The Shaw Festival has put the musical Ragtime and a stage adaptation of His Girl Friday at the centre of its 2012 season, choosing just two plays by George Bernard Shaw himself.

Ashton Kutcher’s debut in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men on Monday was seen by 27.7 million people, giving him bragging rights over previous star Charlie Sheen.

The painting Lucien Freud was working on at the time of his death will join a forthcoming exhibition in London.

Dave Thomas and several other Canadian actors say they support a protest planned by Greenpeace in Ottawa against the oilsands industry.

Music icon Neil Young is set to pen a memoir, slated for release in fall 2012.

Veteran Israeli actress Hanna Maron has added another item to her resume — the world’s longest career in theater.

The second volume of Richard Gwyn’s biography of Sir John A. Macdonald and Charles Foran’s examination of author Mordecai Richler will vie for Canada’s richest non-fiction award later this year.

Stephen Colbert meeting Radiohead is such a special occasion, a regular episode of The Colbert Report wasn’t sufficient.

An inside look at a memorable community of criminals. Prizefighter Butch Coolidge has decided to stop payment on a deal he’s made with the devil. Honey Bunny and Pumpkin are a couple of young lovers and small time thieves who decide they need a change …