After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot | Bryan Adams to help kick off Departure Festival, a reimagined Canadian Music Week | Met Gala celebrates Black menswear and dandyism, includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise
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After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot; Trump threatens Canadian film industry with 100% foreign movie tariffs

After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot

May 6 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is.

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Bryan Adams to help kick off Departure Festival, a reimagined Canadian Music Week; Bryan Adams speaks at the Departure music conference, at Hotel X, in Toronto, on May 6, 2025\.

Bryan Adams to help kick off Departure Festival, a reimagined Canadian Music Week

May 6 , 2025 at 12:19:02 p.m. EDT • :

The inaugural Departure Festival gets underway today in Toronto. Formerly known as Canadian Music Week, the six-day event is moving forward with a new name, different owners and a broadened scope.

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Met Gala celebrates Black menswear and dandyism, includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise; Rihanna attends the Met Gala, an annual fundraiser for the the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, in New York City, on Monday\.

Met Gala celebrates Black menswear and dandyism, includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise

May 5 , 2025 at 06:56:05 p.m. EDT • :

Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and kick off the first Met Gala in more than 20 years with a menswear theme — a night that also featured Rihanna's baby bump and a lot of tailoring.

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Do teens actually care about celebrity couples?; A teen holds a microphone with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater in the background\.

Do teens actually care about celebrity couples?

May 6 , 2025 at 09:33:24 p.m. EDT • :

From Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater, celebrity couples are always in the news. But do kids and teens care?

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Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts; U\.S\. writer and Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted author Percival Everett poses with a copy of his book James during the Booker Prize 2024 Award photo call event, at the Southbank Centre, in central London, on Nov\. 11, 2024\. The book has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction\.

Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

May 5 , 2025 at 04:59:28 p.m. EDT • :

Percival Everett's novel James, a radical re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama.

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Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking trial begins with jury selection; Sean \(Diddy\) Combs sits at the defence table before the start of jury selection at the Manhattan federal court in New York City on Monday\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 11:22:18 a.m. EDT • :

Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking trial begins with jury selection

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A terrifying childhood encounter forever changed Jason Eisener's filmmaking career; Jason Eisener from Dartmouth, N\.S\., is shown behind the scenes working on the television show he co-created, Dark Side of the Ring\.  

May 4 , 2025 at 05:00:42 a.m. EDT • :

A terrifying childhood encounter forever changed Jason Eisener's filmmaking career

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Must-see red carpet looks from the 2025 Met Gala; Coleman Domingo, Jodie Turner-Smith and Doechii, left to right, attend the 2025 Met Gala celebrating 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 06:40:00 p.m. EDT • :

Must-see red carpet looks from the 2025 Met Gala

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Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio with over 2M attendees; Lady Gaga performs at a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, a day before Brazilian police said they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for the event, attended by more than two million people\.  

May 4 , 2025 at 11:49:36 a.m. EDT • :

Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio with over 2M attendees

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Piggy reunion show to steal Haligonians' hearts all over again; Members of Piggy perform at a show dubbed Y2Kalypso, around the time of the turn of the millenium\.  

May 3 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Piggy reunion show to steal Haligonians' hearts all over again

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