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Nelly Furtado to host 2024 Juno Awards
Nelly Furtado will be headed to Halifax to host next year's Juno Awards.
Films in French are regularly Canada's top box-office earners, and they're shining at TIFF, too
Films from Quebec have seen critical and commercial success over the years, and while language plays a role, filmmakers in the province also cite creative freedoms and a star system that gives French language films a leg up in Canada.
The 'perfect' teaching assistant? Universities find new uses for AI
Whether channeling Shakespeare, building rubrics for teachers or helping students know when they're being duped by a deepfake, the new wave of artificial intelligence tools is being embraced by educators at universities this fall — and not just in the computer science labs where they were developed.
Famed animator Hayao Miyazaki might not be done making films, says Studio Ghibli exec
On a TIFF red carpet for The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli executive Junichi Nishioka told CBC's Eli Glasner that animation legend Hayao Miyazaki is still hard at work.
Documentary about jailed ISIS fighters is Canada's international entry for 2024 Oscars
The documentary Rojek has been selected as Canada's submission for best international film at next year's Oscars. Directed by Zaynê Akyol of Montreal, Rojek is constructed around interviews of incarcerated members of ISIS.
Canadian actors feel the pinch as commercial dispute drags on
Since April 2022, Canada's acting union and the trade organization representing ad agencies haven’t been able to renegotiate a deal that sets the rules for using actors in ads. As a result, Canadian actors say they've seen a key source of income dry up.
Canadian origins of the satanic panic explored in documentary Satan Wants You
Satan Wants You explores the story behind the 1980 book Michelle Remembers that recounts therapy sessions between a Canadian psychiatrist and his patient, who shares supposedly recovered memories of childhood abuse that occurred during satanic rituals.
Demand high as ticket sales for Taylor Swift's Toronto shows begin today
Swift will be playing six shows at Toronto's Rogers Centre next November, the only shows in Canada in 2024. The first two dates, Nov. 14 and 15, go on sale at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, while the other dates follow in pairs on Thursday and Friday.
Hollywood North hit by U.S. strikes — and its own labour talks are right around the corner
The foreign movie and TV shoots that keep Canadian crews on set have ground to a halt due to twin strikes by U.S. actors and writers. While domestic production continues, union leaders say that eventually many of the concerns facing Hollywood will need to be negotiated here, too.
YouTuber twins try their hand at modern horror with debut film Talk to Me
Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou have managed to channel the success of their horror comedy YouTube following to the big-screen with their directorial debut Talk To Me, about a group of teens who use an embalmed hand to conjure spirits at house parties.