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Cillian Murphy: Small Things Like These and his life post-Oscar win
What’s our individual responsibility when we see atrocities happening in our world? That question is the central premise of the film “Small Things Li…
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Hangama Amiri: Using textiles to stitch together her memories of home
The textile artist Hangama Amiri is known around the world for making masterpieces out of fabric. A lot of that fabric is from a home she was forced …
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k-os: The 20th anniversary of his iconic album Joyful Rebellion
The Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and producer k-os is kind of like the Forrest Gump of popular music — he’s been everywhere. Earlier this year,…
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Brenda Lee: The story behind her smash hit Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Last year, Brenda Lee’s iconic holiday song “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” turned 65. We revisit Tom Power’s conversation with Brenda about the …
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Tim Burton: Making Beetlejuice’s long-awaited sequel
As a visionary director and self-professed loner, Tim Burton has spent decades channelling the angst and loneliness he felt as a child into hit movie…
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k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music
Though she’s been called Canada’s original cowboy punk, k.d. lang has had a long and complex relationship with country music. When she got her start …
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Omar Apollo: God Said No, his acting debut and hot sauce
After a crazy few years, Omar Apollo returned with his sophomore album, “God Said No,” this past summer. It was inspired by a bad breakup that he say…
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Quick Q: Mattea Roach on Jeopardy! and their new show Bookends
A few months ago, a new podcast and radio show called “Bookends” premiered on CBC. It’s hosted by Mattea Roach, the Canadian “Jeopardy!” champion who…
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Robert Eggers: Why bringing Nosferatu back to the screen has been his life’s dream
The director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch) has been fascinated and haunted by the shadowy form of Nosferatu since he was a kid. Now, he’s…
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Lauren Collins: From Degrassi to her new series My Dead Mom
The Canadian actor Lauren Collins became famous for playing a gutsy, outspoken high school student on "Degrassi: The Next Generation.” But now as she…
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