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GMA Network
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
K-pop group AHOF, with Filipino member JL Gaspar, to debut on July 1
K-pop boy group AHOF, with Filipino member JL Gaspar, is set to debut on July 1 with their first mini album, 'Who We Are.' On Instagram, AHOF shared the first batch of concept photos ahead of their debut, also announcing the release date of their mini album. It will be followed by the second batch of concept photos on June 20, followed by more on June 22 and 23. The mini album's tracklist will be released on June 26, while the music video teaser is set to be unveiled on June 30. AHOF, which stands for All-time Hall of Famer, is composed of nine members: JL from the Philippines, Australian-Korean Steven, Chinese Zhang Shuaibo, South Koreans Park Ju Won, Seo Jeong Woo, Cha Woongki, and Park Han, Taiwanese Chih En, and Japanese Daisuke. They won the K-pop talent search, 'Universe League,' which aired on SBS. AHOF is managed by F&F Entertainment, the same agency of girl group UNIS. UNIS also has Filipina members: Elisia Parmisano, Gehlee Dangca, and Filipina-Korean Jin Hyeon-ju. JL is one of the members of the P-Pop group PLUUS, who debuted in 2023 under SBTown. The boyband is best known for their songs, "Amigo," "Shining Star," "My Time," and "Missing You." —Carby Rose Basina/CDC, GMA Integrated News
Cision Canada
13-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
CAPIC's National Citizenship and Immigration Conference (NCIC) Underway in Lake Louise as the Association Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy and Leadership
TORONTO, May 13, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC) is proud to announce that the 2025 National Citizenship and Immigration Conference (NCIC), themed Opportunities Through Change: Scaling New Peaks, is officially underway in beautiful Lake Louise, Alberta, running from May 14 to 16, 2025. NCIC is CAPIC's flagship annual event, gathering immigration professionals, policymakers, legal experts, and service providers from across Canada. This year's conference features dynamic keynote speakers, in-depth panel discussions, and the latest updates on immigration policy, regulation, and professional practice. Dory Jade, CEO of CAPIC, remarked: "Reflecting on 20 years, the NCIC has become a pivotal moment in Canadian immigration policy, attracting top-tier keynote speakers, ministers, government officials, immigration consultants, and lawyers. This year, we will engage in in-depth discussions about policies and the future, in one of the most majestic locations in the country." As one of Canada's most influential organizations in immigration, CAPIC is also proud to launch Who We Are, a powerful three-episode documentary series debuting during the pre-conference. The series showcases the lived experiences of immigrants who have helped shape Canada, capturing their journeys through raw, emotional testimonials, before arriving, upon arrival, and while settling. These breathtaking stories are a tribute to resilience, community, and the enduring contributions of newcomers to the Canadian mosaic. Participants at the NCIC will have the opportunity to engage with top thought leaders, network with peers, and explore important developments shaping the future of immigration consulting in Canada. Stay tuned to the NCIC website and CAPIC social media channels for highlights and updates from the event. About CAPIC The Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC) is the national non-profit representing Canadian Immigration Consultants. CAPIC advocates for competency, ethical conduct, and consumer protection, and is the only association recognized by the Government of Canada as the voice of the profession. With 4,400 members, CAPIC consults with all levels of government on immigration policy and legislation. Its public advocacy submissions are available on the CAPIC website.
Scotsman
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Album reviews: Peter Doherty Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Peter Doherty: Felt Better Alive (Strap Originals) ★★★ Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke: Tall Tales (Warp) ★★★★ Rebecca Vasmant: Who We Are, Becoming (New Soil) ★★★★ Whether Camden Town or Clerkenwell, Margate Pier or coastal Normandy, Libertines/Babyshambles frontman Peter Doherty hoovers up influences from his 'hood and imports them straight into song in gonzo reportage style. His latest solo album, Felt Better Alive, is awash with songs written but rejected for the most recent Libertines album, All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade. He's not bitter - he simply uses them more appropriately under his own name, including The Day The Baron Died, which is essentially All Quiet track Baron's Claw as he hears it. Peter Doherty | Bridie Cummings Home life just across the English channel has inspired a number of tracks. Doherty's location has changed but his eye for the man on the street/country road remains the same on Calvados, a holistic hymn to brandy-making, while he samples the sound of the sea and the voice of his local priest to create end-of-the-Normandy-pier number Prêtre de la Mer. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But the old country makes its presence felt on Ed Belly, a breezy pub rocker which adds a touch of Dixieland jazz, skiffly drums and characterful sax to the mix. There is a spaghetti western saunter to the title track. Even better, irrepressible guest vocalist Lisa O'Neill, a vaudeville singer for our times, conjures dark mischief in London's historic Irish community on Poca Mahoney's. Doherty, of course, is a villain or at least anti-hero in his own romantic story and doesn't even pretend to varnish the truth on Pot of Gold, a candid lullaby for his daughter, which assures her that 'we'll forget about the time when they always tried to run me out of town'. Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard | Pierre Toussaint Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and electronica composer, producer and remixer Mark Pritchard collaborate on a suite of songs inspired by Pritchard's archive of analogue synthesizers. Pritchard has some adjacent form here, scoring a Top Ten hit in the early Nineties (as Shaft) with a rave version of the Roobarb and Custard theme. Tall Tales triggers some nostalgia for kids' TV themes and the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop but it is far from kitsch. A Fake in a Faker's World is closer to the lo-fi soundworld of post-punk synth pop with bonus celestial organ coda. Bugging Out Again is a very Radiohead title for a glacial, almost proggy soundscape with Yorke at his most fragile and desolate. Back in the Game is a flintier proposition with minimalist modulation, while The White Cliffs is a serene yet dark synth odyssey. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In contrast, Gangsters features a cheeky synth riff and Happy Days emasculates the language of financial scams using perky piano and terse drum fills to create a toytown march. Visual artist Jonathan Zawada has made an accompanying feature film to be screened pre-release in cinemas. Rebecca Vasment | @elliekoepke_photography Glasgow jazz maven Rebecca Vasmant is equally adept at creating an immersive soundtrack, though she tends to find her featherlight spiritual jazz style and stick with it across her second home-recorded album Who We Are, Becoming. Home-recorded doesn't mean lo-fi. This is a sumptuous, silky suite with breathy vocal incantations, percussive shimmers and brooding brass from a who's who of the grassroots jazz scene, including singers Emilie Boyd, kitti, Terra Kin, Paix and Gaia Jeannot, drummer Graham Costello, saxophonist Harry Weir and new collaborators including flautist GOkU and harpist Amanda Whiting, all in raptures at this fluttering mood music for a sunny spring day. This time it's extra personal for Vasmant, who adds her own spoken word to Mother Earth and Poem for My Grandparents, both Holocaust survivors who have inspired her own prayer of gratitude and defiance. Vasmant is determined to inspire in turn, deploying joyful piano, iridescent harp and dubby brass to contend that Goodness Does Shine Through. CLASSICAL Viadana: 1612 Italian Vespers (CORO) ★★★★ Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In 1612, Venice was rocked by the death of Giovanni Gabrieli, doyen of the city's signature luxuriant polychoral style. In the same year, one Lodovico Grossi da Viadana issued his own collection of music for the evening service of Vespers. These two composers play a central role in I Fagiolini's liturgical re-creation in which, besides Viadana's sequential psalm settings and Gabrieli's centrefold Magnificat, motets by Palestrina, Barbarino and Monteverdi and plainsong Antiphons contextualise the moment in time. Viadana's own music exudes a fascinating individuality, its rich diversity emphasised through director Robert Hollingworth's freely prescriptive use of his choral and instrumental forces. Where mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson offers a sublime solo presence in O dulcissima Maria, fuller voices animate the contrapuntal vocal theatre of Laetatus sum. I Fagiolini's intimate precision is offset by the fullness of Cambridge's De Profundis plainchant choir. Gabrieli's extravagant In ecclesiis provides a thrilling conclusion. Ken Walton JAZZ Jacqui Dankworth: Windmills (Perdido) ★★★★★
Telegraph
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Joan of Arc was non-binary, schoolchildren taught
Joan of Arc was non-binary, secondary school pupils are being taught. Lesson plans produced for English Language students aged between 11 and 14 include the claim about the medieval French heroine. The Maid of Orleans is the patron saint of France and fought against the English during the Hundred Years' War. The Who We Are anthology published by Collins, which is made up of 'representative and inclusive contemporary texts', makes the claim in a lesson plan about a drag queen's biography. It reads: 'Joan of Arc (1412-31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary '. The knight cropped her hair in the male fashion and wore men's clothes, which formed part of the heresy case against her for which she was burned at the stake in 1431. But she never claimed to not be female and also did not adopt the non-binary gender identity, which only emerged in the late 20th century. Prof Robert Tombs, professor emeritus of French history at the University of Cambridge, branded the claim Joan of Arc was non-binary as 'insulting'. 'Joan of Arc fought as a woman and died as a woman,' he told The Telegraph. 'To call her something else is insulting to her and indirectly to all women who are brave enough to risk their lives for their beliefs – as if women are incapable of heroism.' Carolyn Brown, a retired psychologist now working with the Women's Rights Network, said: 'This is yet another ridiculous example of attempting to rewrite history and erase strong, rebellious female characters from our past. 'It's insulting to suggest that non-conforming women are not women. Non-binary is a nonsense term – indeed the Supreme Court in the UK recently ruled against including it as an option on passports. 'It's also another example of the junk science of queer theory being visited on children. It's unhelpful psychologically to children's development and is likely to cause confusion and anxiety.' It is not the first time Joan of Arc has been dubbed non-binary. In 2022, the Globe Theatre put on the play 'I, Joan' which gave her the pronouns 'they/them' instead of 'she/her'. The claim was made in the Collins anthology as part of a lesson plan designed around drag queen Amrou al-Kadhi's biography Life as a Unicorn. The plan reads: 'To provide some useful context, teachers may explain to students that there are references to non-binary people in ancient Mesopotamia (4,000 years ago); that in India and Pakistan, 'hijra' is a legally recognised third gender (hijra are usually assigned male at birth but present female); and that Joan of Arc (1412-31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary. 'These historical and global references may prepare students unfamiliar with LGBTQ+ identities to understand the content of the extract'. One teacher said the lesson plan – used by state schools – made 'an absolute mockery of the profession'. 'In schools today there is simply far too much identity-first woke reading materials being foisted on pupils at the expense of established classics like [To Kill a] Mockingbird or Of Mice and Men. 'We should also not lose sight of the fact that there are cohorts of teenagers vulnerable to reality-denying nonsense like this when it is presented earnestly.'
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joan of Arc was non-binary, schoolchildren taught
Joan of Arc was non-binary, secondary school pupils are being taught. Lesson plans produced for English Language students aged between 11 and 14 include the claim about the medieval French heroine. The Maid of Orleans is the patron saint of France and fought against the English during the Hundred Years' War. The Who We Are anthology published by Collins, which is made up of 'representative and inclusive contemporary texts', makes the claim in a lesson plan about a drag queen's biography. It reads: 'Joan of Arc (1412-31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary'. The knight cropped her hair in the male fashion and wore men's clothes, which formed part of the heresy case against her for which she was burned at the stake in 1431. But she never claimed to not be female and also did not adopt the non-binary gender identity, which only emerged in the late 20th century. Prof Robert Tombs, professor emeritus of French history at the University of Cambridge, branded the claim Joan of Arc was non-binary as 'insulting'. 'Joan of Arc fought as a woman and died as a woman,' he told The Telegraph. 'To call her something else is insulting to her and indirectly to all women who are brave enough to risk their lives for their beliefs – as if women are incapable of heroism.' Carolyn Brown, a retired psychologist now working with the Women's Rights Network, said: 'This is yet another ridiculous example of attempting to rewrite history and erase strong, rebellious female characters from our past. 'It's insulting to suggest that non-conforming women are not women. Non-binary is a nonsense term – indeed the Supreme Court in the UK recently ruled against including it as an option on passports. 'It's also another example of the junk science of queer theory being visited on children. It's unhelpful psychologically to children's development and is likely to cause confusion and anxiety.' It is not the first time Joan of Arc has been dubbed non-binary. In 2022, the Globe Theatre put on the play 'I, Joan' which gave her the pronouns 'they/them' instead of 'she/her'. The claim was made in the Collins anthology as part of a lesson plan designed around drag queen Amrou al-Kadhi's biography Life as a Unicorn. The plan reads: 'To provide some useful context, teachers may explain to students that there are references to non-binary people in ancient Mesopotamia (4,000 years ago); that in India and Pakistan, 'hijra' is a legally recognised third gender (hijra are usually assigned male at birth but present female); and that Joan of Arc (1412-31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary. 'These historical and global references may prepare students unfamiliar with LGBTQ+ identities to understand the content of the extract'. One teacher said the lesson plan – used by state schools – made 'an absolute mockery of the profession'. 'In schools today there is simply far too much identity-first woke reading materials being foisted on pupils at the expense of established classics like [To Kill a] Mockingbird or Of Mice and Men. 'We should also not lose sight of the fact that there are cohorts of teenagers vulnerable to reality-denying nonsense like this when it is presented earnestly.' Collins was approached for comment. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
