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Downtown Nanaimo is being transformed into post-zombie-apocalypse Seattle ahead of filming of ‘The Last of Us’ TV series. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

PHOTOS: Crews transform Nanaimo’s downtown into ‘The Last of Us’ set

Further road closures come into effect May 10 for filming of HBO TV series

Downtown Nanaimo is being transformed into post-zombie-apocalypse Seattle ahead of filming of ‘The Last of Us’ TV series. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
In this image taken from video, fans pose with a life-size image of Taylor Swift at a club that plays only Swift’s music in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Swift is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour on Thursday, May 9, 2024. There will be three shows in Stockholm. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Fans following Taylor Swift across the ocean for latest Eras tour shows

Americans bought 20% of the tickets for her 4 sold-out Paris shows

In this image taken from video, fans pose with a life-size image of Taylor Swift at a club that plays only Swift’s music in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Swift is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour on Thursday, May 9, 2024. There will be three shows in Stockholm. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
FILE - Peter Jackson, left, director, co-writer and producer of the film trilogies “The Lord of the Rings and “The Hobbit,” poses with actor Andy Serkis during a ceremony honoring Jackson with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Gollum returns as Lord of the Rings team tackles precious new project

Andy Serkis to direct and star in film produced by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens

FILE - Peter Jackson, left, director, co-writer and producer of the film trilogies “The Lord of the Rings and “The Hobbit,” poses with actor Andy Serkis during a ceremony honoring Jackson with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Actor Tom Selleck arrives at the 15th Annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

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

Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash.…

FILE - Actor Tom Selleck arrives at the 15th Annual Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
From left to right: Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Kris Novoselic of Nirvana in London, England in 1992. (Aj Barratt/UPPA via ZUMA Press/TNS)

Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana and the Pixies, dies at 61

Alternative rock pioneer dismissed term “producer,” refused to take royalties from albums he worked on

From left to right: Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Kris Novoselic of Nirvana in London, England in 1992. (Aj Barratt/UPPA via ZUMA Press/TNS)
Following a performance during the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ that aired Tuesday, May 7, Funkanometry will dance on the final stage and vie for viewer votes on the series’ season finale, airing May 14. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)

B.C. dancers advance to ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ season finale

Vancouver Island duo Funkanometry excels in semifinals and will dance once more May 14

Following a performance during the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ that aired Tuesday, May 7, Funkanometry will dance on the final stage and vie for viewer votes on the series’ season finale, airing May 14. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)
Pamela Anderson wears a chiffon gown by Oscar de la Renta at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 6. (Oscar de la Renta photo)

B.C.’s Pamela Anderson ‘glows’ at her first Met Gala

Celebrity dons makeup, chiffon, diamonds, feathers at New York City museum fundraiser

Pamela Anderson wears a chiffon gown by Oscar de la Renta at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 6. (Oscar de la Renta photo)
FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) waves after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The tight end has been cast on FX’s “American Horror Story: Grotesquerie” season. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Travis Kelce lines up another TV job and joins FX’s ‘American Horror Story: Grotesquerie’ season

While his superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift resumes her world Eras tour, Travis…

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) waves after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The tight end has been cast on FX’s “American Horror Story: Grotesquerie” season. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. Swift is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there

Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S.…

FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. Swift is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Retired police officer Chris Horsley is shown in a handout photo. A true crime drama based on the 1997 murder of British Columbia teen Reena Virk does “a great disservice” to the victim, her family and her community, says Horsley, who worked on the original investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Chris Horsley

‘Real people with families’: former B.C. cop won’t be watching Reena Virk series

Chris Horsley, media liaison during original murder investigation, won’t be watching Under the Bridge

Retired police officer Chris Horsley is shown in a handout photo. A true crime drama based on the 1997 murder of British Columbia teen Reena Virk does “a great disservice” to the victim, her family and her community, says Horsley, who worked on the original investigation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Chris Horsley
FILE - Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The Met Gala was in full bloom with Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Mindy Kaling among the standout stars

The Met Gala and its fashionista A-listers on Monday included Jennifer Lopez,…

FILE - Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Canucks goalie and Marvel characters on display at Orchard Plaza Save-On-Foods in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Kelowna Capital News)

Kelowna grocery store display really ‘scores’

A Canucks goalie welcomes shoppers at Save-On-Foods in Kelowna

Canucks goalie and Marvel characters on display at Orchard Plaza Save-On-Foods in Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Kelowna Capital News)
FILE - Travis Tritt, left, Randy Travis, center left, Mary Travis, center right, and Ricky Traywick, right, appear on stage at the “1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis” on Feb. 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)

‘What That Came From’: how AI brought back the voice of Randy Travis

Country music star had not released new music since avirus attacked his heart in 2013

FILE - Travis Tritt, left, Randy Travis, center left, Mary Travis, center right, and Ricky Traywick, right, appear on stage at the “1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis” on Feb. 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Britain’s King Charles III meets with staff members during a visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Britain, Tuesday,April 30, 2024. King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool photo via AP, File)

King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people

Experts say the diagnosis has made the king more relatable to the average person

FILE - Britain’s King Charles III meets with staff members during a visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Britain, Tuesday,April 30, 2024. King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool photo via AP, File)
At 93, William Shatner would entertain boldly going where no man has gone before — again. Shatner arrives for the world premiere of “You Can Call Me Bill” during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Jack Plunkett

William Shatner says he would consider ‘Star Trek’ return

93-year-old says there would have to be a genuine reason for Captain Kirk to come back

At 93, William Shatner would entertain boldly going where no man has gone before — again. Shatner arrives for the world premiere of “You Can Call Me Bill” during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Jack Plunkett
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ryan Gosling in a scene from "The Fall Guy." (Universal Pictures via AP)

Taking the fall: the life of a Hollywood stuntman

‘I’m Ryan Gosling and I did almost none of my own stunts in the movie’

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ryan Gosling in a scene from "The Fall Guy." (Universal Pictures via AP)
Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer, seen here performing as Funkanometry on Canada’s Got Talent, have made it to the reality competition series’ semi-finals episode, airing May 7. (CityTV photo)

Vancouver Island’s Funkanometry boogies into ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ semifinals

Dancing duo, based in Nanaimo, will appear on May 7 broadcast at 8 p.m. on CityTV

Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer, seen here performing as Funkanometry on Canada’s Got Talent, have made it to the reality competition series’ semi-finals episode, airing May 7. (CityTV photo)
FILE - Adele, winner of the award for best pop solo performance for “Easy on Me,” poses in the press room at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Top artists return to TikTok after deal struck with Universal Music

Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish coming back to popular social media platform

FILE - Adele, winner of the award for best pop solo performance for “Easy on Me,” poses in the press room at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Jac Le (Teaghan Hawke, Senior Communications Officer, PR, CBC)

Canada’s Ultimate Challenge takes on Revelstoke

Canada’s Ultimate Challenge airs on Sundays and can be found on CBC Gem

Jac Le (Teaghan Hawke, Senior Communications Officer, PR, CBC)
Mission singer Eshan Sobti moved on to the next round of Canada’s Got Talent after wowing judges with an audition that aired on Tuesday night (April 30). /Submitted Photo

B.C. singer moves on to next round of Canada’s Got Talent

Mission’s Eshan Sobti receives unanimous praise from judges after rendition of Whitney Houston song

Mission singer Eshan Sobti moved on to the next round of Canada’s Got Talent after wowing judges with an audition that aired on Tuesday night (April 30). /Submitted Photo