Arts: Canada

CBC - Arts (10 minutes ago)

The  chaos of this year's Miss Universe pageant didn't end after Miss Mexico was crowned the winner last week in a competition plagued by controversy. Some contestants have now renounced their titles, organizations have signalled they could cut ties, and arrest warrants have been issued for two pageant co-owners.

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Global News - Entertainment (9 hours ago)

Three people are suing the actor in civil cases at London's High Court linked to his time as artistic director of the Old Vic theatre.

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CBC - Arts (13 hours ago)

A large collection of personal items belonging to legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, like awards, instruments and rare photographs, were auctioned off today by A.H. Wilkens in Toronto.

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CBC - Arts (A day ago)

'The prices at which you're allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes,' U.K. musician and breakout star Olivia Dean said of Ticketmaster on Instagram last week. Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation said they'll limit the ability to resell tickets above face value going forward, and will refund fans the...

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CBC - Arts (A day ago)

A bogus video that purported to show leaked footage of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI has angered gamers and raised renewed concern about AI-generated content, after reportedly being seen millions of times.

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CBC - Arts (2 days ago)

Stranger Things fans will finally get some answers when Season 5 drops Wednesday — but that's not stopping them from speculating about who might die or how the show's villains might be defeated. They say whether they're right or wrong, it's fun to predict how the beloved series will come to a close.

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CBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Los Angeles police have blocked the county coroner's office from releasing details about the death of a teen girl whose body was found in the trunk of a car registered to the singer d4vd, the medical examiner's office said on Monday.

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CBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Dancing with the Stars recently celebrated its 20th anniversary — but that's not why it's been the talk of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and, yes, water coolers everywhere this season. Blending nostalgia with a new kind of stardom, the show has successfully reimagined the dance competition for a new generation.

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CBC - Arts (3 days ago)

Joni Mitchell will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th Juno Awards next year, while Nelly Furtado will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The first round of performers for the March ceremony in Hamilton was also announced.

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Global News - Entertainment (4 days ago)

Guns N' Roses kicks off the North American leg of their tour on July 23, and will hit three Canadian cities in August.

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CBC - Arts (4 days ago)

Louise Penny's new novel explores a sinister plot to make Canada the 51st state — but she's keen to point out that she wrote it before Donald Trump was re-elected as U.S. president. She spoke with Matt Galloway live on stage at the Haskell Free Library, right on the U.S.-Canada border.

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Global News - Entertainment (5 days ago)

'I went to the hospital and the doctor was like, 'You had a stroke,'' Donald Glover told an audience in Los Angeles.

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CBC - Arts (5 days ago)

The first round of performers for the March ceremony in Hamilton were also announced.

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Global News - Entertainment (5 days ago)

Cliff was a native Jamaican with a spirited tenor and a gift for catchphrases and topical lyrics who joined Kingston's emerging music scene in his teens.

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CBC - Arts (5 days ago)

Donald Glover is opening up about a recent health scare that forced him to cancel his tour last year.

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CBC - Arts (5 days ago)

Jimmy Cliff, who was a presence at the birth of modern Jamaican music and helped spread the influence of reggae around the world through his albums and starring role in The Harder They Come, has died. He was 81.

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CBC - Arts (5 days ago)

In Hamilton Friday night, McCartney led a grateful, sold-out crowd on a magical history tour starting in Liverpool with the Beatles' first number one hit single, From Me To You. His show opened the newly renovated TD Coliseum.

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CBC - Arts (6 days ago)

This isn't to say the much-anticipated followup to 2024's Oscar-nominated first outing of Wicked is a disappointment. At least not an abject one. It's more or less competent, buoyed by undeniably incredible singing and framed by charmingly fantastical set design. 

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Global News - Entertainment (6 days ago)

Let's ask the question again: How many original members must a band feature before it stops becoming that band? What we have is a 'band vs. brand' situation.

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CBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Several men accused Spacey of making unwanted sexual advances during the #MeToo movement. In an interview with The Telegraph, Spacey said the financial hardship that followed has left him without a permanent home. While none of the allegations were proven in court, Spacey says the allegations have kept Hollywood at bay.

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CBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Canadian actor Spencer Lofranco, who appeared in the films Gotti and King Cobra, has died at age 33.

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CBC - Arts (6 days ago)

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel (Pras) Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funnelling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

If TIFF is supposed to be an awards predictor, it's likely found a diamond here. Because if Rental Family isn't a best picture contender, I don't know what is.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

The deal settles Warner's copyright infringement claims against AI music generation platform Udio, and will allow the platform to train its AI on licensed and authorized music from its artists. This agreement closely mirrors one signed weeks ago between Udio and Universal Music Group, and comes as AI generated songs and artists have been...

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

Much of the magic Pixar once commanded seems to have dissipated. And while their original films, from Elemental to Elio, struggle in the box office, films from countries and studios less well-heeled in the world of animation have somewhat usurped their throne.  Can they ever get back on top?

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

Ken Burns's new documentary series on the American Revolution includes history often left out of textbooks: the economic and diplomatic roles sovereign Indigenous nations had in the creation of the United States.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

This week, Fox News Media announced the Life Of Jesus podcast, featuring actors such as Kristen Bell and Brian Cox. Following the announcement, Bell and Cox have said they didn't know about the project until now.

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Global News - Entertainment (A week ago)

'One of the reasons I even started growing a beard is I was so obese, it was just easier to cover up what was happening here,' Jelly Roll said as he pointed to his chin.

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Global News - Entertainment (A week ago)

Robinson and his lawyers have denied all allegations against him.

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Global News - Entertainment (A week ago)

Kimmel's remarks came about two months after his show was temporarily taken off the air over comments he made about the killing of right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

Throughout the sexual assault trial of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, the woman was referred to by her initials, J.B., or as the "Ottawa woman.” Now, she's lifting the publication ban on her identity as she tells her own story in the documentary Breaking Idol.

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Global News - Entertainment (A week ago)

The 79-year-old country icon shared a video on social media after missing the ceremony for her Dollywood theme park due to 'a few health challenges.'

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

Non-profit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen demanded in a Tuesday letter that OpenAI withdraw its video-generation software Sora 2 after the application sparked fears about the spread of misinformation and privacy violations.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

If you felt more excited for Taylor Swift's engagement announcement earlier this year than you did for your friend or family member's, you might relate to Cambridge Dictionary's word of 2025: "parasocial," which describes having a one-sided connection with someone you do not know, such as a celebrity, a fictional character or an AI chatbot.

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Global News - Entertainment (A week ago)

The body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in September 'severely decomposed,' stuffed inside a bag in the trunk of the Tesla registered to D4vd.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the film adaptation of The Sound of Music. Decades on, fans and critics alike are revisiting the film and reconsidering its legacy as well as what it has to say about the world today.

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CBC - Arts (A week ago)

Despite his passion for music, Leith Fleming-Smith thought music would be no more than a hobby for him. But an encounter at a Halifax concert when he was in university turned out to be life-changing.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

The rules will make it so kids and teens can only message people within a similar age group to their own. The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety and a growing number of countries and jurisdictions are implementing age verification laws.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

Masterson, currently serving 30 years to life in prison for raping two women, continues to battle his convictions.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight recent world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professional bout on Dec. 19. The heavyweight bout, which will consist of eight three-minute rounds, will take place at Kaseya Center in Miami and will be streamed live on Netflix.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

Evan Henshaw-Plath is rebooting the app Vine under the name Divine, with the support of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. The effort aims to combat AI slop by banning any content flagged as AI-generated.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

Jelly Roll shaved his beard for the first time in about a decade after losing more than 200 pounds over the last two years.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

The production company behind controversial AI "actor" Tilly Norwood has announced plans with History Channel in the Netherlands for a new AI-assisted historical travel series. Streets of the Past is a 10-part program that will see historian and author Corjan Mol travel to different Dutch sights, which will then be made to appear as they did during...

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

American rapper and singer-songwriter MGK delivered an energetic performance at Winnipeg's Princess Auto Stadium during the Grey Cup halftime show on Sunday.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

The man who sprinted over to Ariana Grande and threw his arm around her during the premiere was charged with being a public nuisance by a Singapore court.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

Danko Jones (est. 1996) and his eponymous band continue to grind it out and are about to release a 12th album.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

The singer's criticism of Musk comes weeks after she suggested billionaires need to donate more 'for good things, maybe give it to some people that need it.'

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

Cynthia Erivo came to the rescue of The Wicked: For Good co-star Ariana Grande when a man rushed Grande, forcibly putting an arm around her, while on the yellow carpet for the Singapore premiere of the film, prompting security to take him away and a Singapore court to fine him $2,000.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

Bad Bunny won album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, a tour de force mixing styles from Afro-Caribbean to salsa that netted him 12 nominations. The artist, who'll take centre field at the Super Bowl in New Orleans in February, also won for best urban/urban fusion performance, reggaeton performance, urban music album and urban song.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine license likenesses as generative AI debate deepens

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

A California court on Wednesday denied rapper Tory Lanez's appeal of his guilty verdict on charges he fired a gun at Megan Thee Stallion.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

Edgar Wright's The Running Man does boast impressive action sequences. But any cultural observation the 1980 Stephen King story once offered seems out of date now.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

Mike Smith has been charged with sexual assault for an incident that court records say took place on Dec. 30, 2017. 

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

The federal budget included a line that said the government was working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore the possibility of Canada entering the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

Grande's 'Wicked' co-star Cynthia Erivo quickly intervened, pulling the man and Grande apart just before security stepped in.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

'I've been storing these treasures for years, waiting for the right time to do something with them,' James Van Der Beek said of his upcoming auction.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

The film is currently in pre-production with aims for a fall 2026 release, with fashion mogul Tom Ford at the helm. Ford also tapped Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Adolescence breakout Owen Cooper and Hunter Schafer for roles in the adaptation.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

American model-turned-actress Sally Kirkland, who was noted for her stage, TV and film roles — including sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting and earning an Oscar nomination for 1987's Anna — has died at 84.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

'We're missing you, Robert. Whilst your twinkle toes are going off elsewhere, I need you down here,' Prince William said to Robert Irwin via video call.

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CBC - Arts (2 weeks ago)

The legendary Canadian rock band will be kicking off its first tour in 23 years in Moncton on May 26, 2026.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 weeks ago)

'Mr. Combs is an active participant in the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) and has taken his rehabilitation process seriously from the start,' his spokesperson said.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Known for her work with Indigenous land-based practices, the artist from Niskonlith, B.C., is the recipient of the $100,000 grand prize.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

When the Blue Jays' season ended in heartbreak on Saturday, Khela Maquiling was surprised to find herself sobbing outside a Toronto bar. 

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Canadian-born author David Szalay awarded 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

The disaster, which was immortalized by Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' has united Canadians and Americans across the Great Lakes.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Cyndi Lauper turned True Colors into a defiant call for courage, and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes moved the house on Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

Hip-hop and rap have been driving culture in the U.S. for almost four decades now, especially in America. So why are these songs missing from the Top 40? It's ...complicated.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

The actor's legal team claims that she suffered $71 million in lost business profits from her haircare line and her beverage companies.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced Friday via livestream, with the help of past Grammy winners.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Yesterday's budget teased that the government is working with CBC/Radio-Canada to explore Canada's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. While Europop fans might be excited, Canadian participation might not be so easy, as past attempts have proved.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian record producer/songwriter Cirkut follow Kendrick Lamar with seven nominations each.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Veteran reporter and current Metro Morning radio host David Common will replace Heather Hiscox as host of CBC Morning Live, the Crown corporation announced Thursday. The announcement comes on the same day as Hiscox's final broadcast as host and 20 years after she first took over the position.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Pluribus is a show about change — an insidiously joyful change that (without spoiling the goods) will eventually come for our main character, Carol, too. That is, unless she can figure out a way to undo what's been wrought on the planet.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

Markle will appear in the new film 'Close Personal Friends' starring Lily Collins, Jack Quaid, Brie Larson and Henry Golding.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Xania Monet has become the first AI-generated artist to debut on a Billboard airplay chart — and her success is raising questions about what the future could hold for human artists looking to achieve the same feat.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Sydney Sweeney spoke for the first time to GQ about the ad in which the actress makes a play on the word "jeans" that was viewed as having eugenicist undertones by some on social media. Sweeney said she didn't see much of the online backlash.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

The Assembly — a global hit where celebrities are interviewed by people on the autism spectrum — is getting a Canadian version. As the latest show putting neurodivergence in the spotlight, it has received mixed reviews. Some call it heartwarming, others say it's condescending.

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Global News - Entertainment (3 weeks ago)

Rock and roll legends AC/DC will bring their Power Up tour to Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal in August and September of 2026.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Cineplex is hoping an element of surprise will get people into seats at a time when movie theatres are short on blockbusters. The theatre chain's Monday Surprise Premieres, launching Nov. 10, promise an advanced screening of an unreleased movie at a discounted price.

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CBC - Arts (3 weeks ago)

Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore to the scheming parent in Wild at Heart, has died at 89.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

Actor-director Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist will not be moving forward, after a judge formally ended the suit, saying Baldoni did not refile any amended claims by the deadline.

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Global News - Entertainment (4 weeks ago)

The 'Wicked: For Good' actor is the first openly gay man to be named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in the title's 40-year history.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen is expecting her first child with her new husband, music producer Cole M.G.N.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

The Bridgerton and Wicked star has won the hearts of audiences and the internet alike with his British charm, and is the first gay man to hold the title.

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Global News - Entertainment (4 weeks ago)

She earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for her turn as the acerbic, straight-talking Flo in 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.'

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Global News - Entertainment (4 weeks ago)

The judge previously ruled that Baldoni's claims that Lively stole creative control of the film 'It Ends With Us' didn't count as extortion under California law.

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Global News - Entertainment (4 weeks ago)

This past week may go down in history as when we as a species decided that the future of music lay in music created by artificial intelligence.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

Arcade Fire's lead singers say their marriage is over, but they remain committed to the band.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

Before Chris Dennis, a.k.a. La Voix, found fame on RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. and the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, he worked as a makeup artist in London — where, in 2009, he unwittingly played a role in one of the biggest robberies in British history.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

Kathryn Bigelow's House of Dynamite — about the United States government's protocols in the face of a nuclear attack — prompted a response from no less than the Pentagon. It is hardly the first nuclear-warning film to get people talking.

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CBC - Arts (4 weeks ago)

A Canadian's plan to bring his late celebrity wife back to life in AI form has raised a host of ethical questions about prolonging human existence in the digital universe. Alan Hamel, a Canadian entertainer and longtime TV personality, recently said he's created an "AI twin” of Hollywood star Suzanne Somers, his wife and partner of 55 years who...

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Sydney Sweeney wore a sheer and very revealing dress to an industry event on Wednesday evening, prompting passionate and mixed reactions. 

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

Conspiracy theories that the moon landings did not take place have existed for decades, despite being consistently debunked.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

In the spirit of Nia DaCosta's reinvention of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, we've put together a list of other adaptations that changed their sources to make something radically different. Maybe not always radically better, but different.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Dictionary.com announced the internet brainrot slang term "67” (also written as "six-seven" or "6-7") is its Word of the Year for 2025, to the confusion of many online.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Mortal Kombat is one of the most important video games ever released. Digital Eclipse's collection of the franchise's titles from the 1990s to early 2000s isn't a flawless victory, but it's still worth your time.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The twist came off as a protest to Trump's 51st state comments, similar to a change Chantal Kreviazuk made to the anthem in February 2025.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British comedy Fawlty Towers, has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

There was star power on and off the field at Dodgers stadium, as Hollywood royalty — and actual royals — turned out for Game 4 of the World Series in Los Angeles Tuesday night.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Some of Anne Murray's biggest fans welcomed the East Coast songbird to her Nashville tribute concert on Monday evening. As she made her entrance into the Opry House theatre, even she seemed a bit surprised by the rapturous reception.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Bugonia refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees spontaneously formed from rotting ox carcasses — and it's hard to avoid making connections to the plot and characters in Yorgos Lanthimos's new comedy: that while we want to believe something good, beautiful and ordered can spring from the depths of something dirty, polluted and diseased, it's...

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The Grammy-nominated musician sang the Canadian national anthem at Game 3 of the World Series, to some derision from fans online.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The Toronto Blue Jays will face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 28 and 29.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry have been linked since this summer when they were spotted out together in Montreal. With a recent outing together in Paris, the two appear to have made their relationship official.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

Whether it was at the draft, the trade deadline, or during free agency, Ross Atkins has always emphasized the importance of values during his decade as general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

Kelsey Grammer revealed that he and his wife Kayte Walsh 'just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids.'

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Ticketmaster, the world's largest online box office, is promising for the first time to crack down on industrial-scale scalpers to bar them from using hundreds — sometimes thousands — of fake Ticketmaster accounts to buy up and resell tickets for concerts, theatre and sporting events.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Some of country music's top stars will celebrate Anne Murray's signature sound in Nashville Monday evening. The 80-year-old East Coast legend is set to attend the tribute at the Opry House.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

The 55-year-old disgraced hip-hop mogul is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

With an international 50th anniversary screening tour underway, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has cemented its place as an important pop culture touchstone.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

The pop superstar and the former Canadian prime minister took their romance public as they left a Paris restaurant hand in hand while paparazzi waited for them out front.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

The Foo Fighters announced their Take Cover Tour 2026 on Thursday, which will begin next August with opening act, Queens of the Stone Age.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

To be part of the "mainstream" music scene doesn't mean what it used to. Yet in today's world, you don't have to be mainstream to have thousands of fans.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

One Blue Jays fan is combining her love of baseball and knitting to create a special sweater, marking Toronto's historic playoff run.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Instead of planning a caper for yourself, a good heist movie may be the best way to feel that vicarious thrill. In that spirit, we've put together some of the best heist movies and where you can watch them — focusing on Louvre-adjacent heists of things, instead of simply money.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The Montreal-born writer discussed her novel, We Love You, Bunny, on Bookends with Mattea Roach. The book is on the shortlist for the 2025 Giller Prize.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

American media personality Kim Kardashian said she had been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm, U.S. media outlets reported on Thursday. Kardashian revealed her diagnosis during a teaser for the seventh season of her reality show, The Kardashians, which recently premiered on Hulu.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The NFL is not considering replacing Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming the decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league's biggest stage — a decision that's led to criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

A group of London, Ont., teens have created a board game called American Dictator, which pokes fun at U.S. President Donald Trump's activities since he began his second term in office. They hope other young people playing the game will learn more about the political climate.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Microsoft's new portable Xbox devices are packed with gaming power, but they also come at a strange time for the gaming brand.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless Untitled (How Does It Feel) music video, has died. He was 51.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Haunting hyena wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Hundreds of additional visitors came to the Hessische Landesmuseum in the central German city of Wiesbaden over the weekend to admire a painting that bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of Taylor Swift's current No. 1 hit music video, The Fate of Ophelia. It depicts the Shakespeare character clad in white and surrounded by white water...

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

YouTuber-turned-TV personality Lilly Singh is ready to tack "PhD" onto her email signature after receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree on Wednesday from her alma mater, York University.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Jane Siberry is part of this year's cohort in the Legends Induction Series, a spinoff of the main Canadian Songwriters Hall ofFame event.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Kiss, has died at 74. The band in a statement remembered him as an "irreplaceable rock soldier."

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The Jennifer Lopez-starring, Tonatiuh-led Kiss of the Spider Woman is an interesting drama. But it's not your entry-level musical.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Thieves in balaclavas broke into Paris's Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown jewels before escaping on motorbikes, officials said.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Sam Rivers, a founding member and bassist for the metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday at the age of 48, his bandmates said in a social media post.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Rush is putting more Canadian dates on the calendar for the band's anticipated reunion tour, including new stops in Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver. The band is adding more than a dozen cities to the Fifty Something concert tour, which begins in June next year.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The prizes recognize the best Canadian books in seven categories, from fiction to kids' books.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Kevin Chen, 20, has finished in second place at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. The prestigious contest takes place every five year and comes with a cash prize of about $98,000 Cdn for the gold medal winner, American Eric Lu, and roughly $65,000 for Chen.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

A brazen daylight theft of the Louvre has dominated headlines around the world. Inside the country, the crime has not only affected the well-known art institution but devolved into a blame game.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

The director of the Louvre acknowledged on Wednesday a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world's most-visited museum but said her offer to resign was refused.

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CBC - Arts (A month ago)

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a mostly self-contained effort that meticulously catalogues the artist's change in outlook during the creation of Nebraska. But Bruce Springsteen being a talented artist, sufferer of depression and all-around good guy is not enough to make it an interesting film. 

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

'People that had Parkinson's for years were stigmatized, so now to represent them, and to be a place marker in society ... I'm so humbled by it,' Fox said.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he wants to look into options to tackle scalping, including potential legislation, as Toronto Blue Jays ticket prices skyrocket.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

U.S. President Donald Trump used the song in a now-infamous AI video posted to his Truth Social account in response to the 'No Kings' protests.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

The information commissioner ordered CBC to make available the number of paid subscribers to Gem following an access-to-information request for the data.

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Global News - Entertainment (A month ago)

How does one last more than 30 years in the Canadian music industry? Big Wreck's Ian Thornley isn't sure, but he's very grateful that he's been able to do it.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Frehley, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his former bandmates, died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown following a recent fall, according to his agent.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'If you really know me, you won't pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking,' Spears' social media post reads.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

The "Ghostbusters” star and founding "SNL” cast-member says he'd be open to the idea as long as his estate is compensated for any likenesses created by artificial intelligence.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

The actor was taken into custody at the San Diego border between the United States and Mexico on an outstanding warrant.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Keaton's family said she was passionate about animals and helping the unhoused 'so any donations in her memory to a local food bank or an animal shelter would be a wonderful.'

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'We're rising up again, this time non-violently raising our voices to declare, 'No Kings,'' Robert De Niro said.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Federline expressed concern for Spears and their sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, in excerpts of his upcoming memoir.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'We are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind,' D'Angelo's family said in a statement.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'This morning, I was in a car accident. A guy cut me off in a truck, a big garbage truck the size of a whale,' Alec said in the video.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Oscar-winning actor Diane Keaton, known for iconic roles in 'Annie Hall,' 'The Godfather' and 'Father of the Bride,' has died at 79, confirmed by a family member.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

The Toronto Blue Jays have advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time in nearly a decade, and the bandwagon is officially rolling. 

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

At this year's All That Matters conference in Singapore, AI and music was a major topic. How will things eventually shake out? Here are some predictions.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

While 'Not Like Us' lyrics explicitly branded Drake as a pedophile, the judge said, a reasonable listener could not conclude that it was conveying objective facts.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Loud boos were heard throughout Yankee Stadium as "O Canada" was played before Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Loud boos were heard throughout Yankee Stadium as "O Canada" was played before Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. 

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

The update comes one week after Dolly Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years due to 'health challenges' and moved dates to late next year.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

It's the band's first shows since the R40 tour in 2015 and drummer Neil Peart's death in 2020.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'And ICE is gonna come bust down your door, try to build a house, no bills no more, but I got a telephone, kids are all scared and all alone,' Bryan sings in 'Bad News'.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

'TikTok slop' is a term used to describe low-quality content generated using artificial intelligence that is often circulated on social media.

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Global News - Entertainment (2 months ago)

Denise Richards broke down in tears in a courtroom Monday as she revealed details about the alleged abuse she endured from her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers.

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