Arts News

Twilight star Jackson Rathbone is set to be a first-time father.

Former Friends star David Schwimmer is facing backlash from his New York City neighbours after tearing down his townhouse, which was slated for historical preservation as a U.S. landmark.

Country star Randy Travis has been arrested in Dallas, Texas for public intoxication.

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Green has spent four seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in roles including Isabella in Measure for Measure, Carol Cutrere in Orpheus Descending, Princess in Love's Labour's Lost, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Viola in Twelfth ...

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Teenage superstar Miley Cyrus has urged fans to stop speculating about Demi Moore's personal troubles, insisting it's "nobody's business" what's going on in the actress' private life.

What do Kim Kardashian and Tim Tebow have in common?

A go-to guy for both NASA and James Cameron -- and an image restorer who had saved scores of classic movies from extinction -- John Lowry still sounded a little sheepish over never finishing high school.

Two experienced National Geographic filmmakers who collaborated with James Cameron on his deep-sea documentaries were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia on Saturday.

The National Ballet of Canada will continue its emphasis on fresh choreography in 2012-13 by premiering works by John Neumeier and Davide Bombana.

Following an exhaustive two years plus of touring behind 2009's self-titled album, Denver pop rock group The Fray wasn't necessarily torn but was definitely, well, frayed from the road. The result left some tension within the quartet and uncertainty about what the future would hold.

Rumours that one of Montreal's most recognizable landmarks may be changing hands heated up after several reports emerged that the sale of Schwartz's Deli was imminent or already on the plate.

Actress/model Kelly Brook has taken a swipe at Simon Cowell, insisting his TV shows such as The X Factor are tacky.

Kanye West is taking his talents to the Middle East.

French actor Gérard Depardieu is to star in a new film based on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex scandal.

Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg stood her ground against Antichrist director Lars Von Trier when he asked her to perform a sex act on a porn star for the film.

Globe and Mail
'Book of Mormon,' Tony Danza coming to Toronto stages
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With music by Jason Robert Brown ( Parade, The Last Five Years), the show will be directed by Stratford Shakespeare Festival regular Gary Griffin, who will have the task of figuring out a way to put a skydiving team of Elvis impersonators on stage.

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Nœl Gallagher is convinced the adulation heaped on fellow British star Adele will be short-lived, insisting female singers have no "shelf life" in the music industry.

Our Lady Peace are getting back to the grind.

Canada Reads: True Stories begins Monday, with five celebrity panellists set to discuss the merit of five non-fiction titles during the annual CBC book debate.

The most popular protest song in Moscow today comes from burly men in blue berets, unlikely heroes of a peaceful middle-class movement challenging the strongman rule of Vladimir Putin.