Lemony Snicket is collaborating with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Saturday for a musical murder mystery. If American concert promoter David Carver can convince Aerosmith to play in Charlottetown this summer, Tourism Charlottetown will lend a hand. Muse has been named best British band and My Chemical Romance best international band at the NME Awards, the annual awards by music magazine NME. Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood led the nominees for Country Music Television's 2007 CMT Music Awards with three apiece Wednesday. Sony BMG has announced plans to withdraw a recently re-released Deep Purple concert album, after a public complaint from the classic rock band's lead singer. Estonian composer Arvo Part was named winner Tuesday of the 2008 Sonning Music Prize, Denmark's top music award, valued at around $123,300 Cdn. Classic hard rock band Deep Purple is warning fans against buying a newly released live album, which lead singer Ian Gillan has said was one of the band's worst performances ever. Concert promoter David Carver says he's talking to Aerosmith about coming to Charlottetown this summer, but nothing has been settled. The Police have added a third concert in Toronto to their reunion tour that begins this summer. Mega-rock band Aerosmith is reportedly coming to Prince Edward Island in July as part of its Ambassadors of Rock tour. After winning an Oscar and more than 20 other acting honours for The Queen, British actress Helen Mirren is in talks to have tea with the monarch she portrayed in the acclaimed film. Titanic director James Cameron and Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici say they aren't trying to undermine Christianity in their documentary that claims the remains of Jesus, his wife, Mary Magdalene, and their child have been found. Montreal animator Torill Kove says winning an Academy Award is a "boost of confidence" but might not make a big difference in her career. Martin Scorsese ended his Oscar drought with a bang Sunday night, when his cops-and-mobsters drama became a big winner at the 79th annual Academy Awards. All Hollywood is abuzz as the movie industry prepares for the 79th annual Academy Awards Sunday night. The Danish Poet, the Oscar-winning animated short that will air on CBC Television this Sunday, is also to become a children's book. Two years after four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were killed near Mayerthorpe, Alta., a TV movie is planned on the tragedy. Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has signed a deal with U.S. network NBC to make a reality show about her move to the United States. Gordon Pinsent, Wendy Crewson and Maria Del Mar were all honoured at the 2007 ACTRA awards in Toronto. Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the German author best known for his autobiographical novel Das Boot, has died of heart failure at age 89. U.S. television network ABC confirmed on Thursday that it is testing the waters for a spinoff of its sexy medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
Here's a bet there won't be any Beatles songs on the next Dancing With the Stars: ABC announced Wednesday that Paul McCartney's estranged wife, Heather Mills, will be among the competitors. The union representing Canadian performers and the country's French and English-language producers associations have reached a tentative new deal, ending the country's six-week-old actors' strike. Shaw Communications has agreed to resume its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund, CEO Jim Shaw said Tuesday prior to his appearance before the Commons heritage committee. Director Spike Lee was named Tuesday as a winner of the annual George Polk Awards for his documentary on life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
CBC Radio's Canada Reads panel chose a single book on Friday it recommends be read by all Canadians. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, often considered the beloved author's most popular work, has snared the top spot in a British list of books 'the nation can't live without.' The Canada Reads series to determine a single book to be read by all Canadians is now down to three books. Acclaimed author Mary Gordon has won the third annual Story Prize, the richest U.S. prize for short fiction, organizers announced Wednesday. Arthur M. Schlesinger, a historian and close confidant of the Kennedy family in the United States, has died at the age of 89. A biography that focuses on the youthful political ideals of prime minister Pierre Trudeau has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Margaret Atwood will be awarded the Grand Prize for lifetime achievement at this year's Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. A school that opened Wednesday in Laxmikantapur, India, was built with money raised through the auction of Audrey Hepburn's little black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's. The first round of votes is in on the Canada Reads series to determine a single book to be read by all Canadians. First-time Canadian novelist Madeleine Thien will battle it out against Man Booker Prize-winner Kiran Desai for next month's Kiriyama Prize, organizers announced from San Francisco Tuesday. Anna Nicole Smith was mourned by about 100 family and friends during a funeral service in the Bahamas Friday before her body was taken by white limousine to a cemetery. The British Broadcasting Corp. has struck a deal with YouTube that will permit the video-sharing website to show excerpts of its programs, the public broadcaster announced Friday.
Angelina Jolie has filed papers in Hanoi to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday. A Florida appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that will allow Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas. Organizers of Canada's Walk of Fame — the annual celebration of Canadian celebrities — have named comedian Eugene Levy as the host of this year's edition. Former screen siren Elizabeth Taylor kept her guests waiting in a Las Vegas-area resort Tuesday night, arriving several hours after her 75th birthday party had started. Bobby Brown was ordered on Monday to remain in a county jail until he pays $19,000 US in late child support and court fees, his lawyer said. The battle for newspaper readers in Alberta is heating up with the launch of two new tabloids in Edmonton and Calgary in the past week, with two competitors still to come. Canada's CanWest Global Communications is revamping The New Republic, the New York-based magazine of political thought, after taking a majority stake. A Florida judge says he may not have jurisdiction to decide on the paternity case of the late Anna Nicole Smith's baby. He noted Dannielynn was born in the Bahamas.
An auction of sculptures by international artists that have been on display around Vancouver for the last 18 months has raised close to $3 million. Sculptures familiar to people who stroll Vancouver's waterfront go up for auction Thursday night. The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto has set a date for its temporary closing later this year. The public has spoken by digging into its wallet and J.M.W. Turner's famed watercolour The Blue Rigi will now remain in the U.K.
following a high profile fundraising appeal.
The massively popular work of Australian artist Ron Mueck will debut in Canada Friday, when the National Gallery opens a new exhibit spotlighting his eerily realistic sculptures. Paris police are investigating the theft of several Pablo Picasso artworks worth more than $60 million US from the home of the artist's granddaughter. A Canadian foundation trying to track down artworks looted by the Nazis has recovered a portrait by Renaissance artist Nicolas Neufchatel. The Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon may be forced to consider charging admission so it can go ahead with a major overhaul and expansion. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be the only North American stop for Once Upon a Time, Walt Disney, a show that examines the artistic sources of Disney's inspiration and his long-term legacy on the art world. An artwork composed of cash was snatched from an Oslo museum last weekend, just before an exhibition featuring the pricey canvas was set to close. A sculptor who works with sausage casings and a whalebone carver who also sings in a heavy metal band are part of the Cultural Festival beginning Wednesday in Whitehorse. Teen actor Daniel Radcliffe won raves from audiences and British critics following his stage debut in the controversial play Equus Tuesday night. The Metropolitan Opera is in talks to take its new production, The First Emperor, to China during the 2008 Olympics, officials said Tuesday as part of an announcement revealing the 2007-2008 season lineup. Teen British actor Daniel Radcliffe cast off his squeaky clean Harry Potter image — and his clothes — in London's West End Tuesday, opening night of the psychological stage drama Equus. Canadian modern dance icon Peggy Baker has been named the inaugural winner of Ontario's Premier's Award for excellence in the arts. The upcoming season for Canada's National Ballet will be punctuated by rock, Robbins and road trips, artistic director Karen Kain announced on Monday. Star Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez broke La Scala's tradition of no encores this week, repeating a showstopping aria from Gaetano Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment. Hit Broadway musical The Producers, which won a record-breaking dozen Tony Awards after its 2001 debut, is set to close this spring. A new play by Martin Julien to premiere at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa this March will examine the life of charismatic maestro Leonard Bernstein.
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