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• Original Stephanie on 'LazyTown' 'Memba Her?!

  09-02-2017 06:00
  
  Julianna Mauriello is best known for playing Stephanie -- opposite Magnus Scheving as Sportacus -- on the first two seasons of the healthy children's show "LazyTown." Guess what she looks like now!
  
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• Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio with over 2M attendees

  04-05-2025 17:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's historic concert that drew over 2 million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
  
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• A terrifying childhood encounter with a wrestler forever changed N.S. filmmaker's career

  04-05-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Filmmaker Jason Eisener is known for movies such as Hobo with a Shotgun and Kids vs. Aliens, but the Dartmouth, N.S., native turned a childhood fascination and love of wrestling into the long-running television series Dark Side of the Ring, now in its sixth season.
  
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• Films with Manitoba connections at Hot Docs range from surreal animation to history of 2SLGBTQ+ rights

  03-05-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Hot Docs documentary film festival is back in Toronto, after coming perilously close to dissolution last year due to money woes and key staff resignations. If one can say it has rebounded in 2025, no small credit goes to docs from Manitoba filmmakers and featuring Manitoba subjects.
  
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• Piggy reunion show to steal Haligonians' hearts all over again

  03-05-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The beloved 90s calypso band will play a one-night-only show on May 8.
  
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• The 2025 Met Gala makes a serious fashion statement with a theme exploring Black style

  03-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Under all the glitz and glam of fashion’s biggest night, it seems there could be some serious fashion statements this year, as the 2025 Met Gala theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style examines how Black culture — particularly Black dandyism — has shaped fashion and history.
  
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• Chloë Sevigny, Lily McInerny on 'Bonjour Tristesse' and director Durga Chew-Bose

  03-05-2025 01:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Speaking with CBC’s Teghan Beaudette, 'Bonjour Tristesse' stars Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny share what it was like bringing Durga Chew-Bose's directorial debut to life with the reimagined coming-of-age story full of femininity and self discovery.
  
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• Rust opens in theatres more than three years after on-set shooting of cinematographer

  03-05-2025 00:53 via cbc.ca
  
  More than three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust, the movie has come to theatres, opening quietly Friday with the tragedy of its making still hanging over it.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto VI delayed until 2026, extending wait for highly anticipated game

  02-05-2025 19:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Take-Two Interactive on Friday pushed the release of Grand Theft Auto VI to May 26, 2026, extending the wait for the most hotly anticipated title in video-gaming history and sending its shares tumbling 9 per cent in pre-market trading.
  
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• Russell Brand given bail after London court appearance for rape, sexual assault charges

  02-05-2025 15:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.
  
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• Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, who had a hit with I Kissed a Girl, dead after house fire

  02-05-2025 14:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the song I Kissed a Girl, died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66.
  
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• Eurovision bans Pride flags for performers, lifts restrictions on flags for spectators

  02-05-2025 01:22 via cbc.ca
  At this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, performers and their delegations will not be allowed to bring flags onstage other than the one for the country they represent — a policy that effectively bans Pride flags for artists. At the same time, Eurovision is lifting restrictions on flags for spectators, including Palestinian flags.
  
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• George Clooney scores 2025 Tony Award nod, but Denzel Washington, Kieran Culkin snubbed

  01-05-2025 18:07 via cbc.ca
  The 2025 Tony Award nominations have arrived for a season studded with movie and television stars, with nods going to George Clooney, Sarah Snook and Bob Odenkirk in their debuts. But other favourites, like Oscar-winners Denzel Washington and Kieran Culkin, were left out.
  
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• Colman Domingo, cast found ‘chosen family-level friends’ in The Four Seasons

  01-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Marco Calvani say they felt an instant bond on set of Netflix’s The Four Seasons. Speaking with CBC senior entertainment reporter Makda Ghebreslassie, they share what it was like working with Tina Fey and how the cast felt like a real-life chosen family.
  
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• Weinstein accuser tells jury about alleged sexual assault: 'The unthinkable was happening'

  30-04-2025 19:05 via cbc.ca
  
  A former TV production assistant told a jury on Wednesday that Harvey Weinstein held her down and sexually assaulted her in 2006. She is the first of the former studio boss's accusers to testify at his rape retrial.
  
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• Shawn Levy, filmmaker to helm new Star Wars film, to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

  30-04-2025 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal-born filmmaker Shawn Levy, who's directing the recently announced "Star Wars: Starfighter," will be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame this year. Other inductees include rock band Our Lady Peace, actor Tonya Williams and guitarist Liona Boyd, among others.
  
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• War, displacement and collaboration are main themes in Hot Docs 'Made in Exile' program

  30-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Hot Docs' new Made in Exile program highlights a cohort of filmmakers at this year’s festival, and highlights stories of war and crisis in artists' homelands that they've had to leave.
  
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• Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap under fire for British MP and anti-Israel comments

  29-04-2025 18:18 via cbc.ca
  Ireland's Kneecap apologized after footage emerged of one of the trio appearing to say 'Kill your local MP' during a performance in 2023. The group has caused a firestorm this month, beginning with a Coachella set that included provocative statements about the war in Gaza.
  
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• Thunderbolts*: MCU's first sign of life in years is obsessed with death

  29-04-2025 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Thunderbolts*, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most recent offering, is a refreshingly direct film for a franchise that has offered a string of duds.
  
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• Your guide to Eurovision 2025

  28-04-2025 22:08 via cbc.ca
  Here's everything you need to know about Eurovision, where acts from 37 countries vie for the continent's musical crown in a song contest that has been likened to a pop Olympics, complete with triumph, tears and geopolitical rivalries.
  
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• Autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease, notes his Alzheimer's and prolonged fasting

  28-04-2025 20:51 via cbc.ca
  The main cause of Gene Hackman's death was heart disease, but the 95-year-old actor was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to a new autopsy report.
  
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• Drag performer Jiggly Caliente, known for RuPaul's Drag Race and Pose, dead at 44

  28-04-2025 18:50 via cbc.ca
  Bianca Castro-Arabejo, known for her work as drag performer Jiggly Caliente on RuPaul's Drag Race, died Sunday at age 44, just days after her family reported that she’d been hospitalized with an infection.   
  
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• Trial begins over 2016 Paris jewel heist in which Kim Kardashian was tied up, robbed

  28-04-2025 16:45 via cbc.ca
  A trial has started in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian in her bedroom and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewelry during Fashion Week.
  
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• 60 Minutes reporter says on air 'none of us is happy' with changes that led producer to quit

  28-04-2025 15:58 via cbc.ca
  60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley paid tribute Sunday to Bill Owens, the show's executive producer who resigned last week, saying on the air that "none of us is happy" about the extra supervision that corporate leaders are imposing.
  
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• Watch the Calgary Expo POW! Parade right here!

  25-04-2025 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Join us at 10:15 a.m. MT for all the action as the Parade of Wonders weaves its way through downtown Calgary on a new route this year. Organizers say it’s Canada’s biggest cosplay parade, “celebrating all things pop culture and creativity in the heart of Calgary.”
  
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• Calgary Expo Parade of Wonders thrills thousands

  25-04-2025 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Join us for all the action as the Parade of Wonders weaves its way through downtown Calgary on a new route this year, marking the start of the annual Calgary Expo weekend. Organizers say it's Canada's biggest cosplay parade, "celebrating all things pop culture and creativity in the heart of Calgary."
  
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• Ukraine war documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka is a horrifying triumph

  25-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Director Mstyslav Chernov's 2000 Meters to Andriivka — which will have its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs on April 27 ahead of a fall theatrical release — is a harrowing account of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine that constantly asks "What is this war for?"
  
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• #Skoden documentary explores life of Blackfoot man and the dangers of labels

  24-04-2025 21:21 via cbc.ca
  
  The documentary #skoden, premiering at the HotDocs Festival in Toronto this month, aims to challenge assumptions made about a controversial social media meme.
  
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• Hudson's Bay to seek court permission to auction off charter, art and artifacts

  24-04-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Hudson's Bay is expected to seek court permission today to auction off its art, artifacts and the 355-year-old royal charter that launched the company, which announced Wednesday it will liquidate all its remaining stores.
  
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• Hudson's Bay artifacts, including royal charter, can go up for auction, court rules

  24-04-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Hudson's Bay can now prepare to auction off 4,400 artifacts and art pieces along with the 355-year-old royal charter that launched the now-ailing company.
  
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