‘Hiroshima-level casualties’ feared in final battle for North Darfur
The capital of North Darfur could be about to fall to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as they fight the Sudanese Armed Forces in the country's year-long civil war.
World
Apr 26
Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2023
From movie and TV stars to musicians and other notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
Entertainment
Dec 30, 2023
Local businesses preparing for ‘more mellow’ TIFF as Hollywood strikes continue
Local restaurants, hotels, limo and security companies are unsure whether their businesses will see their usual high demand come the event.
Entertainment
Sep 4, 2023
Legendary musician Tony Bennett dies at 96
Tony Bennett not only survived the rise of rock music, but endured so long and so well that he gained new fans and collaborators, some young enough to be his grandchildren.
Entertainment
Jul 21, 2023
‘Kenny vs. Spenny’: Iconic Canadian frenemies prove some things never change
Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice are still best friends, still incredibly mean to each other, and they're touring the East Coast for their 20th anniversary.
Entertainment
Apr 27, 2023
Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ sells over 3.2 million copies worldwide in 1st week
Prince Harry's "Spare" sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the bestselling memoirs of all time.
World
Jan 19, 2023
‘ET Canada Weekend’: Entertainment news series expands to Saturdays, Sangita Patel to host
'ET Canada Weekend' will make its debut on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Entertainment
Aug 23, 2021
APNewsBreak: UN report warns of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in contested north-south Sudan town
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APNewsBreak: UN report warns of 'ethnic cleansing' in contested north-south Sudan town
<p>JUBA, Sudan - A confidential United Nations report warns that the invasion by Sudan's military of the contested north-south region of Abyei could lead to "ethnic cleansing" if the tens of thousands of residents wh</p>
World
Jun 17, 2011
U2 documentary, Pitt, Clooney, Knightley films among those heading to Toronto fest
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - One of the world's top film showcases is starting on a musical note as a documentary portrait of the rock band U2 opens the Toronto International Film Festival.
Entertainment
Jul 26, 2011
Berlusconi prostitution and abuse of power trial opening in Italy
Aspiring Italian starlets and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney are being called to make appearances in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up.
Apr 5, 2011
Unproven, out-of-country treatments get indirect subsidies
The federal government is indirectly subsidizing a variety of sometimes unproven medical treatments in other countries, as multiple sclerosis sufferers and other patients claim thousands of dollars in medical tax credits for foreign health-care costs
Nov 29, 2010
Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64 after long cancer battle
Pete Postlethwaite, the Oscar-nominated British actor, has died, a spokesman said on Monday. He was 64. He died in hospital in Shropshire, western England, on Sunday after suffering from cancer.
Jan 3, 2011
Satellite pics indicate mass graves in Sudan, worrisome signs of Arab attacks on blacks
Sudan activists on Thursday called for the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inaccessible to outsiders after a U.S. group released satellite photos of what they said appear to be mass graves.
Jul 14, 2011
George Clooney to produce the film version of the award-winning play ‘August: Osage County’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - George Clooney is co-producing the film version of "August: Osage County," the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about family dysfunction.
Entertainment
Jun 20, 2012
Canadian news stories inspire TIFF films
The Toronto International Film Festival – the world’s largest public film festival features more than 300 films from more than 60 countries, 20 of them Canadian, will have four this year based on real-life Canadian news headlines.
Aug 31, 2012
Faxon admits to fretting over ‘Ben and Kate’ ratings, hopes show finds audience
TORONTO - On the new sitcom "Ben and Kate," Nat Faxon portrays the male half of the title as an impulsive, irrepressibly happy-go-lucky sort, the kind of guy who can't even crash a wedding on time and who thinks fusing a leather recliner with a waterbed is a million-dollar idea.
Entertainment
Oct 28, 2012
Actor Channing Tatum is People magazine’s ‘sexiest man alive’ for 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Channing Tatum is People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for 2012.
Entertainment
Nov 14, 2012
Cher among stars speaking out ahead of U.S. election
On the eve of the U.S. presidential election, singer Cher and comic
Kathy Griffin are using YouTube to get the vote out for Barack Obama –
and they are not the only celebrities taking sides.
Nov 5, 2012
Star power: Clooney, Pitt, Gosling, U2, Neil Young expected at TIFF
TORONTO - Celeb watchers will have a field day at next month's Toronto International Film Festival, with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jane Fonda, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm and Keira Knightley among the stars set to attend the glitzy bash.
Entertainment
Aug 23, 2011
U2 documentary to open upcoming Toronto film festival
Davis Guggenheim's "From the Sky Down" - a look at Irish supergroup U2 - will kick off the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, the first time a documentary has landed the coveted opening night slot.
Aug 23, 2011