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National Film Board of Canada's strategic plan targets creation, audience engagement

National Film Board of Canada's strategic plan targets creation, audience engagement

TORONTO — The National Film Board of Canada has released a long-awaited new strategic plan that has creation and audience engagement as its main objectives.
Performers set for TV special replacing cancelled Rose Parade

Performers set for TV special replacing cancelled Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. — There won’t be thousands of people watching flower-laden floats roll through the streets of Pasadena on New Year’s Day, but the show will go on.
Review: In 'The Prom,' a giddy Broadway overdose

Review: In 'The Prom,' a giddy Broadway overdose

Can one movie make up for a year without musical theatre , without jazz hands? Ryan Murphy's “The Prom” tries its damnedest to, but despite a promising opening and a spiritedness that makes “Glee” look downright downtrodden by comparison, it's not qu
Review: Streep invites us on a pleasing, meandering ride

Review: Streep invites us on a pleasing, meandering ride

It’s safe to say this isn't a great time for the cruise ship industry.
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks

Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks

SENECA FALLS, N.Y.
Review: Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams form unique trio

Review: Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams form unique trio

Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, "Plastic Bouquet” (New West) Second cousins Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum emerged from rural Saskatchewan in the past decade as a dynamic traditional folk duo who evoke the Canadian prairie, Appalachia an
Review: Love, Irish famer style, in ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’

Review: Love, Irish famer style, in ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’

Ask any actor, Irish accents are notoriously tricky. Even natives can struggle with regional dialects.
Al Michaels voted Frick winner for baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Al Michaels voted Frick winner for baseball’s Hall of Fame.

NEW YORK — Former ABC baseball commentator Al Michaels has been voted the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence by baseball’s Hall of Fame. Michaels, 76, will be honoured during the Hall of Fame induction weekend in July.
NAC partners with Black Theatre Workshop to share English programming resources

NAC partners with Black Theatre Workshop to share English programming resources

The National Arts Centre is sharing the spotlight with Canada's longest-running Black theatre company as part of the Ottawa institution's new commitment to evenly split its English programming resources with Black arts organizations.
Review: George Clooney makes a moving 'The Midnight Sky'

Review: George Clooney makes a moving 'The Midnight Sky'

Netflix is on a roll this year, with “Mank,”“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,”“Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” all garnering Oscar buzz. Well, hold onto your spacesuits for the latest — “The Midnight Sky.