Peace initiative
Yoko Ono talks about the 40th anniversary of the Montreal bed-in
By Christopher Sykes, CBC News
Arts & Entertainment at a Glance
Headlines
- Toronto scores North American debut of Wainwright opera
- Rather than New York, it will be Toronto that hosts the North American premiere of Rufus Wainwright's opera debut, Prima Donna.
- Self-proclaimed 'mainstream' Nickelback reigns at Junos
- After starting this year's Juno Award festivities with a leading number of nominations, Alberta rockers Nickelback ended on top as well, winning three coveted trophies in Vancouver on Sunday night.
- French film composer Maurice Jarre dies at 84
- Maurice Jarre, the French composer and conductor who wrote Lara's Theme, the Oscar-winning song from the film Doctor Zhivago, has died. He was 84.
- Auction set for 'unplugged' Jimi Hendrix demo tape
- A demo tape of Jimi Hendrix playing 14 acoustic songs, recorded in 1968 and traded to a neighbour, is to be auctioned in April.
- Kardinal Offishall, the Stills among early Juno winners
- The bulk of the hardware has already been handed out, but Sunday's Juno Awards still look wide open.
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Entertainment news from Canadian Press
- Madonna confirms adoption push in Malawi; says she's following standard procedures
- 'Real Housewives' countess separates from Count de Lesseps
- CT scan in Germany reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bust
- Video games 'MadWorld,' 'Deadly Creatures' freshen up Wii
- Charges against 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria' judge Simon Lee put on hold
- 'Dirty Dancing' cast to take final bow in Toronto this weekend
- CD releases for the week of March 31
- Cheung donates memorabilia to Hard Rock; first ethnic Chinese musician to do so
- Music review: Final CD from rap group UGK eerie and entertaining
- Florida Fox affiliate refuses to air new Osbournes show
Media news from Canadian Press
- Sun-Times Media, formerly Hollinger, files for bankruptcy
- 77 names added to slain journalists memorial in D.C.
- Tribune Co. combines newspaper, TV ops in Connecticut
- Ohio State sells sports media rights for $110-million U.S. over 10 years
- Consolidated Thompson announces US$240 million partnership with China's Wisco
- CNBC's Dylan Ratigan leaving 'Fast Money'; could go to ABC
- Harper skips Canada in favour of American pre-summit media interviews
- Boston Herald newspaper eliminates 25 jobs because of slumping revenue
- CNN in third place in prime time ratings for first time
- Longtime NBC newsman Irving R. Levine dies at 86; known for dry delivery, bow ties
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- Yoko Ono returns to Montreal to give peace another chance with art exhibit
- Yoko Ono returned to Montreal on Tuesday to unveil an art exhibit celebrating the week 40 years ago she famously sat in bed with John Lennon in a hotel room high above downtown Montreal and sang about peace.
- Ellen DeGeneres, Russell Peters bring Just For Laughs to Chicago
- TV talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, Comedy Central comic David Alan Grier and Canadian comedian Russell Peters will host headline shows at Chicago's Just for Laughs festival.
- CT scan uncovers hidden face of Nefertiti
- Researchers in Germany have discovered that Nefertiti, an Egyptian bust on display on Berlin's Altes Museum, has two faces.
- U.S. version of Dragons' Den nabs Canadian entrepreneurs
- American viewers are about to get a homegrown version of the TV reality show Dragons' Den, with some Canadian business expertise on board.
- Leafs sign son of Slap Shot star
- The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Tuesday they've signed free agent centre Christian Hanson, whose father starred as one of the iconic Hanson brothers in the classic film Slap Shot.
- ABC, ESPN videos to air on YouTube under new deal
- The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it has agreed to provide short-form videos from its ABC and ESPN television properties to run on Google Inc.'s YouTube. However, the videos will not be available to Canadian viewers.
- Toronto scores North American debut of Wainwright opera
- Rather than New York, it will be Toronto that hosts the North American premiere of Rufus Wainwright's opera debut, Prima Donna.
- Charges stayed against British conductor, Maria judge Simon Lee
- Charges have been stayed against Simon Lee, the British stage conductor and longtime Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator, over an incident that was alleged to have taken place in Toronto last summer during the finale of CBC-TV's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
- Budding northern filmmakers in Canada Post limbo
- A festival of films made by young people across the North had to be cancelled Friday because the films failed to arrive by Canada Post.
- Louvre leads list of world's most-visited museums
- The Louvre was the world's most visited museum in 2008, with 8.5 million visitors, according to an annual ranking from the Art Newspaper.
