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The cast of Season 35 of Dancing With The Stars was officially announced on Wednesday, with a fresh lineup of familiar faces trading their famous day jobs for sequins, choreography and a shot at the mirror-ball trophy. Source link

In a lawsuit filed this week in California, Alanis Morissette is suing her former tour manager for what she calls a “calculated blackmail campaign,” alleging Keren Urinov threatened to frame her for drug trafficking unless the Canadian singer-songwriter agreed to sign her to a lengthy contract. Source link

Grab your glitteriest outfit and your tallest blonde wig: Dollyfest is set to go ahead in 2027 without its titular star, with the festival now transformed into a celebration of Dolly Parton’s life, her estate has announced. Source link

Netflix is promising viewers a more complete picture of the Canadian-raised actor in the three-part docuseries The One About Matthew Perry. Source link

As video games become an increasingly digital-first hobby, the people keeping the Atari name alive are going back to their roots, by offering new versions of their 1980s classics. Source link

When the lyrics of Blue Rodeo’s “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” reverberated over the shore of Lake Ontario Saturday, they morphed into a rallying cry for Canadians following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to change the lake’s name to “Lake America.” Source link

Tens of thousands of music lovers descended on Great Park in Irvine, Calif., over the weekend to scream along to their favourite artists — part of a history-making event to raise funds for women’s health, reproductive rights and ending gender-based violence. Source link

A jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades. Source link

The Dog Stars, 20th Century Fox’s post-apocalypse blockbuster blunder, bombed at the box office this weekend, earning just $19.3M US — a dismal start for the Ridley Scott directed, Jacob Elordi-led feature that cost an estimated $80 million US to make. It was one of the most underwhelming openings for a mainstream Hollywood release in […]

While TIFF fans have grown accustomed to tickets edging up by a few percentage points every year, the hike they noticed this year marked the first time in recent memory that films, other than the opening and closing night galas, cracked the $100 mark. Source link