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Eric Da Silva, a member of the Artists of Atelier Ballet, performs with soprano Meghan Lindsay in Opera Atelier's production of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Eric Da Silva, a member of the Artists of Atelier Ballet, performs with soprano Meghan Lindsay in Opera Atelier's production of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Opera Atelier’s youngest work centres a love triangle and raises a deep question

Pelléas et Mélisande, Claude Debussy’s only opera, plays in Toronto through Sunday

5 min read

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: d4vd looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposed in his car. (Photo by Ted Soqui - Pool/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: d4vd looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposed in his car. (Photo by Ted Soqui - Pool/Getty Images)

Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl found dismembered in his car

5 min read

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

Justin Bieber ignites comeback tour speculation after website change

2 min read

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

review

Beef’s second season is action-packed but not as novel as its first

3 min read

Promotional photo from “She Holds Up the Stars” by Red Sky Performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Jason George/Red Sky Performance

Promotional photo from “She Holds Up the Stars” by Red Sky Performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Jason George/Red Sky Performance

New Red Sky Performance production puts Indigenous storytelling on the orchestral stage

3 min read

Luxury fashion brands are financing Hollywood projects – and becoming more visible onscreen

Fashion houses are launching entertainment divisions that blur the line between marketing and costume

Margaret Qualley in How to Make a Killing.

Margaret Qualley in How to Make a Killing.

5 min read

review

Beef’s second season is action-packed but not as novel as its first

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

3 min read

Zach Galifianakis applies comic touch to his enlightening gardening show

Graham Isador

This is a Gardening Show - Season 1. (L to R) Zach Galifianakis in Episode 103 of This is a Gardening Show. Cr. Radical Media/Netflix © 2026

This is a Gardening Show - Season 1. (L to R) Zach Galifianakis in Episode 103 of This is a Gardening Show. Cr. Radical Media/Netflix © 2026

This is a Gardening Show - Season 1. (L to R) Zach Galifianakis in Episode 103 of This is a Gardening Show. Cr. Radical Media/Netflix © 2026

5 min read

Barry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford Festival

Stratford Festival artistic Antoni Cimolino at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Oct. 13, 2020. Barry Avrich's film following Cimolino through the festival’s recent years will premiere at Hot Docs on April 27.

Stratford Festival artistic Antoni Cimolino at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Oct. 13, 2020. Barry Avrich's film following Cimolino through the festival’s recent years will premiere at Hot Docs on April 27.

Stratford Festival artistic Antoni Cimolino at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Oct. 13, 2020. Barry Avrich's film following Cimolino through the festival’s recent years will premiere at Hot Docs on April 27.

5 min read

review

The Pitt season two was great, but challenging. It’s no surprise some viewers turned on Dr. Robby

J. Kelly Nestruck

Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball
HBO Max
The Pitt

Season 2 - Episode 15

Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball
HBO Max
The Pitt

Season 2 - Episode 15

Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball
HBO Max
The Pitt

Season 2 - Episode 15

4 min read

review
Son of Nobody buries the reality of death in a children’s story
Matt Horseman
4 min read
review
The Last Titans sizes up the leaders of England and France during war and its aftermath
David Shribman
5 min read
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 18
1 min read
Books we’re reading and loving in April
6 min read

Justin Bieber ignites comeback tour speculation after website change

Bieber cancelled his last tour in 2022 in order to deal with the health effects of his Ramsay Hunt syndrome diagnosis

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

2 min read

Opera Atelier’s youngest work centres a love triangle and raises a deep question
5 min read
review
Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary is a disappointing Bible play about the women in Jesus’s orbit
Aisling Murphy
4 min read
Barry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford Festival
5 min read
review
Clyde’s, about the lifelong search for the perfect sandwich, goes skimpy on plot and heavy on drama
4 min read

Art & Architecture

With literal flames, photographer reframes pictures of Iran’s protests

Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Parisa Azadi uses altered instant photographs to examine protest imagery, memory and risk

Iranians gather around a bonfire amid anti-government protests as they chant “You’re the pervert. You’re the whore. I’m a free woman” on the streets in Iran in 2022. The chant, which became widespread during the 2022 uprising and beyond, is a declaration of defiance and liberation against the state’s enforcement of strict dress codes and its policing of women’s bodies. Photo by Parisa Azadi. Video Source: Vahid Online

Iranians gather around a bonfire amid anti-government protests as they chant “You’re the pervert. You’re the whore. I’m a free woman” on the streets in Iran in 2022. The chant, which became widespread during the 2022 uprising and beyond, is a declaration of defiance and liberation against the state’s enforcement of strict dress codes and its policing of women’s bodies. Photo by Parisa Azadi. Video Source: Vahid Online

5 min read

Yesterday

Margaret Qualley in How to Make a Killing.

Margaret Qualley in How to Make a Killing.

Luxury fashion brands are financing Hollywood projects – and becoming more visible onscreen

Nathalie Atkinson

5 min read

Yesterday

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis

Justin Bieber ignites comeback tour speculation after website change

Alex Nino Gheciu

2 min read

Yesterday

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

Beef. (L to R) Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Charles Melton as Austin Davis in episode 208 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

review

Beef’s second season is action-packed but not as novel as its first

Amber Dowling

3 min read

Yesterday

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: d4vd looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposed in his car. (Photo by Ted Soqui - Pool/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: d4vd looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposed in his car. (Photo by Ted Soqui - Pool/Getty Images)

Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder of 14-year-old girl found dismembered in his car

Andrew Dalton

5 min read

Yesterday

Fans of the Montréal Canadiens celebrate a goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first period of Game 1 of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Benchmark International Arena on Sunday in Tampa.

Fans of the Montréal Canadiens celebrate a goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first period of Game 1 of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Benchmark International Arena on Sunday in Tampa.

Canadiens superfans attempt red-towel takeover in Tampa for playoff opener

Daniel Rainbird

3 min read

April 19, 2026

This is a Gardening Show - Season 1. (L to R) Zach Galifianakis in Episode 103 of This is a Gardening Show. Cr. Radical Media/Netflix © 2026

This is a Gardening Show - Season 1. (L to R) Zach Galifianakis in Episode 103 of This is a Gardening Show. Cr. Radical Media/Netflix © 2026

Zach Galifianakis applies comic touch to his enlightening gardening show

Graham Isador

5 min read

April 18, 2026

Pianist Tony Ann is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Adit Dixit (Mandatory Credit)

Pianist Tony Ann is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Adit Dixit (Mandatory Credit)

Raptors tap pianist Tony Ann to craft neoclassical sound for playoff hype videos

Alex Nino Gheciu

4 min read

April 17, 2026

Promotional photo from “She Holds Up the Stars” by Red Sky Performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Jason George/Red Sky Performance

Promotional photo from “She Holds Up the Stars” by Red Sky Performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Photo: Jason George/Red Sky Performance

New Red Sky Performance production puts Indigenous storytelling on the orchestral stage

Robyn Grant-Moran

3 min read

April 17, 2026

Eric Da Silva, a member of the Artists of Atelier Ballet, performs with soprano Meghan Lindsay in Opera Atelier's production of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Eric Da Silva, a member of the Artists of Atelier Ballet, performs with soprano Meghan Lindsay in Opera Atelier's production of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Opera Atelier’s youngest work centres a love triangle and raises a deep question

Aisling Murphy

5 min read

April 17, 2026

(L to R) Amaka Umeh, Nancy Palk, Michelle Monteith, Belinda Corpuz, and Sabryn Rock in Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary.

(L to R) Amaka Umeh, Nancy Palk, Michelle Monteith, Belinda Corpuz, and Sabryn Rock in Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary.

review

Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary is a disappointing Bible play about the women in Jesus’s orbit

Aisling Murphy

4 min read

April 17, 2026

Stratford Festival artistic Antoni Cimolino at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Oct. 13, 2020. Barry Avrich's film following Cimolino through the festival’s recent years will premiere at Hot Docs on April 27.

Stratford Festival artistic Antoni Cimolino at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Oct. 13, 2020. Barry Avrich's film following Cimolino through the festival’s recent years will premiere at Hot Docs on April 27.

Barry Avrich peeks behind the curtain at Antoni Cimolino’s retirement from the Stratford Festival

Aisling Murphy

5 min read

April 17, 2026

Arkells frontman Max Kerman is pictured in Toronto on April 8, 2025. His new memoir, ‘Try Hard,’ is coming out on April 22, 2025. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)

Arkells frontman Max Kerman is pictured in Toronto on April 8, 2025. His new memoir, ‘Try Hard,’ is coming out on April 22, 2025. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)

The Arkells go back to the beginning with new album, Between Us

Arisa Valyear

4 min read

April 17, 2026

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

Cropped feature image of Son of Nobody

review

Son of Nobody buries the reality of death in a children’s story

Matt Horseman

4 min read

April 17, 2026

Iranians gather around a bonfire amid anti-government protests as they chant “You’re the pervert. You’re the whore. I’m a free woman” on the streets in Iran in 2022. The chant, which became widespread during the 2022 uprising and beyond, is a declaration of defiance and liberation against the state’s enforcement of strict dress codes and its policing of women’s bodies. Photo by Parisa Azadi. Video Source: Vahid Online

Iranians gather around a bonfire amid anti-government protests as they chant “You’re the pervert. You’re the whore. I’m a free woman” on the streets in Iran in 2022. The chant, which became widespread during the 2022 uprising and beyond, is a declaration of defiance and liberation against the state’s enforcement of strict dress codes and its policing of women’s bodies. Photo by Parisa Azadi. Video Source: Vahid Online

With literal flames, photographer reframes pictures of Iran’s protests

Aisling Murphy and Photography by Parisa Azadi

5 min read

April 17, 2026

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1944 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, and General Charles De Gaulle, centre, salute at France's Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Though allies in World War II, De Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's application in the 1960s to join what was then known as the European Economic Community. On Wednesday, April 10 2019, British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask EU leaders in Brussels for an extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron has been taking a hard-line ahead of the summit. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1944 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, and General Charles De Gaulle, centre, salute at France's Unknown Warrior at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Though allies in World War II, De Gaulle twice vetoed Britain's application in the 1960s to join what was then known as the European Economic Community. On Wednesday, April 10 2019, British Prime Minister Theresa May is to ask EU leaders in Brussels for an extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron has been taking a hard-line ahead of the summit. (AP Photo, File)

review

The Last Titans sizes up the leaders of England and France during war and its aftermath

David Shribman

5 min read

April 17, 2026

Lisa Morrisseau, daughter of famous Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau, at her home in Keewaywin First Nation with her brother’s paintings on the wall. In the same Woodland art style their father made famous, Eugene’s depicts their parents and Christian’s is on the right. Keewaywin is a remote Oji-Cree fly-in reserve about 580 km flight northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont. Ms. Morrisseau says she’s made less than a thousand dollars from her father’s art. The second youngest of Norval Morrisseau’s seven children said she was not aware of the $100-million art fraud involving her father’s work until she watched a documentary about the case.
February 8, 2026
(Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)

Lisa Morrisseau, daughter of famous Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau, at her home in Keewaywin First Nation with her brother’s paintings on the wall. In the same Woodland art style their father made famous, Eugene’s depicts their parents and Christian’s is on the right. Keewaywin is a remote Oji-Cree fly-in reserve about 580 km flight northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont. Ms. Morrisseau says she’s made less than a thousand dollars from her father’s art. The second youngest of Norval Morrisseau’s seven children said she was not aware of the $100-million art fraud involving her father’s work until she watched a documentary about the case.
February 8, 2026
(Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)

After the largest art fraud in history, the Morrisseau family is picking up the pieces

Ben Kaplan

13 min read

April 17, 2026

FILE - American singer-songwriter, David Anthony Burke, aka D4vd, performs on the Casino stage during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 2024. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP, File)

FILE - American singer-songwriter, David Anthony Burke, aka D4vd, performs on the Casino stage during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 2024. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP, File)

Singer D4vd held without bail after arrest on suspicion of killing teenage girl

Andrew Dalton

3 min read

April 17, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of April 18

1 min read

April 16, 2026

Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball
HBO Max
The Pitt

Season 2 - Episode 15

Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball
HBO Max
The Pitt

Season 2 - Episode 15

review

The Pitt season two was great, but challenging. It’s no surprise some viewers turned on Dr. Robby

J. Kelly Nestruck

4 min read

April 16, 2026

FILE - American singer-songwriter, David Anthony Burke, aka D4vd, performs on the Casino stage during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 2024. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP, File)

FILE - American singer-songwriter, David Anthony Burke, aka D4vd, performs on the Casino stage during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 2024. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP, File)

U.S. singer D4vd arrested on suspicion of killing 14-year-old girl found dead in his Tesla

Andrew Dalton

2 min read

April 16, 2026

Celine Dion. Publicity Picture 2026
Under embargo until April 16, 2026, 6 PM ET (in line with France release at 12:00 AM local April 17, 2026):

Celine Dion. Publicity Picture 2026
Under embargo until April 16, 2026, 6 PM ET (in line with France release at 12:00 AM local April 17, 2026):

review

Celine Dion releasing new song Dansons, a sweet anthem for a troubled time

Brad Wheeler

3 min read

April 16, 2026

Sophia Walker, Clyde’s Production Photos – April 2026
Photos by Dahlia Katz.

Sophia Walker, Clyde’s Production Photos – April 2026
Photos by Dahlia Katz.

review

Clyde’s, about the lifelong search for the perfect sandwich, goes skimpy on plot and heavy on drama

Aisling Murphy

4 min read

April 16, 2026

Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen. Camila Morrone as Rachel Harkin in episode 108 of Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen. Camila Morrone as Rachel Harkin in episode 108 of Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

review

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen peels back the horrors of marriage

Amber Dowling

3 min read

April 16, 2026

Night Terminus by Ellis Scott What I’m reading.

Night Terminus by Ellis Scott What I’m reading.

Books we’re reading and loving in April

Globe staff

6 min read

April 16, 2026

review of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (Warner). Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Caption: NATALIE GRACE as Katie Cannon in New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's “LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY.” A Warner Bros. Pictures Release.

review of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (Warner). Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Caption: NATALIE GRACE as Katie Cannon in New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's “LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY.” A Warner Bros. Pictures Release.

review

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is a stylistic revival that is preserved in form, not spirit

Radheyan Simonpillai

4 min read

April 16, 2026

Andrea Werhun in Modern Whore (2025) Modern Whore film stills.

Andrea Werhun in Modern Whore (2025) Modern Whore film stills.

How Modern Whore made the leap from the bedroom to the strip club to the big screen

Radheyan Simonpillai

5 min read

April 16, 2026

A boat arrives asking the tribe to divide themselves into pairs.

A boat arrives asking the tribe to divide themselves into pairs.

Survivor 50 episode 8 recap: Double the Fun, Double the Demise

J. Kelly Nestruck and amber dowling

5 min read

April 16, 2026

Photograph by Dean Fidelman/HBO . The Dark Wizard, Crave
HBO docuseries about Dean Potter, one of the world’s most influential and controversial climbers, BASE jumpers, and highline walkers.

Photograph by Dean Fidelman/HBO . The Dark Wizard, Crave
HBO docuseries about Dean Potter, one of the world’s most influential and controversial climbers, BASE jumpers, and highline walkers.

What to watch this weekend: The hottest new documentaries to stream at home

J. Kelly Nestruck

4 min read

April 15, 2026

Canadian director Ric Esther Bienstock said Speechless, her documentary about campus speech controversies, “might be the most dangerous film” of her prolific career.

Canadian director Ric Esther Bienstock said Speechless, her documentary about campus speech controversies, “might be the most dangerous film” of her prolific career.

review

Speechless, CBC’s tedious campus speech doc, rehashes moot debates

J. Kelly Nestruck

5 min read

April 15, 2026

People watch a trailer for the upcoming film “As Deep as the Grave” featuring a character played by a generative AI version of Val Kilmer at CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

People watch a trailer for the upcoming film “As Deep as the Grave” featuring a character played by a generative AI version of Val Kilmer at CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

AI-rendered Val Kilmer debuts in trailer for ‘As Deep as the Grave’

Lindsey Bahr

2 min read

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