Canada's Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 12 million Swedish crowns (about $1.7-million). The announcement was made Thursday in Stockholm. The 76-year-old modernist poet, translator, classics scholar and member of the Order of Cana... See more
The great American composer Steve Reich turned 90 on Saturday. Speaking to him a couple of weeks before, I had wished him an early happy birthday. 'I think you're the first to actually say the words,' he said from New York. 'Ninety years.' When I suggeste... See more
The mandate for Toronto's Ageless International Film Festival is to present movies that explore stories and perspectives that connect viewers across generations. Which makes Late Fame a quintessential Ageless title. The 2025 film stars Willem Dafoe as a f... See more
A fisherman from Prince Edward Island, a bestselling author born in Tehran, a Métis television and film writer, an Order of Canada member from Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan and a Kabul-born first-time novelist who took 10 years creating her boo... See more
Montreal's Sass Jordan, a bombshell rock vocalist with a whisky-soaked rasp and an indomitably vivacious spirit, died on Friday, according to her publicist. She was 65. No cause of death was given but she had recently cancelled multiple concerts. Her guit... See more
