Motorola Edge 40 Review: Mostly Cutting Edge
The Motorola Edge 40 is the latest entrant in the list of smartphones under Rs. 30,000 in India, which currently seems to be the industry’s hot segment...
Toronto screening of Sean Penn’s Ukraine film to help launch global non-profit
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...
Tony Award-nominee Sara Bareilles sees a future with both stage work and her music
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...
Summer is here, and the reading is amazing. These are the 20 best books to pile by your hammock
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...
Once homeless, hitchhiking on B.C.’s Highway of Tears — Angela Sterritt’s now a journalist whose debut memoir ‘Unbroken’ is a story of disappearance and survival
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...
Jeremy Dutcher’s first single in five years is a powerful expression of Indigenous resilience
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...
Jay Roach goes into the desert with Patricia Arquette for quirky, noirish Apple series
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...
Jónsi and the volcano
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...
A fond farewell to a prestige TV show that was a feminist fairy tale — with really great clothes
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),...
On ‘Such Ferocious Beauty,’ Cowboy Junkies look at the brutal splendour of life
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...