Entertainment news alerts
- Writing prize taps Trudeau, Macdonald biographies Biographies of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and one of the most controversial, Pierre Trudeau, are vying for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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- Obama sings in all-star blues jam The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future - and the president himself.
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- Pierre Juneau, former CRTC and CBC chief, dies Pierre Juneau, the first chair of the CRTC and a former CBC president, is being remembered as a 'fervent promoter' of Canadian content on radio and TV after dying at age 89.
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- Gordon Lightfoot to join U.S. Songwriters Hall of Fame Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is being inducted into the New York-based Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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- Adele wins 2 Brit awards Soul singer Adele followed up her Grammy Awards triumph with a double win at the U.K.'s Brit music awards Tuesday, for best British female and best British album.
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- Geminis put international co-productions in new category The Gemini Awards, which celebrate the best in Canadian TV, have changed the rules to put big-budget co-productions such as The Tudors and The Borgias in a separate category.
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- Don DeLillo, Russell Banks vie for PEN/Faulkner award Two veteran American fiction writers - Don DeLillo and Russell Banks - are competing for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
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- Adam Lambert to front Queen at U.K. concert British band Queen have confirmed that American Idol contestant Adam Lambert will serve as frontman at a concert this summer at the U.K.'s Sonisphere festival.
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- Northrop Frye statue unveiled for literary fans A sneak peek of a statue celebrating Northrop Frye's centennial birthday was unveiled Monday at Moncton's Capitol Theatre along with a list of authors and literary critics who will be attending this year's F
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2012-Feb-22 at 11:51 EST
