Fresh from her fierce gig at the Super Bowl, notoriously private pop star Beyoncé Knowles is offering a glimpse at her vulnerable side in her doc Life Is But a Dream. But this self-directed, self-produced peek behind the curtain is more carefully engineered confessional (with some admittedly electrifying performance footage) than a true exposé of the real Bey.
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Beyoncé's Life Is But a Dream a curated peek behind the curtain
Categories: Movies, Music, Television
Tags: Beyoncé Knowles, Blue Ivy, doc, Jay-Z, Life Is But a Dream, personal
7 returning TV hits to watch
Categories: Television
Tags: Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Girls, Mad Men, Mr. D., returning, Smash, television, The Walking Dead
For TV viewers, the new year brings a fresh wave of personal crises, romantic intrigue and ambitious scheming -- in settings as varied as a zombie apocalypse in Georgia, the New York of privileged millennials or a sprawling English country estate after the First World War. Plummeting temperature outdoors make it a perfect time to settle in on the couch and dig into a new batch of returning hits. Here's a few to catch up on.
Girls, Gaga, Oz and Verdi: looking ahead to 2013
Categories: Art & Design, Books, Movies, Music, Television
Tags: 2013, arts and entertainment, lookahead
As a fresh new year begins, CBC Arts takes a glimpse at some arts and entertainment happenings about to unfold. Be they outstanding productions or cringe-inducing wrecks, these are just a few of the shows, books, albums, musicals, films and events we just can't wait to check out in 2013.
Why Oprah Winfrey wants to know Justin Bieber
Categories: Television
Tags: Justin Bieber, Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey may well have time to get to know Stratford, Ont. superstar Justin Bieber in her interview with him to be aired Sunday. It's hard to say with an 18-year-old who lives in the public spotlight whether there's anything he can add to his already polished image. But the point of the interview may be more to introduce Oprah to Bieber's millions of social media followers.
South Park takes aim at Lance Armstrong
Categories: Television
Tags: Lance Armstrong, South Park, sports icons
South Park made its place in the TV universe by taking on American stereotypes and stripping away taboos. So it's no surprise that when a sports hero known for beating cancer is knocked from his perch over doping allegations, the animated satire takes the mickey out of him and out of our ridiculous reverence for sports icons.
The cure for Game of Thrones withdrawal
Categories: Television
Tags: Game of Thrones, HBO Canada, Season 2, TV
Sian Jones admits she's been a citizen of Westeros since discovering Game of Thrones in its first season. Last summer, the garden became a weirwood as she neglected all to delve into George R.R. Martin's world. But now, Season Two is over and there are no more books to read. What's an addict to do?
Dallas returns to high expectations from viewers
Categories: Television
Tags: Dallas, Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy, revamp, soap, tv
Dallas, the iconic, ostentatious and addictive evening soap that occupies some of my earliest memories of television-watching, is returning. Remakes are a risk and, in the case of Dallas, nothing will satisfy TV viewers but soapy melodrama, killer plot, fabulous clothes and some genuine cads.
The trouble with Mrs. Eastwood and Company
Categories: Television
Tags: Clint, Dina, Mrs. Eastwood and Company, reality TV
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.
Memories of Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie
Categories: Books, Live Performance, Music, Television
Tags: Carole King, children, Maurice Sendak, musical, Really Rosie, song, stage
You know those songs, movies or stories that take you right back to being a kid? Those invoking the tastes, the feelings, the smells of that precise time and place in your life when you first heard, watched or read them? For arts producer Ilana Banks, it's Maurice Sendak and Carole King's musical Really Rosie that sparks that nostalgia.
Did you hear a loud groan -- "Nooooo!" -- on Monday afternoon? That came from the closest classic movie buff in your vicinity when he/she learned that troubled actress-slash-tabloid fodder Lindsay Lohan has landed the role of the legendary raven-haired beauty and Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming biopic.
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