Kendrick Lamar is extending his dominant musical reign, entering next month's BET Awards as the leading nominee with 10 nods. Canadian stars Drake and The Weeknd also racked up six and four nominations respectively.

Authors are feeling misled and some are out thousands of dollars after travelling to Baltimore for an event advertised as a romantasy book convention, complete with a fantasy ball, only to encounter what some are calling the Fyre Festival of BookTok.

Prime's The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg follows the fall of Winnipeg sports broadcaster Steve Vogelsang. But even while documenting Vogelsang's criminal dealings, it fails to stay interesting.

Netflix users globally can expect a revamped TV interface starting on May 19. The streaming platform is also incorporating an AI search feature to the iOS mobile app.

Robert Harris, author of Conclave, says the politics of electing a new pope aren't that different from reality TV show The Traitors.

Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.

Italian brain rot videos have been trending, but people are starting to discover some strange facts about them. CBC Kids News contributor Matthew Hines breaks down this new online trend.

Ontario's top court finds trial judge made a mistake when sentencing Arsenije Lojovic, with bipolar disorder, which made it harder for him to control his behaviour during the 2022 hit-and-run. Brott's family says they're 'disgusted' by the decision.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is.

The inaugural Departure Festival gets underway today in Toronto. Formerly known as Canadian Music Week, the six-day event is moving forward with a new name, different owners and a broadened scope.

Celebrities flooded the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a rainy Monday in New York City to highlight Black fashion and kick off the first Met Gala in more than 20 years with a menswear theme — a night that also featured Rihanna's baby bump and a lot of tailoring.

Here’s what Rihanna, Colman Domingo and more stars wore on fashion’s biggest night.

Percival Everett's novel James, a radical re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved character, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's drama about an accomplished Black family destroying itself from within, won for drama.

The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean (Diddy) Combs, whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that could last several days. Opening statements by lawyers and the start of testimony are expected next week.

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's historic concert that drew over 2 million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.

Under all the glitz and glam of fashion’s biggest night, it seems there could be some serious fashion statements this year, as the 2025 Met Gala theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style examines how Black culture — particularly Black dandyism — has shaped fashion and history.

Filmmaker Jason Eisener is known for movies such as Hobo with a Shotgun and Kids vs. Aliens, but the Dartmouth, N.S., native turned a childhood fascination and love of wrestling into the long-running television series Dark Side of the Ring, now in its sixth season.

Thunderbolts*, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most recent offering, is a refreshingly direct film for a franchise that has offered a string of duds.

The Hot Docs documentary film festival is back in Toronto, after coming perilously close to dissolution last year due to money woes and key staff resignations. If one can say it has rebounded in 2025, no small credit goes to docs from Manitoba filmmakers and featuring Manitoba subjects.