Stage and screen star Liza Minnelli, folk singer-songwriter James Taylor and filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica will receive special awards at the upcoming Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Drake, Hedley score 5 nominations each

A P.E.I. lawyer is finishing up a children's book series on Canada's Charter of Rights with some help from a New Brunswick lobster, a Montreal bagel, a Saskatchewan moose, and Anne of Green Tomatoes.

Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is going from Facebook to Apple, with the Oscar-winning writer to pen a screenplay based on the Steve Jobs biography

A strong Canadian contingent is heading to La Croisette for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, which will screen new movies from both established names like David Cronenberg and budding directors invited to the French fest for the very first time.

Prolific Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes has died in a hospital in Mexico City, according to Mexico's cultural agency. He was 83.

Quebec theatre producer Normand Latourelle is back with Odysseo, the newest production of his equestrian and performing arts troupe Cavalia.

People from the Saskatchewan filmmaking community, including Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates, converged on the legislature Monday to protest against the end of a film and video tax credit.

MusicNL members rally against the loss of a studio and a mobile recording unit at CBC's production centre in St. John's.

Ellen DeGeneres, the popular comedian and talk show host who also portrayed the first prime-time TV character to come out as gay, has been named winner of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize.