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Technology crushing human creativity? Apple's 'disturbing' new iPad ad has struck a nerve online

NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple's new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online.

May 9, 2024 11:47 AM Read more >

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Malmo against Israel's Eurovision participation

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Not everyone in Malmo was welcoming the Eurovision Song Contest to town.

May 9, 2024 11:09 AM Read more >

In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.'

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat when he and two friends go airborne in his mom's red Chevy Corvair, tumbling off Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

May 9, 2024 9:36 AM Read more >

Books about Indigenous life shortlisted for Amazon Canada First Novel Award

TORONTO — Four books about Indigenous life are among the finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

May 9, 2024 9:34 AM Read more >

Country star Cindy Walker to be posthumously inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country star Cindy Walker will be posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame , it was announced Thursday.

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‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ in development with Andy Serkis to direct and star

Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new “Lord of the Rings” films. Warner Bros.

May 9, 2024 8:13 AM Read more >

Ontario to step up efforts to protect students' data

TORONTO — Ontario says it will bring forward legislation to protect students' data. The province says it wants to better safeguard children's information and prevent it from being stolen in cyber incidents.

May 9, 2024 8:12 AM Read more >

Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the Israel-Hamas war overshadows the song contest

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in the Swedish city of Malmo, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's exuberant, glitter-drenched final.

May 9, 2024 7:24 AM Read more >

Award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison in Iran ahead of Cannes

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday.

May 9, 2024 6:27 AM Read more >

Spanish court shelves latest tax probe of Shakira following prosecutors' recommendation

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative magistrate on Thursday provisionally shelved the latest probe into an alleged case of tax fraud by pop star Shakira following recommendations by prosecutors.

May 9, 2024 5:52 AM Read more >