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M.C. Joudrey’s Marmalade Parade was inspired by his relatives’ struggles with memory loss.

Novel’s narrative built on memory’s fallible foundation

Jen Zoratti 4 minute read 6:00 AM CDT

We like to think we remember things exactly as they happened, exactly as they were. But memories can be slippery. They can be fragmented. Can they ever really be relied upon?

Winnipeg author M.C. Joudrey wrestles with these ideas in his latest novel, Marmalade Parade (Guernica Editions), which came out earlier this month and will be launched Saturday at McNally Robinson Grant Park.

The initial seeds for the book were planted when Joudrey, 49, began watching family members struggle with memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s.

“And the really baffling nature of those diseases is how somebody who’s known you for 50 years suddenly doesn’t know you at all, or has no recollection of decades and decades of history,” he says.

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Boris Allakhverdyan is one of North America’s leading clarinettists.

Esteemed musician’s performance will cap WSO season finale

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Esteemed musician’s performance will cap WSO season finale

Conrad Sweatman 6 minute read 6:00 AM CDT

Some of us Winnipeggers use our vacation time to jet south for balmier climates.

The California-based Boris Allakhverdyan, one of North America’s leading clarinetists, asked for time off to come to Winnipeg at a time when the hangover of winter still lingers in the air.

He’s not here for the climate, however, but to take centre stage alongside the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in performing a favourite work of his for the orchestra’s final concert this season.

“This is my first time in Winnipeg,” says the Russian-born Armenian principal clarinetist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Faith

Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001 in Colleyville, Texas. (Lawrence Jenkins/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Joni Lamb, who started of one of the largest Christian TV networks, has died

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Joni Lamb, who started of one of the largest Christian TV networks, has died

John Seewer, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 3:51 PM CDT

Joni Lamb, who with her late husband founded the Daystar Television Network and guided it to become one of the world’s largest Christian TV networks, died Thursday. She was 65.

Lamb, the network's president, had been suffering from serious health issues before sustaining a back injury that caused her health to deteriorate, the network said in a statement. A cause of death was not released.

“Joni’s love for the Lord and for the people we serve shaped this ministry from the beginning,” the network’s board of directors said in the statement.

The network said its ministry will continue on and that Lamb made sure a leadership team was in place.

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FILE - Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

In legal dispute over ‘The View,’ ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

In legal dispute over ‘The View,’ ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 3:31 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In a strongly worded filing, ABC accuses the Trump administration of trying to chill its constitutionally protected free speech and hinder open political discussion.

The point of contention: The popular show “The View," and whether it's subject to equal time rules.

ABC’s filing to the Federal Communications Commission, made public Friday, came in a dispute involving one ABC station in Houston, KTRK-TV. But the wording indicated the network was embarking on a broader battle with the administration.

“The Commission’s actions threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to The View and more broadly,” said the filing on behalf of both KTRK-TV and ABC.

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Faith

Singer Amy Grant poses for a portrait in New York on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Amy Grant reflects on her new album, resisting labels and writing dark songs

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Amy Grant reflects on her new album, resisting labels and writing dark songs

Krysta Fauria, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 3:56 PM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the nearly 50 years she's been working as a musician, Amy Grant has repeatedly resisted the labels others have sought to put on her. It's difficult to overstate the influence the crossover Christian-pop artist had on culture — evangelical and otherwise — in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Throughout the Grammy winner's career and personal life, many Christians have embraced and then rejected her at various points — be it her divorce, her move into secular music or her more recent decision to host her niece’s same-sex wedding.

Her new album, “The Me That Remains,” out Friday, was in part a way of processing a serious bicycle accident in 2022, which resulted in a traumatic brain injury, and the long recovery that followed.

In a wide-ranging conversation with The Associated Press, Grant, 65, reflected on how the accident changed her, her willingness to go dark in her music and why she keeps turning back to her faith. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: Talk about your journey with this album.

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FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Man pleads not guilty to charge of threatening behavior toward ex-Prince Andrew

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Man pleads not guilty to charge of threatening behavior toward ex-Prince Andrew

The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 8:52 AM CDT

LONDON (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty Friday to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior toward the former Prince Andrew near his home on King Charles III's Sandringham Estate.

Alex Jenkinson, 39, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court following accusations of threatening behavior toward Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near the former royal's home earlier this week.

The denial came after reports that Mountbatten-Windsor was threatened by a masked man while walking dogs near his home.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that a man wearing a ski mask ran toward the former royal while shouting abuse on Wednesday.

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Environment

FILE - Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough poses for a photo with a south east Asian Great Mormon Butterfly on his nose, as he launches the Big Butterfly count at London Zoo, July 11, 2012. (John Stillwell/PA via AP, File)

David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

Danica Kirka, The Associated Press 7 minute read Updated: 7:19 AM CDT

LONDON (AP) — The BBC is hosting a party for David Attenborough at the Royal Albert Hall. Cinemas are playing his nature films. Friends have spent weeks lavishing praise on the man and his work.

But the world’s most famous wildlife presenter is likely to be uncomfortable with all the attention as he celebrates his 100th birthday on Friday, said Alastair Fothergill, the producer of some of Attenborough’s most well-known documentaries and the director of Silverback Films.

“He’s always been very clear to all of us that work with him: ‘Remember, the animals are the stars, I’m not,’’’ Fothergill told The Associated Press. “So, yes, surprisingly for one of the most famous men on the planet, he doesn’t like being famous at all.”

Glorious gorillas

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Blake Lively appears at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Feb. 16, 2025, left, and Justin Baldoni appears at a special screening of

Blake Lively’s lawyers fuel feud with claim of victory after ‘It Ends With Us’ settlement

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Blake Lively’s lawyers fuel feud with claim of victory after ‘It Ends With Us’ settlement

Michael R. Sisak And Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 6:38 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The bitter public feud between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni may outlive their court fight after all.

Three days after announcing a settlement of the lawsuit brought by Lively over the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” her lawyers put out a statement Thursday calling the deal a “resounding victory.”

“By agreeing to this settlement, and waiving their right to appeal, Justin Baldoni and every individual defendant now face personal liability for abusing the legal system to silence and intimidate Ms. Lively,” attorneys Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson said.

They were alluding to the tens of millions of dollars in legal fees and penalties that a judge could make the defendants pay for costs incurred by Lively when Baldoni filed a countersuit that was ultimately tossed out by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman last June. That complaint accused Lively, her husband — “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds — and their publicist of defamation and extortion.

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Science & Technology

FILE - A Nintendo sign is seen outside Nintendo's official store in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo raises Switch price, forecasts lower profits

Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo raises Switch price, forecasts lower profits

Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 5:59 AM CDT

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s annual profit surged 52% in the last fiscal year, lifted by solid sales of its Switch 2 machines and software, the company announced Friday.

The Japanese video-game company behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises also announced it was raising prices, citing challenging business conditions.

It recorded a 424 billion yen ($2.7 billion) net profit for the fiscal year that ended in March, up from nearly 279 billion yen the year before.

Annual sales rose 99% to 2.3 trillion yen ($15 billion) from 1.2 trillion yen a year earlier, as demand for Switch 2 held up, although sales for the first-generation Switch declined.

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Japan’s Sony reports declining profit but expects a record for this year

Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

Japan’s Sony reports declining profit but expects a record for this year

Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press 3 minute read 12:31 AM CDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group Corp. reported a 3.4% drop in its annual profit but projected Friday a comeback to record profits for the current fiscal year.

Tokyo-based Sony’s net profit for the year through March totaled 1.03 trillion yen ($6.6 billion), down from 1.07 trillion yen in the previous fiscal year.

Ending a plan to release an electric vehicle with Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. hurt its earnings. Rising costs of computer chips also bit into profit and remain a concern, according to Sony, which has film, music and video-game operations.

Sony is forecasting a 1.16 trillion yen ($7.4 billion) profit for this fiscal year, which would be a record for the company and a 13% jump from the year that just ended.

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Arts & Entertainment

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Associated Press 2 minute read 10:09 AM CDT

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS

1 Ed Sheeran $7,321,411 53,191 $137.64

2 Eagles $4,798,262 16,349 $293.49

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This image released by Netflix shows Sally Field in a scene from

Movie Review: Sally Field, Lewis Pullman and an octopus in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

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Movie Review: Sally Field, Lewis Pullman and an octopus in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 6:13 PM CDT

It was only a matter of time before “that octopus book” became “that octopus movie” (or, at least, “that other octopus movie” ). Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” was a kind of slow-burn, word-of-mouth literary sensation in the years since it was first published in 2022.

With its octopus narrator, sentimental story and quirky array of small-town characters, it was tailor made for adaptation. The result, streaming Friday on Netflix, is respectable and heartfelt, a very straightforward page to screen interpretation that gets the job done and the tears flowing thanks to strong performances by Sally Field and Lewis Pullman. Their characters, Tova, a 70-year-old widow, and Cameron, a 30-something searching for his father, become unlikely friends thanks, in part to a cranky and wise octopus named Marcellus (Alfred Molina) who lives in the aquarium where Tova cleans at night. Don’t worry, the octopus doesn’t talk to them, just us.

It’s certainly a bit whimsical and stop-and-go considering how much of the story takes place outside of the aquarium, but it mostly stays on the right side of cloying never veering into treacly “The Life of Chuck” territory. And it is all building to something, though it takes a bit of time to get there.

Field’s Tova is a prickly sort. On a scale of one to Pansy in “Hard Truths,” she’s probably at a two. But she prefers to keep to herself. Her husband has died, they lost their son years ago — a mystery that haunts and torments her daily — and now she’s left wondering how the final part of her own life is going to play out, whether that’s staying in her beautiful home with all its difficult memories or moving to a retirement home.

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This image released by WG Pictures shows Jaeden Martell in a scene from

‘Uncut Gems’ producer Oscar Boyson made a movie for the Letterboxd generation

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‘Uncut Gems’ producer Oscar Boyson made a movie for the Letterboxd generation

Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 3:40 PM CDT

“Our Hero, Balthazar” is not really an elevator-pitch kind of movie. Sure, there’s a log-line: A wealthy New York City teenager ( Jaeden Martell ) who, in a misguided attempt to impress a girl, travels to Texas to try to stop a school shooting. But it’s the describing of it that gets tricky: It’s a black comedy, but also sometimes just a comedy. It’s a thriller and a satire. It’s a commentary on performative activism, gun culture and toxic masculinity. Mostly, it’s just an entertaining ride.

Owen Gleiberman, writing for Variety, called it “a cutting, audacious, and at times astonishing movie.”

Perhaps it makes more sense to understand that “Our Hero, Balthazar,” which is currently in theaters, comes from a filmmaker known for his collaborations with the Safdie brothers. Filmmaker and producer Oscar Boyson has been on the ground making independent films for nearly 20 years, from “Frances Ha” to “Uncut Gems.”

The idea for “Balthazar,” which he co-wrote with Ricky Camilleri, just felt electric, like the movies that made them want to make movies when they were younger. It’s also the kind of that seems to be disappearing from American cinemas and has the makings of a cult classic.

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This image released by Polk & Co. shows Hiran Abeysekera in the role of Hamlet at the National Theatre in London on Sept. 25, 2025. (Sam Taylor/Polk & Co. via AP)

From Taylor Swift to the Oscars, 400-year-old ‘Hamlet’ flourishes in the age of TikTok

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From Taylor Swift to the Oscars, 400-year-old ‘Hamlet’ flourishes in the age of TikTok

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 8 minute read Updated: 3:54 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — He's on screen, onstage, on tour, online and in song. “Hamlet” — William Shakespeare's masterpiece about a moody Danish prince — seems to be having a moment.

A National Theatre production has landed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music starring Hiran Abeysekera. There’s a movie version set in London’s South Asian community starring Riz Ahmed. Anthony Hopkins, at 88, is delighting fans on TikTok with some of Prince Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy. The movie “Hamnet” — the fictionalized story of loss that inspired the creation of “Hamlet” — earned Jessie Buckley an Oscar. Taylor Swift's “The Fate of Ophelia” — that's Hamlet's ex — went to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart. Eddie Izzard is taking her one-person production of the play on a worldwide tour.

Four hundred years on, “Hamlet” — whose seemingly quite modern antihero is endlessly mulling over what to do after his uncle murdered his father and married his mother — is still giving.

Want even more? There’s even a “Hamnet” play, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s original novel, and the Royal Shakespeare Company is taking it on a U.K. tour. Shakespeare & Company will stage a “Hamlet” this August in the Berkshires. There’s a Canadian production of “Hamlet, Sweet Prince,” using a queer, contemporary lens. The Acting Company in New York will have a modern-verse version led by a woman, and the Peruvian theater company Teatro La Plaza recently presented a version off-Broadway starring eight Spanish-speaking actors with Down syndrome.

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Music

Brendan Canning, left, and Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene are photographed in Canning's Toronto home, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Broken Social Scene return older, wiser and slightly more broken

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Preview

Broken Social Scene return older, wiser and slightly more broken

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 6 minute read 10:48 AM CDT

TORONTO - More than two decades after Broken Social Scene founders Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning started making music together in a Toronto basement — eventually mutating their two-man project into an unwieldy, ever-shifting indie rock collective — the band is still intact.

Kind of.

“I think parts of us are broken now,” de facto frontman Drew says.

“And I think parts of our relationship are broken, but not the parts that would stop us from continuing.”

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Naomi Osaka arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the

Naomi Osaka recounts her show-stopping Met Gala outfit at the ‘Grand Slam’ of fashion

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Naomi Osaka recounts her show-stopping Met Gala outfit at the ‘Grand Slam’ of fashion

Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press 2 minute read 12:56 PM CDT

ROME (AP) — Naomi Osaka says she felt like she had “a 20-pound vest on” for her show-stopping outfit at the Met Gala — which she labeled “the Grand Slam for all fashion.”

“My outfit was so heavy,” she said with her tennis clothes back on at the Italian Open on Friday. “I felt like I had like a 20-pound vest on. But I just kept trying to tell myself to have good posture because tennis players ... sometimes we hunch over a lot.”

At Monday’s event in New York, Osaka stunned in a edgy Robert Wun white sculptural fitted dress featuring exaggerated shoulders and adorned with red feathers and a matching headpiece. To complete her look, Osaka wore two-toned red gloves. A similar look by Wun sits inside the Met’s Costume Institute exhibit, “Costume Art.”

On the carpet, Osaka opened her dress and removed her headpiece for a grand reveal underneath. She wowed in a sleek red beaded gown embellished with the human anatomy.

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