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U.S. stocks fell again Thursday with the S&P 500 officially entering “correction” territory. Economic jitters are on the rise amid President Trump’s trade wars and a possible government shutdown.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a final message to Canadian citizens, a bit of a pep talk amid Donald Trump‘s threats of ever-more punitive tariffs and talk of the country becoming the U.S.’s 51st state.

Warner Bros and Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie is looking at a $60M+ U.S./Canada opening. The movie hit three-week NRG tracking today.

Studio Ghibli classic Princess Mononoke is returning to cinemas with a newly restored 4K cut, screening exclusively in IMAX.The 1997 Hayao Miyazaki animation will be screened in both original Japanese language with subtitles and English language dubbed versions.Considered one of Miyazaki’s key works, Princess Mononoke is revered for its stunning animation, rich storytelling, and profound environmental themes.The story follows a young warrior named Ashitaka who, after being infected by an animal attack, seeks a cure from the deer-like god Shishigami. On his travels, he becomes entangled in a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke.A young girl raised by wolves, Princess Mononoke will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there.Experience Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece like never before.

Deftones have added new dates to their North American tour, which will expand into the late summer.The newly announced extension of dates will pick up on August 22 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. From there, Chino Moreno and co will make stops across various cities such as Edmonton, Calgary, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Montreal, Cleveland, Baltimore and more.

UK VFX house Jellyfish Pictures has suspended all operations and is currently exploring options for either a sale or large scale investment. 

At a time when California is looking up its tax credits to $750M annually, there’s some serious competition from across the pond, and that’s Ireland.

eight-part series “With Love, Meghan,” has earned lower viewership numbers than her 2022 series “Harry & Meghan.”New figures appear to suggest that viewers prefer seeing the Duchess of Sussex on-screen with her husband, Prince Harry, rather than solo.The “Suits” alum, 43, premiered her cooking show March 4. And while it managed to find a way into Netflix’s Top 10 list, streaming figures show a stark contrast between her solo venture and her joint tell-all series alongside the Duke of Sussex, the Daily Mail reports.“With Love, Meghan” — a series that shows the mom of two offer a “how-to guide” for entertaining — racked up 526,000 households in the first five days it was available, according to data obtained by Samba TV.By comparison, Meghan and Harry’s 2022 series drew 2.1 million households in the same number of days, the data showed.Markle’s latest project proved to be most successful among viewers aged 45 to 54.As for geographical success, “With Love, Meghan” was most successful in the Baltic states: Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.While the show did trend in the US, UK and Canada for a few days, it slid down the Top 10 list after three days, and officially fell off the list over the weekend.Still, it appears as though Netflix was chuffed with the streaming numbers “With Love, Meghan” raked in, as it said last week the show has been greenlit for Season 2.The Sussexes signed a $100 million deal with the streamer in 2020.

Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada again today, promising to double the tariffs on aluminum and steel.

Naman Ramachandran “Crazy Rich Asians” producer Janice Chua has boarded global production company Third Culture Content (TCC) as co-founder and producer, as the banner simultaneously reveals development on a U.S. adaptation of Korean drama hit “King the Land.” The Los Angeles and Seoul-based outfit, which produced the English-Korean bilingual series “Dramaworld” that bowed on Netflix globally before its second season hit Prime Video (U.S.), ITV (U.K.), CBC (Canada), iQiyi (Southeast Asia), Tving (Korea), and U-Next (Japan), is plotting an ambitious growth strategy for 2025.

Lorraine Kelly has highlighted the hypocritical beauty standards faced by women in the limelight while commenting on Kate Middleton's Commonwealth Day ensemble, which some suggest features a hidden nod.The Princess of Wales made a radiant return to the annual Commonwealth Day ceremony at Westminster Abbey yesterday with King Charles - the two having missed last year amid cancer treatments. For the event, Kate donned a breath-taking red Catherine Walker coat complemented with a matching Gina Foster hat. During her ITV programme, Lorraine engaged in a chat with Vogue Williams and ITV News' Paul Brand about the potential secret political message within the Princess' attire—a symbol of unity with Canada as tension simmers with US President Donald Trump.

Drake has begun teasing his “next chapter”, which he claims may leave fans “feeling uneasy” – see what he had to say below.The Canadian ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper took to Instagram last night (March 10) to begin the tease, writing: “U know I grew up non confrontational and always treated this game as a sport where my pen won gold, but my these days the podium has been hard for all of us to ignore.”He goes on to continue: “I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy, but I hope you see my honesty as clarity not charity that answers some questions especially about the unanswered texts you’ve been sending me.”Check out the full post below.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)While the opening line of his post about growing up “non confrontational” may seemingly refer to last year’s heated beef with Kendrick Lamar – in August Drake teased “round two” in the feud though nothing has stemmed from it so far – the rest of his post is up to interpretation.Drake most recently teamed up with PartyNextDoor for the album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ on Valentines Day.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor U.S. equities markets took a beating Monday as global investors reacted to signs of slowing demand and the instability driven by the nation’s ratcheting tariff wars with Canada, China and other key trade partners. Tech’s “Magnificent Seven” stocks — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla — all took a drubbbing, led by Tesla with a 15.4% plunge.

Cyndi Lauper has announced the final North American tour dates of her Farewell Tour, culminating in two August dates at the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. And if we were to put money on it, we’d guess that those dates will be rife with special guests (Chaka Khan, Sam Smith, and Hayley Williams of Paramore have already made appearances this tour).

Saturday Night Live sketch as Elon Musk.The Austin Powers actor has been portraying the billionaire on the sketch show recently – last week playing Musk holding a chainsaw in a spoof of the tense White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.In this weekend’s (March 8) episode hosted by Lady Gaga, Myers returned in a cold open sketch taking aim at reports of behind-the-scenes tensions between Musk and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.In the skit, James Austin Johnson’s Trump tries to mediate tensions between the two, as fans are also given a comic insight into their inner thoughts.In one moment, Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) looks on in despair as Trump decides he wants Thailand after watching The White Lotus, all while the Curb Your Enthusiam theme plays, while when Rubio talks, Trump’s inner thoughts declare: “So boring, this guy can’t stop talking. Who the hell does he think he is, Adrien Brody?” in reference to the actor’s recent Oscar speech.Trump then brings in Myers’s Musk, who proceeds to childishly mock Rubio before we get his inner thoughts.“Phase one of my plan is complete: ingratiate yourself to the President and take over the media.

Carlos Alcaraz has officially revealed the release date for his upcoming documentary, Carlos Alcaraz: My Way (Carlos Alcaraz: A Mi Manera).

Thania Garcia The Colombian duo Bomba Estéreo, and recent Grammy winners Rawayana, will soon head out on their first tour as a supergroup. The tour will take both bands across the United States and Canada for 16 shows in support of the release of their self-titled debut album.

Harry Potter-quoting Mark Carney will be the next Prime Minister of Canada.

Jack Dunn Economist and former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has been elected to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and Canada’s prime minister. The election comes at a critical time in foreign relations between Canada and the United States, as both nations impose historic tariffs and prepare for an impending trade war. Carney won 85.9% of the Liberal Party votes.

One Piece is coming back!

J. Kim Murphy The Weekend Update anchors took on President Trump’s address to Congress on this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” taking down the commander-in-chief’s claim that “no president has changed government faster” than him. “Nobody changed airport security faster than Bin Laden,” Michael Che joked, before getting a drive-by in on the world’s — but not necessarily Americans’ — favorite sport.