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(Photo: Getty Images) Victoria may have a secret, but now she doesn’t have a fashion show. On November 21 it was officially announced that after 23 years, lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret is cancelling its annual fashion show. According to Fortune, L Brands—the company that owns VS—said the decision was part of a move to “evolve the

A Nashville singer was filling in for a friend on Monday night when she got an unexpected bonus. Morgan Clark was performing at the Holiday Inn Express on Broadway. It wasn’t her usual spot; she was there in place of a musician pal who couldn’t make it. After a job well done, she was packing

One of the most compelling elements of season 3 of The Crown is, arguably, the tryst between Princess Anne (Erin Doherty) and Andrew Parker Bowles (Andrew Buchan). In episode 9, “Imbroglio,” Anne endures questioning from her family about the love quadrangle involving herself, Andrew, Camilla Shand, and Anne’s brother Prince Charles. She and Andrew were

Scooter Braun has broken his silence on Taylor Swift’s comments about him and his company, the Big Machine Label Group. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter has loudly spoken out against her old master recordings falling into the hands of the music manager Braun, who bought them by acquiring Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group in June. Swift

After almost five months of near public silence, on Thursday night Scooter Braun issued his first full-fledged statement about his continuing dispute with Taylor Swift over his acquisition of her old master recordings on Big Machine Label Group. Swift went public with her displeasure at the end of June when Big Machine’s deal was announced,

The recently released memoirs of Disney CEO Bob Iger reveal that George Lucas has been disappointed with the sequel series, namely for the unoriginality of The Force Awakens (VII), and a recent interview with Rolling Stone has allowed Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Force Awakens/Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams to respond. As reported by IndieWire,

Drake’s Pick 6ix Sports restaurant has been closed due to unpaid rent, according to a notice by property management left on the door. On Monday evening, Pick 6ix Sports first announced it was closed due to flooding. READ MORE: Drake responds to getting booed off stage at Camp Flog Gnaw show A note was later

President Donald Trump may not have ultimately been successful in his pressure campaign to get the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden—but at least he has Senator Lindsey Graham to do his bidding instead. Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, signaled his intention Thursday to investigate Joe and son Hunter Biden‘s

On November 5, Donald Trump Jr. released his first-ever book, Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, generously categorized as a work of nonfiction. In it, Trump Jr. runs through his numerous qualms with the snowflakes of America, while also complaining about the sacrifices his family has made in order

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday honoured an Oscar-winning actor, a bluegrass-country singer, a conservative think tank and others with two of the most prestigious national awards in the arts and humanities. It was the first time during his nearly three-year-old presidency that Trump has awarded the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has said that the band will go on a touring hiatus after the release of its eighth studio album, Everyday Life. During an interview with the BBC on Thursday, Martin, 42, revealed that rather than promoting the new record on the road, Coldplay would like to take time “over the next year or

It was a brief, shining moment for congressional Democrats: As details of Trump’s Ukrainian phone call spilled out, and as House Democrats revved the impeachment engine, early polls evidenced strong support for removing Donald Trump from office. Though much of that support came from Democrats, critically, it also came from Independents: A late October Gallup

It’s been 186 days since the Game of Thrones finale aired, leaving the fandom miffed for weeks and launching a petition to “Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers.” Apparently, the Thrones cast actually shot an alternate ending—but we’ll never see it. Kristofer Hivju, who played Tormund Giantsbane in the Emmy-winning series, confirmed

OTTAWA _ Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is honouring 39 people with the Order of Canada this morning, including actor William Shatner, writer Ann-Marie MacDonald and lawyer James Lockyer. Shatner is being given one of Canada’s highest civilian honours for his 60-year career in theatre, television and film; MacDonald for her art and advocacy for women

The November Democratic presidential debate was largely an amiable affair, with candidates more likely to make jokes than directly attack their primary rivals. That is, with one major exception. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has made no secret of her criticism of the Democratic National Committee over the course of her presidential campaign, was asked point-blank

Rebecca Sugar is bringing us the best Christmas gift ever: more Steven Universe! The officially released Cartoon Network trailer gives us an important piece of new information: that the premiere of Steven Universe Future will be on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. EDT on Cartoon Network. We know that the future is supposed to be

John Mann, lead singer of Vancouver-based band Spirit of the West, has died after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. “Surrounded by friends and loving family until the end, all were reminded of John’s rich legacy,” the band said in a message posted to its Facebook page Wednesday. READ MORE: Spirit of the West’s John

Under questioning from lawmakers, Sondland suggested that as Cabinet members, Mulvaney and Pompeo were perhaps better informed about the president’s wishes than was Sondland himself. “A lot of people were aware of it,” he told House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff. “I didn’t know that the aid was conclusively tied [up]. I was presuming. [Mulvaney]

Two days before the long-awaited release of their eighth studio album, Everyday Life, Coldplay has just put out two brand new songs. The tracks are called Daddy and Champion of the World, and serve as the album’s fourth and fifth singles overall. They were released on Wednesday. Daddy dropped alongside a visually stunning music video directed by Åsa

Actor, singer, dancer, and consummate hustler Jennifer Lopez has done it again. As NBC announced Wednesday, the beloved multi-hyphenate will return to host Saturday Night Live on December 7—her third turn as emcee after gigs in 2001 and 2010. Given her stellar performance in Hustlers, it’s hardly any surprise that Lopez would be invited back

A Hollywood executive allegedly suggested they wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman in the biopic about the iconic activist. Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard revealed the news in a Q&A with Focus Features earlier this month. Howard is the screenwriter and producer of Harriet, which tells the story of Tubman and how she escaped slavery

The GOP did not have a good day in Tuesday’s impeachment inquiry hearings. After a morning session in which witnesses Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams repeatedly thwarted Republicans’ impeachment defenses, the House Intelligence Committee’s afternoon testimony saw the GOP strategy fail once again, as former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and former

When you see the word “tiny house,” what comes to mind? “Minimalism?” Maybe “decluttering” or “downsizing?” You probably don’t immediately connect “resistance” with the living-small movement that’s cut from the same cloth as Kondo-ing. But for a group of indigenous peoples in Canada, tiny homes are exactly how they plan to protect their ancestral land

Taylor Swift has received backup from some of her most dedicated supporters after her most recent contention with Big Machine Records (BMLG) and it’s owner, Scooter Braun. After claiming that her former record label had blocked her from performing any of her old songs at the 2019 American Music Awards (AMA), Swift called upon fans to reach

Every year on International Women’s Day, the internet gets flooded with men demanding to know when International Men’s Day is. Those men have apparently never taken the time to Google the question because the answer is today, November 19th. Happy #InternationalMensDay to the men who never ask, “Well, is there an International MEN’S DAY?!?!” on

Posted November 19, 2019 3:02 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Alexisonfire announced its plans for an upcoming Canadian tour early Tuesday morning. The Young Cardinals rockers revealed they will be hitting the west coast in early 2020 to perform in not only Seattle, Wash., but four Canadian

It was Sunday morning that Prince Andrew realized he had made a terrible mistake. Even a quick glance on Twitter revealed that his now infamous Newsnight interview, in which he attempted to set the record straight about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, had backfired spectacularly. The interview was unanimously deemed a car crash on social

When relationships end, especially in long-term situations, everyone’s first impulse is to try to salvage the friendship. After all, this person has presumably been a very important pillar in your life for a long time, so the desire to lean on them during a difficult time is understandable—even if your relationship is the cause of