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President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Network of deepfake videos spreading ‘politically divisive’ falsehoods in Canada

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 4:22 PM EST

OTTAWA - A network that's likely based outside of Canada is using deepfakes to spread "politically divisive" content to Canadians, says a new report released Thursday.

The report from McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy says the network uses deepfakes of real influencers. It combines the faces of real people with fake lip movements and voices generated by AI.

"We do not know what the network is for, but its operators are willing to steal faces and spread falsehoods that set Canadians against the United States, against their own government and against each other," the report says.

Using footage of real people likely keeps the videos from being flagged as AI, the report says, noting that TikTok has only labelled four per cent of such videos as AI.

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Andi Petrillo poses for a photo before the NHL Awards, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Petrillo, Campbell-Pascall lead CBC’s ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ PWHL broadcast team

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Petrillo, Campbell-Pascall lead CBC’s ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ PWHL broadcast team

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TORONTO - Andi Petrillo and Cassie Campbell-Pascall will lead the "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast team in its first year covering the Professional Women's Hockey League.

CBC announced the broadcast team Thursday in advance of the upcoming PWHL season.

"Hockey Night in Canada" announced its partnership with the PWHL on Sept. 28, months after a National Hockey League sublicensing agreement with Rogers Communications was not renewed.

The CBC had broadcast "Hockey Night in Canada" games since 1936, first on radio and then on television beginning in 1952.

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Maika Monroe shows how much more than ‘Scream Queen’ she is in ‘Victorian Psycho’

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Maika Monroe shows how much more than ‘Scream Queen’ she is in ‘Victorian Psycho’

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 4 minute read 12:45 PM EST

CANNES, France (AP) — After years spent fleeing serial killers and worse, Maika Monroe goes on the offensive in the gothic triller “Victorian Psycho.”

On the surface, the movie appears to extend Monroe’s reputation as the preeminent “Scream Queen” of her generation. Horror films like “It Follows,” “Watcher” and “Longlegs” have made the 33-year-old Monroe synonymous with the genre.

Bodies get bloody in “Victorian Psycho,” too. But in the film, written by Virginia Feito and based on her 2025 novel, Monroe’s deranged protagonist is archly hilarious. As much as Monroe may be associated with horror, she might be even better at comedy.

“I didn’t know if I could pull it off. I decided to take the leap,” Monroe says. “Man, it was just so much fun. There’s so much freedom in this role. It will definitely be the character I’ll miss the most.”

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Movie Review: Johnny Depp’s dour ‘Ebenezer’ is a horror-tinged holiday slog

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Movie Review: Johnny Depp’s dour ‘Ebenezer’ is a horror-tinged holiday slog

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 4 minute read 12:02 PM EST

Johnny Depp certainly leaves his mark as the latest to tackle Ebenezer Scrooge, one of the great Christmas-time villains. You'll likely not soon forget the scene where he pees himself.

No one asked for another retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol." But here we are with “Ebenezer,” which breathlessly borrows from modern horror conventions to try to make a Victorian-era story cooler.

“Enough! This nightmare has run its course,” Scrooge screams at the first of three ghosts who warn him he's awful, and everyone watching has to agree. But alas, more than an hour remains.

Director Ti West ups the macabre with street oil lamps mysteriously snuffing out, the addition of tons of ominous crows, Scrooge being sucked into his bed and legions of graveyard zombies, like out of Michael Jackson's “Thriller” video. He also inexplicably stops all that for an extended, heartfelt performance of “Silent Night” sung by the cast, except for Scrooge, of course.

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FILE - From left, PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem, and broadcaster Dan Hicks look on as Jordan Spieth is presented the FedEx Cup after winning the Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64

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Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64

Joe Reedy, The Associated Press 4 minute read 10:54 AM EST

Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64.

Hicks died late Wednesday in Connecticut. He died of an acute illness, according to his wife, Hannah Storm.

“Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan,” Storm said in a statement. “He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many. His loss is immeasurable.

“Dan was truly one of a kind and, quite simply, the person everyone wanted to be around. When he walked into a room, he brought the energy, the laughter and the people together. He was endlessly kind, thoughtful and funny, and he made everyone feel like they mattered."

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FILE - Visitors of the Exit music festival dance on one of the stages in Novi Sad, Serbia, Thursday, July 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia’s EXIT music festival plans homecoming after student election victory

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Serbia’s EXIT music festival plans homecoming after student election victory

Jovana Gec, The Associated Press 4 minute read 7:52 AM EST

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Founded by protesting students in Serbia in 2000, the EXIT festival has become one of Europe's leading music events. It is now preparing a “special edition” next year to mark a homecoming made possible by a new generation of activists in the Balkan country.

EXIT pulled out of Serbia last year, citing pressure from authorities over its support for a student movement behind a wave of anti-corruption protests. After students scored a stunning victory in the Oct. 25 parliamentary election, EXIT announced it was returning home.

“We always said when freedom is back in Serbia, EXIT will be back as well,” founder and CEO Dusan Kovacevic told The Associated Press in an interview this week. “We are incredibly proud of them (students), and of the citizens and all of us (who) managed to win this fight.”

Traditionally held every July at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad, EXIT has won several international awards and hosted hundreds of stars from the Pet Shop Boys and Billy Idol to Moby and the Prodigy. The dayslong, multi-stage festival has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors worldwide.

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FILE - Gulettes, the traditional and popular cruise vessels in Turkey, sail in the Aegean Sea near Bodrum, Turkey, on Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Yacht captain on reality show ‘Below Deck’ arrested in Turkey after teenager dies

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Yacht captain on reality show ‘Below Deck’ arrested in Turkey after teenager dies

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: 8:33 AM EST

ISTANBUL (AP) — A participant in the U.S. reality TV show “Below Deck” has been arrested in Turkey over a fight in the resort city of Bodrum that left a 17-year-old dead, local media reported Thursday.

Joao Franco, 36, and his brother Carlos allegedly became involved in an altercation with shopkeepers in Bodrum last Saturday evening, according to the private Demiroren News Agency.

Franco, whom the agency identified as a yacht captain, appeared in the Bravo channel’s “Below Deck Down Under” and “Below Deck Mediterranean” from 2018, as well as “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.”

“Below Deck” follows the lives of crew members aboard luxury yachts as they interact with each other and their guests.

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Author Kate Cayley, playwright Jordan Tannahill win Governor General’s Literary Awards

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Author Kate Cayley, playwright Jordan Tannahill win Governor General’s Literary Awards

Kaitlyn McGrath, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: 11:25 AM EST

TORONTO - Works about a gentrifying neighbourhood struck by tragedy and a provocative fictionalization of a member of the Royal Family are among this year's Governor General's Literary Award winners.

Toronto author Kate Cayley received the fiction prize for her debut novel "Property," which follows characters living in the city's west end during a spring day as their lives become increasingly interconnected following a death.

"It feels like you've suddenly found yourself in one of your own daydreams," Cayley said about learning she had won the prestigious prize.

The Canada Council for the Arts recognized 14 English and French winners on Thursday that represent outstanding literary works in Canada.

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Emmylou Harris, left, and Mike Campbell perform during A Song For Gram, a Gram Parsons tribute concert, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Gram Parsons celebrated in song by Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello on eve of his Rock Hall induction

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Gram Parsons celebrated in song by Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello on eve of his Rock Hall induction

Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press 4 minute read 7:03 AM EST

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Joy and sorrow were in harmony at a musical tribute to Gram Parsons, the country-rocker who on Saturday will enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 53 years after his death at age 26.

At the legendary Los Angeles-area Troubadour club, Parsons’ songs as a member of the Byrds, as a founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers and as a solo artist essential to rock's early 1970s turn toward country were performed Wednesday night by Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, the Black Crowes and, most important by far, Emmylou Harris.

In a partnership that lasted less than two years, Parsons and Harris combined to create some of the most heartaching harmonies ever recorded. Then he died from an overdose in 1973.

Before she sang a song many consider the pinnacle of that partnership, “Love Hurts,” with Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Harris said, “Gram taught me this one. We did it a lot of times.” Then she added, quietly as if to herself, “But not enough.”

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Adam Driver on ‘Paper Tiger’ and gaming the Hollywood system

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Adam Driver on ‘Paper Tiger’ and gaming the Hollywood system

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 7 minute read 6:02 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment he swans in with takeout from Peter Luger and dances a few impromptu steps with Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver looks and moves differently in James Gray’s “Paper Tiger.”

The performance, which critics have called one of his career best, follows a period of reexamination, on screen and off, for the 42-year-old actor. It was partly touched off, he says, by Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.” That film’s wild theatricality and Coppola’s experimentation helped Driver expand his notions of character and the possibilities of a scene.

“I needed to be reminded of how unprecious it is,” Driver says. “Film is so permanent. You have to be so prepared that you’re not prepared when you walk on set. I tried not to get strapped down with: Well, this character would never do that.”

In the 1980s-set “Paper Tiger,” Driver plays Gary Pearl, an ex-police officer who lures his Queens family-man brother, Irwin ( Miles Teller ), into a scheme along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal that entangles them with the Russian mafia. Driver’s performance, charismatic and loose-limbed, swells with brotherly love and classical tragedy.

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FILE - A customer browses for books at a bookstore in Harare, Zimbabwe, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli, File)

Caine Prize clears Zimbabwean author of AI writing allegations and adds new rules

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Caine Prize clears Zimbabwean author of AI writing allegations and adds new rules

Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press 2 minute read 4:07 AM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Caine Prize for African Writing has cleared Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza of using artificial intelligence to write this year’s award-winning story, but also announced new measures to guard against the use of generative AI in submissions.

Kundizeza said Thursday he felt “relieved” that the allegations raised in an article by The Atlantic magazine had been dismissed.

“It was not necessary in the first place, I am happy to put all this behind me and continue with my writing journey,” he said.

The allegations had sparked a wider debate on social media, with some questioning whether Black authors are being unfairly targeted by AI-related accusations.

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FILE - Edgar Barrera, winner of the awards for best tropical song and song of the year for

The 2026 Latin Grammy Awards are almost here. Here’s what to expect and how to watch

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The 2026 Latin Grammy Awards are almost here. Here’s what to expect and how to watch

Maria Sherman, The Associated Press 3 minute read 12:01 AM EST

The 27th annual Latin Grammy Awards are back at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, with Roselyn Sánchez hosting for a 10th time. So, what should you expect?

Producer Edgar Barrera — no stranger to leading the Latin Grammy nominations — is again in the top spot with 10 nods this year, including record, producer and songwriter of the year plus two each for song and album of the year. Many of the nominations involve his collaboration with Karol G and Carín León.

Speaking of Karol G: She ties Rosalía, Jorge Drexler and hip hop duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso for the second-most nominations. They have seven each.

Silvana Estrada and Mon Laferte follow with six apiece, including record, album and song of the year.

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Journalist Alberto Amaro is reflected in the rearview mirror of his vehicle in Tlaxcala, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

In Mexico, journalists face threats from attackers – and from the system meant to protect them, too

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In Mexico, journalists face threats from attackers – and from the system meant to protect them, too

Fernanda Pesce, The Associated Press 7 minute read Updated: 11:00 AM EST

TLAXCALA DE XICOHTÉNCATL, Mexico (AP) — Three years ago, Alberto Amaro was sitting at home when he heard two gunshots. His son, playing in the garden, ran inside in terror. When Amaro reached the front gate, he saw two armed men running down his street.

Amaro, 38, a journalist in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, says he immediately reported the shooting to the federal agency responsible for protecting journalists and requested emergency measures. “More than 48 hours passed without a response,” he says. Amaro eventually turned to a court, which ordered security for his family.

His is not an isolated case. What happened to Amaro was one of multiple frightening encounters that exposed shortcomings in Mexico’s federal Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, a program created in 2012 to safeguard people threatened because of their work.

Between 2017 and 2022, eight journalists were killed while enrolled in Mexico’s federal Protection Mechanism, according to a joint investigation by Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Minister of Industry Melanie Joly responds to questions before a meeting of the federal cabinet on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Joly didn’t meet with Roshel before deal signed with Stellantis: minister’s office

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Joly didn’t meet with Roshel before deal signed with Stellantis: minister’s office

Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 8:38 PM EST

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly's office is disputing media reports that characterized the federal government as having played an active role in negotiations that led to automaker Stellantis selling its Brampton, Ont. assembly plant to defence contractor Roshel.

Mathis Denis, a spokesperson for Joly's office, said Wednesday evening that reporting that Joly "was involved in the deal is false."

"The minister had no part in negotiating with Stellantis or Roshel on the deal," he said.

"The minister was in a conflict resolution (role) between Stellantis and the union. That's it. The minister didn't meet Roshel."

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Musician Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, sits in court during his murder-for-hire trial in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Rapper Yella Beezy convicted of hiring gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 on busy Dallas interstate

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Rapper Yella Beezy convicted of hiring gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 on busy Dallas interstate

Jamie Stengle And Kendria Lafleur, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:22 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — Rapper Yella Beezy was found guilty on Wednesday of hiring the gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 in a brazen daylight attack on a busy Dallas interstate in 2020.

Yella Beezy, 35, whose real name is Markies Conway, was unanimously convicted of capital murder by a Dallas County jury in the death of MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In September, a jury found Kewon White guilty of capital murder for fatally shooting Noble. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors said the killing was the result of an yearslong escalating feud between Conway and Noble. Both men lived in Dallas.

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FILE - Irma P. Hall appears in Dallas on Jan. 18, 1999. (Natalie Caudill/Dallas Morning News via AP)

Irma P. Hall, ‘Soul Food’ and ‘The Ladykillers’ actor who found fame at 60, dies at 91

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Irma P. Hall, ‘Soul Food’ and ‘The Ladykillers’ actor who found fame at 60, dies at 91

Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:34 PM EST

Irma P. Hall, the veteran actor who brought warmth and authority to matriarchal roles in “Soul Food” and “The Ladykillers,” and whose acting career took off after decades as a teacher, died Tuesday in Dallas. She was 91.

Her family announced her death Wednesday. No cause was given.

Hall was best known to many viewers as Big Mama, the family’s steadying force in the 1997 film “Soul Food.” The role earned her an NAACP Image Award and led to a return as the character in the television series based on the film.

She received a Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for her performance as Marva Munson, a Bible-reading landlady opposite Tom Hanks in the Coen brothers’ 2004 comedy “The Ladykillers.” Hall also appeared in “A Family Thing,” “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” “Beloved,” “Patch Adams,” “Collateral” and Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns.”

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