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The shortened version of the international broadcast of the 96th Oscars faced harsh criticism in Ukraine for omitting the segment announcing the documentary feature award, which went to Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol. The documentary, a collaboration between The Associated Press and PBS’s Frontline, is a harrowing first-person account set in the Ukrainian port city during […]

Eugene Levy’s Hamilton roots were at the forefront of mind as he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is about as far from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as you can get,” the Schitt’s Creek actor and comedian, 77, said Friday as he was given his […]

This year’s Hot Docs Festival could be the last without more support from government funding partners, said the non-profit’s president.  Marie Nelson said the organization is still recovering from losses accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the two-year shutdown of the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema and the cancellation of the annual international documentary film festival, which returned […]

As It Happens6:28Mark Critch says we haven’t seen the last of Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival Comedian Mark Critch says he’s confident there will be a Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal again one day, despite the company’s current financial woes. Groupe Juste Pour Rire Inc., the company that operates the world-famous bilingual comedy […]

What does a reporter need when they cover the Oscars? Eli Glasner takes us on his journey to Los Angeles.

The 96th Academy Awards are coming up this weekend, and there is no shortage of Canadian nominees. One of the country’s biggest stars, Ryan Gosling, will be front and centre at Sunday’s ceremony with a highly anticipated performance of the power ballad I’m Just Ken — in the running for best original song — from the blockbuster Barbie.  Here are […]

Spark53:59The extraordinary power of terrestrial radio It took a while for Ashley Elzinga to craft her artificial intelligence-powered counterpart. “It sounded a bit monotone at first. It was a bit emotionless, which you know, all things considered … that’s not too surprising,” said the morning radio host, who’s based in northern Michigan. Elzinga also records material […]

As far as celebrity court battles go, the six-week legal row in 2022 between Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, was a pop culture juggernaut reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the 1990s.  The trial, held in a Virginia courtroom, centred on duelling defamation claims from both parties, stemming […]

The Canadian actor and comedian, known for co-creating and starring on the award-winning sitcom Schitt’s Creek, was presented with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday.

Japanese manga comic creator Akira Toriyama, best known for his Dragon Ball series that spawned widely popular films, video games and TV shows, died on March 1 from a blood clot in his brain, his production studio said on Friday. He was 68. “It’s our deep regret that he still had several works in the […]

Award-winning author Heather O’Neill wins Canada Reads 2024. She championed the novel The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou. (Joanna Roselli/CBC) After a thoughtful few days of debates, Heather O’Neill has won Canada Reads 2024. The book she championed, The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou, survived the elimination vote on March 7, 2024.  Novelist, short […]

The new Netflix movie Code 8 Part II is set in the fictional Lincoln City, but some of the millions of viewers who have streamed it in its first few days may recognize Ontario on the screen. The film was shot in a few cities in the province, including Hamilton, whose history helped inspire the fictional setting, said co-writer and […]

A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie Rust. The verdict against movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigns new blame in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 after […]

Succession-style tech drama BlackBerry tops the nomination list for the Canadian Screen Awards’ film category — not just for this year, but for any year in the awards’ history. BlackBerry pulled in 17 nods in categories including best motion picture, best direction, and best performance in a leading role (Jay Baruchel) and supporting role (Glenn Howerton). Those nominations […]

A chaotic comedy about the rise and fall of an era-defining smartphone has won the $50,000 best Canadian feature prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association. BlackBerry director and star Matt Johnson accepted the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at a swanky bash Monday night. Director Don McKellar presented the award. This marked the first year […]

Canadian jazz legend Eleanor Collins, who began performing in the 1930s and worked with other greats like Dizzy Gillespie and fellow Canadian Oscar Peterson, has died at the age of 104. A family member confirmed to CBC News that Collins, known as Canada’s first lady of jazz, died on Sunday. Collins made her television debut in 1954 on CBC […]

The European Union levelled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion US for breaking the bloc’s competition laws by unfairly favouring its own music streaming service over rivals.  Apple muzzled app developers from telling users where they could go to pay for cheaper music subscriptions instead […]

If you’re looking to explode a human head or make blood and guts from scratch, there are people in Hamilton who know how to do it just right. The city is a popular place to shoot low and mid-budget flicks, and a number of filmmakers, producers and special effects artists in the horror community call the […]

The inspiration for Johan Renck’s new film Spaceman is more down-to-earth than one might expect. Although the sci-fi flick revolves around a Czech astronaut venturing into mysterious purple space dust, Renck says what drew him to the script was the main character’s relation to his own life and to the broader experiences of men with feet planted firmly […]

Final Fantasy VII, released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation, changed the landscape of video gaming. Sporting new-at-the-time 3D graphics, cinematic cut scenes and a storyline that took more narrative swings than most gamers had ever seen, it was treated as a mass pop culture event. It sold millions of copies, becoming a cult classic […]

The only thing you could fault Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 epic Dune for was also, really, the only reason it worked.  After all, Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, a mythopoeic, quasi-religious, desertpunk, anti-colonial, anti-demagoguery, speculative history masterpiece, was long deemed pretty much unfilmable. Simply making a cohesive movie out of it is the Hollywood equivalent of splitting the […]

Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving the WeightWatchers board of directors and donating millions of dollars in the weight management firm’s stock to charity, the company said Thursday, sending its stock tumbling in early trading. The exit of the media icon and celebrity shareholder, who has been a board member since 2015, comes at a […]

Day 613:59Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall Canadian songwriting legend Ron Sexsmith has turned 60, and will be celebrating the milestone with a concert at Massey Hall Thursday. A favourite of legends like Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello, Sexsmith has headlined the iconic […]

Acclaimed comedian Richard Lewis has died. He was 76. Lewis, who revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack, said his publicist Jeff Abraham. He was known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all black, leading to […]

Cineplex Inc. has made almost $40 million from online booking fees, which are central to a competition bureau lawsuit against the Canadian cinema chain. An agreed statement of facts filed in the case before the Competition Tribunal shows Canada’s largest theatre owner made more than $11.6 million in the six months after the fees were […]

Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington. Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, worked the turntables in Run-DMC as […]

Joel D. Montgrand is having a banner year.  The Saskatchewan actor from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation near Prince Albert said up until recently, he was only recognized for bit parts, “one-liners” and fleeting moments in your favourite shows. But within the past two months, he’s made his debut in HBO’s smash hit True Detective: Night Country alongside Jodie Foster, and […]

Every year, the release of the Juno Award nominees comes with the excitement of seeing which first-timers made the list. This year, there were 90 first-time nominees, a significant jump from 2023’s 50 first-timers, and a clear sign that Canada’s emerging talent is getting recognized more and more by the larger industry.  CBC Music has […]

Oppenheimer continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. As the Academy Awards draw closer, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic — already a winner at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs — […]

A Halifax lawyer who has played a behind-the-scenes role in the careers of musicians such as Sloan, Feist, The Rankin Family and Alvvays will be front and centre at next month’s Juno Awards in Halifax when he receives a special achievement award. Chip Sutherland, 60, will be honoured with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award that recognizes individuals […]

Entertainment Beyoncé has made history once again, becoming the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart. The Grammy winner achieved the feat after her new single Texas Hold ‘Em reached No. 1 on the country airplay chart this week. Singer’s new single Texas Hold ‘Em reached No. 1 this week The Associated Press · […]

You might not know Michaela Watkins by name, but you likely know her face — and her voice.  She’s been reliably funny, sharp, warm, witty and delightful in more than 100 sitcoms, dramas and comedies.  New Girl, Transparent, Modern Family, Kroll Show, Casual, You Hurt My Feelings, Grey’s Anatomy and New Adventures of Old Christine are just a […]

Ontario-born filmmaker James Cameron attended a ceremony at Rideau Hall Thursday recognizing his appointment as a companion of the Order of Canada. Cameron is the director of many of the biggest blockbusters of all time, including Titanic, Avatar, and The Terminator.  WATCH | James Cameron appointed as companion of the Order of Canada: James Cameron appointed […]

When taking on the role of Uncle Iroh in the Netflix live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender, actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee can really only think of one thing he was asked to change by showrunner Albert Kim: the accent. “Albert actually was the one who broached and said, ‘let’s do it without the accent,’ ” […]

A comic with a dream 20 years in the making to create a Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame is hoping he’ll soon be a step closer, as he brings comedians together to drum up support for the project this week in Hamilton.  The Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame Festival kicked off Wednesday night, with the finals […]

Fans of crime procedurals take note: Canada’s Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, a spinoff of the popular U.S. franchise debuts Feb. 22. The series, which has Canadian directors and is shot in Canada, stars actors Kathleen Munroe, Aden Young and Karen Robinson (Of Schitt’s Creek fame.) Executive producer Erin Haskett says the show has been in […]

People who present dance, music and theatre arts in Nova Scotia say they are concerned about some extra federal art funding coming to an end next month. The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) received an additional $8 million in 2019, as a way to better support art festivals, presenters and organizations, especially in underserved areas. […]

Indigenous actors are having a moment on some of the world’s most popular streaming services — even if they never expected it. Katarina Ziervogel from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba never pictured herself landing the role of Taloa in the Disney+ series Echo, partly because she never saw a deaf Indigenous actor on TV when she was growing up.  Now, […]

A Vancouver non-profit is calling on Canada’s competition regulator to launch a greenwashing investigation into Lululemon — saying the athleisure brand is misleading consumers about its environmental practices. The complaint, which was filed by the organization Stand.earth last Thursday, says Lululemon’s Be Planet sustainability campaign from 2020, in which the company said it would work to reduce its greenhouse gas […]

4 days ago News Duration 1:54 Prince Harry and Michael Bublé try their hand at wheelchair curling at the Invictus Games One Year to Go celebration. Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, cheered on from the sidelines at Vancouver’s Hillcrest Community Centre.

Michael J. Fox made a surprise appearance onstage during Sunday night’s BAFTA Film Awards as he presented the prize for best film to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The 62-year-old Canadian-American actor, who is living with Parkinson’s disease and uses a wheelchair, stood at the podium and addressed the crowd. Stars like Ryan Gosling, Robert Downey Jr. and […]

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on the show. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York names Kimmel, […]

Atom bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven prizes — including best picture, director and actor — at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Gothic fantasia Poor Things took five prizes. Christopher Nolan was named best director, and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Emma Stone was […]

Bill Cunningham, the Canadian broadcast journalist who covered the Vietnam War for the CBC and helped name its flagship program, has died. He was 91. An obituary posted on Saturday said he passed away peacefully in Toronto on Jan. 31. A native of Yarmouth, N.S., Cunningham began working as a correspondent for the CBC in the mid-1950s. In […]

Ziggy Marley’s movie is not receiving the love its name calls for. Despite the fact that Bob Marley: One Love was, Ziggy says, a labour of love, a slew of negative reviews and limp early box office numbers have already poured in. That biopic tells the story of his father, the legendary Jamaican reggae artist who helped […]

An Inuk from Makkovik is showcasing Inuit culture and humour this Valentine’s Day after creating her own set of Valentine’s cards — some for children and others that are very much only for adults.  Andrea Andersen, who now lives in Iqaluit, wanted something more culturally appropriate for her daughter to hand out at school. Andersen said […]

A stolen Hofner bass guitar belonging to Paul McCartney and used to record The Beatles’ first two albums has been found and returned after 51 years following a global hunt. The guitar, dubbed the “most iconic lost musical instrument of all time” by The Lost Bass Project, the team behind the search, was used on […]

There are few figures in American history as mythologized as J. Robert Oppenheimer — in no small part due to the man himself.  So building a cohesive story about him — the physicist who helped define an entire scientific field so new and arcane it was called “boys’ physics”; the precocious child-genius who delivered a […]

Unreserved53:492SLGBTQ+ Love Songs When Melody McKiver came across a collection of Indigenous love songs transcribed by anthropologists in the early 1900s, the title of one stood out to her: I Don’t Need You Anymore. “Our ancestors had breakup songs too,” said McKiver, an assistant professor of Indigenous music at the University of Manitoba who is […]

This First Person article is the experience of Sarah Gilbert, a writer in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Montreal was cold, grey and in the middle of a recession when I showed up in November 1990 looking for a job. My timing was questionable. The bony branches […]

It’s a momentary glitch that singers everywhere fear: the dreaded voice crack. So when Alicia Keys belted out the opening notes to her iconic anthem If I Ain’t Got You during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show — and warbled, ever so slightly, before recovering — it was a vulnerable, but for many, relatable moment about the realities of live […]

Lily Gladstone says there were moments filming Killers of the Flower Moon when panic would set in at the thought of playing a role that could be so triggering. She plays Mollie Kyle in Martin Scorsese’s historical drama about the Osage murders, a period in the early 20th century where members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation in Oklahoma were murdered […]

Dene filmmaker Kelvin Redvers wants audiences for his latest movie to sit on the edges of their seats. An isolated, snow-covered highway in the middle of northern Canada sets the scene for Cold Road, a thriller that tells the story of an Indigenous woman driving with her dog to her remote First Nation to visit her dying […]

Usher delivered a high-energy Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas on Sunday that featured surprise appearances by some of his most famous collaborators as the R&B star rolled through a parade of his hits. The stadium was packed with huge names from the world of music, including Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, who […]

4 days ago News Duration 6:59 Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman made a rare public appearance at the Grammys, performing her song Fast Car alongside country singer Luke Combs. Some eagle-eyed fans traced her guitar back to Judy Threet, a Calgary-based guitar maker, who spoke to CBC Calgary’s The Homestretch.

A new Canadian reality TV show is mixing Seth Rogen’s inherent charm with the explosion in popularity of pottery and ceramics. The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down hits airwaves on Thursday, and like its British counterpart, potters from across the country will compete in challenges to make original art and functional ceramics. Rogen is not […]

3 days ago News Duration 2:07 Karma is the guy at 615 Rothesay Ave. Jeffrey Dugas of Obsidian Barbers in Saint John has been fielding requests for haircuts in the style of Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs’ tight-end Travis Kelce. (Also, the postal code for Obsidian Barbers is E2H 2G9. 2+2+9=13. Coincidence?)

Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. News stations such as CTV and BNN Bloomberg would be affected immediately, according to an internal memo sent to Bell Media employees on Thursday. The […]

Rêve is reliving her Cinderella moment. The Montreal musician, 28, garnered both her first Juno nomination and first win at last year’s awards ceremony, after the stellar online success of her single CTRL + ALT + DEL. Less than a year later, she’s headed back, this time to Halifax for the March 24 event. Her debut album, Saturn […]

Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88. The internationally acclaimed maestro, with his trademark mop of salt-and-pepper hair, led the BSO from 1973 to 2002, longer […]

Much like its plot, the name of Mads Mikkelsen’s new stubbornness-saga has had a journey of its own. Originally lifted from the Danish novel The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen, the story about an aging military captain’s attempt to cultivate a barren region was given the working title King’s Land — a direct reference […]

Musician Paula Toledo recently learned one of her songs had found an audience through an unlikely source — bootleg Russian DVDs. But she didn’t expect it would lead to a fake version of it streaming online. Toledo recorded How Long in the 2000s but never released it commercially. It somehow ended up on pirated DVDs, and caught the ears […]

Agent Argylle — clad as always in his tightly tailored velour suit, “smell the fart” grimace and vaguely insane Me, Myself & Irene-inspired flat top  —  is going through a typical workday.  He’s basking in the sun of a foreign locale, ducking bullets in a fierce gun battle and — in an uncanny replication of Mission Impossible‘s Spanish […]

Mark Ellis was nervous coming aboard another show about police officers. Not least because police procedurals have become an even more crowded media sub-genre since he co-created Flashpoint in 2008. But Ellis was more worried about making such a show when concerns around community and police relationships have reached a fever pitch. “So what do you do […]

Singer-songwriter Toby Keith, who twice won the Academy of Country Music’s entertainer of the year award, has died. He was 62. Keith, who had stomach cancer, died peacefully on Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the country singer’s website. “He fought his fight with grace and courage,” the statement said. He […]

In an almost exact repeat of her showing in 2022, Montreal artist Charlotte Cardin leads the 2024 Juno nominations with six, with nods for artist, album, pop album, songwriter and single of the year, along with TikTok’s fan choice award, the show’s organizers announced on Tuesday.  Cardin, who both hosted the event and won in four of those […]

The 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday put women in the spotlight, with SZA, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus winning big. Taylor Swift made history when she won album of the year for a fourth time, after announcing her next project on stage— and Canadian legend Joni Mitchell brought people to tears with her performance. The ceremony was hosted […]

The latest season for one of television’s most beloved crime drama series has a Saskatchewan connection. Joel D. Montgrand is playing the role of Eddie Qavvik in True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the HBO anthology series. Montgrand, who is from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, which is near Prince Albert, spent most of […]

Celebrities took to the red carpet on Sunday in Los Angeles ahead of the 66th Grammy Awards, decked out in metallic gowns, trendy menswear and Barbie-fied outfits. Taylor Swift arrived fashionably late to the event, wearing a long white gown gathered at the waist that she paired with her singature bold red lip and black elbow-length gloves. […]

Ad-free entertainment used to be one of the big selling points of streaming services, but as more services including Amazon’s Prime Video add commercials, experts say the glory days of advertisement-free video content are gone. That is, unless you open up your wallet to higher prices and additional monthly charges to avoid the advertisements that […]

This First Person column is written by Dylan Earis, a graduate of the University of Regina’s school of journalism. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ. Growing up, I watched a lot of TV. I have a physical disability and unfortunately, I was stuck inside a lot, so TV was one of my […]

Afrobeats has been soaring in popularity since its inception in the early 2000s. From 2017 to 2022, there was a 550 per cent increase in the number of times songs from the genre — the catch-all term for popular African music from Nigeria and Ghana — were streamed on Spotify, and last year Afrobeats reached […]

Molly McGlynn never saw herself making this movie. Not only was the idea of putting this story on screen too painful, it was too terrifying. That’s because the plot of Fitting In, which premiered in theatres this week, was directly inspired from her own life — an “emotional horror story” that, aptly, originally bore the […]

Carl Weathers, a former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement saying he […]

Toronto Cineplex has cancelled screenings of a South Indian film following four drive-by shootings at theatres throughout the Greater Toronto Area the day it premiered. Theatre chain says it pulled action film Malaikottai Vaaliban after windows shot at Alex Nino Gheciu · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 31, 2024 6:00 PM EST | Last […]

Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an arraignment that had been scheduled to take […]

When Nicole Ariana stepped up to the mic in front of a packed crowd at a downtown Halifax club, she hadn’t had anything to drink. That, she admits, was a relatively new experience, though she’s been performing for a decade.   “I have, over the years, needed a few drinks at first to do a show,” […]

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. UMG said it had not agreed to terms of a new deal with TikTok, and plans to […]

The songwriters who gave us Your Song, Tiny Dancer and Rocket Man will add to their stuffed awards shelf later this year when Elton John and Bernie Taupin are awarded the Gershwin Prize. The United States Library of Congress said Tuesday that songwriter-performer John and lyricist Taupin, called by the institution “one of the great songwriting duos of all time,” […]

Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Tuesday. She was 91. Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York […]

“Did this film direct itself?” When a female-directed film that received critical acclaim and box-office success was nominated in several Oscar categories — including best picture, but not best director — that was the question that had people buzzing. But this wasn’t Barbie, and the director wasn’t Greta Gerwig. This was 1992, when Barbra Streisand’s directorial snub for The Prince of Tides was seen as so controversial that Billy […]

A bulldozer tears through a modern house in Meaford, Ont., a picturesque community on Georgian Bay. Occupied for just two years, the home’s once soaring ceilings, large windows and backyard patio are now just a heap of crushed glass and wood.  “It’s traumatic,” said Fayard Johnson, who lives just down the street. “Really surprised to […]

Entertainment Revered Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is set to make her Grammy Awards performance debut at this year’s ceremony next Sunday. Canadian singer-songwriter, and 9-time winner, also nominated for best folk album The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 28, 2024 7:23 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Canadian musician Joni Mitchell is seen […]

Explicit AI-generated photos of one of the world’s most famous artists spread rapidly across social media this week, highlighting once again what experts describe as an urgent need to crack down on technology and platforms that make it possible for harmful images to be shared.  Fake photos of Taylor Swift that depicted the singer-songwriter in sexually […]

A documentary chronicling the devastating legacy of residential schools in B.C. is among breakout films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie received the jury prize for directing in the U.S. documentary category for Sugarcane about the investigation into the abuse and missing children of a residential school, and its impacts on the nearby Sugarcane reserve. Awards […]

Lulu Wang originally came to Expats, the new Nicole Kidman miniseries that premiered Friday on Prime Video, as sort of a side project.  The director, just a few years out from her Oscar nominated drama The Farewell, was initially only asked to direct a few episodes. But after looking at the script, its scope — and […]

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of the board of directors […]

Band of Brothers, the HBO war miniseries about American paratroopers produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, begins with a sort of narrative hammer to the skull.  “We came from a small, small town,” says a combat veteran immediately off the top of the first episode. “And three fellas in that town that were [deemed unfit […]

After six years away, the Juno Awards will return to Vancouver in 2025, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced today. The 54th Juno Awards will take place at Rogers Arena on Sunday, March 30, 2025, with the usual Juno Week festivities taking place March 26-30. “The 2018 Junos were an incredible experience with […]

Q20:51Tanya Tagaq: True Detective, the brilliance of Jodie Foster, and creating the series’ score Most people who land their very first acting job don’t get to debut alongside an American screen legend like Jodie Foster — unless you’re Tanya Tagaq, that is. The award-winning Inuk throat singer was approached to provide music for the soundtrack […]

Netflix told investors it has added millions of new customers and has lots of room to grow its revenue — with part of that growth coming from the planned elimination of the cheapest, ad-free plan available to Canadians. According to fourth quarter results, released late Tuesday afternoon, Netflix is planning to “retire” what it refers to as […]

Amanda Peters has won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2024 for her novel The Berry Pickers. She is the first Canadian to win a prize in either category since the awards began in 2012. The American Library Association awards one fiction and one nonfiction prize. The winners will receive honours at the association’s annual conference […]

With seven nominations, P.E.I.’s East Pointers led the pack as the 2024 East Coast Music Awards kicked off the trip to Atlantic Canada’s big music week in May. The nominations were announced Tuesday in Charlottetown, where the awards will be handed out during the May 1-5 event. “We’re bringing a new optimism for music,” said […]

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie emerging as the early leaders. Oppenheimer leads the pack with 13 nominations, including for best picture, best directing and lead and supporting actor nods for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. It’s an impressive showing for a film already dominating the awards circuit, having pulled in […]

Atom-bomb epic Oppenheimer leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories, including best film. Gothic fantasia Poor Things received 11 nominations on the list announced Thursday, while historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon and Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest had nine each. Other leading contenders include French courtroom drama Anatomy of […]

Canadian author Margaret Atwood has received a high honour from France’s ministry of culture for her contributions to literature. Atwood was named a commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters, which rewards people who have made significant contributions to artistic or literary fields in France and the rest of the world. France’s ambassador […]

After years of YouTube stardom for his online confessionals and sketches, Jasmeet Raina — the Guelph, Ont.,-born Punjabi Sikh millennial formerly known as Jus Reign — wanted a new creative challenge. So with nearly a million subscribers to his name, Raina went totally dark in 2018, leaving Reddit users and YouTube commenters to speculate for […]

Nerene Virgin, a former actor, public broadcaster, anti-racism advocate and educator also known for her trailblazing work, has died in Burlington, Ont., at age 77. Virgin, a fifth-generation Hamiltonian, was a teacher before gaining prominence for playing Jodie on the TVO children’s show Today’s Special in the 1980s. She was also host of the CTV public affairs show Eye on Toronto.  In […]

A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge Friday in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, months after receiving a new analysis of the […]

First published in 1954, Sports Illustrated could be characterized as a part of sports history. But word of mass layoffs at the magazine on Friday had employees and observers worried for its future. The planned cuts at Sports Illustrated include possibly all of its union-represented workers, the union said in a social media post Friday. In an email to employees Friday […]

Director Ava DuVernay speaks with the CBC’s Eli Glasner about what compelled her to create her latest and perhaps most challenging film, Origin. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) When you sit down to interview Ava DuVernay, you quickly realize how she rose to the top of her profession in 12 short years. Before DuVernay became an Oscar-nominated director […]

Matty Matheson never set out to be an actor — let alone deliver one of the most talked about Emmy acceptance speeches in recent memory. Despite that, the real-life restaurateur and chef based in Fort Erie, Ont., did just that on Monday night. When The Bear took home the award for outstanding comedy series — one […]

Eight books written by Canadians are among the 70 longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award, including The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr and Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. The €100,000 ($146,842 Cdn) prize annually recognizes the best work of fiction in English from anywhere in the world. It is the most valuable award in the world for a single work of […]

Music festival Coachella has announced their 2024 lineup, which includes Canadian acts Nav, AP Dhillon, Grimes and Blond:ish. It’s not the first time for all but one of the Canadian artists featured to have performed at the festival. Grimes — the singer-songwriter and DJ originally from Vancouver —  last performed there in 2016, while rapper and singer […]

Gabriela Cowperthwaite is the first to admit her new film, I.S.S., is out of step with her career to date. The director of Blackfish (a documentary about the cruel treatment of orcas in captivity, Children of the Underground (about a covert network built to smuggle families away from abusive partners) and Our Friend (a true story of […]

Sum 41 is heading home to play its final show before retirement — but not until 2025. The Grammy-winning rock band from Ajax, Ont., will play Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 30, 2025, which is slated to be the last stop on a massive world tour that runs for the better part of a year. There […]

Monday evening’s Emmy Awards brought big wins for Succession, The Bear and Beef, an EGOT for Elton John, and paid tribute to beloved shows of the past after a months-long delay from the Hollywood strikes pushed the ceremony honouring series that aired in 2022-2023 into the new year. Host Anthony Anderson, who starred in black-ish, opened the show with a […]

Entertainment The Weeknd is setting records on Spotify once again with Blinding Lights. The Toronto superstar’s 2019 hit single became the first song to cross the milestone of four billion plays when the streaming service updated its figures on Friday. Toronto singer’s 2016 single Starboy holds at No. 6 with nearly 3 billion streams The Canadian […]

The Prince of Persia series has been stuck in quicksand for a few years. The original 1989 game by Jordan Mechner dazzled with its realistic (at the time) animation of a prince running and leaping across death traps. In 2003, The Sands of Time rebooted the series with widely loved action and attitude that sustained […]

Venus, the first Indigenous winner of Canada’s Drag Race, spoke to CBC News about the country’s drag scene and how the show inspired her ahead of her Thursday night victory.

As It Happens6:44AI used to create comedy special of dead comedian George Carlin A new comedy special starts with the quote, “I’m sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead.” The voice sounds like comedian George Carlin, but that would be […]

Hot on the heels of one of the best years for movie and TV releases in recent memory, 2024 is shaping up to be an impressive year for screens both big and small. Even though there may have been strikes last year, seriously delaying the majority of projects scheduled for release, there are loads of […]

The 2023 Emmy Awards are arriving in 2024. Hollywood’s two strikes meant a four-month delay for television’s annual celebration of itself — the awards were originally slated for last September. But both strikes have now been resolved and the show will go on. The event will be held Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los […]

Canada’s Drag Race has crowned its new queen after a glitzy season filled with heated moments thanks to cast members who weren’t afraid to speak their minds. On Thursday night’s season finale, Vancouver’s Venus joined the ranks of past winners Priyanka, Icesis Couture and Gisèle Lullaby after weeks of fashion, acting and comedy challenges against the […]

Canada Reads is back! This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to carry us forward. When we are at a crossroads, when uncertainty is upon us, when we have faced challenges and are ready for the future, how do we know where to go next? This collection of books is about […]

7 hours ago News Duration 0:58 Actor Devery Jacobs from Kahnawà:ke, Que., and Twilight actor Chaske Spencer co-star in Echo, a new Marvel series. They spoke to CBC about jumping from indie films to franchises and how Indigenous representation has improved in the screen industry.

The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday heaped nominations on Oppenheimer, Barbie and American Fiction, while snubbing Leonardo DiCaprio for best male actor. Just as they were at the Golden Globes, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer were again the lead nominees. Each film picked up four nods including best ensemble. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were nominated […]

Calgarian Michael Playfair said there was a moment during filming for The Last of Us when microphones were everywhere and he thought, “there’s no way this is going to work.” He said it happened in the first episode when the main cast members were inside a car being operated by a professional driver on the […]

Entertainment Irish singer and political activist Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, a coroner’s office in London, England, confirmed to CBC News on Tuesday. Singer died at the age of 56 in July Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2024 9:53 AM EST | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago Irish singer and activist […]

Entertainment The 70-year-old Grammy-winning singer added that he is taking a break from touring while recovering. Grammy-winning singer says surgery was success, he’s taking a break from touring CBC News · Posted: Jan 05, 2024 8:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago Grammy-winning singer Michael Bolton performs at an event in Pasadena, Calif., in […]

Actor-singer David Soul, a 1970s heartthrob who co-starred as the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo Starsky & Hutch and topped the music charts with the ballad Don’t Give Up on Us, has died at the age of 80. His wife, Helen Snell, said Friday that “David Soul — beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother — […]

Good Grief is a new Netflix release written and directed by Schitt’s Creek creator and star Dan Levy. In the movie, Levy also stars as a man who loses his spouse and embarks on a journey to cope with his grief.

An Indigenous superhero gets her own Marvel spinoff next week — the first of the company’s bets on projects that don’t require prior knowledge of its popular cinematic universe. The Disney+ series Echo stars Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez, a.k.a. Echo, the Indigenous-Latin American leader of the Tracksuit Mafia, a criminal gang run by the villainous Wilson Fisk, […]

As It Happens6:28Director of Mickey Mouse slasher film is totally cool with you hate-watching it The director of a Mickey Mouse slasher movie has a message for all the haters out there: Bring it on. The trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Trap dropped on Jan. 1, the same day the beloved Disney icon’s earliest iteration entered […]

(Credit: Emily Shur) Sandra Oh has long been a powerhouse talent on screen. The Canadian actress has infused life into the many characters she’s stepped into, from her iconic role as Cristina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy that earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award, to her most recent turn in Killing Eve, which has earned […]

(Courtesy) Here & Queer is an interview series hosted by Peter Knegt that celebrates and amplifies the work of LGBTQ artists through unfiltered conversations. This is a special year end edition counting down the best queer films of 2023. When history looks back at the movies of 2023, it is inevitable that the word that […]

What do A Christmas Story, Home Alone and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation have in common?  They’re all cult Christmas classics, yes, and they’re all getting up there in years, sorry, but there’s something else. Moms. Harried moms who forget their child at home, who live in housecoats and yell “You’ll shoot your eye out,” who, […]

Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in The Full Monty, Michael Clayton and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has died, his family said. He was 75. A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn’t provide further details.  Wilkinson was nominated for […]

The Sunday Magazine22:54For 100 years, this Mickey Mouse operation has thrived. Is Disney now losing its magic? You might describe Marlene Morris as a Disney lifer. As a child, she grew up watching Disney movies on weekends and listening to her father read Disney’s Bedtime storybooks at night. She first visited Disney World in Orlando, Fla., […]

WARNING: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Paula Abdul has accused former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul after she left American […]

Heat exhaustion caused the death of a 23-year-old Brazilian fan who attended a Taylor Swift concert in November, according to a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Ana Clara Benevides passed out during Cruel Summer, the American musician’s second song in the Nov. 17 concert in Rio de Janeiro, and died hours later in […]

Vinyl records were once written off as relics. First, they were replaced by shiny compact discs that (supposedly) offered superior sound. Then streaming took over, allowing fans to carry vast music collections with them wherever they go. In recent years, vinyl sales have turned around. In 2022, vinyl outsold CDs in the U.S. for the first […]

Entertainment It will cost $2.99 a month for Canadian viewers to opt out of ads on Amazon’s Prime Video starting in February. Company representatives told the Canadian Press they will introduce commercial breaks to TV shows on the streaming service starting Feb. 5, 2024 for customers who choose not to pay extra. Canadian viewers can opt […]

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada — a list that includes activists, authors, artists, Indigenous leaders and other accomplished Canadians. Simon’s office announced three new appointments of “companions” — the highest level of the Order of Canada — 15 officers, including one honorary officer, and 59 members. A number of journalists were […]

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86. The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, Calif., […]

The artist formerly known as Kanye West issued an apology to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his antisemitic remarks that sparked criticism, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any pain his words caused. “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unplanned outburst. …. It was not my intent to hurt or disrespect, and I […]

Entertainment·Breaking Lee Sun-kyun, an actor who starred in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found unconscious, South Korean police say. The Associated Press · Posted: Dec 26, 2023 10:02 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun arrives at a police station for questioning regarding his alleged illegal drug use in Incheon, South […]

The trees are lit up, the sleigh bells are ringing, but for some the true sign of Christmas is Mariah Carey singing. Crafting the perfect holiday hit isn’t easy — see above! — but artists from Cher to Alanis Morissette to boygenius have tried this year, following in the footsteps of Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. […]

The past calendar year has been a banner one for best-selling, critically acclaimed video games. Blockbuster titles like Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder headlined a year full of critically acclaimed games that sold tens of millions of copies. But behind the screens, the games industry has been in a dramatic […]

Laura Lynch, a founding member of the U.S. country band The Chicks, died in a head-on car crash on a Texas highway, law enforcement officials said on Saturday. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Laura Lynch,” the band, known as the Dixie Chicks until 2020, wrote in a statement on social media.  […]

Let’s get the honourable mentions out of the way, first. Rihanna performed at the SuperBowl — and announced a pregnancy while she was onstage. The Beatles released a new song using an old demo from the late John Lennon, featuring additions by Paul McCartney, the late George Harrison and Ringo Starr, as well as a little help […]

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A former assistant to the actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday alleging that he sexually battered her in 2010 and that she was fired from her job just hours later. […]

The Iron Claw from Canadian director Sean Durkin explores the Von Erich family of pro-wrestlers and the toxic relationship between the father and sons vying for his approval.

Comedian and actor Jo Koy has been tapped to host the Golden Globes, picked by producers for his “infectious energy and relatable humour.” Koy last year saw his Easter Sunday become the first big studio movie with an all-Filipino ensemble. He has released five stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Netflix, including his most recent Netflix […]

Oppenheimer, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Barbie. After years of super hero domination at the box office, something changed in 2023. Audiences rediscovered a taste for original stories.  Granted, movies based on famous figures, a doll and a video game aren’t exactly independent cinema. But if the supremacy of Barbenheimer proved anything, it’s that audiences are hungering for […]

Ryan Gosling hasn’t had (K)enough of showing off his musical chops as Ken from Barbie quite yet. The actor teamed up with the film’s composers, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, to release an EP with three new versions of the Grammy-nominated song, “I’m Just Ken.” WATCH | Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson perform a holiday version of ‘I’m Just Ken’: […]

After 10 years, the best-selling book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians is returning to screens, this time on Disney+. Based on author Rick Riordan’s fictional world of Greek mythology, the show follows the quest of Percy Jackson, played by Walker Scobell, as he discovers he’s the half-human son of Poseidon.  Together with his friends Annabeth (Leah Sava […]

A recent interview between Céline Dion’s sister Claudette and a Quebec magazine has led to a resurgence of headlines about the Grammy Award-winning singer and her rare medical condition. On Dec. 12, Claudette Dion told 7 Jours magazine that Céline had lost control of her muscles due to illness. The comment was made when reporters, who were speaking to Claudette about her own music career, […]

If this was the year you decided to cut back on cable or one of your many streaming platforms, you may be looking for content to watch this holiday season for free. The CBC News Entertainment team has put together a short watchlist of free shows and films streaming in Canada — including our favourite […]

Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. But shortly after the verdict, a spokesperson for Walt Disney-owned Marvel told Reuters the studio had dropped the actor from future projects. A […]

When Erika Casupanan of Toronto won the popular reality TV game show Survivor in 2021, she did it by flying under the radar, and working in the shadows. “I really brought in my experience as being an underestimated Asian woman who went through the corporate world and so many professional settings where no matter how […]

 Art Colossal Craft Design Photography December 13, 2023 Colossal Image © Laurent Ballesta As we approach the end of 2023, we’re revisiting some of the top stories we wrote about this year. From enormous kinetic beach creatures to a trove of salvaged historic photographs, our readers’ most-loved projects illustrate a diverse array of mediums, […]

 Art #oil painting #painting #plants #portraits #Rafael Silveira #surreal December 17, 2023 Jackie Andres “Extravaso.” All images © Rafael Silveira, shared with permission Brazilian artist Rafael Silveira supplants heads with bunches of flowers, flocks of birds, and plumes of smoke in fantastical portraits that delve into the inner workings of the human psyche. Lively […]

 Art #art history #painting #portraits December 15, 2023 Grace Ebert Rembrandt portraits Jan and Jaapgen. All images courtesy of Rijksmuseum/Olivier Middendorp Standing just under eight inches tall, two oval portraits rediscovered after 200 years are now considered Rembrandt’s smallest formal works. On view at the Rijksmuseum, which houses the largest collection of the Dutch […]

 Art History Photography #art history #black and white #books #Frida Kahlo December 16, 2023 Grace Ebert Adolfo Best Maugard, María Luisa Cabrera de Block, and Frida Kahlo, (1945). All images © 2010 Banco de México in its capacity as Trustee in the Trust relating to the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums, courtesy of […]

 Art Craft #Cécile Davidovici #embroidery #portraits #still life December 15, 2023 Jackie Andres All images © Cécile Davidovici, shared with permission Through densely embroidered still lifes and portraits, Cécile Davidovici stitches together a dialogue between time, objects, and nostalgia. Focusing on gesture and color, the Paris-based artist uses short, expressive stitches to render melons, […]

 Photography #animals #Ashraful Arefin #portraits #street photography December 14, 2023 Grace Ebert All images © Ashraful Arefin, shared with permission In Animals from the streets, photographer Ashraful Arefin takes a moment to greet the furry creatures that join the hustle and bustle of the city. Taken during the last few years in cities like […]

 Art Photography #Jason Chen #portraits #weaving December 14, 2023 Grace Ebert “Coming to an End.” All images © Jason Chen, shared with permission Rather than capture a single moment, Jason Chen (previously) weaves together photographs taken just seconds apart, creating disjointed portraits that convey movement and the passage of time. The Philadelphia-based artist often […]

 #posters and prints #sponsor December 14, 2023 Sebastian Foster Amy Dury. All images courtesy of Sebastian Foster, shared with permission Austin-based gallery Sebastian Foster continues its 2023 Fall Print Set, marking the 11th anniversary of the collection since it launched in 2012. The new release features 30 works by well-established illustrators, printmakers, and painters […]

“Sanguines.” All images © Jon Ching, shared with permission We’re thrilled to announce our next limited-edition print release with Jon Ching (previously). Longtime Colossal readers will recognize Ching’s fantastic hybrids, which seamlessly meld flora and fauna into otherworldly compositions. In “Sanguines,” blush-colored petals and feathers merge into a delicately layered crest, while “Adaptive Radiation” depicts […]