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Arcade Fire rocks its roots

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

Even as they share stages with Springsteen, Bowie and U2, the Montreal rockers have always stayed true to their indie origins. But as he listens to their new album, The Suburbs, and talks with front man Win Butler, Carl Wilson sees a group that has moved beyond youthful tribalism as easy refuge – and is delivering some of the ravingest rock music ever

S#*! that Shatner says

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

He’s hired a college student to help him with his real-life tweeting, but at 79 William Shatner is relishing his newest TV role as a foul-mouthed dad immortalized on Twitter

Sherlock Holmes, reborn with a cellphone (and possibly a boyfriend)

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

In a new BBC series coming to Showcase in Canada this fall, the world’s most famous detective gets a major update

Mad Men, Episode 2

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:30 -0400

Amy Verner liveblogs the hottest show on TV at 10 p.m. ET Sunday evening

J-Lo close to deal for ‘American Idol’

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 5:39 -0400

Switch would put Lopez in slot vacated by Ellen DeGeneres

Baroque voices light up Ottawa chamber festival

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:27 -0400

Folk songs and Renaissance masterpieces make for interesting, if difficult, marriage

Disney unloads Miramax Films for $660-million

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 6:58 -0400

Makers of gritty fare no longer resonated with its other family centric studio units such as Pixar and Marvel

Laughs, mystery and big, toothy critters (yes, it’s Shark Week)

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

Also in weekend TV: George Lopez, Rubicon, Mamma Mia

Caribana brings some bold works into the museum

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

A group show of African and Caribbean-Canadian artists should be a wake-up call to curators

Cultural organizations jump into social media

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

Cultural organizations are navigating social media with often choppy results as they figure out how to build communities that are also clients

What passes for trendy in TV (three strikes and you’re in)

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

You’ll see movie stars, Canadians and old-fart fathers in the coming network season

Celebs behind bars

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:50 -0400

Having the world's highest incarceration rate might explain America's fascination with misbehaving marquee names

On the stand

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

The week’s best reads in magazines

Jane Krakowski's ‘free and easy, breezy good time’

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 0:00 -0400

Live album includes Rubber Duckie as well as tributes to women singers who inspired the performer

Like jackhammers and foul smells, it’s an assault on the census

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:13 -0400

The Harper government’s reform initiative opens the door for predictable punning