More than 60 prominent Canadians are being appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours, the governor general's office announced Friday.

Montreal's Yuli Turovsky stepped down from I Musici earlier this year, but he continues to make music with a new youth orchestra, Next Generation.

Russell Brand and Katy Perry are headed for divorce, just 14 months after they married.

U.S. singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who was discovered by Ed McMahon and performed with the Rat Pack, has died. She was 79.

A television show about members of a Muslim community in Michigan is focusing what may be its second-to-last episode almost entirely on the conflicted feelings that its featured participants have about the Sept. 11 attacks.

Winning fans and impressing international critics, the St. John's band Hey Rosetta! has earned a place in our newsmakers' list.

Before passing comment on someone's "baby bump" in 2012, take a pregnant pause; likewise, give up promoting "shared sacrifice."

Justin Bieber is cast as a young basketball star in a film to be shot next year, in a role opposite Mark Wahlberg.

Sam Rivers, a multi-instrumentalist musician considered a pioneer in avant-garde jazz, has died at age 88.

Italy's culture ministry is playing down reports that chunks of masonry have been falling off the Colosseum, Rome's most popular tourist attraction.