As It Happens6:30‘I didn’t have a bored day in my life’: SNL’s master carpenter retires after 51 years As Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 years on air, one of the sketch comedy show’s most enduring...

Classically trained Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with Wasted Love, a song that combines operatic, multi-octave vocals with a techno twist. Israel’s Yuval Raphael came second at an exuberant...

If you haven’t watched the Eurovision Song Contest before, you’re missing a spectacle like no other. Countries from Europe — and beyond — compete with fiery performances and elaborate sets amid a sea of fans, flags...

Vancouver’s Dan Mangan has always had a knack for providing comfort on a rainy day, a moment of reprieve during heavy times. His 2018 track, Troubled Mind, captured both the woe and the absurdity of...

She got her start as little Minnie May Barry on Netflix’s Anne With An E, made a name for herself in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, but soon you’ll know her as the next vampire slayer. Actor Ryan...

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown ‘s upcoming tour was thrown into question Friday as a British judge ordered him held in custody while facing allegations that he beat a music producer with a bottle in...

On a Saturday night in 2022, Abel Tesfaye — the Canadian superstar known as The Weeknd — got up onstage. He’d had a tough tour and a tough career — stratospheric success had catapulted him...

Beloved Canadian chanteuse Céline Dion surprised fans and competitors alike with a message of love and gratitude at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, a competition she says was “life-changing” for her and helped launch her to global superstardom....

Even after nearly 30 years — and a slightly disappointing box-office performance in the last outing — Mission: Impossible is not a movie franchise hurting for publicity.  That, of course, is partly due to what’s on...

WARNING: This story may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. R&B singer Cassie returned to the witness stand on Wednesday after a day spent recounting details of life with...

Kim Kardashian said a silent prayer — for her sister, her best friend, her family — as a masked man pulled her toward him in a Paris hotel room in the 2016 jewelry heist...

WARNING: This story may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Sean (Diddy) Combs’s former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, took the witness stand in his sex trafficking trial...

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where he’s serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet, authorities said. Lanez, whose...

The 2025 East Coast Music Awards took place in St. John’s last weekend, after months of protest and calls to action within the local music community. Nova Scotia rapper Classified led the winners by...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A Canadian sports broadcaster walks into a bank. He’s cradling a bleeding hand, wearing a bomb and smiling a crooked smile.  “Hi,” he says. “I’m TV’s Steve Vogelsang....

Italian brain rot videos have been trending, but people are starting to discover some strange facts about them. CBC Kids News contributor Matthew Hines breaks down this new online trend....

On March 4, 1991, a young Calgarian with his dad’s Dictaphone (a small cassette recorder) in hand headed to the Westward Club, now the location of Hotel Arts, where a Seattle grunge band was scheduled to...

Actors Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster share why Sharp Corner was an alluring project and talk about their experience filming in Halifax....

James Foley, a journeyman director best known for Glengarry Glen Ross, has died. He was 71.    He died earlier this week after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, his representative, Taylor Lomax, said Friday.    ...

Netflix users globally can expect a revamped TV interface starting on May 19. The streaming platform is also incorporating an AI search feature to the iOS mobile app. The updates arrive as Netflix seeks to...

Kendrick Lamar extends his dominant musical reign, entering next month’s BET Awards as the leading nominee, with Canadian stars Drake and The Weeknd racking up six and four nominations respectively.  Lamar earned 10 nominations...

Imagine getting dressed up in your finest for a fantasy-themed ball, only to find yourself standing on the concrete floor of a massive, nearly empty convention hall, decorated only with a few rose petals.  Welcome...

The Current12:01Electing a pope is like The Traitors, says Conclave author Robert Harris Author Robert Harris says the politics and group dynamics that go into electing a new pope aren’t totally dissimilar from what...

WARNING: This story include details of alleged sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone who’s been impacted by it. Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in...

The inaugural Departure Festival gets underway today in Toronto. Formerly known as Canadian Music Week (CMW), the six-day event is moving forward with a new name, different owners and a broadened scope. While it...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching...

Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and kick off the first Met Gala in more than 20 years with a menswear theme.  The...

When filmmaker Jason Eisener was around 10 years old, he went to a World Wrestling Federation show in Halifax. An encounter that night terrified him and changed his life. As the wrestler Skinner made...

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s historic concert that drew more than two million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The Civil Police...

While celebrities get set for fashion’s biggest night, it seems there could be some serious fashion statements on the horizon at this year’s Met Gala. You can expect to see political messaging filtered through a fashion...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a group of local music lovers more enthusiastic and nostalgic than those who will undoubtedly be lining the sidewalk of Gottingen Street in Halifax next week. They also might...

With its launch in Toronto last week, the documentary film festival Hot Docs celebrated its 32nd year in earnest after coming perilously close to dissolution last year due to money woes and key staff resignations....

Speaking with CBC’s Teghan Beaudette, ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ stars Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny share what it was like bringing Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut to life with the reimagined coming-of-age story full of femininity and...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face...

The Eurovision Song Contest has lifted restrictions that barred spectators from waving Palestinian flags and other banners of non-competing countries or entities — but the updated flag policy also states performers can only wave the...

6 hours ago News Duration 2:19 Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Marco Calvani say they felt an instant bond on set of Netflix’s The Four Seasons. Speaking with CBC senior entertainment reporter Makda Ghebreslassie,...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Five years after she first told her story to a jury, a former TV production assistant testified...

Director Timeea Mohamed Ahmed did not know exactly the kind of movie he was making when he signed on to Khartoum.  He knew the documentary, which had its sold-out Canadian premiere at Toronto’s Hot Docs...

Irish hip-hop group Kneecap apologized on Tuesday to the families of two British MPs slain in the past decade, after footage emerged of one of the trio’s members appearing to say “Kill your local...

Get out the glitter balls, sew on the sequins and prepare to party: The Eurovision Song Contest approaches. The 69th annual musical extravaganza takes place in Basel, Switzerland in May. It will see acts...

60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley paid tribute Sunday to Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer who resigned last week, saying on the air that “none of us is happy” about the extra supervision that corporate...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Harvey Weinstein’s retrial opened in New York City on Wednesday, giving a new jury a fresh look at rape...

The Next Chapter25:09Does Sunrise on the Reaping stand up against the other Hunger Games books? For CBC Books producers Bridget Raymundo and Trevor Carter, reading the Hunger Games trilogy and watching the movies was a...

Day 69:39Should I Play It? New video game is a post-apocalyptic reimagining of La Belle Époque Role-playing video games (RPGs) are often known to start like many classic Dungeons & Dragons campaigns: a group...

Hudson’s Bay can now prepare to auction off 4,400 artifacts and art pieces along with the 355-year-old royal charter that launched the now-ailing company. Superior Court Judge Peter Osborne gave the department store chain...

The Parade of Wonders weaved its way through downtown Calgary Friday, on a new route this year, marking the start of the annual Calgary Expo weekend.  Organizers say it’s Canada’s biggest cosplay parade, “celebrating all...

“There is, of course, an element of beauty in this. And I must say that this is surely, from ancient times, one of the most enduring appeals of battle,” explains author, philosopher and soldier...

A documentary premiering at the HotDocs Festival in Toronto this month aims to change the way we look at a controversial social media meme. #Skoden profiles the late Pernell Bad Arm, a fluent Blackfoot language speaker...

Despite a series of depressing headlines last year and a significantly scaled-back lineup in 2025, Toronto’s Hot Docs is back for another year. The documentary festival, often described as North America’s biggest, has mostly been in...

Bryan Adams is setting forth on an extensive run of Canadian concert dates later this year. The Summer of ’69 singer has announced plans to perform 19 dates across the country as part of his...

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is coming to an end after 19 seasons. TVO says this season of its flagship current affairs program will be the last as the veteran host enters a new phase...

Last weekend was something of a Sunday school special for the box office. In a surprise show of strength, the Dickens adaptation King of Kings, telling the story of Jesus Christ’s life and crucifixion,...

The drummer of Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers has been charged with possession of child pornography, according to police in the U.S.  On Thursday, the sheriff’s office of Riverside County, Calif., said evidence...

Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theatres in May 2027, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm announced on Thursday. Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events...

Drake has expanded his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, saying more people were duped into believing he was a pedophile after rapper Kendrick Lamar performed Not Like Us during the Super Bowl halftime show...

Entertainment Concertgoers have gathered once again in the California desert for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, with headliners including Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone. 6-day music festival in Indio, Calif., is spread...

Eighty years after her uncle Welby Patterson died on a European battlefield in the final days of the Second World War, Maidy Keir will see him being recognized at a museum exhibit in the...

The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood says that Saturday Night Live has apologized to her for a sketch that mocked her appearance, which she labelled as “mean and unfunny.” The sketch — a satire of U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigour and lyrical prose for five decades and nearly became president of his country, died on Sunday. He was 89.  He died in...

Some of the biggest names in Canadian music are paying homage to Joel Plaskett on a new tribute album that was made in secret — without the Halifax rocker’s knowledge. The double album titled...

As singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer prepares to receive the symbolic key to the City of Burlington – in large part for her leadership in a fight against quarry expansion on Mount Nemo – the fate of...

The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its political message. In a...

A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million US in damages.    The decision...

Canadian Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first instalments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s, died Thursday at age 94, his son confirmed to CBC News....

There are multiple MAMs on the roof. Your CO is screaming in your ear to collapse to the first deck, while JTAC is screaming for CASEVAC. Two bravos wait outside, surrounded by IED phosphorus....

Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of Hamilton are entering America’s audio canon, along with singles from Helen Reddy and Céline Dion and the music of...

Pussy Riot — to themselves, their fans and even academics — aren’t just a music group. “They’re, like, more than just a band,” explained fan Matthew Lipke, waiting outside their recent show at Lee’s...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and tariffs have breathed new life into a superhero from the 1970s: Captain Canuck, a government agent with superhuman strength who defends Canada’s sovereignty. “All of a sudden, Canadians...

As It Happens7:30How Blondie’s Clem Burke altered the course of Fred Armisen’s life From the moment Fred Armisen first laid eyes on Clem Burke — rocking out on Saturday Night Live with his Beatles haircut...

It’s always nice to see some old favourites make it onto a new list, right? Toni Morrison’s 1970 classic The Bluest Eye, Stephen Chbosky’s 1999 YA The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John...

Clem Burke, drummer for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Blondie for their entire 50-year existence, has died at age 70. The band said in a statement that Burke died “following a private battle...

*White Lotus Season 3, Episode 8 spoilers below* If character actors — the backbencher workhouse type of performer White Lotus is full of — were a member of a band, they’d be the bass...

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favourite Iceman in Top Gun, donned a voluminous cape as in Batman Forever and portrayed Jim Morrison in The Doors, has died.  He was 65....

Rogers will continue to bring hockey to Canadians for another 12 years, following the announcement of another exclusive deal between the telecommunications company and the NHL. The $11-billion deal announced today gives Rogers the rights...

After a brief tease in January, the hype train for Nintendo’s next console, the Switch 2, was chugging along at full speed in New York City Wednesday morning — and CBC News was on...

Bruce Springsteen on Thursday announced the long-awaited sequel to his critically acclaimed 1998 Tracks box set, which will contain 83 songs, the vast majority of them previously unreleased. The set comprises what Springsteen says...

British police charged actor-comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault connected to a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005, a police statement on Friday said. Brand, 50, the former husband of U.S. pop singer Katy Perry and...

Sean (Diddy) Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking. Combs, 55, previously pleaded not guilty to an earlier three-count...

How does one review A Minecraft Movie? By saying that however stupid, kids will probably laugh when the cubist cow moonwalks? Or by reporting that someone’s butt ends up being central to the plot not...

A wave of musicians, poets and novelists say they are reconsidering upcoming tours and travel over fears of getting detained at the U.S. border or arrested within the country. Canadian-born rock icon Neil Young, U.S. best-selling romance...

Nintendo has announced a launch date for its long-awaited sequel to the Switch gaming console: the Switch 2 will arrive on June 5, bringing with it new features such as interactive chat and screen-share...

Michael Ondaatje is among the five shortlisted authors for the 2025 Al & Eurithe Poetry Prize. The $10,000 prize, now in its second year, recognizes the best new book from a Canadian poet who has published...

Day 610:00CBC’s You’re My Hero creator uses comedy to show the ups and downs of life with cerebral palsy Sean Towgood created the Canadian comedy series You’re My Hero with the intention to show...

It’s always nice to get some outside validation, right? At least, that’s how some people are reacting after pop superstar Chappell Roan recently said parents seem pretty miserable — “in hell,” actually. Roan’s hot take,...

Kevan Staples, co-founder of legendary Toronto rock band Rough Trade, has died at the age of 74.  Staples co-wrote the band’s risque breakout hit High School Confidential, as well the songs Birds of a Feather...

Vancouver musician So Sus is up for a Juno Award this Sunday in the Dance Recording of the Year category. The transgender artist spoke about her track Call Me When and how the song...

Three-time host Michael Bublé opened the 2025 Juno Awards with a statement that was both somewhat expected, and quite unlike anything heard at a Canadian awards show before. “We are the greatest nation on Earth,”...

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr. Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo,...

Tate McRae took home four awards, including artist and album of the year, at the Juno Awards industry ceremony on Saturday — although the global popstar was absent because she was booked to appear at a music festival...

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been denied parole and will continue serving a life sentence for fatally shooting the rising young singer at a Texas motel in 1995,...

The Sunday Magazine16:36The New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt reflects on the art of finding a laugh Barry Blitt says it’s an uncertain time for editorial cartoonists amid political tensions in the U.S. — but laughter,...

When Inuk singer Elisapie set out to record her pop covers album Inuktitut, she wasn’t planning to be a part of history at the Juno Awards. Yet this weekend, the Montreal singer-songwriter will head...

Yanchan Rajmohan, known professionally as Yanchan Produced, is on cloud nine. “It feels like a dream come true,” he said in an interview with CBC News about his recent Juno nomination. While an awards nod is...

Elizabeth Boland — professionally known by her middle name, Lowell — is sitting in a tiny Toronto studio. The wood-panelled room may be small, but it’s where she’s crafted many of her hits, and it...

Nominations for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were announced Wednesday, with the crime series Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent dominating nominations in both television and overall categories while Universal Language led in the film category. Among its 20...

A Windsor, Ont.-made film that asks viewers if they can sympathize with people accused of being online predators will have its world premiere at the upcoming Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. Shamed, by award-winning documentary maker...

Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. He said they beat him in front of his home...

If there’s a perfectly Canadian material an artist can use to capture that wild moment when a Canada goose fought off a vicious attack from a bald eagle, it might be ice. “As strong...

Josh Ross’s Juno nominations could be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up to once-again dominate the awards. This year, multiple country acts have made inroads in many of the categories — highlighting the growing popularity of...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. French actor Gérard Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a...

Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. has been outspoken against the profuse fraud of the late artist’s work. Now, it faces a $1.45 million lawsuit claiming it defamed an art gallery by implying its works could...

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. The signs can be small. And subtle. And not formally or...

The Current19:46Stranded, this diver lost oxygen for 25 minutes. He survived Chris Lemons says the day of the accident that would nearly claim his life started like any other. “It was very much a...

Last week, late at night, when Rob Frith was wrapping up a work session at a friend’s studio, he decided to throw on one last tape for a listen. It was labelled “Beatles 60s demos”...

It is with a heavy sigh that I break the news: Snow White, the latest in Disney’s line of return-to-the-vault remakes, has crash-landed in theatres. Starring Rachel Zegler as the titular princess and Gal...

Warning: This review of Severance’s Season 2 finale goes full spoiler. If you haven’t watched it yet, and want to, stop here. But come back later. It’ll be more fun than a waffle party....

The mayor of Miami Beach, Fla., is backing off a proposal to terminate an independent theatre’s lease and financial support after it screened No Other Land, an Oscar-winning documentary about the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. The move came...

After a few days of fierce and thoughtful debates, Shayla Stonechild has won Canada Reads 2025. The book she championed, A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer, survived the elimination vote on March 20, 2025....

Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan of Nova Scotia was named one of three recipients of music’s Polar Prize on Tuesday, along with Herbie Hancock and Queen. The committee for the Sweden-based award cited Hannigan’s...

Rebecca Strong, a singer from Prince Albert, Sask., was crowned the champion of Canada’s Got Talent in 2024. CBC Radio’s The Morning Edition checked in with her one year after receiving the $1 million...

The British drag artist The Vivienne died from cardiac arrest that was caused by taking ketamine, their family told the BBC on Monday.  The winner of RuPaul‘s Drag Race UK, whose real name was James...

Tracy Morgan says food poisoning was to blame for his taking ill during Monday’s Knicks-Heat game, and that he’s “doing OK.” The actor-comedian posted an update on Instagram Tuesday morning, along with a smiling...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he took a tour and chaired a meeting of its board of directors. It was his first...

A heated conflict over the direction of the East Coast Music Awards could threaten to destroy the organization that runs it, warns one of its top leaders. Board chairperson Michelle Eagles told The Canadian...

Point a magnifying glass one year before John Hughes’s Home Alone, and you just might find René Manzor’s Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus. Also following a latchkey little boy thwarting home invaders with...

When Jason Eisener wanted to screen the feature film he made as part of his screen arts studies at Nova Scotia Community College in 2003, he booked the Oxford Theatre in Halifax to show...

Sean (Diddy) Combs pleaded not guilty on Friday to a new indictment, which added accusations that the hip-hop mogul forced employees to work long hours and threatened to punish those who did not assist in...

Before it went home with the best picture Oscar, Anora had been courting controversy in Hollywood — not so much for having a sex worker as its title character, but because it didn’t have a...

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has opened up about struggling with imposter syndrome, drawing attention to celebrities having to balance the popularity and constant spotlight that comes with oodles of scrutiny. The two-time Grammy winner...

Jason Sudeikis will return to the football pitch for a fourth season of Ted Lasso. The show’s star and executive producer said on a Friday episode of the New Heights podcast that Season 4 is...

Jessica Lee Gagné made her directorial debut in Season 2, Episode 7, “Chikhai Bardo,” of the television series Severance. She spoke with CBC about making the jump from cinematographer to the director’s chair....

Comedian and former talk-show host Rosie O’Donnell has joined the growing list of celebrities who have talked about leaving the United States or have already left, citing the president and current political climate as...

Spotify announced in late January that it had paid out a record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year. This amounts to a tenfold...

American country music sensation Luke Combs got real about his struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, as well as the challenges of being on the road, in a recent interview with 60 Minutes Australia. “Mine...

There is a telling scene toward the end of Bong Joon Ho’s much delayed, much anticipated Mickey 17. In it, the titular 17 (Robert Pattinson) stands shivering on the loading dock of his spaceship...

As It Happens6:34Canadian with Stage 4 cancer meets Severance cast after sliding into Ben Stiller’s DMs When Emily Powell-Heaton reached out to Ben Stiller on social media, her goal was to knock another item...

Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her Canadian music awards.  Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they were rescinding the honours Sainte-Marie had received over the years, after the 84-year-old musician returned...

In her two decades as a human rights lawyer, working on issues in more than 25 countries, Hadar Harris says she is alarmed by what she’s witnessing on U.S. soil and worried that some Americans...

Authorities on Friday revealed the causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife, saying the couple are believed to have died a full week apart at their home in New Mexico from two...

Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her identity. In her first statement since she was stripped of the award,...

Sesame Workshop is planning major layoffs, CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin said in a memo to staff this week. The non-profit behind the iconic children’s TV show Sesame Street informed staff of its plan to...

Have you ever wondered why your dog spins around when they’re excited? Or if your cat really likes your company? Jay Ingram’s latest book The Science of Pets aims to answer those questions and more, through...

Have you ever wondered why your dog spins around when they’re excited? Or if your cat really likes your company? Jay Ingram’s latest book The Science of Pets aims to answer those questions and more, through...

Flow, a wordless cat parable that became the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award, prompted a sleepless night for the scores of Latvians celebrating the historic accolade.  The film won the Oscar for...

Baker pulled in his third win of the night, continuing the run we’ve been eyeing since the ceremonies opened. Having won best original screenplay and best editing already, Baker is holding the entire film...

Musician Jody Glenham worries about the future of live music in Vancouver, a city brimming with talent but where the cost of rent for both musicians and music venues is making it difficult to have...

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song Wish I Didn’t Miss You, was killed early Saturday in a car crash. She...

Celebrity tributes poured in after news broke on Thursday that legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their New Mexico home. Police say the circumstances around the...

Personal effects belonging to the late Canadian musician and poet Leonard Cohen, who died in November 2016, went up for sale on Friday in what the auction house advertised as the “largest group of privately...

We’ve needed some good news, haven’t we? What with the politics and the polarization and the measles and the bird flu and the tariffs. And if the sheer number of TikTok videos about taking a...

Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, are set to blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first all-female...

Internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania in one of two investigations, have been allowed to leave the country. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said in a...

6 hours ago News Duration 1:34 Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill, co-creators and stars of CBC’s Small Achievable Goals, are also widely known for the Baroness Von Sketch Show. They spoke with CBC’s Eli...

Wu-Tang Clan is forever, but their touring days are coming to an end. Fans in Vancouver, Laval and Toronto will get to watch the legendary rap group — made up of RZA, GZA, Method...

It seems like the Duchess of Sussex just can’t seem to catch a break. Meghan Markle is being called out ahead of the launch of her new Netflix series With Love, Meghan, as fans...

A new album called Is This What We Want? features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence. With contributions from artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens...

Emilia Pérez lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón is planning on attending the 2025 Oscars, Variety reported on Monday, despite the backlash the Oscar-nominated trans actor is facing for her old posts on social media that...

The 2025 Juno Awards will showcase a star-studded lineup, with multiple-award nominees and rising stars, including Josh Ross and Snotty Nose Rez Kids, performing at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver on March 30. Rising...

As musician Aysanabee stood on stage at last year’s Junos in Halifax accepting the award for alternative album of the year, a memory of the final conversation he had with his late grandfather was on his...

He is a front-runner at the Academy Awards, burning past his colleagues on betting charts over his critically acclaimed achievements in The Brutalist. But unfortunately for Adrien Brody, this is the 2025 Oscars —...

Sean Baker’s Anora won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of next Sunday’s Academy Awards: The film...

British Columbia and the Juno awards are having a bit of a moment; the awards will be hosted in the western province this year by a B.C. artist, and local musicians make up about...

A month ago it seemed the 97th Academy Awards were on the edge of cancellation Los Angeles was still smoldering after a series of out-of-control wildfires, which saw thousands residents displaced, leading to serious questions about whether the Oscars could or...

“Like life,” is the warning that arrives with The Monkey‘s titular stuffed animal, the words emblazoned on a hat box tween twins Hal and Bill (both played by Canadian Christian Convery at his most Parent...

In a major shakeup for the film industry, Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday it will take creative control of the James Bond franchise from long-serving producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The deal...

GameStop Corp. is looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets, the video game retailer said in a Tuesday news release. CEO Ryan Cohen posted to X earlier in...

The 97th Academy Awards are going forward as a celebration of movies and resilience, with Canadians up for numerous Oscars. This year’s Oscar nominations were postponed twice after devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles,...

Paul Simon fans in Toronto and Vancouver will get a chance to catch the legendary singer-songwriter in a theatre setting after he announced Tuesday a return to touring. The Toronto dates occur several weeks...

Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty on Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend in Hollywood more than three years ago, avoiding what could’ve been a years-long prison term. A jury in Los Angeles...

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon’s Homeward Bound to open the show, five-decade Saturday Night Live luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue, and Paul McCartney gave an epic closing to a 50th anniversary special...

Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright and proud Acadian, has died at 95 at her home in Montreal, her publisher said. Quebec publishing house Lemeac announced Monday on social media that she died overnight. Born in New Brunswick, Maillet...

Colombian superstar Shakira cancelled her Sunday concert in Lima after being hospitalized with an abdominal condition, the singer said. Shakira shared a statement on her Instagram and X accounts Sunday afternoon, saying she is...

Papal drama Conclave won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. The Brutalist, a post-Second World War odyssey about a Hungarian architect building a life in the United States, also won four...

Canadians have always been a fixture on Saturday Night Live, the groundbreaking NBC sketch comedy show that is marking its 50th anniversary this weekend. In an alternate universe, SNL actually could have been a...

Video game developers, publishers and other industry leaders are descending upon Toronto this weekend for the Canadian Game Awards. The event’s creator says it’s more important than ever to put a spotlight on Canadians’...

Growing up in Washington state, Neko Case thought she was Canadian.  Living close to the U.S.-Canada border, she received CBC broadcasts and watched Canadian classics like The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup, which, for...

An Alabama woman who said she was raped by rappers Jay-Z and Sean (Diddy) Combs when she was 13 withdrew her civil lawsuit against both men on Friday, according to court filings. A filing in...

No one should get their politics from a Marvel movie, least of all one in the sorry fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe clinging to life through a series of increasingly pathetic outings. ...

WARNING: This story contains antisemitic language. First, he went on a days-long antisemitic social media rant. Then, he tried to sell swastika T-shirts on his website. And that’s just what musician and fashion designer Kanye West has...

Florida oranges. American cheese. Even bourbon. It seems nothing is beyond the newfound patriotic urge to shun American products amid the growing U.S.-Canada trade war. But after years or purposefully enmeshing our various industries, buying...

Actor Anna Lambe and the co-creators of the new CBC co-production North of North talk to the CBC’s Eli Glasner about how the Iqaluit community came together to bring the heartwarming comedy to life....

Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail on Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife,...

The rising popularity of South Asian music in B.C. is front and centre at this year’s Junos, as several artists with B.C. connections are nominated for awards.  Most notably, three of the five nominations in...

A street performance by singer Ed Sheeran in Bengaluru, India, came to an abrupt end this weekend when a police officer unplugged his microphone mid-song.  Footage of the moment shows the Suffolk-based singer standing...

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the acclaimed author didn’t even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday...

A$AP Rocky’s longtime friend and collaborator testified at his Los Angeles trial Friday that the hip-hop star fired a starter pistol that he carried as a prop during a scuffle with a former friend...

Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner? Sean Baker’s Brooklyn comedy Anora took top honours at both the Producers Guild Awards and the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, catapulting it to Oscar...

Molly O’Brien still remembers the first time she walked into her aunt Orin’s New York City apartment when she was 11 years old. There were stacks of records and books, and “beautiful artwork and...

A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps. “We are aware some users might be currently...

Imagine you’re an up-and-coming musician who’s chosen to perform as the opening act for a popstar with millions of listeners, only to be met with disapproval and complaints from the star’s fans. That’s exactly...

A Netflix documentary series about Prince by an Oscar-winning filmmaker has been cancelled after the late singer’s estate blocked its release.  The completed, but untitled, series by Ezra Edelman was delayed in 2024 after representatives for Prince’s estate viewed...

Bandcamp is launching a fundraiser to support musicians affected by the Southern California wildfires on Feb. 7. For one day only, all proceeds raised on Bandcamp will go to MusiCares, the non-profit founded by Grammy CEO Harvey...

The estate of one of Superman’s co-creators has filed a copyright lawsuit in a U.S. court against Warner Bros ahead of the release of its new movie Superman, part of a planned reboot of the DC...

A woman from New Zealand has filed a lawsuit against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, alleging Gaiman repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was working as the couple’s babysitter and nanny. Scarlett Pavlovich...

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his final show — and it will feature a reunion of the original lineup of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years.  Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer...

In the wake of numerous racist tweets by Karla Sofía Gascón resurfacing, the award show campaign for the film Emilia Pérez appears to be trying to shuffle the lead actress into the background to regain footing...

Met Gala guests, suit up! That was the order from on high as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City revealed the dress code for its annual lavish celebration of fashion in...

Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama Meteor Garden that once swept Asia, died after contracting pneumonia triggered by the flu. She was 48. Hsu (better known as “Da S”...

The Giller Prize has parted ways with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank’s ties to an Israeli arms manufacturer. The Giller Foundation,...

The 67th Grammy Awards, taking place on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, is the first major awards show in the city since it was hit with a series of devastating wildfires last month....

The 67th Grammy Awards kicked off Sunday night with a tribute to Los Angeles as music’s biggest night aimed to raise money for relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires. The main telecast started...

The story is often the same. A kindly, helpful robot face, eager to aid anyone that asks. Then some questionable commands, perhaps the odd glowing-red eyes and humanity is taught a lesson: mess with...

Prince’s musical legacy is an inspiration to many. The iconic artist, known for hits like Purple Rain, Kiss and Little Red Corvette, is remembered as a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, as well as a mysterious and...

Last year, advertisers gave us a Friends reunion. And it did our nostalgic hearts some good. This year, they’re giving us When Harry Met Sally. And we’re ready to throw on a cable-knit sweater, order...

Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who’ve lost everything in the devastating L.A.-area wildfires came together for FireAid on Thursday night, a benefit concert at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome that...

Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse and libertine who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once...

Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his retrial on sex crimes as soon as possible, telling him “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions...

Rihanna appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, on the day of its most important testimony — the description by a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly...

Move over Hollywood flicks and sitcom faves, there’s a new player in the world of streaming and she’s bringing her trademark overalls and pink headband. Children’s YouTube star Ms. Rachel has announced a new...

People who bought event tickets through Ticketmaster in 2018 are now eligible for compensation. A $6-million settlement that could see around a million Canadians eligible for a credit with Ticketmaster was finalized last week at...