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Not only is the King and Queen in the country, but Bono gushed about Canada

May 27, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The Morning Show on Global News got a Canadian exclusive. He had some nice things to say about our country and how we’re standing up internationlly.

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Music NewsTelevision

There’s a Netflix documentary on the Astroworld festival tragedy

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott was the headliner at the Astroworld festival in Houston. Before his set was over, dozens were injured and ten people lost their lives. This new documentary talks

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Funny/WeirdTelevision

Phish transforms into the cast of Seinfeld for a John Mulaney’s Netflix show

May 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

 Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney is an fun occasional Netflix series that bends the traditional talk show format into new shapes. For this sketch, the members of Phish dressed up like the cast

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Television

Bono’s Stories of Surrender has been turned into an Apple TV+ show. Here’s a trailer.

May 1, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

A few years back, Bono released a memoir called Stories of Surrender. He later went on a fascinating tour entitled Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music, and Some Mischief where he

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RadioTelevision

Prime Video has a new doc on a Winnipeg broadcaster turned bank robber

April 24, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re from Winnipeg, you may remember Steve Vogelsang, a sportscaster seen on the local CTV affiliate. If you took broadcasting at Red River Community College, he may have been one of your

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Music NewsTelevision

Let’s start the week with a Diddy report

April 7, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Only a few more weeks before Diddy’s trial begins in Brooklyn. You’d think that all the evidence would have surfaced by now. Nope. People still have things they say Diddy did. Prosecutors have

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ConcertsTelevision

The SNL 50th anniversary concert sounded like a good time

February 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

A big party was held at Radio City Music Hall in NYC last night (February 14). The occasional was a musical celebration of SNL’s 50th anniversary. Performers included  Cher, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus,

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Television

Ongoing History Daily: Ted Turner’s music video channel disaster

February 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

How many music video channels were there back when such things mattered? There was MTV and MuchMusic, of course. If you’re old enough, you might remember The Box and The Fuse. The UK

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Global News ContentTelevision

Here are some wild stories behind some beloved TV theme songs.

February 10, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when television meant three American networks and two Canadian ones, virtually everyone was aware of everything on TV. Even if you didn’t like

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Television

The Grammys are Sunday. Will you be watching?

January 30, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Trevor Noah is going to host the 47th annual Grammys (it’s his fifth year in a row) on Sunday night (February 2). Given that the Grammys are nothing but a mainstream mass-appeal primetime

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Music NewsTelevision

Gavin Rossdale’s cooking show set to premiere on February 13

January 24, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Who knew that Gavin Rossdale of Bush was this good of a cook? His new show, Dinner with Gavin Rossdale, is set to premiere on February 13. It’s a cooking-and-talk format where he

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