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Calling Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen: B.C. Premier John Horgan wants you. At a Wednesday press conference announcing the hiring of 500 new contact tracers in the province, Horgan also called on some of B.C.’s best-known celebrities to use their influence to help get younger people on board with coronavirus precautions. “This is a callout
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The Crown has found its new Prince Philip. Oscar-nominated actor Jonathan Pryce will reportedly tackle the role in the Netflix drama’s upcoming fifth and sixth seasons, taking over after Tobias Menzies and Matt Smith, according to Deadline. Netflix has not yet confirmed the casting.  Pryce is the latest addition to the show’s ever-evolving cast. The
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There’s no stopping 10-year-old Canadian singer Roberta Battaglia. Once again, Battaglia wowed on reality show America’s Got Talent — this time for the quarterfinals — and sang her heart out in a powerful ballad. She performed Lauren Daigle’s You Say. In June, Toronto-born Battaglia dazzled the celebrity judges with a performance of the Oscar award-winning Lady
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Donald Trump didn’t expect Joe Biden to pick Kamala Harris as his running mate. “He thought Biden would choose Karen Bass,” a Republican briefed on Trump’s thinking said. Trump’s view, according to sources close to the White House, was that Biden would prefer a candidate with Bass’s low national profile and one who wouldn’t outshine
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After exactly two months of social media silence, Jessica Mulroney is back on Instagram. The stylist, TV personality, and close friend of Meghan Markle went on hiatus after Canadian lifestyle blogger Sasha Exeter posted a lengthy video calling her out for “textbook white privilege” on Instagram in June. But Mulroney made her big return to
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The planet may be scourged by a pandemic, political chaos, and social unrest, but at least we still have Eugene Levy—the Schitt’s Creek star/cocreator and Canadian comedy legend. This reminder comes courtesy of a darling new video in which Levy is presented with the Newport Beach Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Given coronavirus travel restrictions,
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Madonna’s eldest son, Rocco, was practically the doppelgänger of his dad — ‘Sherlock Holmes’ director Guy Ritchie — while taking a walk in a retro outfit. Madonna just celebrated Rocco’s 20th birthday in a loving Instagram shout-out! Put one of the world’s most famous pop stars and a successful director together, and you get a
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Fans are getting to see Chris Brown and his daughter Royalty in an actual dance off! Breezy joined his little girl as they celebrated the youngster reaching one million Instagram followers. For everyone trying to reach Instagram followers in the thousands, they’ve just been beat by a six-year-old. Then again it’s not just any little
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Since the pandemic broke five months ago, the QAnon movement has only solidified its position as the benchmark conspiracy theory of the Trump era. Some social media users responded to surging cases by seeking out online QAnon communities for news and information about the coronavirus. Followers of the sprawling, deranged theory, one aspect of which
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Bindi Irwin is pregnant with her first child. The daughter of Steve Irwin (the “Crocodile Hunter”) announced on Instagram Tuesday that she was expecting a “Baby Wildlife Warrior” in 2021. She and husband Chandler Powell, 23, were married on March 25 after getting engaged in July 2019, on her 21st birthday. Story continues below advertisement
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Rihanna unexpectedly dropped in on Karen Huger’s Instagram Live last week, and now we have EXCLUSIVELY learned how the ‘RHOP’ star feels about it. Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger, 57, “really appreciated” Rihanna, 32, dropping into her Instagram Live with comedian Luenell on Aug. 5. The self-proclaimed “Grand Dame of Potomac” opened up
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