Teri Meri Kahaani, an ambitious new film starring in-demand Bollywood stars Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor, continued its globe-trotting week of premieres with a Toronto debut Friday night.

How do you get kids excited about reading in 2012? It turns out there’s an app for that, but you don’t have to take our word for it.

CBC Radio foreign affairs program Dispatches aired its final episode on Thursday and CBC News Network’s Connect closes down after Friday’s show. Radio Canada International, which broadcasts in seven languages, also stops its shortwave service on Friday.

A man who made online threats against the creators of South Park for perceived insults against the prophet Muhammad has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison

Richard Adler, who won Tony Awards for co-writing snappy and infectious, songs for such hit Broadway musicals as The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, has died.

New York City police are looking for a man who stole a $150,000 Salvador Dali painting from an art gallery.

There’s a lot to admire in the new Pixar animated movie Brave, including a strong female heroine, but the uneven and sometimes scary story will be a stumbling block for younger viewers, says Eli Glasner.

Hundreds of music fans were stranded in their cars overnight after rainstorms caused chaos on travel routes to the Isle of Wight Festival.

A P.E.I. group is preparing to make a massive donation with the goal of making Anne of Green Gables as popular in China as it is in Japan.