Islamic art helps boost Louvre's No. 1 attendance status

The Louvre's large new wing devoted to Islamic art helped the famed French gallery solidify its No. 1 spot atop an annual list of the world's best-attended museums. The Art Newspaper has released its annual list of the past year's most popular museums...

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Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65

Richard Griffiths, 65, died Thursday from complications following heart surgery, his agent, Simon Beresford, said. (James Boardman/Reuters) Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch,...

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Robert Zildjian, Sabian Cymbals founder, dies at 89

According to the company, Robert Zildjian was the descendant of 10 generations of Armenian cymbal makers. (CBC) The founder of Sabian Cymbals, the New Brunswick company that supplies cymbals for drummers around the world, has died. Robert "RZ" Zildjian...

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Grammy-winning producer Phil Ramone dies

Producer Phil Ramone, pictured with Anne Murray, won 15 Grammy awards including one for the soundtrack of the movie 'Flashdance.' (Aaron Harris/Canadian Press) Phil Ramone, the Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer whose platinum touch included...

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Islamic art helps boost Louvre's No. 1 attendance status

The Louvre's large new wing devoted to Islamic art helped the famed French gallery solidify its No. 1 spot atop an annual list of the world's best-attended museums. The Art Newspaper has released its annual list of the past year's most popular museums...

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Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65

Richard Griffiths, 65, died Thursday from complications following heart surgery, his agent, Simon Beresford, said. (James Boardman/Reuters) Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch,...

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Robert Zildjian, Sabian Cymbals founder, dies at 89

According to the company, Robert Zildjian was the descendant of 10 generations of Armenian cymbal makers. (CBC) The founder of Sabian Cymbals, the New Brunswick company that supplies cymbals for drummers around the world, has died. Robert "RZ" Zildjian...

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Takao Tanabe, Gathie Falk win $30K Audain Prize for art

Two veteran West Coast artists — painter and sculptor Gathie Falk and landscape painter Takao Tanabe — have been named winners of the $30,000 Audain Prize. The prize, sponsored by Vancouver art collector and philanthropist Michael Audain, is awarded...

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FILM REVIEW: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This week, Hasbro — the people responsible for the movie version of Battleship — offer filmgoers G.I. Joe: Retaliation, a sequel to the 2009 opus. Is it an action film or just a bunch of action figures? Perhaps it's a sign of cinema's coming apocalypse...

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True fame far from fleeting, research shows

Reality TV stars may come and go, but a new study suggests true fame is enduring. The research finds that people who achieve real celebrity remain famous for years, making frequent appearances in newspapers over periods of decades. The work bucks the...

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Islamic art helps boost Louvre's No. 1 attendance status

The Louvre's large new wing devoted to Islamic art helped the famed French gallery solidify its No. 1 spot atop an annual list of the world's best-attended museums. The Art Newspaper has released its annual list of the past year's most popular museums...

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Indian actor Sanjay Dutt agrees to jail term

Indian film actor Sanjay Dutt will stop fighting his conviction on weapons charges and serve out his term in jail, he announced on Thursday. Last week, India's Supreme Court rejected the hit actor's final appeal. He had been convicted of owning an assault...

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Alberta Ballet shows off k.d. lang-inspired Balletlujah!

Alberta Ballet recently gave a sneak peek in Calgary of its new production Balletlujah! — a tribute to Canadian music legend k.d. lang. The contemporary ballet features the singer's music and tells the story of a love affair between two women. The...

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Rolling Stones to play U.K.'s Glastonbury festival

The Rolling Stones will be taking the stage again this summer at one of Britain's leading music festivals. The Stones' appearance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival — set to take place from June 28 to June 30 — was revealed Wednesday in a line-up posted...

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FILM REVIEW: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This week, Hasbro — the people responsible for the movie version of Battleship — offer filmgoers G.I. Joe: Retaliation, a sequel to the 2009 opus. Is it an action film or just a bunch of action figures? Perhaps it's a sign of cinema's coming apocalypse...

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Pakistan's Malala to publish memoir

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban, is writing a memoir. Publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson says it will release "I am Malala" in Britain this fall. Little, Brown will publish it in the rest of the world. Yousafzai...

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Ryan Gosling hotline helps fans through actor's hiatus

[View the story "Ryan Gosling hotline helps fans cope with hunk's hiatus" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Tue, Mar 26 2013 15:39:43 Uproxx  Ryan Gosling fans were crushed last week to learn that theCanadian actor / most-giffable-man-alive...

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George Stroumboulopoulos to appear with Oprah again

When Oprah Winfrey returns to Canada this spring, CBC-TV host George Stroumboulopoulos will also be back at her side to chat with the talk show maven. The host of George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight first teamed up with Winfrey during her recent Western...

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Police investigate battery, threats claims against Justin Bieber

Deputies were investigating claims made Tuesday by a neighbour that Justin Bieber attacked and threatened him during an argument in suburban Los Angeles, authorities said. No one was arrested and few details were immediately available. A representative...

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Jackson 5 songwriter Deke Richards dies

Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a Bellingham, Wash., hospice at age 68. Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center spokeswoman Amy Cloud confirms that Richards, whose real name was Dennis Lussier, died Sunday at the Whatcom Hospice...

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Toronto's Becky Blake wins CBC Short Story prize

Becky Blake, a Toronto writer who is working on her first novel, has won the CBC Short Story Prize. Her winning short story The Three Times Rule plunges readers into an encounter between a woman and her new lover with clear signs that the relationship...

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McMaster music mining lab delves into download habits

Finally, someone is going to be able to answer life's most important questions: like why the Skyfall theme is a hit in Istanbul or why a Trinidadian hip-hop artist is so popular in Russia. At least, those are some of the projects researchers hope come...

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Nunavut design to challenge Venice Biennale-bound teams

Five Canadian design teams will take on the unique challenges of building in Nunavut in a new project heading to the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014. The Arctic Adaptations exhibit, timed to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the creation of...

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Massey Hall federal grant earmarked for foundation, loading dock

The famous Toronto landmark Massey Hall is getting funding from the federal government, which its president and CEO says will update and preserve the iconic venue. The 2013 federal budget, released Thursday, includes $8 million to help renovate and...

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Holocaust denier's Nazi-themed artwork spurs debate

Once revered for his ironic Nazi-themed artwork, Charles Krafft has sparked controversy in the art world after being outed in the U.S. media as a Holocaust denier. The Seattle-based ceramicist has created more than a few swastika-branded pieces, including...

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Hollywood actress sleeps in glass box for NYC art installation

Actress Tilda Swinton is performing the art of sleeping at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. A museum spokeswoman says the Moonrise Kingdom star presented her one-person piece called The Maybe on Saturday. In The Maybe, Swinton lies sleeping in...

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Planned sale of Henry Moore statue sparks controversy

The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as Draped Seated Woman, a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters during the Blitz. To the East Enders who lived nearby, the artwork was known as "Old Flo," a stalwart symbol...

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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with Things Fall Apart, has died. He was 82. Achebe died following a brief illness, said his agent, Andrew Wylie. "He was...

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Fashion seen as art form in museums worldwide

Fashion is strutting its stuff, not only on runways in Milan and Toronto, but also in museum exhibits throughout the world. A year after the death of the iconic designer, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty was one of the best attended shows in the history...

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Massey Hall federal grant earmarked for foundation, loading dock

The famous Toronto landmark Massey Hall is getting funding from the federal government, which its president and CEO says will update and preserve the iconic venue. The 2013 federal budget, released Thursday, includes $8 million to help renovate and...

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Holocaust denier's Nazi-themed artwork spurs debate

Once revered for his ironic Nazi-themed artwork, Charles Krafft has sparked controversy in the art world after being outed in the U.S. media as a Holocaust denier. The Seattle-based ceramicist has created more than a few swastika-branded pieces, including...

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The Croods a Cro-Magnon adventure full of fresh ideas

Now that Pixar's turned into a pale imitation of itself, churning out prequels (Monsters U) and sequels (Planes) it's up to DreamWorks to keep up the creation of original stories. (Let's just ignore for the moment How to Train Your Dragon 2 + 3...) ...

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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with Things Fall Apart, has died. He was 82. Achebe died following a brief illness, said his agent, Andrew Wylie. "He was...

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