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WARNING: This story contains allegations of ​​​sexual violence and may affect those who have experienced​ it or know someone affected by it.Singer Dawn...

As It Happens6:30'I didn't have a bored day in my life': SNL's master carpenter retires after 51 yearsAs Saturday Night...

Classically trained Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with Wasted Love, a song that combines operatic,...

If you haven't watched the Eurovision Song Contest before, you're missing a spectacle like no other. Countries from Europe — and beyond...

Vancouver's Dan Mangan has always had a knack for providing comfort on a rainy day, a moment of reprieve during...

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown 's upcoming tour was thrown into question Friday as a British judge ordered him held in...

She got her start as little Minnie May Barry on Netflix's Anne With An E, made a name for herself in Star...

On a Saturday night in 2022, Abel Tesfaye — the Canadian superstar known as The Weeknd — got up onstage....

WARNING: This story may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.R&B singer Cassie said...

Even after nearly 30 years — and a slightly disappointing box-office performance in the last outing — Mission: Impossible is not a...

WARNING: This story may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.R&B singer Cassie told...

Kim Kardashian said a silent prayer — for her sister, her best friend, her family — as a masked man...

WARNING: This story may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.Sean (Diddy) Combs's former girlfriend,...

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where he's serving a 10-year sentence...

The 2025 East Coast Music Awards took place in St. John's last weekend, after months of protest and calls to...

Stop me if you've heard this one. A Canadian sports broadcaster walks into a bank. He's cradling a bleeding hand,...

WARNING: This story includes details of alleged sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know...

Italian brain rot videos have been trending, but people are starting to discover some strange facts about them. CBC Kids...

On March 4, 1991, a young Calgarian with his dad's Dictaphone (a small cassette recorder) in hand headed to the Westward...

James Foley, a journeyman director best known for Glengarry Glen Ross, has died. He was 71.   He died earlier this week...

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

Kendrick Lamar extends his dominant musical reign, entering next month's BET Awards as the leading nominee, with Canadian stars Drake...

Imagine getting dressed up in your finest for a fantasy-themed ball, only to find yourself standing on the concrete floor...

The Current12:01Electing a pope is like The Traitors, says Conclave author Robert HarrisAuthor Robert Harris says the politics and group...

Netflix users globally can expect a revamped TV interface starting on May 19. The streaming platform is also incorporating an AI...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country,...

The inaugural Departure Festival gets underway today in Toronto.Formerly known as Canadian Music Week (CMW), the six-day event is moving...

Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and...

Sean (Diddy) Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, was brought to a...

When filmmaker Jason Eisener was around 10 years old, he went to a World Wrestling Federation show in Halifax. An...

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's historic concert that drew more than...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a group of local music lovers more enthusiastic and nostalgic than those who will undoubtedly...

With its launch in Toronto last week, the documentary film festival Hot Docs celebrated its 32nd year in earnest after coming...

Speaking with CBC’s Teghan Beaudette, 'Bonjour Tristesse' stars Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny share what it was like bringing Durga...

Take-Two Interactive on Friday pushed the release of Grand Theft Auto VI to May 26, 2026, extending the wait for one of the most...

The Eurovision Song Contest has lifted restrictions that barred spectators from waving Palestinian flags and other banners of non-competing countries or...

The 2025 Tony Award nominations have arrived for a season studded with movie and television stars, with nods going to...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.Five years after she...

Shawn Levy's next project may take him to a galaxy far, far way, but he will soon have a star...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn't exactly been in a perfect headspace lately. First, the perhaps unfairly panned The Marvels failed to...

Irish hip-hop group Kneecap apologized on Tuesday to the families of two British MPs slain in the past decade, after...

Get out the glitter balls, sew on the sequins and prepare to party: The Eurovision Song Contest approaches.The 69th annual...

A trial has started in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian in her...

The Next Chapter25:09Does Sunrise on the Reaping stand up against the other Hunger Games books?For CBC Books producers Bridget Raymundo...

Day 69:39Should I Play It? New video game is a post-apocalyptic reimagining of La Belle ÉpoqueRole-playing video games (RPGs) are...

Hudson's Bay can now prepare to auction off 4,400 artifacts and art pieces along with the 355-year-old royal charter that...

The Parade of Wonders weaved its way through downtown Calgary Friday, on a new route this year, marking the start of...

"There is, of course, an element of beauty in this. And I must say that this is surely, from ancient...

A documentary premiering at the HotDocs Festival in Toronto this month aims to change the way we look at a controversial social...

Despite a series of depressing headlines last year and a significantly scaled-back lineup in 2025, Toronto's Hot Docs is back for another...

Bryan Adams is setting forth on an extensive run of Canadian concert dates later this year.The Summer of '69 singer has...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.Opening statements began Wednesday...

The Agenda with Steve Paikin is coming to an end after 19 seasons.TVO says this season of its flagship current affairs...

Last weekend was something of a Sunday school special for the box office.In a surprise show of strength, the Dickens...

The drummer of Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers has been charged with possession of child pornography, according to police...

Despite its current stunning critical reception, Sinners is not perfect. The Ryan Coogler-directed, Michael B. Jordan-acted, action-musical-vampire-romance flick is perhaps...

Drake has expanded his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, saying more people were duped into believing he was a...

When fans buy their tickets to Coachella, the iconic music festival that draws star-studded lineups and influencer crowds looking to...

Eighty years after her uncle Welby Patterson died on a European battlefield in the final days of the Second World...

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...

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigour and lyrical prose for five decades and nearly...

Some of the biggest names in Canadian music are paying homage to Joel Plaskett on a new tribute album that...

As singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer prepares to receive the symbolic key to the City of Burlington – in large part for her...

There are multiple MAMs on the roof. Your CO is screaming in your ear to collapse to the first deck,...

The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he...

Canadian Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first instalments of two hit movie...

A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a...

Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of Hamilton are entering America's audio...

It's always nice to see some old favourites make it onto a new list, right?Toni Morrison's 1970 classic The Bluest...

U.S. President Donald Trump's annexation threats and tariffs have breathed new life into a superhero from the 1970s: Captain Canuck, a...

Pussy Riot — to themselves, their fans and even academics — aren't just a music group."They're, like, more than just...

As It Happens7:30How Blondie's Clem Burke altered the course of Fred Armisen's lifeFrom the moment Fred Armisen first laid eyes...

Clem Burke, drummer for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Blondie for their entire 50-year existence, has died at age...

*White Lotus Season 3, Episode 8 spoilers below*If character actors — the backbencher workhouse type of performer White Lotus is...

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favourite Iceman in Top Gun, donned a voluminous cape as in...

Rogers will continue to bring hockey to Canadians for another 12 years, following the announcement of another exclusive deal between the...

After a brief tease in January, the hype train for Nintendo's next console, the Switch 2, was chugging along at...

How does one review A Minecraft Movie? By saying that however stupid, kids will probably laugh when the cubist cow...

Bruce Springsteen on Thursday announced the long-awaited sequel to his critically acclaimed 1998 Tracks box set, which will contain 83...

Sean (Diddy) Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including...

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...

A wave of musicians, poets and novelists say they are reconsidering upcoming tours and travel over fears of getting detained at...

Nintendo has announced a launch date for its long-awaited sequel to the Switch gaming console: the Switch 2 will arrive...

Michael Ondaatje is among the five shortlisted authors for the 2025 Al & Eurithe Poetry Prize.The $10,000 prize, now in...

Day 610:00CBC’s You’re My Hero creator uses comedy to show the ups and downs of life with cerebral palsySean Towgood...

It's always nice to get some outside validation, right?At least, that's how some people are reacting after pop superstar Chappell Roan...

Kevan Staples, co-founder of legendary Toronto rock band Rough Trade, has died at the age of 74. Staples co-wrote the band's...

Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in...

Three-time host Michael Bublé opened the 2025 Juno Awards with a statement that was both somewhat expected, and quite unlike anything...

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr. Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning "king...

Tate McRae took home four awards, including artist and album of the year, at the Juno Awards industry ceremony on Saturday...

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been denied parole and will continue serving a life...

The Sunday Magazine16:36The New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt reflects on the art of finding a laughBarry Blitt says it's an...

When Inuk singer Elisapie set out to record her pop covers album Inuktitut, she wasn't planning to be a part...

Yanchan Rajmohan, known professionally as Yanchan Produced, is on cloud nine."It feels like a dream come true," he said in an...

Elizabeth Boland — professionally known by her middle name, Lowell — is sitting in a tiny Toronto studio. The wood-panelled room...

Vancouver musician So Sus is up for a Juno Award this Sunday in the Dance Recording of the Year category....

A Windsor, Ont.-made film that asks viewers if they can sympathize with people accused of being online predators will have its...

Nominations for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were announced Wednesday, with the crime series Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent dominating nominations...

If there's a perfectly Canadian material an artist can use to capture that wild moment when a Canada goose fought...

Josh Ross's Juno nominations could be a sign that Canadian country music is gearing up to once-again dominate the awards. This year,...

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.French actor Gérard Depardieu went on...

Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. has been outspoken against the profuse fraud of the late artist's work. Now, it faces a...

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A Halifax-based folk music duo say police who pulled them over on an Ohio highway earlier this month accused them of...

Last week, late at night, when Rob Frith was wrapping up a work session at a friend's studio, he decided to...

The Current19:46Stranded, this diver lost oxygen for 25 minutes. He survivedChris Lemons says the day of the accident that would...

Warning: This review of Severance's Season 2 finale goes full spoiler. If you haven't watched it yet, and want to,...

It is with a heavy sigh that I break the news: Snow White, the latest in Disney's line of return-to-the-vault...

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...

Apple TV+'s sci-fi drama Severance has broken records with the launch of its second season, which the company says has...

Rebecca Strong, a singer from Prince Albert, Sask., was crowned the champion of Canada's Got Talent in 2024. CBC Radio's...

The British drag artist The Vivienne died from cardiac arrest that was caused by taking ketamine, their family told the...

Tracy Morgan says food poisoning was to blame for his taking ill during Monday's Knicks-Heat game, and that he's "doing...

A heated conflict over the direction of the East Coast Music Awards could threaten to destroy the organization that runs...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he took a...

Billy Joel has cancelled eight concert dates, including a Toronto show at the Rogers Centre this Saturday, due to a...

When Jason Eisener wanted to screen the feature film he made as part of his screen arts studies at Nova...

Jason Sudeikis will return to the football pitch for a fourth season of Ted Lasso.The show's star and executive producer...

Before it went home with the best picture Oscar, Anora had been courting controversy in Hollywood — not so much for...

Sean (Diddy) Combs pleaded not guilty on Friday to a new indictment, which added accusations that the hip-hop mogul forced employees...

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has opened up about struggling with imposter syndrome, drawing attention to celebrities having to balance the...

Point a magnifying glass one year before John Hughes's Home Alone, and you just might find René Manzor's Deadly Games:...

Comedian and former talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell has joined the growing list of celebrities who have talked about leaving the...

Spotify announced in late January that it had paid out a record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024, the largest...

Jessica Lee Gagné made her directorial debut in Season 2, Episode 7, "Chikhai Bardo," of the television series Severance. She...

American country music sensation Luke Combs got real about his struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, as well as the challenges...

As It Happens6:34Canadian with Stage 4 cancer meets Severance cast after sliding into Ben Stiller's DMsWhen Emily Powell-Heaton reached out...

There is a telling scene toward the end of Bong Joon Ho's much delayed, much anticipated Mickey 17. In it,...

Musical artists' battle persists against artificial intelligence, digital copycats and the risk that their copyright isn't protected enough.Most recently, Canadian...

In her two decades as a human rights lawyer, working on issues in more than 25 countries, Hadar Harris says...

Authorities on Friday revealed the causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife, saying the couple are believed to...

Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her Canadian music awards. Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they...

Sesame Workshop is planning major layoffs, CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin said in a memo to staff this week.The non-profit behind...

Have you ever wondered why your dog spins around when they're excited? Or if your cat really likes your company?...

Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada "with a good heart" and reasserts that she never lied...

Have you ever wondered why your dog spins around when they're excited? Or if your cat really likes your company?...

Flow, a wordless cat parable that became the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award, prompted a sleepless night for...

Baker pulled in his third win of the night, continuing the run we’ve been eyeing since the ceremonies opened. Having...

Musician Jody Glenham worries about the future of live music in Vancouver, a city brimming with talent but where the cost...

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song...

David Johansen, the charismatic frontman of influential protopunk band the New York Dolls and later the creator of alter ego...

Personal effects belonging to the late Canadian musician and poet Leonard Cohen, who died in November 2016, went up for...

Celebrity tributes poured in after news broke on Thursday that legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa,...

Pop star Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos's fiancée, are set...

Internet personality and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from Romania on Thursday...

9 hours agoNewsDuration 1:34Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill, co-creators and stars of CBC's Small Achievable Goals, are also widely known...

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, popular for her roles in buzzy millennial-era TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, has died...

A new album called Is This What We Want? features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the...

It seems like the Duchess of Sussex just can't seem to catch a break.Meghan Markle is being called out ahead...

Emilia Pérez lead actress Karla Sofía Gascón is planning on attending the 2025 Oscars, Variety reported on Monday, despite the backlash...

He is a front-runner at the Academy Awards, burning past his colleagues on betting charts over his critically acclaimed achievements...

As musician Aysanabee stood on stage at last year's Junos in Halifax accepting the award for alternative album of the year, a...

Sean Baker's Anora won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on...

British Columbia and the Juno awards are having a bit of a moment; the awards will be hosted in the...

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...

"Like life," is the warning that arrives with The Monkey's titular stuffed animal, the words emblazoned on a hat box tween...

Birkenstocks are comfortable and ubiquitous in the summer. The German-made shoes come in many colours and shapes. They sometimes look chic and sometimes...

In a major shakeup for the film industry, Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday it will take creative control of...

The 97th Academy Awards are going forward as a celebration of movies and resilience, with Canadians up for numerous Oscars.This...

GameStop Corp. is looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets, the video game retailer...

Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty on Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend in Hollywood more than three...

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon's Homeward Bound to open the show, five-decade Saturday Night Live luminary Steve Martin delivered...

Colombian singer Shakira said Monday that she will resume her world tour and perform in Lima, Peru, on Monday evening, following the...

Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright and proud Acadian, has died at 95 at her home in Montreal, her publisher said.Pierre Filion, editor and...

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...

Canadians have always been a fixture on Saturday Night Live, the groundbreaking NBC sketch comedy show that is marking its...

Video game developers, publishers and other industry leaders are descending upon Toronto this weekend for the Canadian Game Awards.The event's...

Growing up in Washington state, Neko Case thought she was Canadian. Living close to the U.S.-Canada border, she received CBC broadcasts...

An Alabama woman who said she was raped by rappers Jay-Z and Sean (Diddy) Combs when she was 13 withdrew her...

No one should get their politics from a Marvel movie, least of all one in the sorry fifth phase of...

WARNING: This story contains antisemitic language.First, he went on a days-long antisemitic social media rant. Then, he tried to sell swastika...

Florida oranges. American cheese. Even bourbon. It seems nothing is beyond the newfound patriotic urge to shun American products amid the...

Actor Anna Lambe and the co-creators of the new CBC co-production North of North talk to the CBC's Eli Glasner...

February is Black History Month. Check out these children's and YA books created by Black Canadian authors.Today I Am is...

The rising popularity of South Asian music in B.C. is front and centre at this year's Junos, as several artists...

Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on...

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York...

A street performance by singer Ed Sheeran in Bengaluru, India, came to an abrupt end this weekend when a police...

Molly O'Brien still remembers the first time she walked into her aunt Orin's New York City apartment when she was...

Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner?Sean Baker's Brooklyn comedy Anora took top honours at both the Producers Guild...

Imagine you're an up-and-coming musician who's chosen to perform as the opening act for a popstar with millions of listeners,...

A major outage of Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access...

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...

Graphic artist Eric Goggin of Salisbury, near Moncton, spent three hours outside his cottage designing a moose, using only his...

The estate of one of Superman's co-creators has filed a copyright lawsuit in a U.S. court against Warner Bros ahead...

Bandcamp is launching a fundraiser to support musicians affected by the Southern California wildfires on Feb. 7. For one day only, all...

In the wake of numerous racist tweets by Karla Sofía Gascón resurfacing, the award show campaign for the film Emilia Pérez...

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his final show — and it will feature a reunion of the original lineup of Black...

A woman from New Zealand has filed a lawsuit against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, alleging Gaiman...

Met Gala guests, suit up!That was the order from on high as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...

The Giller Prize has parted ways with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary...

Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama Meteor Garden that once swept Asia, died after contracting...

Beyoncé, the most-awarded and most-nominated artist in Grammys history, has taken home album of the year at the 67th Grammy Awards...

The story is often the same. A kindly, helpful robot face, eager to aid anyone that asks. Then some questionable...

Arguably due more to marketing than merit, the Academy Awards' shortlist is still held up as the final word on...

Prince's musical legacy is an inspiration to many. The iconic artist, known for hits like Purple Rain, Kiss and Little...

Last year, advertisers gave us a Friends reunion. And it did our nostalgic hearts some good.This year, they're giving us When...

Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who've lost everything in the devastating L.A.-area wildfires came together for FireAid...