Arts and Entertainment

FILE - Adele appears at the Brit Awards 2022 in London on Feb. 8, 2022. Adele has announced that she’s extending her Las Vegas residency with 34 more dates between June and November and also plans to release a concert film. Saturday night’s show was the last performance in the British singer's original “Weekends With Adele” series that covered 34 dates since last November on the Las Vegas Strip. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Adele extends Las Vegas residency, plans concert film

Adele announced Sunday that she’s extending her Las Vegas residency with 34…

 

Gwyneth Paltrow sits in court, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is accused of injuring another skier, leaving him with a concussion and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial set for family testimony

A neuropsychologist who treated the man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016…

 

Taylor Swift performs during the opener of her Eras tour, Friday, March 17, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Taylor Swift kicks off US Eras Tour at Super Bowl stadium

Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of…

 

Saxophonist Campbell Ryga and trombonist Bob Rogers will be joined by Salmon Arm’s Jordan Dick (guitar), Jake McIntyre-Paul (bass) and Brian Pratt-Johnson (drums) when they perform as Interior Connections in a concert presented by the Salmon Arm Jazz Club at the Nexus at First on March 23, 2023. (Photo contributed)

Interior Connections to connect with Salmon Arm audience through music

Shuswap musicians to lend a hand in upcoming Salmon Arm Jazz Club presentation

  • Mar 14, 2023
Saxophonist Campbell Ryga and trombonist Bob Rogers will be joined by Salmon Arm’s Jordan Dick (guitar), Jake McIntyre-Paul (bass) and Brian Pratt-Johnson (drums) when they perform as Interior Connections in a concert presented by the Salmon Arm Jazz Club at the Nexus at First on March 23, 2023. (Photo contributed)
FILE - Oprah Winfrey, a producer of the documentary "Sidney," about actor Sidney Poitier, appears at the premiere on Sept. 21, 2022 in Los Angeles. Winfrey announced that she had chosen Ann Napolitano’s book "Hello Beautiful" for her 100th book club pick. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Oprah Winfrey reflects on book club, announces 100th pick

For her 100th book club pick, Oprah Winfrey relied on the same…

FILE - Oprah Winfrey, a producer of the documentary "Sidney," about actor Sidney Poitier, appears at the premiere on Sept. 21, 2022 in Los Angeles. Winfrey announced that she had chosen Ann Napolitano’s book "Hello Beautiful" for her 100th book club pick. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Lindsay Lohan appears the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. Lohan is expecting her first child. The “Mean Girls” star announced her pregnancy on Instagram on Tuesday. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Lindsay Lohan announces pregnancy in Instagram post

Lindsay Lohan is expecting her first child. The “Mean Girls” star announced…

FILE - Lindsay Lohan appears the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. Lohan is expecting her first child. The “Mean Girls” star announced her pregnancy on Instagram on Tuesday. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Juno award-winner George Leach will be performing at the Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival at Pierre’s Point on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (File photo)

Artists jump at chance to celebrate Indigenous culture at music festival near Salmon Arm

Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival takes place at Pierre’s Point on March 18

Juno award-winner George Leach will be performing at the Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival at Pierre’s Point on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (File photo)
FILE - Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday, Feb. 26 it would no longer work with the cartoonist. In an episode of his YouTube show last week, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

’Dilbert,’ Scott Adams draw ire from fellow cartoonists

Cartoonists are pushing back against racist remarks made by “Dilbert” creator Scott…

FILE - Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. Adams experienced possibly the biggest repercussion of his recent comments about race when distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced Sunday, Feb. 26 it would no longer work with the cartoonist. In an episode of his YouTube show last week, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Rock will be the first artist to perform on Netflix's first-ever live, global streaming event. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Year after the slap, Chris Rock punches back in new special

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage,…

FILE - Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Rock will be the first artist to perform on Netflix's first-ever live, global streaming event. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - GloRilla performs at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. A crowd pushed toward the exits of a concert in Rochester, N.Y., amid apparent fears that shots had been fired, killing one person and injuring eight others, police said. Police found “no evidence to support a shooting having occurred" inside the concert late Sunday, March 5, featuring rappers GloRilla and Finesse2tymes at the Main Street Armory, Rochester police Lt. Nicholas Adams said in a statement to ABC News. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

1 dead, 9 hurt in stampede at GloRilla concert in New York

Apparently false fears of a shooting at a rap concert in Rochester,…

FILE - GloRilla performs at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. A crowd pushed toward the exits of a concert in Rochester, N.Y., amid apparent fears that shots had been fired, killing one person and injuring eight others, police said. Police found “no evidence to support a shooting having occurred" inside the concert late Sunday, March 5, featuring rappers GloRilla and Finesse2tymes at the Main Street Armory, Rochester police Lt. Nicholas Adams said in a statement to ABC News. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Victoria’s The New Groovement will be performing at Salmon Arm’s Song Sparrow Hall on March 18, 2023. (Photo contributed)

Horn-powered hip-hop and funk ensemble The New Groovement to play Salmon Arm

March show to be Celebrate Shuswap Society’s sixth dance party

  • Mar 4, 2023
Victoria’s The New Groovement will be performing at Salmon Arm’s Song Sparrow Hall on March 18, 2023. (Photo contributed)
Vancouver-based broadcaster and author Grant Lawrence, with musical guests, will perform stories and songs at Salmon Arm’s Song Sparrow Hall on June 17, 2023. (Facebook photo)

Author, radio host Grant Lawrence bringing songs and stories to Salmon Arm

June show promises hilarious and harrowing true stories of outlandish B.C. characters

Vancouver-based broadcaster and author Grant Lawrence, with musical guests, will perform stories and songs at Salmon Arm’s Song Sparrow Hall on June 17, 2023. (Facebook photo)
Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline star in the film adaptation of the book, The Good House, which will be showing at the Salmar Classic on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Contributed)

Shuswap Film Society: Sigourney Weaver stars in film adaptation of The Good House

Cinemaphile by Joanne Sargent

  • Mar 1, 2023
Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline star in the film adaptation of the book, The Good House, which will be showing at the Salmar Classic on Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Contributed)
Marionette Winery’s Jamie Smith stands in the winery’s lounge where live music is shared and records and board games are played. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Live music a perfect pairing at Salmon Arm winery

Marionette Winery’s Jamie Smith offers fellow singer/songwriters a place to share their music

Marionette Winery’s Jamie Smith stands in the winery’s lounge where live music is shared and records and board games are played. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Andrew Grose will have audiences laughing at the Salmar Classic Theatre on March 30, 2023. (Train Wreck Comedy image)

Canadian comedy veteran Andrew Grose coming to Salmon Arm

Performance scheduled for the Salmar Classic on March 30

Andrew Grose will have audiences laughing at the Salmar Classic Theatre on March 30, 2023. (Train Wreck Comedy image)
The feel-good documentary Blind Ambition, about four refugees from Zimbabwe who become sommeliers, opens the 33rd annual Shuswap International Film Festival at the Salmar Classic on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo contributed)

Shuswap International Film Festival opens with feel-good documentary Blind Ambition

Cinemaphile by Joanne Sargent

  • Feb 15, 2023
The feel-good documentary Blind Ambition, about four refugees from Zimbabwe who become sommeliers, opens the 33rd annual Shuswap International Film Festival at the Salmar Classic on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo contributed)
Rotarians from the Shuswap Rotary Club of Salmon Arm gather in early 2023 to admire the newly arrived Upright Kawai piano at First United Church, which will be used for festival sessions at the Nexus. The club donated the funds for the purchase of the piano to the Shuswap Music Festival Society. (Photo contributed)

‘We are so lucky’: Enthusiastic chorus greets Shuswap Music Festival’s new piano

Piano acquired from owner in Penticton in time for 2023 music festival in April

  • Feb 6, 2023
Rotarians from the Shuswap Rotary Club of Salmon Arm gather in early 2023 to admire the newly arrived Upright Kawai piano at First United Church, which will be used for festival sessions at the Nexus. The club donated the funds for the purchase of the piano to the Shuswap Music Festival Society. (Photo contributed)
Lizzo arrives at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Grammys fashion: Lizzo, Doja Cat, Styles wow on red carpet

Lizzo wowed in a bright orange Dolce & Gabbana opera coat adorned…

Lizzo arrives at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Concertgoers gather for the Music in the Park summer concert series at the Sicamous Beach Park on Aug. 8, 2022. (Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce photo)

Applications open for Sicamous Music in the Park summer concerts

Concerts to be held Mondays starting July 3

Concertgoers gather for the Music in the Park summer concert series at the Sicamous Beach Park on Aug. 8, 2022. (Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce photo)
Country star Lee Brice is bringing his ‘Beer Drinking Opportunity’ tour to Kelowna in April. (@Leebrice/Instagram)

Country music star Lee Brice coming to Kelowna’s Prospera Place

Brice is playing at Prospera Place on Wednesday, April 12

Country star Lee Brice is bringing his ‘Beer Drinking Opportunity’ tour to Kelowna in April. (@Leebrice/Instagram)
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