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Billie Eilish performs during the the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Billie Eilish performs during the the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Zendaya poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Challengers’ on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Zendaya tennis movie ‘Challengers’ scores at weekend box office

Film took $15 million in box office sales on opening weekend

Zendaya poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Challengers’ on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Kim Kardashian listens during a discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024, on criminal justice reform and the pardons issued by President Joe Biden earlier this month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kim Kardashian talks criminal justice reform at White House

Kim Kardashian attended a White House event hosted by Vice President Kamala…

Kim Kardashian listens during a discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024, on criminal justice reform and the pardons issued by President Joe Biden earlier this month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
FILE - Mary J. Blige onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 also will include folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne headline latest Rock Hall of Fame class

Dave Matthews Band, Peter Frampton, Kool The Gang, A Tribe Called Quest, Foreigner other inductees

FILE - Mary J. Blige onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 also will include folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
In this photo provided by Jesse Sorenson, actor Kevin Bacon, center, helps fill care packages for his charity, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Payson, Utah, while visiting the Utah high school where cult classic “Footloose,” was filmed. (Jesse Sorenson via AP)

Kevin Bacon dances back to ‘Footloose’ high school

Students agreed to help put together 5,000 care packages for the charity if Bacon showed up

In this photo provided by Jesse Sorenson, actor Kevin Bacon, center, helps fill care packages for his charity, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Payson, Utah, while visiting the Utah high school where cult classic “Footloose,” was filmed. (Jesse Sorenson via AP)
An installation by artist Sonia Gomes is displayed inside the church Santa Maria Maddalena Convertita at the women’s prison of he Giudecca island during the 60th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A pair of nude feet dirty, wounded and vulnerable are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel, the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale in an innovative collaboration between inmates and artists. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
An installation by artist Sonia Gomes is displayed inside the church Santa Maria Maddalena Convertita at the women’s prison of he Giudecca island during the 60th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A pair of nude feet dirty, wounded and vulnerable are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel, the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the Vatican’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale in an innovative collaboration between inmates and artists. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Sarah McLachlan performs during WE Day in Toronto on Thursday September 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

In making new music for a changed world, Sarah McLachlan asks: ‘Where’s my place?’

‘I’ve always considered myself to not be political, but I’m not sure any of us have the luxury anymore’

Sarah McLachlan performs during WE Day in Toronto on Thursday September 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Flo Rida will be in Penticton on Sept. 5. (File photo)

Miami rapper Flo Rida bringing the heat to Penticton

The rapper behind ‘Low’ will be at the SOEC on Sept. 5

Flo Rida will be in Penticton on Sept. 5. (File photo)
This cover image released by Republic Records show “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)
This cover image released by Republic Records show “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)
Taylor Swift fans took over the Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday to celebrate Swift’s upcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” An installation organized by Spotify hid clues about lyrics contained on the record. (April 17)

Swift reveals lyrics to upcoming album

Taylor Swift fans took over the Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday…

Taylor Swift fans took over the Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday to celebrate Swift’s upcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” An installation organized by Spotify hid clues about lyrics contained on the record. (April 17)
Actors Hoa Xuande (left) and Robert Downey Jr (right) are shown in a scene from the television show “The Sympathizer.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Crave

VIDEO: ‘The Sympathizer’ stars talk Canadian connections in new HBO series

Numerous lead roles in new drama series filled by Canadian actors

Actors Hoa Xuande (left) and Robert Downey Jr (right) are shown in a scene from the television show “The Sympathizer.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Crave
This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from “Civil War.” (Murray Close/A24 via AP)

Divisive? Not for moviegoers. ‘Civil War’ declares victory at box office.

Film imagines a U.S. where California and Texas unite against a corrupt president

This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from “Civil War.” (Murray Close/A24 via AP)
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‘Hairspray’ in Vancouver for a week of ’60s-era music/comedy starting April 2

Starting Tuesday night (April 2), Broadway Across Canada brings the musical comedy…

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Langley country star Dallas Smith performs at CMAs in Nashville June 8, then days later he will take to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. (David McClister/Special to Langley Advance Times)

B.C. superstar Dallas Smith debuts at Opry

Langley rocker-turned-country-music sensation will be in Nashville performing this June

Langley country star Dallas Smith performs at CMAs in Nashville June 8, then days later he will take to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. (David McClister/Special to Langley Advance Times)
M. Emmet Walsh arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, March 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from ‘Blood Simple,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ dies at 88

M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and…

M. Emmet Walsh arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, March 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif. Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Authorities searched Diddy’s properties as part of a sex trafficking probe. Here’s what to know

In the first nine months of 2023, Sean “Diddy” Combs triumphantly performed…

Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Cameron Diaz arrives for her 92Y In Conversation with Rachael Ray on April 5, 2016, in New York. Diaz and her musician husband, Benji Madden, say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy — Cardinal Madden — to their family. The couple announced the arrival of their son in an Instagram post they each shared Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announce birth of ‘awesome’ baby boy, Cardinal, in Instagram post

Actress Cameron Diaz and her musician husband, Benji Madden, say they are…

Cameron Diaz arrives for her 92Y In Conversation with Rachael Ray on April 5, 2016, in New York. Diaz and her musician husband, Benji Madden, say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy — Cardinal Madden — to their family. The couple announced the arrival of their son in an Instagram post they each shared Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Canadian singer and songwriter Charlotte Cardin is seen in Montreal on Monday, March 14, 2022. Some of Canada’s top musical talent is set to be toasted tonight at the Juno Awards industry gala in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Aysanabee, Tate McRae, Tobi lead Juno Award winners at pre-telecast Junos

Montreal singer Charlotte Cardin took home pop album of the year

Canadian singer and songwriter Charlotte Cardin is seen in Montreal on Monday, March 14, 2022. Some of Canada’s top musical talent is set to be toasted tonight at the Juno Awards industry gala in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
An aerial view shows a fire-damaged property, which appears to belong to Cara Delevingne, Friday, March 15, 2024, in the Studio City section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Model and actor Cara Delevingne’s Los Angeles home is destroyed in fire

The Los Angeles home of model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed…

An aerial view shows a fire-damaged property, which appears to belong to Cara Delevingne, Friday, March 15, 2024, in the Studio City section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Terry Jon Martin, the aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing the slippers, gave into the temptation of “one last score” after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes must be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value according to a new memo filed ahead of his Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, sentencing in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)
FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Terry Jon Martin, the aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing the slippers, gave into the temptation of “one last score” after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes must be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value according to a new memo filed ahead of his Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, sentencing in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File)