Smash hit The Book of Mormon — the comic send-up from the raunchy minds behind South Park and Avenue Q — is coming to Canada as part of a new Mirvish Productions season that mixes Broadway theatre with movie-musical adaptations and new productions.

Rumours that one of Montreal's most recognizable landmarks may be changing hands heated up after several reports emerged that the sale of Schwartz's Deli was imminent or already on the plate.

Two experienced National Geographic filmmakers who collaborated with James Cameron on his deep-sea documentaries were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia on Saturday.

The National Ballet of Canada will continue its emphasis on fresh choreography in 2012-13 by premiering works by John Neumeier and Davide Bombana.

French actor Gérard Depardieu is to star in a new film based on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex scandal.

The most popular protest song in Moscow today comes from burly men in blue berets, unlikely heroes of a peaceful middle-class movement challenging the strongman rule of Vladimir Putin.

Canada Reads: True Stories begins Monday, with five celebrity panellists set to discuss the merit of five non-fiction titles during the annual CBC book debate.

Madonna positioned herself as the queen of a new generation of pop stars at the Super Bowl halftime show — complete with throne — but didn't have complete control of her show.

Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway and the film The Big Lebowski, has died at age 81.

Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.