Deana Sumanac Bio

There is something about artists advocating for human rights that just rings true. Often artists are the first victims of political systems that erode human rights, as in Nazi Germany and the former Soviet Union. So when Amnesty International held an event, hosted by CBC's Deana Sumanac, to celebrate International Human Rights Day, Canadian artists stepped up.

With the release of Skyfall, Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris join the line of beddable women who have stood by 007's side. Daniel Craig has been welcomed by critics as a James Bond for the modern age. But looking at the beauties who surround him, Deana Sumanac wonders when the Bond girls will evolve along with him.

The Beatles' debut single Love Me Do was the beginning of the Fab Four's fabulous catalogue....and also the beginning of the age-old argument among fans: who was a bigger creative genius, John or Paul? Deana Sumanac explains the evolution of her own Best Beatle affections.

Few writers had Nora Ephron's lightness of touch when handling life's Big Things: love, loss of love, motherhood, aging, death. Deana Sumanac remembers her interview with Ephron and the sense of humour Ephron brought to the most serious of subjects.

Madonna had an "oops" moment during her rehearsal in Israel for an upcoming tour - slipping some lyrics from Born This Way into a performance of Express Yourself. That can't be an accident for this shrewd navigator of pop trends. Could Madge be trying just a little too hard for the spotlight?

Sometimes, after an exhausting week, nothing clears the mind like an hour or two of the Kardashians dishing about their marital problems while looking incredibly bored and playing with their hair extensions. But a new entry to the reality show universe has got Deana Sumanac riled up: Mrs. Eastwood and Company, which reveals the home life of American filmmaking icon Clint Eastwood through the eyes of his wife and children.

Deana Sumanac is the CBC Arts Unit's go-to reporter when it comes to interviewing celebs in their 70s and 80s. She's been serenaded by Gordon Lightfoot and Tommy Hunter, hung out in Beverly Hills with Christopher Plummer and heard Gordon Pinsent's poetry. One thing she's discovered about this generation of stars -- they love to tell stories.

Thrilled with The Sheepdogs winning Rolling Stone's Choose the Cover contest, Deana Sumanac's patriotic fervor turned to indignation upon reading the accompanying profile, which she blasts as mean-spirited and littered with Canadian clichés.

Amy Winehouse has left us with a small store of musical gems, but what is the song she should remembered for. Her premature death has fans looking at Rehab, but Deana Sumanac believes the song that defines her essence is Back to Black.