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By Gregory Strong The Canadian Press Posted October 7, 2025 10:00 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size BRONX – Loud boos were heard throughout Yankee Stadium as “O Canada” was played before Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. The booing started as anthem singer Graham Rowat was introduced on Tuesday night by the stadium PA announcer. The boos picked up again as the Broadway actor finished his rendition.The crowd then loudly cheered as a large American flag was unfurled in the outfield as Rowat began singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”...

Actor Adarsh Gourav, whose show “Alien Earth” has ranked as the seventh most-watched show of 2025 so far, says that the project was an ambitious story, emotionally and visually.  Adarsh told IANS: “It feels truly surreal to see Alien Earth connect with audiences across the world in such an extraordinary way. As an actor, you always hope to be part of stories that transcend boundaries, ones that make people feel, question, and imagine.” He said that to witness the show being embraced globally and to see the project feature among the “most-watched and most-discussed series of the year” is incredibly humbling. Adarsh added: “When we began filming Alien Earth, none of us could have imagined the kind of impact it would go on to have. It was an ambitious story, emotionally and visually, and s...

We killed it!’ That, Raghav Juyal tells us, is the gist of the countless messages director Aryan Khan and he have been exchanging since The Ba***ds of Bollywood dropped on Netflix a fortnight ago. “We tell each other, ‘Bhai, yeh toh hona hi tha’. I don’t know about others, but Aryan and I were confident that the show would be well-received,” says Juyal of Khan’s directorial debut.  The Bobby Deol, Mona Singh, Lakshya, and Sahher Bambba-starrer has many things going for it — its tongue-in-cheek humour, sincere performances by the leads, and star-studded cameos. Juyal’s act as Parvaiz, part problem-fixer and part troublemaker, stands out with its hilarity. Yet, he reveals that many advised him against portraying the role after Kill (2023), which saw him as a ruthless antagonist. “Everyone a...

Original Rush band members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced that they’re planning a reunion tour for the iconic Canadian band in 2026. It’s the band’s first shows since the R40 tour in 2015 and drummer Neil Peart’s death in 2020.The tour, called the Fifty Something Tour, will celebrate Rush’s music and legacy as well as Peart’s life, according to the band.“It’s been over 10 years since Alex and I have performed the music of Rush alongside our fallen bandmate and friend Neil,” said Lee. “A lifetime’s worth of songs that we had put our cumulative hearts and souls into writing, recording and playing together onstage. And so, after all that has gone down since that last show, Alex and I have done some serious soul searching and come to the decision that we f–king miss it, and that it’s tim...

By Gregory Strong The Canadian Press Posted September 30, 2025 9:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays’ regular-season finale – a 13-4 rout that clinched the division title – was a ratings home run for domestic rights-holder Sportsnet. The network says Toronto’s victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday averaged 2.36 million viewers on television and via streaming, making it Sportsnet’s most-watched Blue Jays regular-season broadcast ever. Related Videos ...

Actor Sudhanshu Pandey, who is widely known for his stint in the show Anupamaa, took to social media to praise Aryan Khan for his directorial debut, “The Ba***ds of Bollywood.” On Thursday, the veteran actor took to his Instagram handle and shared a video of him where he is seen dancing to the track Ghafoor from the series. The clip shows Sudhanshu, clad in black suit, showing his signature moves. Pandey paid tribute to Shah Rukh Khan’s son, praising him as a promising young talent in the industry. Sudhanshu also appreciated Aryan’s work in the popular series and song, expressing admiration for his skills.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Sudhanshu Pandey (@sudanshu_pandey) The Khi...

Hollywood is facing a new kind of star power with “AI actor” Tilly Norwood, who doesn’t exist outside of code — and she’s already negotiating with talent agencies. Norwood is a character made entirely by artificial intelligence, dubbed Hollywood’s first “AI actor.” She is the product of a company named Xicoia, which bills itself as the world’s first artificial intelligence talent studio.Since Dutch producer and comedian Eline Van der Velden launched the digital character’s prospective career, Norwood has been the talk of Hollywood.Earlier this month, Van der Velden, founder of the AI production studio Particle6, promoted Norwood at the Zurich Summit, the industry sidebar of the Zurich Film Festival. She said Norwood was in talks with talent agencies and that she expected to announce a sign...

Bollywood actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna recently revealed a surprising detail about her performance in the 2000 film “Mela” during a candid conversation with Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt on her chat show co-hosted by Kajol, “Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle”.   The actress disclosed that the voice heard in the film for her character Roopa was not her own but was dubbed by someone else. In the conversation, Varun Dhawan shared his fondness for the film, calling it a guilty pleasure. He added, “I love Roopa.” Responding to this, Twinkle Khanna revealed, “It`s not my voice. Oh my god, yes, of course, it`s not my voice, because the makers thought that I was not being dramatic enough, so they got it dubbed by some person who has asthma, and that was it,” she quipped. Her humorous quip a...

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have separated after 27 years of marriage. The Full House actor, 61, and the fashion designer, 62, “are living apart and taking a break from their marriage,” according to Loughlin’s representative Elizabeth Much.“There are no legal proceedings at this time,” Much confirmed to People.Loughlin and Giannulli married in 1997 and share daughters Bella Rose Giannulli, 27, and Olivia Jade Giannulli, 26.The separation comes more than five years after the couple pleaded guilty and served jail time for paying half a million dollars to get both of their children into university during the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal in 2020.In May 2020, Loughlin and Giannulli agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the college admissions bribery case. Gia...

Filmmaker-choreographer and star Youtuber Farah Khan shared a picture with the baddies Shakti Kapoor, Ranjit and Gulshan Grover from the sets of the song “Ghafoor” and revealed that it was shot in just one day.  Farah took to Instagram, where she shared three pictures from the sets of the track. The pictures featured Farah posing with Shakti Kapoor, Ranjit and Gulshan Grover. One image also had Aryan Khan posing alongside them.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Farah Khan Kunder (@farahkhankunder) For the caption, Farah wrote: “Just!! What a blast i had shooting #ghafoor for @___aryan___ even though we had only 1 day to shoot this getting so much love for it thank u @iamsrk@shashwat...