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Why actor and director Kenneth Branagh was busy in 1991
After his success with William Shakespeare's Henry V, the Irish-born Branagh played two parts in Dead Again -- as did Emma Thompson, his co-star and wife at the time.
When John Candy tried making chocolates for Valentine's Day
It seemed as if John Candy would be a natural on the production line at the Laura Secord factory. Like comedy, though, it turned out to be harder than it looked.
7 retro pop culture references in the CBC comedy Son of a Critch
The touchstones of a 1980s adolescence are brought to life in a CBC series based on a memoir by Newfoundland comic Mark Critch.
When Christina Ricci was actually a teenager
What Jeff Goldblum found 'rewarding' aside from acting
When CDs made vinyl obsolete ... and how it came back
When CBC began inviting hopeful entrepreneurs into the Dragons' Den
When the 'unbashedly Albertan' TV drama Heartland debuted on CBC
When Tomson Highway found success with The Rez Sisters
The costume that Meryl Streep said was "evil, evil"
Why Sigourney Weaver gave herself a new name
Why the Paw Patrol story started with sawdust
How Woodstock '94 compared with the original 1969 music festival
Why director Mary Harron made a movie about the woman who shot Andy Warhol
How Canadians got to know author Miriam Toews in 1997
You know Jayne Eastwood's face, if not her name
How Trivial Pursuit launched the board game rush of the 1980s
When Calgary musicians Tegan & Sara were still in high school
Inside the SCTV writers' room with Eugene Levy
How Mike Myers created metalhead Wayne Campbell
Leonard Cohen's thoughts on his song Hallelujah
Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dead at 91
The romantic hit song that became Dan Hill's 'albatross'
