CBC - Arts (3 days ago)
Pixar's newest film Elio earned the studio its worst opening weekend box-office result of all time. Some critics blame the movie's 'bean mouth' look for the failure, but is that really the reason it did so poorly? We examine the long, confused history of the CalArts animation style.
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From Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls to North of North and Alaska Daily, Indigenous-led TV and film productions are becoming more prevalent. Mentorship programs, centralized funding and a societal shift are behind the surge, say some who work in the industry.
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Prosecutors in the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of hip-hop mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs have rested their case after calling 34 witnesses. The defence rested without calling any witnesses, and closing arguments are set for Thursday. Here's a look at what's happened over the course of the more than six-week trial.
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Summers have never been quite the same since June 20, 1975, and it's all thanks to a "mindless eating machine" that terrorized moviegoers and beachgoers alike. That was the day Jaws hit movie theatres, ushering in the era of the summer blockbuster and becoming a pop culture phenomenon that still resonates 50 years later.
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Crack open a Duff beer and pour one out for Marge Simpson, the blue-haired, raspy-voiced matriarch whose death in this year's season finale of The Simpsons has reinvigorated a conversation about the pop-culture institution that some critics say is long past its prime.
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After decades of saving the day, Superman returns for another major adventure on the big screen this summer, as movie producers try to make audiences again believe a man can fly. That's not an easy task and DC Studios has a lot riding on the potential reinvigoration of the iconic do-gooder.
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Legendary Canadian music producer Bob Ezrin has worked with dozens of artists, from Alice Cooper to Taylor Swift. Now, as he celebrates receiving a Governor General's Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement, the 76-year-old musical icon reflected on his five-decade-and-counting career, in a wide-ranging interview with Ian Hanomansing.
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A judge has tossed out Justin Baldoni's $400-million US defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and their publicist, and also dismissed a $250-million suit against the New York Times for reporting on Lively's claims of sexual harassment during the filming of It Ends With Us.
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Marty McFly's iconic guitar, used for the Johnny Be Good musical number in the 1985 comedy Back To The Future, went missing shortly after filming 40 years ago. Doc Crotzer made a new documentary about the missing instrument called Lost to the Future, and Mark Agnesi from Gibson guitars says that numerous viewers have gotten in touch with tips.
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Broadcasters in this country have obligations to ensure that a minimum percentage of the content they distribute to viewers is created by Canadian producers and storytellers. But the global online streaming companies that now dominate the media landscape say it's unrealistic to expect them to play by the same rules.
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The Mississippi town of Clarksdale is, in many ways, the heart and soul of the movie Sinners. But, until this week, its residents had no way to benefit from the film's massive success at the box office. In fact, many of them couldn't even see it, because the town doesn't have a movie theatre.
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Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of work. The pop star said she purchased her catalogue of recordings — originally released through Big Machine Records — from their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the amount.
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If there's one thing you can expect from a series like The Handmaid's Tale, it's that it won't wrap up neatly. But the popularity of shows that depict our worst fears for society only seems to grow in times of political uncertainty and cultural shifts, according to experts and critics who follow the genre.
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