TORONTO – The global launch of a new non-profit group against authoritarianism will include an invitation-only Toronto screening of Sean Penn’s documentary about Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
NEW YORK (AP) — When Sara Bareilles signed on for a two-week, stripped down production of “Into the Woods” off-Broadway, she had no idea the adventure...
Summertime and the reading is … anything you want it to be, whether you turn to a book for escape or enlightenment. I’ve chosen a little...
CBC journalist Angela Sterritt remembers first learning about British Columbia’s infamous Highway of Tears around 2003. The 725-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and...
Thanks for reading the Toronto Star’s Weekend Music Digest, a roundup of new music, concert listings and more. This week’s roundup includes new music from Jeremy...
Filmmaker Jay Roach usually has a moment of panic and doubt before production starts on a project. It’s something Sydney Pollack, who was a mentor of...
When Jón Þór Birgisson — better known as Jónsi to fans of Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós — missed the eruption of Fagradalsfjall, a volcano about an...
Last week, amid the hubbub over the “Succession” series finale, another Emmy-winning TV series came to an end. Nobody died in its final season (onscreen, anyway),...
Nothing ever goes quite the way you planned. Just ask Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins: his band’s new album, “Such Ferocious Beauty,” out Friday, ended up being...
It’s difficult to imagine “Hush, Little Baby” as anything other than a nursery rhyme or a sentimental children’s song. But for decades, the lullaby, which dates...