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Veteran reporter and current Metro Morning radio host David Common will replace Heather Hiscox as host of CBC Morning Live, the Crown corporation announced Thursday. The announcement comes on the same day as Hiscox’s final broadcast as host and 20 years after she first took over the position. Source link

Yesterday’s budget teased that the government is working with CBC/Radio-Canada to explore Canada’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. While Europop fans might be excited, Canadian participation might not be all that easy, as past attempts have proved. Source link

Cineplex is hoping an element of surprise will get people into seats at a time when movie theatres are short on blockbusters. The theatre chain’s Monday Surprise Premieres, launching Nov. 10, promise an advanced screening of an unreleased movie at a discounted price. Source link

The Assembly — a global hit where celebrities are interviewed by people on the autism spectrum — is getting a Canadian version. As the latest show putting neurodivergence in the spotlight, it has received mixed reviews. Some call it heartwarming, others say it’s condescending. Source link

Sydney Sweeney spoke for the first time to GQ about the ad in which the actress makes a play on the word “jeans” that was viewed as having eugenicist undertones by some on social media. Sweeney said she didn’t see much of the online backlash. Source link

The Bridgerton and Wicked star has won the hearts of audiences and the internet alike with his British charm, and is the first gay man to hold the title. Source link

Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen is expecting her first child with her new husband, music producer Cole M.G.N. Source link

Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite — about the United States government’s protocols in the face of a nuclear attack — prompted a response from no less than the Pentagon. It is hardly the first nuclear-warning film to get people talking. Source link

A Canadian’s plan to bring his late celebrity wife back to life in AI form has raised a host of ethical questions about prolonging human existence in the digital universe. Alan Hamel, a Canadian entertainer and longtime TV personality, recently said he’s created an “AI twin” of Hollywood star Suzanne Somers, his wife and partner […]

In the spirit of Nia DaCosta’s reinvention of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, we’ve put together a list of other adaptations that changed their sources to make something radically different. Maybe not always radically better, but different. Source link