China bans rowdy game show for 'wanton' content

Chinese regulators suspended a broadcaster Friday after an unaired segment of a TV game show was leaked online showing a raucous shouting match about nudity between spectators and a woman who calls her daughter the next Lady Gaga. The suspension of...

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Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell to screen at Sundance

Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell, a popular choice during the Toronto International Film Festival, has earned a spot at next year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Programmers at Sundance, the most important U.S. festival for independent film,...

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James Bond, Snow White in race for visual effects Oscar

James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual effects prize at the Academy Awards. Ten films that made the cut for visual effects nominations for the Oscars on Feb. 24. They are: Life of Pi is a...

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Critics slam CBC proposal for ads on radio

The CBC will get another chance to explain why it should be allowed to sell advertisements on two of its radio networks when the corporation makes a presentation to Canada's telecommunications regulator on Friday. For more than a week, the CRTC has...

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Top U.S. music school connects with P.E.I. college

P.E.I.'s Holland College has signed an agreement with the Berklee College of Music in Boston to offer the U.S. school's curriculum in Charlottetown. Holland College music student Evan McCosham hopes the new connection to Berklee will give him an edge....

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Aspiring artists sell works in Beaverbrook fundraiser

The Beaverbrook Art Gallery offered aspiring artists a chance to sell their work in an effort to raise money for the provincial art gallery. About 200 people turned out on Wednesday night for the event that was dubbed, "Stay Calm and Collect Art." ...

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Sundance books record slate of female filmmakers for main competition

The Sundance Film Festival has an apparent record lineup of female directors competing for its top honour this January. Half the entries — eight of the 16 films — announced Wednesday in the festival's U.S. dramatic competition were directed by women...

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Music mogul's rare artist interviews posted online

Retired American music mogul Joe Smith has donated recorded interviews with a who's who of 20th century popular music to the U.S. Library of Congress, which is posting the digitized audio online. The cultural institution posted the first batch of unedited...

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Lawren Harris sketch soars past estimates at Sotheby's auction

Arctic Sketch XXII is one of about three dozen oil sketches Lawren Harris completed during his trip to the Arctic in 1930. (Sotheby's ) A landscape by Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris was the big highlight at Sotheby's auction of Canadian art in...

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Canada's War Witch earns Spirit Award nomination

War Witch, Montreal director Kim Nguyen's drama about a child soldier in an unnamed African country, has earned a nomination for best international film at the U.S. Spirit Awards. War Witch (also known by its French title Rebelle) stars Rachel Mwanza,...

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What's the secret to Gangnam Style's success?

With Korean lyrics delivered by a cartoonish rapper riding an invisible horse, Gangnam Style was an unlikely candidate to become a worldwide phenomenon. But on the afternoon of Nov. 24, the colourful and wacky video for PSY's pop tune became the most-watched...

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The Hobbit fans revel in New Zealand premiere

Wearing elf ears and wizard hats, sitting atop their dad's shoulders or peering from balconies, tens of thousands of New Zealanders watched their favourite Hobbit actors walk the red carpet Wednesday at the film trilogy's hometown premiere. An Air New...

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Ken Gass launches new Canadian theatre project

Ken Gass, the former Factory Theatre artistic director fired from his longtime post earlier this year, plans to revive his Canadian Rep Theatre project by taking on a series of major works by Canadian writers. Ken Gass is relaunching his Canadian Rep...

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Lindsay Lohan critics live-tweet Liz & Dick premiere

[View the story "Lindsay Lohan watchers live-tweet Liz & Dick premiere" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community · Mon, Nov 26 2012 13:24:05 Tumblr After months of anticipation, rumour, and leaked shots of Lindsay Lohan in bathing suits...

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Early Thomson, Borduas fetch surprising bids at auction

Memories New York, 1959 is a work by William Ronald, a contemporary of Jackson Pollock, who painted this in tribute. It sold for $59,000. (Joyner Waddington ) A rare early work by Tom Thomson and a previously unknown work by Paul-Émile Borduas were...

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Teen Two and a Half Men star calls show 'filth'

The teenage actor who plays the half in the hit CBS comedy Two and a Half Men says in a video posted online by a Christian church that the show is "filth" and that viewers shouldn't watch it. Angus T. Jones, 19, has been on the show, which used to feature...

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Chinese film takes top prize at Golden Horse Awards

China's Beijing Blues has won the best film award and Hong Kong's Johnnie To took home the best director's award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, an event considered the Chinese-language Oscars. Beijing Blues portrays the lives of the urban dwellers...

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PSY's Gangnam Style breaks YouTube's record

South Korean rapper PSY's Gangnam Style has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time. YouTube says in a posting on its Trends blog that Gangnam Style had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin Bieber's Baby,...

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Bieber booed, Lightfoot lauded during splashy Grey Cup halftime

Justin Bieber faced a hostile homecoming at the 100th Grey Cup on Sunday, with the jeering capacity crowd at the raucous Rogers Centre providing the teen idol with a reception as unyieldingly cold as a long Canadian winter. The 18-year-old grew up roughly...

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Rolling Stones mark 50th year with London show

The Rolling Stones made a triumphant return to the London stage on Sunday night in the first of five concerts to mark the 50th anniversary of their debut as an American-oriented blues band. They showed no signs of wear and tear — except on their aging,...

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Daniel Nestor, Pat Quinn among Order of Canada recipients

Tennis star Daniel Nestor and longtime NHL coach and general manager Pat Quinn are among the 44 Order of Canada honourees being recognized today. Others receiving Order of Canada honours at an investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall include: Author and...

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Dallas TV star Larry Hagman dies

Larry Hagman, the American actor who played the nefarious oilman J.R. Ewing in popular TV series Dallas, has died at age 81. His family said in a statement that he died Friday afternoon in a Dallas hospital of complications of cancer. "Larry was back...

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'The Beachcombers' remembered 40 years later

Jackson Davies, one of Canada's most recognizable veteran actors, has just published a book about the 40th anniversary of the show that launched his career, and he's called it, appropriately, Beachcombers at 40. When The Beachcombers began airing on...

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Chinese film takes top prize at Golden Horse Awards

China's Beijing Blues has won the best film award and Hong Kong's Johnnie To took home the best director's award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, an event considered the Chinese-language Oscars. Beijing Blues portrays the lives of the urban dwellers...

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'The Beachcombers' remembered 40 years later

Jackson Davies, one of Canada's most recognizable veteran actors, has just published a book about the 40th anniversary of the show that launched his career, and he's called it, appropriately, Beachcombers at 40. When The Beachcombers began airing on...

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Daniel Nestor, Pat Quinn among Order of Canada recipients

Tennis star Daniel Nestor and longtime NHL coach and general manager Pat Quinn are among the 44 Order of Canada honourees being recognized today. Others receiving Order of Canada honours at an investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall include: Author and...

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Stars from Bieber to Lightfoot ready for Grey Cup party

An all-star, all-Canadian roster of entertainers spanning the generations is set to perform over the next four days in Toronto as part of the Grey Cup Festival. The younger generation is well-represented at the half-time show Sunday, with Stratford,...

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Dallas TV star Larry Hagman dies

Actor Larry Hagman, who soared to TV stardom in the 1980s, is dead at the age of 81. His family said in a statement that he died Friday afternoon in a Dallas hospital of complications of cancer. "Larry was back in his beloved hometown of Dallas, re-enacting...

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