Here's something that probably wasn't on your 2026 bingo card: 95-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner has a new heavy metal band, and they're releasing an album that he plans to debut this summer at a music festival in Chicago.

Matt Damon is capitalizing on all of the hype that surrounds his summer blockbuster The Odyssey to talk about a longtime passion of his — access to safe water. But some of the companies his charity Water.org has partnered with consume billions of litres of water annually.

Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman will exit the show after seven seasons, the comedian announced Thursday on Instagram.

The property that served as the tight-knit mother-daughter duo's home in the pilot of Gilmore Girls is located just outside Toronto, and it went on the market earlier this month.

Quebec math rock duo Angine de Poitrine is taking the music world by storm, with sold out shows across North America and Europe. Their elaborately bizarre masks and intricate, fast-paced music has made fans of top acts, from deadmau5 to Dave Grohl and Jack White.

Brenda Fricker, the reclusive "Pigeon Lady" of Home Alone 2 and Ireland's first actress to win an Oscar, for her maternal turn in My Left Foot, has died at the age of 81.

From The Dark Knight to Interstellar, director Christopher Nolan has built his reputation with grounded interpretations of fantastical tales. So what happens when he takes on Homer's 3,000 year old story, The Odyssey? Eli Glasner says that while the story clashes with the storyteller, there's still much to savour.

Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, one of the most iconic pieces of film memorabilia, sold at auction for $3.75 million US (roughly $5.15 million Cdn), Heritage Auctions shared on Wednesday. The prop was constructed by Star Wars' makeup artist Stuart Freeborn, and includes the model-cast of actor Mark Hamill's hand that detached alongside it in the iconic scene.

The Toronto International Film Festival began rolling out the red carpet on Thursday, announcing five special presentations for this year's instalment — their first major announcement since revealing the opening-night film earlier this month.

Clement Virgo's Steal Away reimagines America's past as a futuristic fairytale. Under the layers of metaphor and symbolism, the acclaimed Canadian director says the guiding question is: Is progress ever permanent?

Eurovision superfans know exactly what kind of a wild ride Canada is in for as it prepares to enter its first ever Eurovision Song Contest . For everyone else, here’s a cheat sheet.

Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia and will be honoured at a private family memorial at his New Zealand farm later, his agent told The Associated Press on Thursday.

It turns out Matt Damon is not the only Odysseus appearing on screen this summer. The makers of the controversial fully AI-generated film that debuted at Tribeca Festival last month are back — this time with an artificial-intelligence reimagining of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey.

A photo posted on U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's Facebook page may have done little to convince the internet that he's still alive, but it's working as a punchline for late-night television hosts in the U.S.

Hudson Williams seems to have reached a breaking point when alleged autograph sellers followed him to his residence in Paris over the weekend. Multiple videos of the incident were shared online, garnering divided reactions on social media.

Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster, has died at the age of 78.

Twelve states, including California and New York, sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81-billion US merger would "extinguish competition" in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers across the U.S.

During her set at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, Lorde took aim at wearable AI, calling smart glasses "not sexy." Meanwhile, Kylie Jenner is facing backlash over her collaboration with Meta on a line of AI-powered smart glasses featuring a built-in camera, and hands-free recording capabilities.

CBC News goes behind the scenes of the Heated Rivalry musical parody in Toronto. The lead actors and director-producer discuss bringing Shane and Ilya to life on stage — selling the laughs, the tension and the love story at the centre of it all — and share what they’re hoping audiences will take away with them.

While you're not likely to see the swarms of players you did in 2016, people around the world gathered to catch new Pokémon while spending a summer day outside with like-minded friends for the mobile game's 10th anniversary.