The former Beatle will headline a star-studded musical tribute marking Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in June.

Pop superstar Madonna will become the first artist to charge admission for a major show on Quebec City's historic Plains of Abraham on Sept. 1 as part of her 2012 World Tour.

Organizers of the Juno Awards, Canada's highest-profile music honour, are announcing nominees in 41 categories on Tuesday in Toronto.

Catalan painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, one of the world's top contemporary art figures, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Prince Charles led ceremonies Tuesday to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens — a writer as popular today as he was during his lifetime.

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.