SiriusXM Canada is holding its fourth annual comedy competition to search for Canada's Next Top Comic. Aspiring Canadian comics can vie for an opportunity to audition live in one of seven cities (listed below). The most talented will go on to compete for a chance to win one of eight spots in the line-up at [...]

Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth were arrested in Atlanta on Friday when Toth, driving a silver Ford Fusion, was pulled over by police and given a sobriety test. According to the officer, Reese stuck her head out of the car, then twice disobeyed orders to stay inside the vehicle. She [...]

Rob Stewart, the award-winning director of Sharkwater and the upcoming movie Revolution, is currently making appearances across the country in anticipation of his new movie opening on April 12, with a premiere screening in Toronto. Other cities he'll be stopping in to give talks and Q&As following screenings include Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Halifax and London. [...]

Canadian Music Week (CMW) is coming to downtown Toronto for its 31st year. A stellar week full of music conferences, shows, films, and concerts, CMW has become one of North America’s main music/entertainment related events. The Canadian Music Fest is six nights with 1,000 bands scheduled to perform at more than 60 live music venues. [...]

Known as the “Comic Con” of Canada, Fan Expo began as a Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995. Thanks to its growing popularity, the convention has since transformed and expanded from one niche genre to an extremely diverse show connecting over 80,000 comic book, sci-fi, fantasy, movie, television and entertainment fans alike. This past [...]

"We'd like you to take these scissors and cut the ribbon to officially start Fan Expo Canada," a representative from the massive geek-centric convention announced, handing the big scissors to none other than the original Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno. Reaching down, the 60-year-old actor / bodybuilder obliged, and the crowd went crazy. With that, Fan [...]

Tucked in the back of the showroom floor, a wide, open-concept exhibit stands alone at the 2012 Fan Expo. It's still hours before the comic and geek-centric exposition is open to the public, and exhibitors are darting back and forth across the giant convention center, trying desperately to get things ready in time for the [...]

Last week at the Amsterdam Brewery, the Open Roof Festival continued its summer-long, Thursday night event program. On the docket for the evening: a screening of Angad Singh Bhalla's Herman's House, as well as a live graffiti showcase alongside the debut teaser trailer for director Jake Chirico's upcoming street-art documentary, Between the Lines. Opening the [...]

Yesterday, Mirvish Productions hosted Inside the Horse: Behind the Scenes with Joey, a one-time only event where fans of the stage production had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the central character of War Horse at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre. The presentation started with an overview of the production based on [...]

This Thursday, July 12, Mirvish Productions is offering fans the opportunity to go behind the scenes of the stage production War Horse at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. Find out how this spectacular show was developed -- from original concept, through workshops, to first performances, and then to productions around the world. You'll [...]

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