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The CBC's latest plans to shave costs by cutting staff and programming is raising pointed questions about what lies ahead for the beleaguered public agency.

OTTAWA — Canada's public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that a request to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's budget for the next fiscal year was one reason they announced layoffs for 10 per cent of staff.

NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the weirdest high schools in history, Cleopatra is dating class president Frida Kahlo and John F. Kennedy's best friend is Abraham Lincoln.

A posthumous tribute to musicians Gordon Lightfoot and Robbie Robertson has been set for this year's Juno Awards. Organizers say nominees Aysanabee and Allison Russell will salute the legendary artists in a joint performance.

NEW YORK (AP) — Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in the new mouthful of a TV series “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” a swashbuckling romp that's miles from the genteel tent of “The Great British Bake Off.

LONDON (AP) — Kate Winslet is running things — on and off the set of her new TV show, “The Regime.

If you watched Lifetime's Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren't alone.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Anyone But You 2. Oppenheimer 3. Wonka 4. Mean Girls (2024) 5. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 6. Anatomy of a Fall 7. The Zone of Interest 8. The Iron Claw 9. Trolls Band Together 10.

NEW YORK (AP) — When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn't put it down. That's because he was reluctant to pick it up.

For years, Toronto-born cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell inhabited the same superhero universe but never interacted on screen. “Steve and I knew that we wanted to work together.