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Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is ashamed he didn’t sever ties with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein after first hearing of his bad behaviour. The movie mogul, who has worked extensively with Tarantino, has been stripped of his The Weinstein Company board role and is now under police investigation following sexual assault and rape charges on the back of damning The New York Times and The New Yorker exposes, and the Reservoir Dogs director admits he has known for decades about Harvey Weinstein’s…

Jim Cuddy shared the stage with fellow Canadian music star Gord Downie several times over their long careers, but it was a performance last February that was perhaps the most poignant. Cuddy and his band Blue Rodeo were performing at Toronto’s Massey Hall with opening act the Sadies when they invited Downie onstage at the last minute to perform the hit “Lost Together” as an encore. Source

Celebrated illusionist David Blaine has refuted allegations linking him to the rape of a model at his London home over a decade ago. According to The Daily Beast, authorities in the British capital are eager to talk to Blaine after Natasha Prince claimed he attacked her in 2004, when she was 21. Source

NEW YORK -- Superman and Batman were born, like brothers, in 1938 and 1939, respectively. But psychology professor William Moulton Marston had grander and more progressive aspirations for his comic creation. "Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world," Marston said around the character's launch in 1941. Source

Late rock icon Tom Petty completed his final tour with a hairline fracture in his left hip. The I Won’t Back Down hitmaker’s longtime manager, Tony Dimitriades, reveals he advised the singer against embarking on his massive 40th anniversary tour of North America with his band Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers until he had the injury fixed, but the star refused to listen. Source

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Actor Shia LaBeouf was sentenced to probation Thursday after the “Transformers” star pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge of obstruction stemming from his attempt to elude police following a vulgar public outburst in Georgia. Source

TORONTO -- Fans of rock star, poet and Canadian troubadour Gord Downie began flooding social media with heartfelt tributes as soon as word emerged that the singer had died. And among their tweets were some that appeared less than heartfelt -- messages from corporate brands including Hudson's Bay and Chevrolet Canada. Source

Virtual Reality will change the face of cinema in the next decade -- but only if content keeps up with the advances in technology, industry experts at the Busan International Film Festival predict. VR is already being heavily promoted by the tech giants, with Facebook and Microsoft launching new headsets they hope will ensure the format goes mainstream. Source

Rod Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster lost her virginity to a rapist who drugged and assaulted her when she was first starting out as a model. The blonde beauty shared her story during Thursday’s episode of U.K. talk show Loose Women, on which she is a panellist, as the co-hosts discussed the viral #MeToo social media campaign, exposing instances of sexual abuse or harassment. Source

A day after the world learned of Gord Downie's death, his brother Mike Downie says their collaboration on an ambitious project aimed at reconciliation has motivated him to keep pushing for improved conditions within Canada's Indigenous communities. Source