Entertainment

1. Still waiting for morning partner, ABC's Roberts gets prime-time spotlight

   NEW YORK - Robin Roberts is comfortable in the knowledge that when ABC's "Good Morning America" makeover is complete, she will keep her seat at the anchor desk. She just doesn't know who will be sitting next to her. CP ONLINE | 8/11/2009 7:54 PM | 0

2. TV cooking star Rachael Ray helps struggling Ohio town still ravaged by loss of major employer

   WILMINGTON, Ohio - Television cooking star Rachael Ray is boosting the local food supply for a struggling Ohio town. CP ONLINE | 8/11/2009 7:50 PM | 0

3. Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend; 'Precious' opens big in limited release

   LOS ANGELES - Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie. CP ONLINE | 8/11/2009 7:52 PM | 0

4. Giller finalists talk about what they'll wear on the big night, ebooks, and more

   TORONTO - Canada's most lucrative literary award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, will be handed out Tuesday night during a televised black-tie gala at a Toronto hotel. CP ONLINE | 8/11/2009 10:32 AM | 0

5. Impressive revival of atonal 'Esther' launches rebirth of New York City Opera

   NEW YORK - Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser, like its production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." CP ONLINE | 8/11/2009 10:30 AM | 0

The Arts

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   Viewers finding an appetite for local docs

   Here's an interesting tidbit in the context of the battle between Canada's cable companies and TV stations. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Tradition meets innovation at powwow

   There won't be any broncos at the MTS Centre for this weekend's Manito Ahbee International Competition Powwow. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

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   First-rate Jungle Book bares sharp teeth at MTYP

   Don't expect the Disney version. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

4. Daughter's stage flight with 'old bastard' a success

   THE mission for actress Linda Griffiths in her new dramatic monologue was to reconnect with her Second World War veteran father and get him to his squadron's last RAF reunion in England without starting a Third World War. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

5. Valuable Kurelek painting home for exhibition

   A valuable painting by Manitoba artist William Kurelek has surfaced in England and been purchased by a Winnipeg gallery, solving the mystery of its whereabouts. PRINT | 6/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

Movies

1. Classic fashion queen remains a beautifully dressed enigma

   There seems to be no end of interest in Coco Chanel: much more than you would have suspected could have been generated by a collarless white jacket or a little black dress. Coco has come to mean something: female liberation,, or the gritty self-determination that takes one from an orphanage to one's own fashion house. Or maybe it's that she's a great movie subject because the costumes are sure to be sensational. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

2. Movies

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   Who needs bullets when you can bend spoons?

   When you get right down to it, we're all freaks. Every one of us suspects we might be special in some way, whether it's a persistent Cinderella complex that makes us believe we're lost heirs to a large fortune, or maybe gifted with some talent that could save the world. PRINT | 6/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Want a rewarding Box? Stick with Justin Timberlake's

   Cameron Diaz and James Marsden have a terrible moral dilemma in Richard Kelly's The Box: Press a button on a mysterious container, they'll get $1 million, and someone they don't know will die. PRINT | 6/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Close (encounters) but no cigar

   THE Fourth Kind is a "found footage" horror movie with a few new tweaks, though not enough to escape a certain clunkiness. PRINT | 6/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

Music

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   Singer's fantasy becomes reality

   Last year, Chilliwack, B.C., R&B singer-songwriter Inez was at Manito Ahbee Festival handing out copies of her three-song demo. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

   • Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards

2. Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards

   The complete list of winners at the 2009 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

3. CLASSICAL

   Murray Perahia PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

4. Pop and Rock

   Weezer PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

5. New Music

   Carrie Underwood / Play On (19/Arista/Sony Music) PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

TV

1. Sykes just planning to be Sykes

   PASADENA, Calif. -- Wanda Sykes has no problem speaking her mind, rattling off jokes or creating conversation. PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

2. The Scene Oprah moving from CBS to digital wasteland?

   OPRAH Winfrey may pull up stakes at her daytime TV-talk show, which is controlled by CBS Television Distribution, and move to her namesake digital cable channel, OWN (for Oprah Winfrey Network). PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

3. Today on TV

   Breeders' Cup World Championships PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Chanel or Channel 5?

   NEW YORK — So, you admire the fash­ions of popular TV characters. Do you want to dress just like them? PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

5. TV Listings

   Plan your television viewing up to two weeks in advance with our interactive TV Listings. ONLINE | 1/01/2009 1:00 AM |

Restaurant Reviews

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   Who says brunch is a Sunday-only thing?

   I love brunch, but I also love long, leisurely Sunday mornings at home, when I can indulge in my personal addiction, i.e. a bunch of crossword puzzles, especially the big New York Times puzzle, which I now save from Saturday's Free Press to do on Sunday. PRINT | 6/11/2009 1:00 AM | 2

Books

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   Model reveals the plus side of the fashion industry

   Hungry PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Kingsolver's new novel timely, important

   The Lacuna PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

3. 

   Net minder Jacques Plante literally changed face of hockey

   Jacques Plante PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Why veterans kept quiet

   Breaking the Silence PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   An idea of justice, with a refreshing Asian bent

   An Idea of Justice PRINT | 7/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

The Tab

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   Lighting the way

   Lorne Cardinal gets it. PRINT | 5/11/2009 1:00 AM | 1

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   The Buzz

   We pick the best of the week: PRINT | 5/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

3. 

   Siteseeing

   Anthony Augustine is a freelance music, technology and pop culture writer who spends way too much time in front of the computer. Got a site you think he should see? Email him at anthony.siteunseen@gmail.com or follow him at twitter.com/anthonya PRINT | 5/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Getting Hiccups makes sense after six years of Corner Gas

   Nancy Robertson is making a point about Millie Upton, the emotionally volatile children's book author she plays in the new TV comedy Hiccups, when the comic actor is distracted by her six-month-old puppy, Oliver, who has found something to gnaw on. PRINT | 5/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0

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   Jeff Bridges flashes back to hippie past for Goats role

   HOLLYWOOD -- Actor Jeff Bridges, looking like a Malibu prophet with his bushy beard and seasoned surfer smile, says he had a bit of a flashback while filming The Men Who Stare at Goats, which fictionalizes the oddball odyssey of a U.S. military program that tried to train soldiers to use mental powers as a weapon (and to snuff out farm animals by glaring at them). PRINT | 5/11/2009 1:00 AM | 0