ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s honours list, along with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and author Michael Morpurgo, while ballet dancer Darcey Bussell becomes a dame. Saskia O’Donoghue has the details in this Reuters News video report. Source: Beatles drummer and Bee Gees star knighted…
Who Made the Most Money on Tour in 2017?
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – Who made the most money on tour in 2017? A Canadian is on the list, but not in the top Ten. Acts including U2 and Guns n’ Roses came top of a poll which ranks bands who made most money from touring in 2017. Saskia O’Donoghue has more details in this Reuters…
Celebrities we Lost in 2017
Video of the Day – Each day we share with you videos that touch our lives, fun videos, sad videos and sometimes odd videos. Please share them with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. In today’s video, we feature a video prepared by the Associated Press that looks back at some of the stars that…
Winnipeg’s Billy Joe Green – 50 Years on the Music Scene
WINNIPEG, MB. – Anyone who knows the blues will know the name Billy Joe Green. An icon in the Canadian music scene, Winnipeg-based musician Billy Joe started playing guitar and touring as a professional musician years before his son Jesse Green was born in 1973. But it wasn’t until Jesse grew into a man and…
Winnipeg Art Gallery is Open During the Holiday’s
WINNIPEG, MB. – Looking for things to keep to do in Winnipeg over the Holiday’s? The Winnipeg Art Gallery would get you in out of the cold. Spend time viewing the amazing art, make crafts, or watch the best commercials of the year (my favourite). On display is INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE, a groundbreaking exhibition focused on leading…
Hollywood Commission on Sexual Misconduct
Hollywood, CA – The woman who spoke out in the 90’s about sexual harassment by US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, has been chosen to lead a newly-formed commission on sexual harassment in Hollywood. Jonah Green has more information in this Reuters News video report. The Manitoba Post
This 11-year-old Canadian Girl Could Be the Next Justin Bieber
British Columbia – This 11-year-old Canadian girl is a huge YouTube star, could she be the next Justin Bieber? Jadyn Rylee has become a YouTube sensation, earning more than 20 million views for her original vocal covers of popular songs. This is the first song that Jadyn and Curt Ryle actually wrote together. It is…
Alan Leung Turns a Hobby into a Career
Winnipeg, MB. – What are your plans after high school? It’s the questions every soon-to-be graduate dreads being asked, but one that they will inevitably have to answer. While the majority of teens will respond with a less than sure reply comprised of muted panic and uncertainty, there is a minority within the teenage population…
Altona Manitoba – Sunflower Capital Art Museum
WINNIPEG, MB. – It is unlikely that Altona businessman Johann Schwartz could have envisioned what the dream home he built in 1902 would become more than a century later. Flush with money from building elevators to accommodate the grain trade on the recently arrived railroads in Manitoba, he built the largest house ever constructed in…
World’s Most Successful Rock & Roll Show in Winnipeg Feb 13
Winnipeg, MB. – Oh Boy! The ‘World’s Most Successful Rock &Roll Show” is coming Winnipeg February 13, 2018. On the back of incredibly successful Tours in 2015 in 2016, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story – the show that inspired a generation of multi-million selling juke-box musicals including Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Million Dollar Quartet,…