Wicked reintroduced millions to the world of Oz last weekend — and has already made millions doing it. But aside from any magic it brought back into the world, audiences are noticing a trend. “People just have...

Almost exactly 150 years after the birth of Prince Edward Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery, the manuscript for her most beloved novel has been added to a United Nations register that highlights Canadian heritage....

A major Canadian music funder alleges that nearly $10 million of federal government money was stolen from its bank account, in a case that will go before a judge in Toronto on Friday morning. The Foundation...

Jim Abrahams, one of the creators of wacky, slapstick comedy classics such as Airplane and the Naked Gun series, has died at the age of 80.   The writer and director died at his home...

Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenét Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colo., refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996...

Drake has launched a second legal action against Universal Music Group, accusing the music giant of defamation and claiming it could have halted the release of Kendrick Lamar’s song Not Like Us for “falsely accusing him of being...

Dozens of people who thought they would be seeing Taylor Swift perform in Toronto this month have reportedly fallen victim to a ticket scam totalling over $70,000, say police in the Greater Toronto Area.  Halton...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police. The state’s highest court ruled that...

Canadian rapper Drake and Taylor Swift will vie for the chance to be the Billboard Music Awards’ most decorated artist of all time.  The finalists for the awards were announced Monday, with country artist Zach...

With all the related examples in its rearview, it’s understandable to look at Wicked as something of a success. Even as a wide scope of people continue to profess a hatred for live-action musicals, they have...

Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection and Scrabble who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died....

Alien. Blade Runner. Black Hawk Down: At his directorial best, few can compete with Ridley Scott. His filmmaking commands our attention and ratchets up the intensity, while taking us to a world we’ve never seen before.  In 2000,...

British Columbia-born crooner and fizzy-drink hawker Michael Bublé will host the upcoming 54th Juno Awards, its organizers announced Friday. The Burnaby, B.C., native will preside over Canada’s biggest night in music — taking place in...

Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present Friday with the surprise drop of a new album. The Grammy winner’s 12-track GNX is his first release since 2022’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and...

There is no risk Sean “Diddy” Combs will act violently if he is released from jail, his defence lawyer said on Friday, in urging a judge to release the music mogul from the Brooklyn jail...

A Taylor Swift ticket scam in southern Ontario left potentially hundreds of Swifties with broken hearts and empty wallets, and a legal expert says that type of fraud won’t be curbed until Ticketmaster’s North American...

Grammy-nominated pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday special, A Nonsense Christmas, will air on Netflix on Dec. 6, and will feature a duet with country superstar, Shania Twain. Twain is only one of the special guests who will...

Anne Michaels has won the 2024 Giller Prize for her novel Held.  The $100,000 prize is the richest in Canadian literature. Based in Toronto, Michaels is a poet and author who has previously won major...

The former members of One Direction reunited Tuesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne,...

Paul Teal, a film and TV actor known best for his role in the CW teen soap One Tree Hill, has died at the age of 35, according to a statement from his agent. Teal...

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson punched up a record-breaking gate at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, with 72,300 fans in attendance. It led to about $18.1 million US in total revenue, a...

Move over, Santa Claus: Beyoncé will be making an appearance in homes this Christmas as part of Netflix’s latest foray into the world of live sports.  The streaming giant announced that Queen Bey would perform during...

Move over, Santa Claus: Beyoncé will be making an appearance in homes this Christmas as part of Netflix’s latest foray into the world of live sports.  The streaming giant announced that Queen Bey would perform during...

The Shawshank Redemption‘s final scene — recognized as one of the most famous, memorable and satisfying conclusions in film history — nearly didn’t exist. Instead, it ended roughly a minute earlier: Red sitting on the...

Federal government departments are still allowed to advertise on TikTok despite mounting security concerns about the social media platform, CBC News has learned.  On Wednesday, the government ordered TikTok to shut down its two Canadian offices,...

When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told Winipek: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre was a “regional book.” The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe columnist and editor recalls being...

Social media personality Jake Paul beat former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in what some say could be the most-watched boxing event of all time Friday.  Paul defeated the boxing legend by unanimous decision in Texas to win an intergenerational heavyweight...

Nearly three years after its brazen theft, The Roaring Lion — grimace and all — is finally back where it belongs on the wall of the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. “It looks...

A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien. “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco...

She landed in the city with more excitement than a world leader. She effectively shut down a highway, drew over 500,0000 people to see her in Toronto, and had everyone from the prime minister...

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’s Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion...