Central Alberta musicians can win the chance to perform at an outdoor festival this summer — and get paid for it.
The Fox network is letting employees of some troubled small businesses decide which one of their colleagues will be laid off and turning the results into a reality show.
TORONTO — Actor Billy Bob Thornton has laid claim to his own Joaquin Phoenix moment.
A crowd of about 600, consisting mostly of punk rock enthusiasts, filled the Memorial Centre to listen to three different acts on Tuesday evening. Shiloh, appearing immediately after Canadian Idol contestant Carly Rae Jepsen, mesmerized the crowd with a rich voice not normally associated with a 15-year-old. The evening came to a close with the final act, Marianas Trench.
The era of one-price-fits-all-songs on iTunes came to an end Tuesday as Apple Inc., the Internet’s dominant digital music retailer, began selling some of its most-downloaded songs for US$1.29 apiece.
Wilderness guru Les Stroud is known for putting himself in extreme survival situations — he’s swum through shark-infested waters, been stranded in the Arctic with little more than a seal hook and marooned in the rainforests of Costa Rica.
Kid stuff, right?
Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future.
Farrah Fawcett is being treated for anal cancer that has spread to her liver and has been hospitalized for a complication from a routine treatment, a producer who worked with the actress and her doctor said Monday.
Notre Dame High School students are getting ready for “another op’nin’ of another show.”
A crew of 65 fine arts students will stage the ever-popular musical Kiss Me Kate from April 15 to 18 at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.
NEW YORK — An all-star concert on meditation brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together for their first performance together in seven years.
Between a new album, an upcoming tour, producing a record for Barbra Streisand, a marriage to Elvis Costello and two-year-old twin boys, it’s hard to imagine Diana Krall can relax these days.
There were three people in Jennie Hawkes’ marriage — at least at last count.
The Vathosts guitar-based electric blues of Chicago’s Liz Mandeville on April 11, and Matt Anderson — energetic bluesman performing rock n ’roots on May 1.
It’s hard to figure out Peter Bjorn and John.
The Swedish band set the music world aflame with their 2007 album Writer’s Block, a fantastic blend of poppy hooks and melodies with the dangerously addictive single Young People.
After a month filled with (perhaps) too many roots shows, things slow down for April.
The Vat Pub again hosts the guitar-based electric blues of Chicago’s Liz Mandeville April 11.
Shhh! Don’t anyone tell the Canadian Country Music Association, but Johnny Reid came on stage in Red Deer without a cowboy hat on Wednesday night.
Acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg was awarded France’s Legion of Honour on Wednesday, a distinction he said left him “incoherent with joy and pride.”
The powerful and spirited Memeza Africa will bring its singers, drummers and dancers to Red Deer for two energetic shows next week.
The soap opera “Guiding Light” is switching off after a 72-year run that predates television.
CBS says the show will have its final episode in September. Like most daytime dramas, “Guiding Light” has suffered from declining ratings and CBS is looking for a lower-cost alternative to the hour of programming.
The Guinness Book of World Records has cited it as the longest-running television drama.
It began as a 15-minute serial on NBC Radio in January 1937 and debuted on CBS television in 1952, focusing on the Bauer family of Springfield.
Bill Cosby will be awarded the top humour prize in the U.S. from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for his groundbreaking career.
