 – months before they skyrocketed to fame

  10-05-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Nirvana enthusiast Mike Jenkins uncovered a copy of a bootleg tape of the sole Nirvana concert in Calgary, on March 4, 1991, mere months before the band released their record-breaking album, Nevermind.
  
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• James Foley, director of Glengarry Glen Ross, dead at 71

  09-05-2025 23:15 via cbc.ca
  
  James Foley, an American journeyman director best known for Glengarry Glen Ross but with a range of other films as well as music videos and TV episodes among his credits, has died. He was 71.   
  
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• Co-stars Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster on their Canadian thriller, Sharp Corner

  09-05-2025 16:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Actors Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster share why Sharp Corner was an alluring project and talk about their experience filming in Halifax.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar leads BET Awards nominations with 10; Drake, The Weeknd score nods

  08-05-2025 19:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Kendrick Lamar is extending his dominant musical reign, entering next month's BET Awards as the leading nominee with 10 nods. Canadian stars Drake and The Weeknd also racked up six and four nominations respectively.
  
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• These authors were sold a romantasy convention. Instead, they got the Fyre Festival of the book world

  08-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Authors are feeling misled and some are out thousands of dollars after travelling to Baltimore for an event advertised as a romantasy book convention, complete with a fantasy ball, only to encounter what some are calling the Fyre Festival of BookTok.
  
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• Electing a pope is like TV show The Traitors, says Conclave author Robert Harris

  07-05-2025 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Robert Harris, author of Conclave, says the politics of electing a new pope aren't that different from reality TV show The Traitors.
  
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• Netflix is launching new TV interface and AI mobile features

  07-05-2025 19:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Netflix users globally can expect a revamped TV interface starting on May 19. The streaming platform is also incorporating an AI search feature to the iOS mobile app.
  
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• Is Italian brain rot even real Italian?

  07-05-2025 16:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Italian brain rot videos have been trending, but people are starting to discover some strange facts about them.CBC Kids News contributor Matthew Hines breaks down this new online trend.
  
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• Music legend Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by 4 former employees

  07-05-2025 13:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.
  
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• The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg documents a broadcaster-turned-bank robber. That doesn't make it interesting

  07-05-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime's The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg follows the fall of Winnipeg sports broadcaster Steve Vogelsang. But even while documenting Vogelsang's criminal dealings, it fails to stay interesting.
  
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• Sentence reduced for driver who hit and killed Hamilton conductor Boris Brott

  07-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's top court finds trial judge made a mistake when sentencing Arsenije Lojovic, with bipolar disorder, which made it harder for him to control his behaviour during the 2022 hit-and-run. Brott's family says they're 'disgusted' by the decision.
  
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• Bryan Adams to help kick off Departure Festival, a reimagined Canadian Music Week

  06-05-2025 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The inaugural Departure Festival gets underway today in Toronto. Formerly known as Canadian Music Week, the six-day event is moving forward with a new name, different owners and a broadened scope.
  
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• After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot

  06-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is.
  
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• Met Gala celebrates Black menswear and dandyism, includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise

  06-05-2025 00:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and kick off the first Met Gala in more than 20 years with a menswear theme — a night that also featured Rihanna's baby bump and a lot of tailoring.
  
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• 2025 Met Gala gets underway with focus on Black menswear and dandyism

  06-05-2025 00:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Celebrities began to flood to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in their tailored best on a rainy Monday to kick off the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. 
  
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• Must-see red carpet looks from the Met Gala

  06-05-2025 00:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Here’s what Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton and other stars wore on fashion’s biggest night.
  
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• Must-see red carpet looks from the 2025 Met Gala

  06-05-2025 00:40 via cbc.ca
  Here’s what Rihanna, Colman Domingo and more stars wore on fashion’s biggest night.
  
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• 17 Must-see red carpet looks from the 2025 Met Gala

  06-05-2025 00:40 via cbc.ca
  Here’s what Rihanna, Colman Domingo and more stars wore on fashion’s biggest night.
  
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• Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

  05-05-2025 22:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Percival Everett's novel James, a radical re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama.
  
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• Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking trial set to begin with jury selection

  05-05-2025 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Sean (Diddy) Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse on Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women.
  
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• Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking trial begins with jury selection

  05-05-2025 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean (Diddy) Combs, whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days. Opening statements by lawyers and the start of testimony are expected next week.
  
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• Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio with over 2M attendees

  04-05-2025 17:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's historic concert that drew over 2 million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
  
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• A terrifying childhood encounter with a wrestler forever changed N.S. filmmaker's career

  04-05-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Filmmaker Jason Eisener is known for movies such as Hobo with a Shotgun and Kids vs. Aliens, but the Dartmouth, N.S., native turned a childhood fascination and love of wrestling into the long-running television series Dark Side of the Ring, now in its sixth season.
  
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• Films with Manitoba connections at Hot Docs range from surreal animation to history of 2SLGBTQ+ rights

  03-05-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Hot Docs documentary film festival is back in Toronto, after coming perilously close to dissolution last year due to money woes and key staff resignations. If one can say it has rebounded in 2025, no small credit goes to docs from Manitoba filmmakers and featuring Manitoba subjects.
  
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