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These stunt performers want a shot at the Oscars. The Fall Guy wants to help
News/Entertainment | Sat, 04 May 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe stars and creators of the new action comedy movie The Fall Guy haven't been shy about their quest to get a stunt category included at the Oscars. CBC News talked to three Canadian stunt performers about why it matters to receive recognition for their work — and what it means that The Fall Guy is trying so hard to help. read more
Ryan Gosling's good graces ground The Fall Guy's meta-movie shenanigans
News/Entertainment | Fri, 03 May 2024 04:00:04 EDTWhile The Fall Guy touts itself as a tribute to stunt performers, CBC's Eli Glasner says Ryan Gosling's role as a stuntman still pining for his ex is the most authentic part of the action-comedy from the director of Bullet Train. read more
Why is everyone arguing about Drake and Kendrick Lamar?
News/Entertainment | Fri, 03 May 2024 15:43:45 EDTCanadian rap superstar Drake, no stranger to feuding with his contemporaries, is engaged in a diss track exchange with Kendrick Lamar, and it has driven music fans to furious debates on social media. read more
Enoch Cree Nation welcomes Ice Cube to their territory with starblanket
News/Indigenous | Thu, 02 May 2024 16:57:15 EDTRapper and actor Ice Cube has collected a few gifts from Indigenous people in Canada in his travels and he got another one this week at a stop on his "Straight into Canada" tour. read more
Canada's biggest documentary festival says it's dying. Documentarians worry they're next
News/Entertainment | Thu, 02 May 2024 04:00:00 EDTIt might seem like documentaries are everywhere we look, affecting and influencing how we perceive society and the world at large. But even as audiences clamour for true stories on their screens, the documentarians making them and festivals that feature them are sounding alarm bells about the future of the format. read more
Céline Dion-inspired musical Titanique is coming to Montreal and Toronto
News/Entertainment | Thu, 02 May 2024 14:53:13 EDTTitanique is setting its course for Canada. Producers of the show, an off-Broadway farcical Céline Dion jukebox musical, say it will make its maiden voyage to Montreal later this year, followed by dates in Toronto. read more
American author Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dead at 77
Books | Wed, 01 May 2024 08:52:11 EDTAuster was known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as The New York Trilogy and 4321. read more
Toronto's main 2SLGBTQ+ theatre in conflict with city hall over building violation
News/Canada/Toronto | Wed, 01 May 2024 05:00:00 EDTWith a month to go before the kickoff of Pride Month in Toronto, the city's premier queer theatre space is facing a city order that limits access to its main stage area. read more
This Tecumseh, Ont., man's record collection is drawing attention from some big names in music
News/Canada/Windsor | Wed, 01 May 2024 04:00:00 EDTSean Davidson's Instagram posts have been shared by Snoop Dogg and Kool & The Gang. The photographer started the account to share his enjoyment of his record collection. read more
Citytv talk show Cityline ending after 40 years
News/Entertainment | Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:43:42 EDTCityline is coming to an end. Tracy Moore, who's been hosting the show since 2008, will move to a live, national hour-long lifestyle news and features segment as a part of Citytv's Breakfast Television. read more
Hell's Kitchen, Stereophonic lead Tony Awards with 13 nominations each
News/Entertainment | Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:04:00 EDTTwo Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical Hell's Kitchen powered by Alicia Keys songs, and the play Stereophonic about a '70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, a list that also saw a record number of women nominated for best director. read more
From one warrior princess to another, Lucy Lawless explores life of Margaret Moth
Radio/The Current | Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:41:37 EDTLucy Lawless high-kicked her way to fame in Xena: Warrior Princess, but her new documentary focuses on photojournalist Margaret Moth, a “warrior princess in real life.” read more
Asoka makeup trend inspired by Bollywood is shining a spotlight on South Asian beauty
News/Canada | Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThere's a new makeup trend taking social media by storm, with videos racking up billions of views and influencers going viral just for trying it, and Canadians have some of the most popular versions. read more
Who needs L.A. when you can build an animator’s oasis in Nova Scotia?
| Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:35:37 EDTThe founder of Cartoon Conrad didn’t want to leave his hometown. So he brought the world to Beaver Bank, N.S., where he’s built a thriving animation studio on a 16-hectare farm. read more
Billie Eilish announces world tour, hitting 3 Canadian cities
News/Entertainment | Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:23:46 EDTMusic superstar Billie Eilish is embarking on a worldwide arena tour this fall, kicking off in Quebec City on Sept. 29. The Grammy-winning musician will also be performing in Toronto and Vancouver in support of her soon-to-released album Hit Me Hard and Soft. read more
From one Great One to another: Gretzky pays tribute to late legendary broadcaster Bob Cole
News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:25:17 EDTTributes to Bob Cole continued to pour in over the weekend, including touching messages from Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby on Hockey Night in Canada. read more
Is Zendaya the villain of Luca Guadagnino's Challengers?
Arts/Commotion | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:51:48 EDTCulture writers Hanna Flint, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Jackson Weaver dig into why audiences will be talking about this movie for months to come. read more
Dancing onstage with Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh a dream come true for 6-year-old B.C. fan
News/Canada/British Columbia | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:09:54 EDTA six-year-old Bhangra dancer from Surrey saw his dreams come true — and became part of history — when he danced on-stage with Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh in front of a sold-out crowd at B.C. Place on Saturday. read more
The end of the world is trending. Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?
News/Entertainment | Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTJay Baruchel launched the second season of Crave series We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) last week, a show that explores many possible apocalyptic scenarios. He's not alone in his fascination with the end of the world, as the recent wave of apocalypse-themed shows and movies shows. read more
