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January 23, 2026

Richard Stursberg is the former head of English services at the CBC, former executive director of Telefilm Canada, past CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association, past chairman of the Canadian Television Fund, and former assistant deputy minister of culture and broadcasting.

Richard Stursberg is the former head of English services at the CBC, former executive director of Telefilm Canada, past CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association, past chairman of the Canadian Television Fund, and former assistant deputy minister of culture and broadcasting.

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Fixing what ails Canadian publishing: The glory days never existed, but the industry’s future needs a boost

4 min read

January 23, 2026

Books on the shelves

Books on the shelves

The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of January 24

1 min read

January 22, 2026

This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Claire Foy in a scene from "H is for Hawk." (Roadside Attractions via AP)

This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Claire Foy in a scene from "H is for Hawk." (Roadside Attractions via AP)

How the book H is for Hawk comes to life on screen

Johanna Schneller

5 min read

January 22, 2026

Performance of A Doll's House at Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto.

Performance of A Doll's House at Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto.

A Doll’s House is claustrophobic and rich – and a star turn for Hailey Gillis

Aisling Murphy

4 min read

January 22, 2026

Everything Has Disapppeared performance photo

Everything Has Disapppeared performance photo

PuSh Festival returns to Vancouver with Canadian, international live performances

Aisling Murphy

4 min read

January 22, 2026

Handout from the show Canada Shore on Paramount . Canada Shore review:
Review of American-inspired reality show on Paramount+ designed to weaken our conscription-age Canadians ahead of invasion through booze and stupidity.
. Embargoed to Jan 22 3:01am.

Handout from the show Canada Shore on Paramount . Canada Shore review:
Review of American-inspired reality show on Paramount+ designed to weaken our conscription-age Canadians ahead of invasion through booze and stupidity.
. Embargoed to Jan 22 3:01am.

Canada Shore: Is this Paramount+ reality show a psy-op to corrupt Canadian youth?

J. Kelly Nestruck

4 min read

January 22, 2026

Chris Pratt stars as Chris Raven in MERCY, from Amazon MGM Studios.
Photo credit: Justin Lubin
© 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Chris Pratt stars as Chris Raven in MERCY, from Amazon MGM Studios.
Photo credit: Justin Lubin
© 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Not even Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson can save soulless sci-fi Mercy

Radheyan Simonpillai

4 min read

January 22, 2026

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Caption: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski. The Girl Who Cried Pearls, NFB
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Why the National Film Board was crucial to helping Canadian animators score a second Oscar nomination

4 min read

January 22, 2026

Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan scores a whopping 16 nods, making Hollywood history.

Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan scores a whopping 16 nods, making Hollywood history.

Oscar nominations 2026: The biggest Academy Award snubs, surprises and head-turners

Barry Hertz

6 min read

January 22, 2026

This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan, foreground from left, Michael B. Jordan and Omar Benson Miller in a scene from "Sinners." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan, foreground from left, Michael B. Jordan and Omar Benson Miller in a scene from "Sinners." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Vampire thriller Sinners sets new Oscars record with 16 nominations

8 min read

January 22, 2026

Shoresy Episode 5 Shoresy (Keeso), and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO), continue their quest to never lose again

Shoresy Episode 5 Shoresy (Keeso), and the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO), continue their quest to never lose again

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Shoresy made the case for a united North America – and Wayne Gretzky – in its uneven fifth season

J. Kelly Nestruck

4 min read

January 22, 2026

What: cSPACE
Where: Calgary, Alberta

What: cSPACE
Where: Calgary, Alberta

Arts spaces in Canada are scarce. Here are six that have found creative ways to exist

7 min read

January 22, 2026

Caroline Bishop on writing about love, heartbreak and the Cold War in her latest novel

Sarah Laing

5 min read

January 22, 2026

Kristen Wiig as Vera in DreamWorks Animation’s Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, directed by Ryan Crego.

Kristen Wiig as Vera in DreamWorks Animation’s Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, directed by Ryan Crego.

What to watch this weekend: Before Heated Rivalry, François Arnaud scored in this steamy series

J. Kelly Nestruck

4 min read

January 22, 2026

Korean group BTS at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2022.

Korean group BTS at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in 2022.

K-pop band BTS launches first tour since military service that includes two Toronto shows

2 min read

January 22, 2026

Finding Her Edge: Season 1. (L-R) Cale Ambrozic as Brayden Elliot and Madelyn Keys as Adriana Russo in Finding Her Edge: Season 1. Cr. NETFLIX © 2026

Finding Her Edge: Season 1. (L-R) Cale Ambrozic as Brayden Elliot and Madelyn Keys as Adriana Russo in Finding Her Edge: Season 1. Cr. NETFLIX © 2026

Netflix’s Finding Her Edge is a new romance on ice

Amber Dowling

6 min read

January 21, 2026

The Pickup. On Amazon Prime Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson,

The Pickup. On Amazon Prime Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson,

Thanks to streaming, we’re in the era of Black Hole Movies, a vortex where films go to die

Barry Hertz

6 min read

January 21, 2026

Actors Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie are shown in a scene from Crave's "Heated Rivalry" in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Bell Media (Mandatory Credit)

Actors Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie are shown in a scene from Crave's "Heated Rivalry" in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Bell Media (Mandatory Credit)

NHL commissioner, PWHL stars profess love for gay hockey drama Heated Rivalry

5 min read

January 21, 2026

FILE - Taylor Swift appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Taylor Swift appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift and Alanis Morissette among 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

2 min read

January 21, 2026

An exterior of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), in Toronto, Tuesday, January 20, 2026. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)

An exterior of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), in Toronto, Tuesday, January 20, 2026. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)

AGO rocked by resignations after failed Nan Goldin acquisition

5 min read

January 20, 2026

Comedian John Candy is dismayed as the Toronto Argonaut sign comes tumbling down behind him February 25, 1991. Candy was in Toronto to announce his partnership in the purchase of the Argos. Credit: John McNeill / The Globe and Mail

Comedian John Candy is dismayed as the Toronto Argonaut sign comes tumbling down behind him February 25, 1991. Candy was in Toronto to announce his partnership in the purchase of the Argos. Credit: John McNeill / The Globe and Mail

Writing his book on John Candy, author Paul Myers wrestled with the amount of Canadian content to include

4 min read

January 20, 2026

David Letterman arrives at the JFK Library, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

David Letterman arrives at the JFK Library, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

David Letterman is coming to Just for Laughs Vancouver

1 min read

January 20, 2026

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Actor Jodie Foster is currently starring in A Private Life, a French indie film directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.

Jodie Foster reflects on life at 60: ‘I feel a freedom I never had’

6 min read

January 20, 2026

FILE - The Grateful Dead, from left, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart perform during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis. on Aug. 3, 2002. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

FILE - The Grateful Dead, from left, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart perform during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis. on Aug. 3, 2002. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Producing Bob Weir’s documentary, I got to know the man behind the legend

Marc Weingarten

5 min read

January 20, 2026

(FILES) Former British model Brooklyn Beckham (L) and wife US actress Nicola Peltz Beckham arrive for the premiere of the movie "Lola" at the Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2024. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, son of the British celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham, said he did not want to reconcile with his parents after a family rift he described in a lengthy post on social media on January 19, 2026. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Former British model Brooklyn Beckham (L) and wife US actress Nicola Peltz Beckham arrive for the premiere of the movie "Lola" at the Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2024. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, son of the British celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham, said he did not want to reconcile with his parents after a family rift he described in a lengthy post on social media on January 19, 2026. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images)

Beckham family feud in the spotlight as Brooklyn rules out reconciliation

3 min read

January 20, 2026

Actors Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie are shown in a scene from Crave's "Heated Rivalry" in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Bell Media (Mandatory Credit)

Actors Hudson Williams, left, and Connor Storrie are shown in a scene from Crave's "Heated Rivalry" in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Bell Media (Mandatory Credit)

Heated Rivalry proves that consent is sexy

6 min read

January 20, 2026

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 18: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli attend the "Honey Bunch" premiere during the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Zoo Palast on February 18, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gerald Matzka/Getty Images)

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 18: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli attend the "Honey Bunch" premiere during the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Zoo Palast on February 18, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Gerald Matzka/Getty Images)

How to make a Canadian movie as a couple and not split up along the way

4 min read

January 20, 2026

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Grace Glowicki (DIANA), Ben Petrie (HOMER), © 2025 Cat People

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Sticky Canadian romantic thriller Honey Bunch will do anything for love, but it won’t do that

Barry Hertz

3 min read

January 19, 2026

Louise Pitre in Kimberly Akimbo.

Louise Pitre in Kimberly Akimbo.

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Kimberly Akimbo is underwritten, vocally uneven – but it’s the most poignant musical in Toronto

Aisling Murphy

5 min read

January 19, 2026

Netflix
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - Production Still Image
Mia McKenna-Bruce in Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (2026)

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Mia McKenna-Bruce in Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (2026)

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New Agatha Christie drama Seven Dials is a lacklustre whodunit

Amber Dowling

3 min read

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