NEW YORK (AP) — “Venom: The Last Dance” showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise’s previous entries. Projections for the third “Venom” film from Sony Pictures had been closer to $65 million. More concerning,...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84. Lesh’s death was announced on his Instagram account. Lesh was the oldest and one of the longest...
From frozen waffles and pancakes to beef jelly tongue, recent listeria recalls may have consumers concerned that more of the bacteria is infiltrating the food chain, but experts say that’s not the case. Extensive testing at the manufacturing level and a keen awareness of the issue among consumers is more likely why it feels like...
GATINEAU, Que. — The national telecommunications regulator says it has set the payment rates at which smaller internet providers will be able to use rivals’ fibre networks to offer their services to customers across Canada. The CRTC says the interim rates are based on an analysis of detailed costing information filed by the large telephone...
CALGARY – Today, the City recognized ten young Calgarians at the 9-1-1 Heroes Awards Ceremony. The awards honour young Calgarians who demonstrated incredible bravery and quick thinking during an emergency. Each young hero was nominated by the Calgary 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Officer (ECO) who answered their call. “We are thrilled to celebrate these young...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night promises to be starry, jamming — and bittersweet. So many of the honorees this time have been lost. Of the seven original members of Kool & the Gang, there is only one, Robert “Kool” Bell. There will be no living members...
As Taylor Swift prepares to close out her Eras Tour era in Canada, fans desperate to see the pop star perform live are vulnerable to scams. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 140 reports of fraudulent Swift tickets this year, most of which came from people who were scammed out of money. “Once you’ve sent...
An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said. The final toxicology results are not expected to be made public for some weeks. But the preliminary toxicology...
Cineplex has filed an appeal of a record $38.9-million fine for deceptive marketing practices imposed against it by the Competition Tribunal. The company says it has filed a notice of appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal. It also says that with the consent of the Competition Bureau it is bringing a motion to request...
Vice President Kamala Harris will team up with Beyoncé on Friday for a rally in solidly Republican Texas aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state’s strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Donald Trump. It’s a message intended to register far beyond Texas in the political battleground states, where Harris...