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As the Grammys once again snubbed several racialized artists, some wonder if music’s biggest night still matters. Several artists of colour blasted The Recording Academy for being shut out of nominations for the 2021 ceremony, including Canadian R&B crooner The Weeknd, who took to Twitter after receiving zero nods for his highly successful record, After

The sight of a royal on Zoom has become almost commonplace in the year since the coronavirus pandemic began, but there was something especially striking about the Queen’s virtual meeting on Thursday with the health officials who are leading vaccination efforts across the United Kingdom. Her Majesty, who received the COVID vaccine last month, opened

Homegrown reality show Big Brother Canada is back for a ninth season. Global revealed the Season 9 cast on Wednesday, one week after announcing the show will return on Wednesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Big Brother Canada, hosted by Arisa Cox — now one of the show’s executive producers — is set to premiere

From the day she stepped foot into the Amazon warehouse, Jennifer Bates could tell this was going to be a difficult job. Bates works in the fulfillment center in Bessemer, AL, where she says she works long, physically-challenging shifts with short breaks. Other employees have reported needing to meet demanding production quotas, with Amazon closely

The standard “coming to America” story is nothing new, and all of the typical elements are there in Minari: the fish-out-of-water alienation, the isolation, the mistrust of the denizens, the difficulty in starting anew. What stands out about director Lee Isaac Chung’s version of this much-told story is the authenticity of it, the realness. From

At 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, hundreds of Washington Post employees logged on to a video call for a pandemic-safe virtual farewell to Marty Baron, whose last day as executive editor is Sunday, February 28. Baron, who is retiring at age 66 after eight years at the Post and more than four decades in the

If there is one redeeming feature about Twitter, it’s that it’s free. Sure we have to scroll past promoted tweets once in a while, but the service doesn’t cost anything to use and it’s always been that way. Well, the folks at Twitter are now asking “what if … it wasn’t?” No, they’re not proposing

A gunman allegedly shot a dog-walker four times in the chest late Wednesday in Los Angeles, then stole two dogs from him that reportedly belong to Lady Gaga. An “unknown male” shot the victim at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday before fleeing the scene in a white sedan, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement

Lee Daniels felt a sense of urgency to direct and produce The United States vs. Billie Holiday after reading the script (and the Johann Hari book, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, that it was based on) a few years ago. Before that, he didn’t really know that

Once again, Gwyneth Paltrow and actual scientists are going to have to agree to disagree—this time on the best techniques to deal with the side effects of contracting the coronavirus. Last week, the Goop founder revealed that, as with everything in her life, she was also an early adopter to COVID-19. Since coming down with

The passing of time has helped Jay Sharrers reconsider his part in breaking a colour-barrier in professional hockey. “When I first got hired by the NHL, I was just wanting to get hired. I wasn’t thinking about, you know, being the first Black official,” says Sharrers from Scottsdale, Arizona in a Zoom call with Global

The Tragically Hip are being honoured for giving back. On Wednesday, it was announced that the legendary Canadian band will receive the 2021 Humanitarian Award at the upcoming 50th annual Junos. The award honours the band’s music, along with their philanthropic work over the years, raising millions of dollars for a variety of causes, including

In honor of Black History Month, the Vanity Fair fashion team has curated a list of our favorite Black-owned brands that will beautify your home. From books to furniture to artwork and even kitchen accessories, these are items from Black businesses to invest in, which means building a continued legacy for Black creators. All products

Kelly Clarkson hosted Dr. Jill Biden for her first one-on-one interview since becoming the First Lady of the United States—and the women touched on a very personal issue for Clarkson and many others: healing after a divorce. Clarkson filed for divorce from her husband of seven years and the father of her two children, Brandon

PARIS (Reuters) – French actor Gerard Depardieu was placed under formal investigation on charges of rape and sexual violence in December last year, a judicial source told Reuters on Tuesday. A lawyer representing the 73-year-old Depardieu, one of France’s most prolific and famous actors, did not immediately respond to a request for comment left by

Getting a tattoo can be a risky decision. We’re all constantly changing and the meaning behind them can fade—or worse, totally sour. But there’s also the risk that the meaning of the image itself can change, like getting a Pepe the Frog tattoo back when it was just a cute cartoon stoner. Or the woman

Throughout the week, the Senate will be holding a series of hearings concerning the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Tuesday, the focus was on the security failures that let scores of rioters break into the building, halt the certification of Joe Biden’s win, and put countless people’s lives—including that of the then

One of the world’s better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing one. Clinton is teaming up with her friend, the Canadian novelist Louise Penny, on State of Terror, which has a plot that might occur to someone of Clinton’s background: A “novice” secretary of state, working in the administration of

Entertainment is, among other things, an escape. An absorbing story, enriching world and compelling characters can help us forget our problems and fears for a brief time. In Disney+’s Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off WandaVision, Wanda Maximof—the ex-Avenger with the power to influence behavior and reality—has made television, quite literally, her life in order to escape

Mandy Moore is officially a new mom after welcoming a son — her first child — with husband, Taylor Goldsmith. The This Is Us actress, 36, announced the baby news on social media on Tuesday. Moore and Goldsmith, 35, revealed their healthy baby boy’s name is August Harrison Goldsmith. And the newborn already has an

After it became clear that Ted Cruz was not going to be able to fly to Cancún unnoticed in the middle of Texas’s state of emergency, the Republican lawmaker put out a statement that he apparently believed would quell much of the criticism he was on the receiving end of: The trip was his 10-

Disney+ is throwing open the vaults today to Star, a new entertainment hub within its existing streaming service that caters to more grown-up tastes for Hollywood fare. More than 150 TV series and 500 movies from Disney’s Hulu, 20th Century Studios and the FX channel will be available to Canadians on launch day — but

Jennifer Lopez is now officially the mother of two teenagers—and she let her fans in on the intimate breakfast in bed she gave her now 13-year-old twins Max and Emme (whose nickname is Lulu) to celebrate their birthday. Lopez shared a video of them eating pancakes and waffles in bed and reading her birthday cards

Every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter has released their tax returns with the exception, of course, of Donald Trump. After lying about being unable to share them due to a “routine audit” and claiming that he would do so just as soon as he got the green light, Trump proceeded to spend the next four-plus

Hollywood movie director Woody Allen has denied renewed allegations of child abuse following the Sunday night premiere of HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow. The series takes a close look at Allen’s relationship with his ex-partner, Mia Farrow, and the decades of child-abuse accusations levelled against the director. Co-directed by Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, Allen

For Donald Trump’s entire term, there was a weird, pervasive idea that he was good, even essential, for comedians. Late-night talk shows were especially thought to be dependent on Trump for material. What would they manage to do without Trump in office, asked the think pieces? The answer was always, obviously, that these shows and

Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue.” Kathryn Frazier, the band’s longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press. Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have

The half-dozen snowballs in a Ziplock bag in my freezer have Current Cassis to thank. “We didn’t anticipate how much it would be embraced in winter,” said Rachael Petach, the artist and events consultant who launched her blackcurrant liqueur late last year. A Hudson Valley reinterpretation of classic crème de cassis (this one gently herbaceous