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Rocker Glitter flies to Hong Kong to avoid London

2 hours 6 min ago
British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, flew to Hong Kong Wednesday night after refusing to return to England, police and airline officials said.

France bans broadcast of TV for babies

3 hours 23 min ago
France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under three years of age to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.

Voight bites back at Roseanne

4 hours 20 sec ago
John Voight bites back at Roseanne Barr, Malene Arpe reports in her Stargazing blog.

DMB sax player dies after ATV wreck

8 hours 3 min ago
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

Stars will shine at Toronto film festival

10 hours 34 min ago
More laughs, more countries, more screens – and enough stars to fill every stretch limo within driving distance of Toronto.

Filmport missing only a blockbuster

10 hours 34 min ago
Lights, cameras and, hopefully soon, some action.

Politicians may want to take cover

10 hours 34 min ago
It's supposed to be a night of glitz and celebration, but dark shadows are bound to loom beyond the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall two weeks from tomorrow.

The Rocker: Hits the right notes

10 hours 34 min ago
Pete Best, who appears as himself in a cameo role in The Rocker , is the hero of that saddest of modern legends, the story of the nobody who almost became a somebody and then had to be a nobody again.

Hot Box: TV worth talking about

10 hours 34 min ago
Making Lemonade: Christina Applegate is holding onto her sense of humour despite having a double mastectomy three weeks ago as part of her treatment for breast cancer.

Killer now sees Lennon as 'human'

10 hours 34 min ago
John Lennon 's killer told parole officials during his latest unsuccessful bid for release from prison that he is ashamed and sorry for gunning down the former Beatle in 1980.

Watchmen suit

10 hours 34 min ago
Twentieth Century Fox says it will seek an injunction to block release of the Warner Bros. superheroes movie Watchmen after a Los Angeles court ruled a copyright suit can go forward.

Toronto gets spot on world Monopoly game

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 23:59
Well, we're not quite Baltic Ave. - but we're a long way from passing Go.

Judge okays Mirvish purchase of Canon, Panasonic theatres

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 19:13
David Mirvish's Ed Mirvish Enterprises can go ahead with the purchase of two downtown Toronto theatres, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

Happy Days in Milwaukee as Bronze Fonz unveiled

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 17:29
His hair will always be in place, he doesn't mind if you touch the leather and he's far too heavy to jump the shark.

John Lennon's killer told parole board he's ashamed

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 17:23
John Lennon's killer told parole officials during his latest unsuccessful bid for release from prison that he is ashamed and sorry for gunning down the former Beatle nearly three decades ago.

CBC Radio Two scales back on classical music

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 17:22
CBC Radio Two is scaling down its classical music programming and serving up more contemporary artists in a bid to reach a wider audience, a move that critics say is shutting out many listeners.

Vietnam frees rocker Gary Glitter

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 12:26
Authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement.

Pitt set to attend TIFF

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 09:28
More than 500 stars, directors and filmmakers from around the world are expected to be in Toronto to promote their films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Singer Lavigne 'too sexy' for Malaysia

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 08:00
An Avril Lavigne concert scheduled for later this month in Malaysia has been cancelled amid complaints that the show by the Canadian rock singer is too sexy.

He can really Ham it up

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:30
Steve Coogan is a very funny man. But make the mistake of calling him a comedian and his cheeky smirk turns upside down.