Tag Archives: Entertainment

HONOLULU - Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favourite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died Thurs...

TORONTO - Canadian film and TV leaders are acknowledging that sexual harassment has also been a "prevalent" part of the entertainment industry north of the border and have planned a meeting to discuss...

NEW ORLEANS - Fats Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honouring the traditions of the Crescent City, has died. H...

Thirty-one years ago I met the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band when they played my wedding. We paid them, thanked them and became their friends. Whenever they toured nearby we would see them, in Moose Jaw, Ray...

A group of Weyburn high school students got to share the stage with legendary rock band Foreigner in Regina Monday night. The Weyburn STARS Comprehensive Choir won a Jack FM contest to get the chance ...

It's not often that you get to cheer on your high school choir, but a local radio contest is down to the final three to see which choir will get to sing on stage with Foreigner. The contest is called ...

The massacre in Las Vegas hits close to home for the organizers of Country Thunder in Craven. Kim Blevins got a text message Monday morning telling her to turn on the news. That's when she found out a...

Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as "Free Fallin,' "Refugee" and "Amer...

OTTAWA - An agreement that Netflix will invest at least $500 million in original productions in Canada is set to be part of a long-awaited reboot of Canada's cultural policy. Heritage Minister Melanie...

LOS ANGELES - Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbol...