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Film:
Why there are so many prequels
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Covering the coverage:
How the networks did
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U.S. politics:
What happens to pop culture if John Kerry wins?
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Television:
For viewers, what replaces hockey?
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Linklater lawsuit:
Confused about 'Dazed and Confused'.
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Pop Culture:
The greatest Canadian cliffhanger ever.
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Star Wars:
The Canadian angle
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Into a fantasy world:
A brief history of ballet.
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Toronto Film Festival:
The good news and the better news.
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Art Theft:
A timeline of recent international art thefts.
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Waiting for Bill
When a former president visits Canada.

Rejuveniles
Potter, Buffy and The Simpsons are not just kiddie entertainment, say adult fans.

Poetry and the Presidency
John Kerry enlists Langston Hughes.

TV Commercials
The Scots are hot.

King Arthur on screen
Warrior queens and blind critics.

Canada Votes
Pop culture coverage of the election.
Fahrenheit 9/11: Michael Moore vs. Stephen Harper
Debate night: What else is on TV?
Party theme songs: The Canadian Idol treatment
Election movies: Why are none of them Canadian?

Television
20 years of Frasier Crane.

Celebrity Politics
Bono and Paul Martin team up.

Opera
Pricey performances deliver bang for your buck.

Architecture
Three firms compete to design new Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Photo gallery). | NEWS STORY

Free show
Diana Krall gives it away for nothing.

Nibbles
Oscar-nominated film not considered Canadian.

George Canyon
Canada's Nashville Star finalist talks to Shelagh Rogers (Audio feature) | NEWS STORY | PART 1 (runs 9:57) | PART 2 (runs 9:04)

Smile Through the Tears
A survivor marks the Rwandan genocide's 10th anniversary with a comic about his experiences. | NEWS STORY | COVER | PANELS

Trailer Park Boys
Why we love Bubbles, Ricky and Julian.

The Ironic Turn
A selection of post-modern works from The Ironic Turn, an exhibit by Canadian artists (Photo gallery). | NEWS STORY

No sex! Please!
Guest columnist Randi Druzin rails against the National Post's lack of spoiler warnings.

Downloading
What will the music of the future sound like?

Visual and Media Arts
Govenor General's Award-winners combine music, video and even blood in their works (Photo gallery). | NEWS STORY

Cultivating Audiences
English Canadian films try to dent the domestic box office.

Canada Reads How-to Manual
Guest columnist Zsuzsi Gartner shares simple rules to ensure your book isn't KO'd in round two.

The Apprentice
What do apprentices think of the show?

Oscars 2004
Animation comes through for Canada at Oscars.

Movie Special Effects
Once effects were meant to look real. Today, they are meant to look cool.

An Unexpected Find
Recently discovered early Canadian landscapes painted by British army officer Benjamin Fisher (Photo gallery). | NEWS STORY

Dirty Dancing
Guest columnist Alex Waterhouse-Hayward writes about a new kind of passion in dance.

The Lord of the Rings
Trilogy Tuesday takes its toll on CBC News Online's Dan Brown.

"New" Heinlein Novel
Sci-fi writer's long-lost first work surfaces.

Matthew Blackett
Quirky cartoonist documents Toronto life.

Rex Harrington
Dancers discuss the charisma of Canada's premiere male ballet dancer.

Paul Martin's Picks
Paul Martin talks about his favourite things.

Convention Culture
Dan Brown reports on Bono's appearance at the Liberal leadership convention.

Canadian Forces Artists Program
Artists document life in the Canadian Armed Forces (Photo gallery). | NEWS STORY

10 years of the Giller Prize
Giller participants on that famous party, the state of CanLit and what sets the Giller apart from the pack.

Doris Giller
A profile of the remarkable woman for whom the prestigious award is named.

Reality TV
A look at how drastically the prime-time landscape has changed since the early 1960s.

Persistence pays off for 'This Is Our Youth'
Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth tells the tale of three privileged, directionless young people on the brink of adulthood in 1980s New York.

Toronto Film Festival 2003
Daily reports on the latest Canadian films from the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.

Canada Council doles out from Instrument Bank
The Canada Council awarded 10 of the country's finest young musicians multi-million-dollar instruments Friday, as a part of its Musical Instrument Bank Competition.

Toronto hosts prisoners' art show
An art exhibit featuring the work of prisoners and ex-prisoners from around the world wrapped up in Toronto this weekend.

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