Oscar-winner Sean Penn skips ceremony to visit Ukraine

Open this photo in gallery: Actor Sean Penn walks down a street in Kyiv on Monday.GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images Sean Penn has built one of the most decorated careers in contemporary acting, and he has added another Oscar to the list. On Sunday, Penn won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in … Read more

Ontario Study: Nearly 30% of Pregnancies Face Severe Complications – Monitoring Needs Expansion

Archyde A new study is highlighting the need to expand the timeframe for monitoring patients after childbirth, revealing that severe maternal complications are far more common than previously understood. Researchers found that nearly 30 in every 1,000 pregnancies in Ontario were affected by serious complications – including severe hemorrhaging, pre-eclampsia, and sepsis – from conception … Read more

Elusive street artist Banksy’s identity finally revealed

Open this photo in gallery: Banksy’s work on the wall of a destroyed building in the Ukrainian village of Horenka in November, 2022.GLEB GARANICH In late 2022, an ambulance pulled up to a bombed-out apartment building in this village outside Kyiv. Three people emerged. One wore a grey hoodie, another a baseball cap. Both had … Read more

On The Pitt, a Nova Scotia-made ring remover is just what the doctor ordered

Open this photo in gallery: In 2025, Dr. Kevin Spencer, right, reached out to the creative team behind the show to introduce the Ring Rescue System. He later provided a demonstration to lead actor and co-executive producer Noah Wyle, left, at an emergency medicine conference in Salt Lake City.Ring Rescue The hit medical television drama, … Read more

Celebrity chef René Redzepi resigns from Danish restaurant Noma after allegations of abuse

Open this photo in gallery: Noma’s chef René Redzepi prepares a vegetarian burger in a restaurant in Copenhagen in 2024.Soeren Bidstrup/The Associated Press René Redzepi, the founder and celebrity chef at the iconic Danish restaurant Noma that won three Michelin stars and other international accolades for its innovative “New Nordic” cuisine, has stepped down following … Read more

MLB report determines Kiner-Falefa was out by feet, not inches in crucial World Series Game 7 play

Open this photo in gallery: Isiah Kiner-Falefa (rear) is forced out at home plate by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2025 World Series in Toronto.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press It was the most debated play of the year in Major League Baseball, perhaps the most dissected … Read more

NBA cancels Atlanta Hawks’ plans to celebrate strip club Magic City

Open this photo in gallery: Atlanta Hawks forward Jonathan Kuminga (0) celebrates his basket against the Portland Trail Blazers during their game last week in Atlanta.Mike Stewart/The Associated Press Magic City Night in Atlanta is off. The NBA has canceled the Atlanta Hawks’ plans for a celebration of the city’s Magic City adult entertainment club, … Read more

Toronto Film Critics Association vows to make changes after controversial speech edits trigger mass resignations

Open this photo in gallery: Actor Elle-Maija Tailfeathers promotes the film ‘Blood Quantum’ during the Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2019.Chris Young/The Canadian Press The Toronto Film Critics Association says it will make changes to its awards process in an effort to bring back members who resigned en masse over the editing of a … Read more

Live Nation reaches settlement in U.S. antitrust case involving Ticketmaster

Live Nation Entertainment LYV-N has reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Justice Department in an antitrust ⁠case ​targeting its dominance in the live-events industry, according to a court hearing on Monday. In the same hearing, it was disclosed that Live Nation is also in talks with state attorneys-general to secure a broader, global resolution … Read more

Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei, former ruler’s son, as new supreme leader, state media report

Open this photo in gallery: Mojtaba Khamenei, centre, the son of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, in May, 2019.ROUZBEH FOULADI/Getty Images Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in … Read more