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World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

Documentary Everest: The Other Side is an adventure too thrilling to stomach

Directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi return with new daredevils

Radheyan Simonpillai

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Loreena McKennitt is photographed in a Massey Hall dressing room Toronto on October 7, 2026. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Loreena McKennitt is photographed in a Massey Hall dressing room Toronto on October 7, 2026. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Loreena McKennitt, the original indie, keeps doing it her way

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THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Episode 103 of THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2026

THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Episode 103 of THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2026

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The New Stanford Prison Experiment offers no rewards for its participants or viewers

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Greg Mercer's non-fiction book 'The Lobster Trap' is one of five books up for the English-language non-fiction prize.

Greg Mercer's non-fiction book 'The Lobster Trap' is one of five books up for the English-language non-fiction prize.

Globe’s Greg Mercer among nominees for Governor General’s Literary Awards, alongside Toews, Moscovitch and more

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From left to right: Antony Hall, front, Tim Blair, rear, Monica Garrido Huerta, Chelsea Larkin, Gavin Pounds and Gillian Bartolucci in 100% Real Human.

From left to right: Antony Hall, front, Tim Blair, rear, Monica Garrido Huerta, Chelsea Larkin, Gavin Pounds and Gillian Bartolucci in 100% Real Human.

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The Second City’s 100% Real Human is thematically timely – and comedically underwhelming

Aisling Murphy

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The New Stanford Prison Experiment offers no rewards for its participants or viewers

Netflix series claims to re-enact 1971 study led by psychology professor Philip G. Zimbardo

THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Episode 103 of THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2026

THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Episode 103 of THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2026

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Documentary Everest: The Other Side is an adventure too thrilling to stomach

Radheyan Simonpillai

World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

3 min read

You can see everything these days, but The Eyes of Ghana is a one-night-only opportunity

A scene from the film "The Eyes of Ghana" from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - TIFF (Mandatory Credit)

A scene from the film "The Eyes of Ghana" from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - TIFF (Mandatory Credit)

A scene from the film "The Eyes of Ghana" from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - TIFF (Mandatory Credit)

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Actor Danny Masterson loses appeal of rape conviction

FILE - Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

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‘McMillan & Wife’ star Susan Saint James dies at 80

FILE - Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Loreena McKennitt, the original indie, keeps doing it her way

Two-time Juno winner reflects on a career built on her own terms as she prepares to embark on her anniversary tour

Loreena McKennitt is photographed in a Massey Hall dressing room Toronto on October 7, 2026. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Loreena McKennitt is photographed in a Massey Hall dressing room Toronto on October 7, 2026. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

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For Antoni Cimolino, leaving the Stratford Festival is such sweet sorrow
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Olympic ice dancer Tessa Virtue gives an exuberant performance – this time, without skates
Martha Schabas
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Ten years after his death, Leonard Cohen is feted with dance, song and readings
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Fall for Dance North’s Landslide explores the ‘call to parenthood’
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Montreal artist Marion Wagschal offers tough look at family, memory and human figure

Retrospective continues at the National Gallery of Canada until Jan. 17

Marion Wagschal, Cyclops (detail), 1972.

Marion Wagschal, Cyclops (detail), 1972.

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World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

World-renowned ski mountaineer Jim Morrison climbs the north face of Everest.

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From left to right: Antony Hall, front, Tim Blair, rear, Monica Garrido Huerta, Chelsea Larkin, Gavin Pounds and Gillian Bartolucci in 100% Real Human.

From left to right: Antony Hall, front, Tim Blair, rear, Monica Garrido Huerta, Chelsea Larkin, Gavin Pounds and Gillian Bartolucci in 100% Real Human.

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A scene from the film "The Eyes of Ghana" from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - TIFF (Mandatory Credit)

A scene from the film "The Eyes of Ghana" from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - TIFF (Mandatory Credit)

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Stacks of extra stock books, purchased to avoid supply-chain disruptions over the holiday season, line the tops of book-shelves at McNally Robinson Booksellers, a premier independent book store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 28.
(Tim Smith for The Globe and Mail)

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Stacks of extra stock books, purchased to avoid supply-chain disruptions over the holiday season, line the tops of book-shelves at McNally Robinson Booksellers, a premier independent book store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 28.
(Tim Smith for The Globe and Mail)

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The Bookshop covers the history, politics, art and business of bookselling through the ages

Matt Horseman

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FILE - Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Danny Masterson appears at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn., June 7, 2017. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

Actor Danny Masterson loses appeal of rape conviction

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Greg Mercer's non-fiction book 'The Lobster Trap' is one of five books up for the English-language non-fiction prize.

Greg Mercer's non-fiction book 'The Lobster Trap' is one of five books up for the English-language non-fiction prize.

Globe’s Greg Mercer among nominees for Governor General’s Literary Awards, alongside Toews, Moscovitch and more

Kaitlyn McGrath

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Col. Jeremy Hansen, who made a historic trip around the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission, at Johnson Space Center in Houston TX in 2025.

Col. Jeremy Hansen, who made a historic trip around the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission, at Johnson Space Center in Houston TX in 2025.

Earthrise, the new book about Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, is not just for ‘space geeks’

Lana Hall

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October 27, 2026

A Court of Splintered Harmony author Sarah J. Maas Midnight Book Launch at Indigo

A Court of Splintered Harmony author Sarah J. Maas Midnight Book Launch at Indigo

Romantasy books have fans packing bookstores to party like it’s 2007

Josh O’Kane

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October 27, 2026

The new Sarah J. Maas book is out now. Here are other romantasy titles you should be reading

Ella Bichon

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October 27, 2026

FILE - Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

‘McMillan & Wife’ star Susan Saint James dies at 80

Beth Harris

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October 27, 2026

Eurovision Canadian Finalists, clockwise from top left: William Cloutier, a former Star Académie winner from Victoriaville, QC; Réve, the Montreal-raised, Toronto-based pop singer with a passion for 1990s Eurodance; Josiane, a winner of La Voix, from Dieppe, N.B; Talk, a theatrical singer/songwriter of opera-pop from Ottawa who won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist in 2024 and Tyler Shaw, a viral rock-inflected pop artist from Vancouver who’s had a No 1 hit in Poland.

The five finalists competing to represent Canada at the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest are revealed in Toronto at CBC headquarters.

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The reveal of Canada’s first Eurovision finalists was designed to show that we mean business

J. Kelly Nestruck

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October 27, 2026

Polish director and screenwriter Paweł Pawlikowski’s latest film, Fatherland, had its world premiere in Cannes this spring.

Polish director and screenwriter Paweł Pawlikowski’s latest film, Fatherland, had its world premiere in Cannes this spring.

‘I’m an exile from the 20th century’: How Paweł Pawlikowski brought Fatherland’s postwar past to life

Barry Hertz

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October 27, 2026

Still from the film Fatherland

Still from the film Fatherland

Sandra Hüller drama Fatherland offers brisk but rich tour through postwar German psyche

Barry Hertz

3 min read

October 27, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo performs during the Daisy Chain Fields Festival in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 29.

Olivia Rodrigo performs during the Daisy Chain Fields Festival in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 29.

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Olivia Rodrigo turned Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena into a jamboree of lovesick girlhood

Aisling Murphy

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October 27, 2026

Eurovision Canadian Finalists, clockwise from top left: William Cloutier, Réve, Josiane, Talk and Tyler Shaw.

Eurovision Canadian finalists, from left: Tyler Shaw, William Cloutier, Rêve, Talk and Josiane.

Rêve and Tyler Shaw among Canada’s Eurovision finalists

Alex Nino Gheciu

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October 27, 2026

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO as Detective Warren, JOHN TURTURRO as Harry Lehman in THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, Photo credit Jon Pack, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO as Detective Warren, JOHN TURTURRO as Harry Lehman in THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, Photo credit Jon Pack, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

John Turturro steals the show in old-school crime drama The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Barry Hertz

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October 27, 2026

Matthew Perry in The One About Matthew Perry: Season 1.

Matthew Perry in The One About Matthew Perry: Season 1.

Matthew Perry docuseries shows the dark side of fame and the value of friends (not the TV kind)

Johanna Schneller

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October 26, 2026

Joe Keithley Photo by Clayton Keithley

Joe Keithley Photo by Clayton Keithley

These punks became city councillors in B.C. – and brought their progressive politics to the table

Josh O’Kane

5 min read

October 26, 2026

FILE - Walter Koenig appears at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Walter Koenig appears at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on original Star Trek series, dies at 90

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October 26, 2026

US singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court after he was given an eight-month suspended sentence having pleaded guilty to a charge of affray over the attack on a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023, in London, Britain, October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Chris J Ratcliffe TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

US singer Chris Brown leaves Southwark Crown Court after he was given an eight-month suspended sentence having pleaded guilty to a charge of affray over the attack on a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023, in London, Britain, October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Chris J Ratcliffe TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Chris Brown spared prison time for brawling at a U.K. nightclub in 2023

Brian Melley

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October 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 06: Eric Bauza attends the 78th Emmy Awards Night 2 at Peacock Theater on September 06, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 06: Eric Bauza attends the 78th Emmy Awards Night 2 at Peacock Theater on September 06, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Eric Bauza, Canadian voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 46

Nicole Thompson

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October 24, 2026

Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival Antoni Cimolino poses for a portrait inside of the Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford, ON on October 7th 2026. After 39 seasons spent working for the Stratford Festival in different roles, Cimolino is leaving following the conclusion of the production of Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail

Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival Antoni Cimolino poses for a portrait inside of the Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford, ON on October 7th 2026. After 39 seasons spent working for the Stratford Festival in different roles, Cimolino is leaving following the conclusion of the production of Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail

For Antoni Cimolino, leaving the Stratford Festival is such sweet sorrow

Aisling Murphy

11 min read

October 24, 2026

Still from Wildwood showing Jacob Tremblay's character, Curtis Mehlberg, one of the leads in Wildwood

Still from Wildwood showing Jacob Tremblay's character, Curtis Mehlberg, one of the leads in Wildwood

Jacob Tremblay kept Vancouver in mind while acting in Laika’s new project, Wildwood

Aparita Bhandari

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October 23, 2026

Allison Russell performs during 'k.d. lang: has always been' at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, on Oct. 2.

Allison Russell performs during 'k.d. lang: has always been' at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, on Oct. 2.

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Soul-folk star Allison Russell, ‘a real light beam,’ shone at Toronto’s Concert Hall

Brad Wheeler

3 min read

October 23, 2026

Beth Lew-Williams' book John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law explores the legal discrimination against Chinese people in the U.S. that began in 1852.

Beth Lew-Williams' book John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law explores the legal discrimination against Chinese people in the U.S. that began in 1852.

Princeton professor Beth Lew-Williams takes the Cundill History Prize for her book John Doe Chinaman

Brad Wheeler

2 min read

October 23, 2026

A view of the new Espace Riopelle - Michael Audain Pavilion at the Musée National des beaux arts du Québec in Quebec City designed by FABG Architects of Montreal.

A view of the new Espace Riopelle - Michael Audain Pavilion at the Musée National des beaux arts du Québec in Quebec City designed by FABG Architects of Montreal.

New Riopelle pavilion in Quebec City first major Canadian institution devoted to one artist

Kate Taylor

3 min read

October 23, 2026

Night two of three concerts at Toronto’s Revue Cinema by the indie singer-songwriter Hayden Desser.

Indie singer-songwriter Hayden Dessen performs on the second night of his three-show run at Toronto's Revenue Cinema.

Indie artist Hayden Desser finds light through the darkness with 10th album

Brad Wheeler

5 min read

October 23, 2026

Kaitlyn Braun in a still from Doula: A True Crime

Kaitlyn Braun in a still from Doula: A True Crime

Doula: A True Crime explores the intricacies of manipulation

Amber Dowling

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