The nature of the beat
On their new album, Junior Boys pay tribute to disco and NFB legend Norman McLaren
By Jason Anderson, CBC News
Arts & Entertainment at a Glance
Headlines
- 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.
- Ravel's romantic inspiration hidden in his compositions: music professor
- David Lamaze, a professor at the Conservatoire de Rennes in France, says composer Maurice Ravel inserted a sequence of three notes throughout his work, spelling the name of a Parisian socialite.
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Entertainment news from Canadian Press
- Madonna's adoption ruling delayed until Friday after closed-door hearing
- Keith Urban grateful for second chances with new CD 'Defying Gravity'
- 'Dr. Zhivago' composer Maurice Jarre dies at 84 in California
- 'Haunting in Connecticut' star Virginia Madsen was 'actively looking' for horror
- 'Ce qu'il faut pour vivre,' 'Borderline' win big at Quebec's Jutra awards
- Families eat locally for 100 days in astonishing new television series
- NYC photographer Helen Levitt dead at 95; known for street scenes
- John O'Hurley battles feathers from showgirls in 'Chicago' tour
- Dave Foley announced as host of Saturday's Genie Awards
- Music Review: PJ Harvey, John Parish thrill on latest CD
Media news from Canadian Press
- 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
- CNN journalist, seven others arrested for standing on Fargo dikes
- CBC to scale back sports coverage, prime-time TV shows like 'Little Mosque'
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- Majumder lands role in U.S. comedy pilot
- Shaun Majumder, the Canadian actor and comedian who appears on CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has landed a lead role in a new series for U.S. network ABC.
- Comedian Dave Foley tapped as Genie Awards host
- With less than a week to go, organizers of Canada's annual celebration of homegrown cinema have announced comedian Dave Foley as host of this year's Genie Awards.
- Borderline, Necessities of Life shine at Jutra Awards
- Two debut feature films, Benoit Pilon's Ce Qu'il Faut pour Vivre (The Necessities of Life) and Lyne Charlesbois's Borderline, shared the top honours at the Jutra Awards, the annual awards for French Canadian films, Sunday night.
- Madonna adoption ruling delayed, singer travels in Malawi
- International pop star Madonna spent about an hour in a Malawian courtroom on Monday, taking part in a closed-door hearing over her application to adopt a second child from the impoverished African country.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cannes recognizes NFB's 70th birthday
- The French city of Cannes, home to one of the world's most prestigious film festivals, has awarded a gold medal to the National Film Board of Canada to mark its 70th anniversary.
- Huffington Post to create investigative reporting team
- As newspaper layoffs rise, The Huffington Post website has announced it will team up with other donors to bankroll a group of investigative journalists whose work will be made available to any publication or website.
- Cuba holds massive exhibit of U.S. contemporary art
- Cuba's first major exhibition of U.S. contemporary art in almost a quarter of a century is attracting hundreds of visitors to the show. Chelsea Visits Havana was three years in the making and features 30 artists from New York's arty Chelsea neighbourhood.
- 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.
