Vietnamese singers jailed for 'spreading propaganda'

Two musicians in Vietnam whose topical songs are popular among overseas Vietnamese were sentenced to prison Tuesday, prompting criticism from the United States and international rights groups. Vo Minh Tri and Tran Vu Anh Binh were sentenced to four...

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Will Ferguson wins $50K Giller Prize

Will Ferguson has won the 2012 Giller Prize, the $50,000 award considered one of Canada's most prestigious literary honours. Though best known for his humour and travel writing, the Calgary writer won for his dark novel 419 on Tuesday night, accepting...

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Community to return in NBC midseason schedule

NBC is making room for Community on its midseason schedule, following a prolonged hiatus after the firing of the show's creator and show-runner Dan Harmon this summer. The network released a schedule for January to April 2013 on Tuesday that also include...

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Somali poet, writer Warsame Shire Awale shot dead

Popular Somali poet, playwright and songwriter Warsame Shire Awale has been killed in the capital, Mogadishu. He was shot by two unknown gunmen near his home on Monday evening, according to Somali journalists. He was the 18th media worker to be killed...

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Inuit artist has solo show at Washington's Smithsonian

Abraham Anghik Ruben has become the first Inuit sculptor to get a solo show at the Smithsonian's American Indian Museum in Washington, D.C. The carver — who works in bone, stone, ivory and bronze — says his work reflects his roots in the North and Inuit...

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Daniel Day-Lewis donates poet father's papers to Oxford

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis shown in 2008 when he received an Oscar for There Will Be Blood, is the son of British poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. (Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press ) British actor Daniel Day-Lewis is donating papers belonging to...

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Poet Al Purdy's home to become writer's residence

The A-frame home built by the late Canadian poet Al Purdy has been bought by a non-profit group and will be turned into a writers' retreat. Purdy and his wife Eurithe built the home in the late '50s on the shore of Roblin Lake in the Prince Edward County...

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$50K Giller Prize to be awarded tonight

One of Canada's best-known humorists, a trio of Montreal writers and an East Coast author who splits his time between fiction-writing and journalism will be celebrated in Toronto Tuesday night, but only one will emerge as winner of the Scotiabank Giller...

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Grey Cup halftime show to feature Bieber, Jepsen, Lightfoot

The Canadian Football League is offering a diverse mix of performers for the halftime show of the 100th Grey Cup. Teen heart-throb Justin Bieber, singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, pop-rock group Marianas Trench and pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will perform...

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Broadway, Carnegie Hall shutter before Hurricane Sandy

Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners cancelling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like The Book of Mormon, Once and Mama Mia! long before a drop of rain fell in New York's Times Square. "The...

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Russia's Kolesnikov wins $100K Honens piano competition

Young Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov has won the grand prize at the Honens International Piano Competition, taking the title of Honens prize laureate for 2012. Young Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, 23, has won the grand prize at the Honens International...

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Penguin, Random House publishing merger finalized

Two of the world's biggest publishing houses are to link up in a deal that will bring the writings of classics like George Orwell's 1984 and this year's literary phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey under one umbrella. Confirmation that Pearson will merge...

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National Geographic head defends debut of bin Laden raid film

The head of National Geographic Channels and the creators of a new movie about the raid on Osama bin Laden are defending the production and the decision to premiere it two days before the U.S. presidential election. SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama...

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Honens piano competition finalists face off in Calgary

Talented classical pianists from around the world are competing in Calgary for the chance of winning $100,000 in the Honens International Piano Competition. The winner will be announced Friday night at the Jack Singer Concert Hall, and live coverage...

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NAC Orchestra kicks off northern tour

Classical music fans in Canada's North are poised for a rare visit from the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Though the Ottawa-based NACO has had a relationship with young musicians across Canada, including the North, via educational initiatives such...

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Grey Cup halftime show to feature Bieber, Jepsen, Lightfoot

The Canadian Football League is offering a diverse mix of performers for the halftime show of the 100th Grey Cup. Teen heart-throb Justin Bieber, singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, pop-rock group Marianas Trench and pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will perform...

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National Geographic head defends debut of bin Laden raid film

The head of National Geographic Channels and the creators of a new movie about the raid on Osama bin Laden are defending the production and the decision to premiere it two days before the U.S. presidential election. SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama...

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Honens piano competition finalists face off in Calgary

Talented classical pianists from around the world are competing in Calgary for the chance of winning $100,000 in the Honens International Piano Competition. The winner will be announced Friday night at the Jack Singer Concert Hall, and live coverage...

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Hazmat team called to AGO after children fall ill

A hazardous materials team has been called to Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario after five visiting children fell ill and were taken to hospital. Toronto EMS says some of the children, who were visiting as part of a school group attending a special exhibition,...

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NAC Orchestra kicks off northern tour

Classical music fans in Canada's North are poised for a rare visit from the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Though the Ottawa-based NACO has had a relationship with young musicians across Canada, including the North, via educational initiatives such...

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James Bond exhibit charts the fashions, film craft behind 007

With a fresh James Bond instalment on its way to cinemas this fall, a new exhibit at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox whets fans' appetites by offering a peek behind the scenes of the iconic, 50-year-old series. Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style...

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Houston Picasso vandal gets one-man show

A Houston, Texas, art gallery has raised the ire of the local art community by staging a show of works by a 22-year-old who's been on the lam since being charged with spray-painting a Pablo Picasso painting. Despite the uproar, Cueto James Art Gallery...

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Canadian Tenors sing inside human rights museum

The Canadian Tenors donned safety vests and steel-toed boots on Thursday to sing for construction crews building the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. As workers put down their tools and looked on, the group sang two songs inside the museum,...

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U.S. returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday, in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighbouring countries. The items mostly...

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Canada Reads 2013 releases Top 10 book choices by region

Prince Edward Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery's most enduring work is Anne of Green Gables, which has been nominated as a Canada Reads choice. (National Archives of Canada/Canadian Press) The choice of books for the 2013 edition of Canada Reads is...

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Depeche Mode plans 2013 album and tour

British synth-pop band Depeche Mode is planning a new album and worldwide tour that will take its members to North America in 2013. Bandmates Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher announced their plans in Paris on Wednesday, joking that they'd never...

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Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei covers Gangnam Style, in handcuffs

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is the latest to go Gangnam Style — but in a trademark act of irreverence, he's thrown in a pair of handcuffs and a poke at Chinese censors. In a video posted on YouTube, Ai sports a neon-pink T-shirt, black jacket...

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Jimmy Savile potential victims could reach 300, police say

U.K. police say officers have identified 300 potential victims of the late Jimmy Savile, the disgraced BBC entertainer now believed to be a predatory pedophile. Commander Peter Spindler said Thursday that officers had identified 300 potential victims...

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Ontario's Stella sisters head for TV debut on Nashville

Two young Ontario-raised sisters — who've landed over nine million YouTube views for their soulful performance of a Robyn tune while playing percussion with empty butter containers — are set to sing for the first time on network television. Lennon and...

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New Bond film Skyfall makes debut before royalty

The latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, is getting its world premiere in London on Tuesday, with Prince Charles on hand to give it a royal seal of approval. Daniel Craig was the first of the film's stars to arrive at the screening at the Royal Albert...

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UN chief Ban Ki-moon 'jealous' of Gangnam Style's PSY

It was bound to happen. Two powerhouses of South Korea met Tuesday in New York for the first time. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and rapper PSY lavished praise on one another during a photo opportunity at UN headquarters. 'I'm a bit...

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10 emerging writers receive $50K Whiting Writers' Award

Middlesex author Jeffrey Eugenides doesn't remember everything about the night he was given a Whiting Writers' Award, but he has never forgotten how the honour received early in his career helped make his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel possible. Eugenides,...

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Douglas & McIntyre owner files for bankruptcy

The original company that became D&M Publishers published its first book in 1971. (CBC) Independent publishing house D&M Publishers Inc. says it is filing for bankruptcy protection. The Vancouver-based publisher says it is working to locate...

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Famous Emily Carr painting shows up at Calgary auction

Emily Carr established herself as one of Canada's most famous artists with her depictions of native life on Canada's West Coast. (CBC) A piece of art from one of the most famous artists in Canadian history could end up in the hands of one Calgarian....

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Stephen King surprises New Brunswick high school

Students in Sussex, N.B., got a pre-Halloween thrill when horror-master Stephen King paid them a surprise visit on Friday. The author of more than 50 books and 200 short stories, who lives in Bangor, Maine, decided to visit Sussex Regional High School...

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Ellen DeGeneres awarded Mark Twain humour prize

Some of the nation's top comedians hailed Ellen DeGeneres as a trailblazer Monday night as she received the highest U.S. humour prize. The Kennedy Center is awarding DeGeneres the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The show will be broadcast Oct....

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