StubHub to venture into ticketing, concert production

You can soon buy concert tickets from StubHub for shows produced by StubHub. The company, which helps brokers and fans buy and sell tickets on its website, announced Wednesday it will sell tickets to concerts that it will produce. It has five shows...

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Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill join new cast in latest Star Wars

A host of fresh faces will soon be joining Star Wars stalwarts Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher in a galaxy far, far away. Director-screenwriter J.J. Abrams and producers of the upcoming new Star Wars instalment (so far known simply as Episode...

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This ain't your parents' TV: How HBO and Netflix are forcing networks to evolve

With people increasingly turning to mobile devices and video-streaming services to catch up on their favourite shows, many have forecast a bleak future for the traditional TV industry. But as the industry marks the 75th anniversary today of the first...

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Bob Hoskins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit star, dead at 71

British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama Mona Lisa to animated fantasy Who Framed Roger Rabbit has died aged 71. A family statement released Wednesday by publicist Clair Dobbs said Hoskins died in a hospital after a bout...

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Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested over 'family dispute'

Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges by officers investigating a family dispute, but the couple held hands in court Monday and said they did not feel threatened by the other. Simon told a judge that he...

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B.C.'s Simran Sidhu named Canada's Bollywood Star

A 25-year-old woman from Surrey, B.C., is Bollywood-bound after winning a nationwide talent search competition. Simran Sidhu has won Bollywood Star, a four-part reality challenge on OMNI TV, where the grand prize is a role in a Bollywood...

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Craig Ferguson 'consciously uncoupling' with the Late Late Show

A few weeks after David Letterman announced he'd be retiring from the CBS late-night television lineup, Craig Ferguson did the same. Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show since 2005, told his studio audience during Monday's taping that he will step...

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Canadian Ramin Karimloo a Tony nominee for Les Misérables

The musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, a musical romp in which a poor man comically eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, has nabbed a leading 10 Tony Award nominations. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a cult off-Broadway hit...

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Longtime bachelor George Clooney engaged to British lawyer, reports say

Hollywood leading man George Clooney, who has said he was not suited for marriage, is engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin, according to weekend media reports and a note from her law firm. Alamuddin, 36, was spotted last week wearing a large ring...

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Atari's E.T. the Extraterrestrial cartridges found in landfill

A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made. Film director Zak Penn showed one E.T. cartridge retrieved...

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Four Seasons restaurant sued over plan to move Picasso painting

New York's storied Four Seasons restaurant has for decades harboured one of the city's more unusual artworks: the largest Pablo Picasso painting in the United States. But a plan to move it has touched off a spat as sharply drawn as the bullfight crowd...

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China orders The Big Bang Theory, other U.S. shows off streaming sites

Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including The Big Bang Theory and The Good Wife, representatives from two sites said Sunday. The move suggests government attention...

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Iron Sheik says Rob Ford snubbed lunch date

Toronto mayor Rob Ford may be in for a Camel Clutch after wrestling star The Iron Sheik said he ditched him for lunch Saturday. The wrestler is in the city to promote his latest project at the Hot Docs film festival and instead of meeting with...

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Atari's E.T. The Extraterrestrial cartridges found in landfill

A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made. Film director Zak Penn showed one E.T. cartridge retrieved...

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Four Seasons restaurant sued over plan to move Picasso painting

New York's storied Four Seasons restaurant has for decades harboured one of the city's more unusual artworks: the largest Pablo Picasso painting in the United States. But a plan to move it has touched off a spat as sharply drawn as the bullfight crowd...

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Longtime bachelor George Clooney engaged to British lawyer, reports say

Hollywood leading man George Clooney, who has said he was not suited for marriage, is engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin, according to media reports on Saturday. Alamuddin, 36, was spotted last week wearing a large ring at a Los Angeles restaurant...

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Denmark recreated to scale in popular Minecraft game

A lot of impressive things have been created in the virtual world of the addictive and popular game Minecraft. But the most ambitious yet is a to-scale recreation of the entire country of Denmark within the block-building game designed by the Danish...

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FILM REVIEW: Only Lovers Left Alive

Video CBC News Posted: Apr 25, 2014 9:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 25, 2014 9:00 AM ET Seeming both alien and ageless, Tilda Swinton is also surprisingly soft, playful and bohemian in Jim Jarmusch's new film Only Lovers Left Alive....

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Paul Walker's brother Cody continues late actor's legacy

For Cody Walker, the death of big brother Paul Walker still doesn't feel real. The Fast and Furious star was killed in a car crash Nov. 30 at age 40. Since then, 25-year-old Cody Walker has helped complete his brother's role in the latest Furious feature,...

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Iron Sheik plans to meet Rob Ford during Hot Docs festival

Wrestling star The Iron Sheik plans to meet with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford while he's in the city to promote his latest project at the Hot Docs film festival. The Iranian-born champion of the ring and social media is the subject of The Sheik, which...

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FILM REVIEW: Only Lovers Left Alive

Video CBC News Posted: Apr 25, 2014 9:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 25, 2014 9:00 AM ET Seeming both alien and ageless, Tilda Swinton is also surprisingly soft, playful and bohemian in Jim Jarmusch's new film Only Lovers Left Alive....

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Opera star Ben Heppner stepping away from the stage

Opera singer Ben Heppner is stepping away from the stage, the world-renowned dramatic tenor has announced. The singer — known for his signature Tristan as well as other roles in Wagner's challenging operas, along with Verdi's Otello and Berlioz's Aeneas...

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Tom Power's picks: Sam Smith, Alysha Brilla, Ray Lamontagne

A seductive new soul singer from across the pond, a funky Canadian mixing genres and a reclusive Grammy-winner channelling a '70s-inspired sound feature in CBC host Tom Power's weekly spotlight on new music. Selling out venues after a recent Saturday...

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Did Disney make a marketing blunder with Oscar film Frozen?

First there was Frozen, the movie. Then kids started dressing up as its main characters, Elsa and Anna, Disney's Frozen sold millions of DVDs and its song, Let it Go, won an Oscar. Yet you'd be hard-pressed to find any Frozen-themed...

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Unheard Led Zeppelin tracks tease to album reissues

Influential rock group Led Zeppelin has released two previously unheard recordings, whetting the appetite of a still-intense fan base for its upcoming album reissues. Altogether, the band is set to re-release all its studio albums in chronological order,...

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The Book of Negroes transforms Fortress of Louisbourg

The Fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton is playing the part of 18th century Manhattan this week as The Book of Negroes television miniseries starts filming. The historic fortress is in costume this week, but gone are any traces of the original...

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Opera star Ben Heppner stepping away from the stage

Opera singer Ben Heppner is stepping away from the stage, the world-renowned dramatic tenor has announced. The singer — known for his signature Tristan as well as other roles in Wagner's challenging operas, along with Verdi's Otello and Berlioz's Aeneas...

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Shakespeare at 450: How science may have influenced his work

[​Dan Falk is a Canadian journalist, author and broadcaster. His book, The Science of Shakespeare, was published in April by Goose Lane in Canada and by St. Martin's Press in the U.S.] We don't usually talk about Shakespeare and...

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