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A glass sculptor, a Haida artist, a filmmaker and a pioneering director of a Baffin Island artists' co-op are amongst the recipients of this year's Governor General's awards for visual and media arts.The winners, who each receive $25,000, were reveal...

topics: artist, arts

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Fromer CBS producer Robert Halderman, who was accused of attempted to extort $2-million from Late Show host David Letterman, will plead guilty to second-degree larceny in Manhattan Supreme Court today, reports are saying. The imbroglio surrounding D...

topics: show, shows, york

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Update: Robert Halderman has pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and will be getting a six-month jail sentence. From Reuters: NEW YORK -- A TV producer accused of a US$2-million extortion attempt against U.S. talk show host David Letterman ple...

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Our Popcorn Panel Alison Broverman, with her guest journalist Jes Watson and York University professor of children's literature Alison Halsall convened live this afternoon discuss Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (read our review here).You c...

topics: york, york-university

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Toronto based arts and culture event, Luminato, has just announced its music programming for the 2010 edition. Highlights include Canadian singers Bruce Cockburn and Rufus Wainwright; American banjo legend Bela Fleck joining forces with the Malian ng...

topics: arts, author, toronto

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Retro flashbacks, disc battles, 3-D... and your 2010 Oscar winner for best actor: Jeff Bridges. Behold the trailer for Tron: Legacy: ...

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In Christopher Isherwood's novel, Goodbye to Berlin, a semi-autobiographic account of the writer's time in the city prior to the Second World War, he describes a nightclub singer as follows: He sang with a knowing leer, including us all in the co...

topics: concert, musicians, nightclub, toronto, writer

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Chuck vs. The Beard Mini-Recap: Chuck learns it is important to share one's feelings and unburden one's soul. Also ... from Burbank, California ... JEFFSTER!Recap: You need the intersect, and I need him. - ChuckIn my relatively short history of be...

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By Scott Stinson Mini-review: The teams arrive in Germany, and must battle injuries and gastronomical hurdles. Also a fear of heights. And a confusing subway system. And foolish cabbies. Other than that, smooth sailing. Recap: We begin in Argentina, ...

topics: bar, fashion, show, shows

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Betty White, best known for her role in 80s sitcom Golden Girls is a hot commodity these days, thanks to her appearance in this Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, which won her over a new generation of fans.Since it aired, the minions of the web, es...