entertainment
How Pokemon became a source of soft power and among the world's biggest media franchises
Over 30 years, Pokemon has become one of the biggest franchises in the world, grossing billions of dollars and becoming a source of global soft power for Japan. Source link
Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' is certainly not Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell liberally reinterprets Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel in her new film but seems uninterested — to the point of negligence — in what the beloved British author was trying to say. Source link
Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency over Epstein emails
New files related to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein published by the U.S. Justice Department last month, included flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell dating from 2003. Source link
Video game Relooted tasks you with reclaiming African artifacts in museums
Relooted, a new video game from African-based studio Nyamakop, tasks players with stealing real-life African artifacts from museums and private mansions to return them to their rightful historical owners. Source link
Catherine O'Hara died of blood clot in lung, says L.A. Medical Examiner's Office
Actor Catherine O’Hara died of a blood clot in her lung, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. Source link
Decoding the nods to Latino culture in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
From sugar cane fields to sparking electricity poles to a message of unity in small white writing, here are some of the messages in the Puerto Rican superstar’s performance you might have missed. Source link
Bad Bunny delivers a heartfelt homage to Puerto Rico on the Super Bowl halftime stage
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took to an elaborate set depicting his home island’s landscape on Saturday night, delivering a high-energy performance filled with hit tracks. Source link
Characters in Oscar-nominated short brought to life by award-winning actor Colm Feore at Kitchener studio
An animated Canadian film produced by the National Film Board of Canada which has been nominated for an Oscar has local connections. The Girls Who Cried Pearls is a stop-motion film that tells the story of a poor boy in early 20th century Montreal who falls in love with a girl whose tears turn into […]
Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dead at 47
The band said in a statement that Brad Arnold “passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep after his courageous battle with cancer.” Source link
West Wing, Thirtysomething actor Timothy Busfield indicted on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child
A New Mexico grand jury has indicted actor Timothy Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child. Source link