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Illustration by Jillian Tamaki On Any Given Sunday: Super Bowl As TV Spectacle
It's been a long, strange trip involving Howard Cosell, Billy Joel, O.J. Simpson and (of course) Janet and Justin. Why 180 countries will be watching Sunday's Super Bowl.
By Stephen Cole
Welcome to the new CBC Arts Online The Wedding March: The onslaught of matrimony movies Book Review:
Lawrence Hill looks at George Elliott Clarke's new novel
 
Arts Headlines
CBC makes pitch for more money
Executives for the CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, made their case for additional funding this week.  Full Story

Star of 'JAG' signs deal with ABC
David James Elliott, the Canadian-born performer who plays the lead role on television's JAG, has signed a development deal with ABC.  Full Story

Quarrymen guitarist Eric Griffiths dies
Eric Griffiths, a guitarist in John Lennon's high school band The Quarrymen, which evolved into The Beatles, has died of cancer. He was 64.  Full Story

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Illustration of referee blowing a whistlePuck Cinema: Test your knowledge of hockey movies   Woman with headphones at nightBring the noise: The evolution of portable audio  

Hammy HamsterAlternative Canadian
Walk of Fame

Inductee: Hammy Hamster

Sean Penn plays failed assassin Sam Bicke in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. Photo by Phil Bray. Courtesy THINKFilm The Outsider
Review: The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Arts Programming
February 4, 2005
On Any Given Sunday
Why 180 countries will be watching the Super Bowl
By Stephen Cole
TV
The Wedding March
The onslaught of movies about matrimony
By Katrina Onstad
Film
The Outsider
Review: The Assassination of Richard Nixon
By Katrina Onstad
Film
February 3, 2005
Hey Kids! No Comics!
How the comic book almost disappeared
By Brad Mackay
Books
Rueing the Consequences
Book Review: George Elliott Clarke's George & Rue
By Lawrence Hill
Books
February 2, 2005
Filming the Unfilmable
The challenge of the genocide movie
By Katrina Onstad
Film
Dead Presidents
Brad Smith's new novel lampoons Civil War fanatics
By Andre Mayer
Books
February 1, 2005
Immaterial Girls
Why looking for the new Madonna is a lost cause
By Andre Mayer
Music
January 28, 2005
Kidstuff
Review: Childstar
By Katrina Onstad
Film
Q+A: Jessica Yu
Director of In The Realms of the Unreal
By Katrina Onstad
Film
January 24, 2005
Candid Camera
Jonathan Caouette's stark self-revelation
By Katrina Onstad
Film
San Pedro's Fault
Review: Bad Education
By Katrina Onstad
Film
January 20, 2005
Out There
Gay theatre artists move beyond the coming-out drama
By Alec Scott
Stage
Groundbreaker
A profile of architect Daniel Libeskind
By Liz Hodgson
Art & Design
January 14, 2005
Birth Of A Nation
The genius marketing campaign behind Halo 2
By Greg Bolton
Media
Book Club Virgin (And Proud Of It)
The scorn of the solitary reader
By Li Robbins
Books
January 13, 2005
Puck Cinema
Test your knowledge of hockey movies
By Kevin J. Siu
Film
Men At Work
Review: In Good Company
By Katrina Onstad
Film
Grim Fairy Tale
Review: The Woodsman
By Katrina Onstad
Film
Doggie Chic
Pawing through Modern Dog magazine
By Greg Buium
Media
Bring the Noise
The evolution of portable audio
By Matthew McKinnon
Music
The Dead Zone
Why CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is Hollywood's perfect Bush-era export.
By Stephen Cole
TV
Alternative Canadian Walk of Fame
Inductee: Hammy Hamster
By Andre Mayer
TV
January 6, 2005
All The Lonely People
Douglas Coupland unveils his latest novel, Eleanor Rigby
By Katrina Onstad
Books
Overboard
Review: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
By Katrina Onstad
Film
January 4, 2005
Best of 2004
The Year in Canadian TV
By Stephen Cole
TV
The Bipolar Express
2004: The Incendiary Year in American TV
By Stephen Cole
TV
Best of 2004
The Year in Canadian Pop
By Andre Mayer
Music
2004: The Year in International Pop
By Andre Mayer
Music
The Best Films of 2004
By Katrina Onstad
Film
2004: The Year in Canadian Film
By Katrina Onstad
Film


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