News/Entertainment (Page 58)

A misunderstood and mistreated killer whale. An investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and American gun culture at large. An inconvenient truth about the future of planet Earth in the face of devastating climate change. If you go by overwhelmingly successful films like Blackfish, Bowling for Columbine and An Inconvenient Truth, itContinue Reading

Entertainment Cityline is coming to an end. Tracy Moore, who’s been hosting the show since 2008, will move to a live, national hour-long lifestyle news and features segment as a part of Citytv’s Breakfast Television. Tracy Moore, Cityline host since 2008, moving to segment on Breakfast TelevisionThe Canadian Press ·Continue Reading

Entertainment Two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical Hell’s Kitchen powered by Alicia Keys songs, and the play Stereophonic about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, a list that also saw aContinue Reading

Entertainment Music superstar Billie Eilish is embarking on a worldwide arena tour this fall, kicking off in Quebec City on Sept. 29. The Grammy-winning musician will also be performing in Toronto and Vancouver in support of her soon-to-released album Hit Me Hard and Soft.  Singer to visit Quebec City, Toronto andContinue Reading

Entertainment The end of the world is trending. Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?Jay Baruchel launched the second season of Crave series We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) last week, a show that explores many possible apocalyptic scenarios. He’s not alone in his fascination with the endContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW A life-changing drug and a closing window of time. Those are the elements that make the Toronto micro-budget movie I Know Who You Are an edge-of-your-seat watch. That, and the aching honesty of actor Mark Clennon, says CBC’s Eli Glasner. The Toronto micro-budget movie is an edge-of-your-seat watch, saysContinue Reading

Entertainment The way concert tickets are sold is “broken,” according to a new letter signed by more than 250 major recording artists including Billie Eilish, Blue Rodeo and Fall Out Boy. But as they call out “predatory” re-sellers, some experts say that’s not the answer. More than 250 artists signed a letter Thursday callingContinue Reading

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with sexual assault survivors, foundContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Challengers is a slow-building marvel that challenges everyone: its characters, on how far they’ll go for the film’s central theme; its writer, on the division between reality and fiction; and its viewers, on what they personally define as admirable and, conversely, as villainous. Zendaya-led tennis drama simmers with tension and subtextContinue Reading