entertainment
Can The Assembly, which pairs neurodivergent interviewers with celebrities, get representation right?
The Assembly — a global hit where celebrities are interviewed by people on the autism spectrum — is getting a Canadian version. As the latest show putting neurodivergence in the spotlight, it has received mixed reviews. Some call it heartwarming, others say it’s condescending. Source link
Sydney Sweeney says she put her phone away during the American Eagle jeans ad controversy
Sydney Sweeney spoke for the first time to GQ about the ad in which the actress makes a play on the word “jeans” that was viewed as having eugenicist undertones by some on social media. Sweeney said she didn’t see much of the online backlash. Source link
Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2025
The Bridgerton and Wicked star has won the hearts of audiences and the internet alike with his British charm, and is the first gay man to hold the title. Source link
Carly Rae Jepsen announces pregnancy
Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen is expecting her first child with her new husband, music producer Cole M.G.N. Source link
Love it or hate it, House of Dynamite is a film fuelling nuclear war fears. It's far from the first
Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite — about the United States government’s protocols in the face of a nuclear attack — prompted a response from no less than the Pentagon. It is hardly the first nuclear-warning film to get people talking. Source link
Suzanne Somers's Canadian husband made an 'AI twin' of the late actress. Is that wrong?
A Canadian’s plan to bring his late celebrity wife back to life in AI form has raised a host of ethical questions about prolonging human existence in the digital universe. Alan Hamel, a Canadian entertainer and longtime TV personality, recently said he’s created an “AI twin” of Hollywood star Suzanne Somers, his wife and partner […]
Hedda is a wild reimagining of an 1890s play. Here are 11 more times Hollywood put a zany spin on an old story
In the spirit of Nia DaCosta’s reinvention of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, we’ve put together a list of other adaptations that changed their sources to make something radically different. Maybe not always radically better, but different. Source link
Rufus Wainwright changes O Canada lyrics for Game 5 of World Series
The twist came off as a protest to Trump’s 51st state comments, similar to a change Chantal Kreviazuk made to the anthem in February 2025. Source link
Emma Stone's conspiracy comedy Bugonia delivers layers of weirdness with an acquired taste in humour
Bugonia refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees spontaneously formed from rotting ox carcasses — and it’s hard to avoid making connections to the plot and characters in Yorgos Lanthimos’s new comedy: that while we want to believe something good, beautiful and ordered can spring from the depths of something dirty, polluted and diseased, […]
JP Saxe’s rendition of O Canada at World Series far from a home run among some baseball fans
The Grammy-nominated musician sang the Canadian national anthem at Game 3 of the World Series, to some derision from fans online. Source link