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New esports network VENN aims to bring ‘gaming as a lens into pop culture’
A new, 24/7 esports gaming network called VENN that aims to blend pop culture and gaming was announced on Tuesday, after generating $17 million (all funds US) in seed round...
Welcome to Orcland: Amazon’s Lord of the Rings to return to New Zealand
Amazon announced Wednesday it will film its upcoming series The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, marking a return of the orcs, elves and hobbits to the country they became...
NBC’s Peacock to join the streaming fray in April
Comcast's NBCUniversal said Tuesday that its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC's logo. It will become the home for some of the company's most...
Will Smith and Helen Mirren to read bedtime stories to help fight homelessness
Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising event to help fight global homelessness. Smith and Mirren will each tell their story from...
Beautiful and depressing: Picasso’s ‘blue period’ paintings heading to the AGO
The Art Gallery of Ontario is planning a major Pablo Picasso exhibition focused on the painter's popular "blue period." The Toronto gallery says the exhibit, "Picasso: Painting the Blue Period,"...
Tanya Talaga, Alicia Elliott shortlisted for $60K Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
Tanya Talaga's All Our Relations and Alicia Elliott's A Mind Spread Out on the Ground are among the five books shortlisted for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The $60,000 prize...
New SNL cast member Shane Gillis dropped over racist comments
Saturday Night Live has rescinded its invitation to a new cast member who posted a video last year in which he used a racial slur for Chinese people and derided Asians...
10 Canadian albums contend for Polaris Music Prize
Five Québécois music acts, a Top 40 singer and well-travelled punk rockers from Toronto are among those vying for the Polaris Music Prize tonight. Ten albums stand to win the...
Montreal jazz icon Vic Vogel dies at 84
Legendary Canadian jazz musician Vic Vogel has died at the age of 84. He passed early Monday morning next to his Steinway piano, which he had played since he was 16, according...
Yada yada yada: Netflix to air Seinfeld starting in 2021
Netflix says it will start streaming all 180 episodes of Seinfeld in 2021, gaining a hugely popular addition to its library as the battle for viewers heats up. Netflix Inc. struck...