Breaking Bad finale draws curtain on series

Any Breaking Bad fan could be forgiven for concluding that Sunday's finale held no major surprises. That's because this AMC drama series has delivered surprises, shock and "Oh My God" moments dependably since its premiere five seasons ago. Just like...

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Toronto Raptors to bring rapper Drake on board

The Toronto Raptors are turning to a rapper to help the team rebrand after a poor showing on the court in recent years. The team is expected to announce today that Drake, the hugely popular Toronto-born musician and Raptors fan, will join the team in...

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Lisa Moore, Lynn Coady up for Writers' Trust fiction prize

Lynn Coady's Hellgoing, Lisa Moore's Caught and Cary Fagan's A Bird's Eye are among the finalists for the Rogers' Writers Trust Fiction Prize. Organizers announced the annual literary honour's five finalists at Ben McNally Books in Toronto today. The...

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Marcella Hazan, Italian food guru and cookbook author, dies

Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan,...

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Rush captures the risk-taking world of 1970s car racing

Based on the true-life tale of rival race car drivers, swashbuckling James Hunt and cool customer Niki Lauda, Rush is the latest from director-producer Ron Howard. One of the Hollywood blockbusters shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,...

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Don Jon's Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson

Sep 27, 2013 | 2:05Books Students protest David Gilmour Video Books Students protest David Gilmour Sep 27, 2013 | 2:05University of Toronto students protest comments by author and English literature lecturer Sep 27, 2013 | 2:20Entertainment Breaking...

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The addictive allure of TV's Breaking Bad

After five seasons, the dark and addictive TV series Breaking Bad comes to an end this weekend. Bryan Cranston's acclaimed turn as chemistry teacher-turned-villainous meth-maker Walter White has earned the veteran actor a trio of consecutive best-actor...

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Tom Power's new music preview: Shad, Hedley and Neko Case

In a new CBC Arts feature, CBC host Tom Power previews hot new music released in Canada. This autumn's harvest cuts a broad swath of styles and sounds, starting with Shad, the man CBC Music chose as the second greatest Canadian rapper ever. His new...

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Matthew Good returns with Arrows of Desire

Sep 27, 2013 | 4:32Arts Risky '70s racing revisited in Rush Video Arts Risky '70s racing revisited in Rush Sep 27, 2013 | 4:32Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde and Ron Howard on the F1 drama. Sep 26, 2013 | 3:23Film Will Forte at VIFF opening...

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FILM REVIEW: Rush

Sep 27, 2013 | 4:32Arts Risky '70s racing revisited in Rush Video Arts Risky '70s racing revisited in Rush Sep 27, 2013 | 4:32Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde and Ron Howard on the F1 drama. Sep 26, 2013 | 3:23Film Will Forte at VIFF opening...

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Glee season debut has brief reminder of Cory Monteith

Cory Monteith and Lea Michele, his Glee co-star and real-life girlfriend, film a scene from Glee on location in Central Park in New York on April 26, 2011. Monteith died in July. There was a subtle, sad reminder of late Glee star Cory Monteith...

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Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West are feuding — or are they?

Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West either are engaged in a bitter feud or a wild parody of one. A skit poking fun at West on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday provoked an irate call from the rapper about an hour and half before Thursday's show, Kimmel said...

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Grieving family finishes late son’s claymation film

In this 2010 YouTube video, Cameron explains how to make clay men. (YouTube) A family in Cape Breton took on the daunting task of finishing a video their son started, but was never able to complete before his death. Cameron MacLeod died from...

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No women authors on U of T literature syllabus

David Gilmour says when students leave his class on the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, he hopes they will "run down the street and buy Chekhov." But when students want to read female authors, he hopes they will take another course. Gilmour, a literature...

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Erotic aboriginal art show celebrates native sexuality

A new art exhibition celebrating native erotica opens in Vancouver Wednesday night. "There is a lot of eroticism, but it's just never seen very often outside of our community and even behind closed doors," said co-curator Kwiaahwah Jones. The...

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Heather Conway plans to take CBC 'to the next level'

Heather Conway has been formally appointed as the CBC's next executive vice-president of English-language services, a position that puts her in charge of media products in what she calls "the most important cultural institution in the country." 'You...

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AGO David Bowie exhibit's coolest items

The Art Gallery of Ontario opens David Bowie Is, a sprawling exhibit featuring the legendary performer's music, art and clothing, this week in Toronto. CBCNews.ca brought Jian Ghomeshi, Bowie superfan and host of CBC Radio's Q, along...

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Polaris winner critical of award gala in a 'time of austerity'

The winner of the 2013 Polaris Music Prize, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, is challenging the need for an award gala in a "time of austerity and normalized decline" after being handed the $30,000 award Monday night in Toronto. In a statement released...

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Gabrielle nabs Canada's nomination for foreign language Oscar

Telefilm Canada has announced Louise Archambault's feature film Gabrielle as Canada's pick for a possible nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year's Oscar awards. The Quebec director's second film had its North American premiere...

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James Bond returns in William Boyd's new novel Solo

Bond is back, much as we remember him but also subtly different. To the latest Bond author, the dashing secret agent looks a bit like Daniel Day-Lewis. British writer William Boyd, who has written a new official James Bond novel authorized by creator...

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Emmys triumph for Breaking Bad

The Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra added to its haul in Los Angeles on Sunday night during an Emmy Awards ceremony that didn't see one show dominate, but departing series Breaking Bad earn the coveted best drama trophy nonetheless. The night's...

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Glee's Cory Monteith recalled in Emmy tribute

Five emotional tributes to deceased TV personalities punctuated Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards, including a salute to the late Glee actor Cory Monteith. The B.C.-born performer's co-star Jane Lynch spoke about the young actor, who died in July...

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Music PEI aims to get Islanders on soundtracks

Music PEI is adding movie and television music supervisors to a showcase this week to increase the chances for musicians to get played on television and film. 'It's a pretty small investment considering the work that's created.'- Rob Oakie, Music...

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Britain stops Kelly Clarkson's export of Jane Austen ring

A campaign to prevent U.S. pop singer Kelly Clarkson from taking a ring owned by 19th century novelist Jane Austen out of Britain has raised enough money to save it, a museum said on Monday. The singer, who became the first contestant to win the TV...

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Emmy Awards to toast TV's best

Web-streamed shows House of Cards and Arrested Development, drug drama Breaking Bad and genre hits American Horror Story and Game of Thrones are among the high-profile contenders at tonight's 65th Emmy Awards gala. American Horror Story: Asylum, the...

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Jay Baruchel wants U.S. films shot in Canada to be set in Canada

TIFF: The Art of the Steal 8:17 TIFF: The Art of the Steal 8:17 Jay Baruchel has a Canadian flag tattooed on his heart — but sometimes it seems the Maple Leaf might as well be etched across the actor's lips. His new hybrid heist...

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