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Video game developers, publishers and other industry leaders are descending upon Toronto this weekend for the Canadian Game Awards. The event’s creator says it’s more important than ever to put a spotlight on Canadians’ huge contributions to video games, which have historically gone unnoticed. “The movie industry in Canada, andContinue Reading

Entertainment An Alabama woman who said she was raped by rappers Jay-Z and Sean (Diddy) Combs when she was 13 withdrew her civil lawsuit against both men on Friday, according to court filings. Combs remains jailed in New York awaiting a criminal trial on federal sex trafficking chargesThe Associated PressContinue Reading

Canadian author Louise Penny has joined the growing list of people from the arts and culture communities to cancel events or dissociate themselves from the Kennedy Center, after U.S. President Donald Trump took control of the historic Washington, D.C., institution. Penny said on Friday she would not launch the 20th instalmentContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Renée Zellweger returns in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, a delightful blend of comedy, chaos and middle-aged acceptance. Original messy girl meets middle age in a surprisingly thoughtful followup Eli Glasner · CBC · Posted: Feb 14, 2025 5:51 PM EST | Last Updated: February 14 Renée ZellwegerContinue Reading

Entertainment A lawyer defending A$AP Rocky took aim at the hip-hop star’s accuser during his closing argument Friday, casting the man known as A$AP Relli as the clear aggressor on the night Rocky fired a gun and an unreliable liar on the stand at trial. Rapper’s defence lawyer takes aimContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW Acting and directing talents are squandered in a bland Captain America reboot that can’t help but be crushed by all the boxes it needs to tick, and it’s further bogged down by a convoluted plot and the increasingly impossible to remember callbacks from Marvel’s huge back catalogue. The MarvelContinue Reading

Entertainment After weeks of Canadian fans booing the American national anthem at sporting events, a new issue has emerged: singing O Canada too loudly.  The Beaches singer Jordan Miller had thousands shouting along at hockey game against Sweden Tuesday Kevin Maimann · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2025 5:20 PMContinue Reading

Entertainment Years of purposefully enmeshed industries, based on the assumption that Canada’s and the United States’ friendly relationship would last forever, has made it hard to solely ‘buy Canadian.’ Nowhere, it turns out, is that more evident than in film and television. While other countries crafted homegrown film industries, CanadaContinue Reading

Entertainment The employee, who filed a complaint against Ye and his company Yeezy in California’s Superior Court on Tuesday, accuses Ye and Yeezy of discrimination, harassment and retaliation on account of her sex and Jewish religion. ‘We need to stop excusing Ye’s behaviour,’ says plaintiff’s lawyer Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12,Continue Reading