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Chase Stokes dropped by NBC’s “Today” on Friday, March 3 to promote the new season of his Netflix hit “Outer Banks”.

Life changes … but their love remains! Thomas Rhett gushed over his wife, Lauren Akins, after being married more than a decade.

Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins are more in love than ever nearly 11 years after they tied the knot.

Ryan Reynolds is investing in his roots.

Hallmark Channel is known for its feel-good stories, featuring relatable characters in charming small towns, and heartwarming messages about love, family, and community.

According to a report by Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch, Ryan Reynolds is teaming-up with Toronto-based real estate development corporation Remington Group to purchase the Ottawa Senators.

EXCLUSIVE: Avi Federgreen’sCanadian distribution company Indiecan Entertainment has launched an international sales division that will make its debut at the Berlinale’s EFM.

The Sundance Institute has named Caroline Monnet as the recipient of the 2023 Merata Mita Fellowship.

Matthew Perry has revealed how he created the unique speech patterns that made his character Chandler Bing so distinctive from the moment he appeared in Friends. 

A sentencing hearing has begun for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, who was found guilty earlier this year of a sexual assault on an Ottawa woman.

Trombone Champ” — a humorous take on the successful “Guitar Hero” franchise exclusively using the titular brass — has rapidly become a player’s favorite with many already calling it game of the year, dethroning Wordle for good.Using a Wii villager look-alike as a musician, now you can “toot your way through over 20 tracks” ranging from classical Beethoven to crowd favorites like “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” “The better you play, the more toots you earn!” boasts the PC game (a Mac release is being looked into), which launched for $15 on Steam Sept. 15.While players earn coveted points for hitting the music on the head like in its precursor games, many play to get the songs wrong on purpose since there’s an equal satisfaction in hearing the trombone squeak silly and sour notes.Trombone Champ is the best game ever made pic.twitter.com/GH58eHGXHV“It’s a joke first and a game second,” the game’s “surprised and happy” creator Dan Vecchitto told the Guardian.

Actor Ryan Grantham has been jailed for life after he killed his mother to stop her witnessing him carrying out mass murder and assassinating Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The 24-year-old ‘Riverdale’ and ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ star will not be able to appeal for parole for 14 years after he pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge for fatally shooting his mother Barbara Waite, 64, while she sat playing piano in March 2020. He then drove to Mr Trudeau’s house with three guns, ammunition and 12 Molotov cocktails in his car, before he handed himself over to police in Vancouver.

Lili Reinhart has responded after her former “Riverdale” co-star Ryan Grantham was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother.

Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder.The actor was sentenced during a trial in British Columbia, Canada Supreme Court, on Wednesday (September 21) according to TMZ.Grantham, best known for playing Jeffrey Augustine in Riverdale, will not be eligible for parole for 14 years. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after initially being charged with first-degree murder.The actor’s mother, Barbara Waite, was shot in the back of the head while she was playing piano in the home she shared with Grantham in Squamish, north of Vancouver, on March 31, 2020.In court, Grantham admitted that he had rehearsed killing his mother in the days leading up to the incident, and had filmed a four-minute confession video.According to prosecutors, Grantham packed his car the next day with three guns and 12 Molotov cocktails towards Justin Trudeau’s Ottawa residence in Rideau Cottage, but turned around after testing one of the Molotov cocktails in a remote area.Grantham then reportedly thought of committing mass violence on Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge or at Simon Fraser University, which he attended as a student, but instead drove to Vancouver police headquarters where he turned himself in.Psychiatric reports referenced by the prosecutors, obtained by the publication, say Grantham was “going through an intense period of clinical depression” and had a cannabis use disorder.“I cannot explain or justify my actions.

Netflix series Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham has been jailed for life for murdering his mother.The disgraced former child star, 24, admitted he shot his mum Barbara Waite in the back of the head as she played piano in their townhouse in Squamish, north of Vancouver, in March 2020. He pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder in March this year and has been sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court to life in prison.The actor, who also appeared in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Supernatural, and iZombie, will be ineligible for parole for 14 years.

 and in , has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother, according to multiple reports. Grantham was reportedly sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday.As ET previously reported, Grantham pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after shooting his 64-year-old mother, Barbara White, in the back of the head while she played piano in March 2020. New details surfaced during a hearing in June, where prosecutors claimed Grantham rehearsed killing his mother and then confessed to the ghastly act on video, which was shown in court.

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This week, Warner Bros. Animation will have a presence at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. And one of the projects that they’ll be highlighting is “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” one of several animated features and TV series that HBO Max scrapped earlier this summer.

King Charles has been officially announced as Canada's monarch. The 73-year-old king automatically ascended to the throne when Queen Elizabeth passed away on Thursday (08. 09.

Two radio stations in Canada have confirmed that they will not be playing Arcade Fire music following news this week of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by four separate people against frontman Win Butler. Ottawa City News reports that CBC will “pause” playing Arcade Fire on both CBC Music FM and the SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station "until we learn more about the situation." Toronto's Indie88 also confirmed that “a quick decision" had been made to pull the band’s music with a "fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision" to follow.

Arcade Fire‘s music after allegations made against frontman Win Butler.Last week, an investigation was published by Pitchfork which saw four fans of the band accused Butler of sexual misconduct.After he was accused of “inappropriate” actions, Butler replied to the allegations in a lengthy statement of his own, claiming he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but maintaining that “these relationships were all consensual”.Since then, a representative for the CBC Music FM radio station has told Ottawa City News that the station is pausing playing Arcade Fire’s music “until we learn more about the situation”.Another station, Toronto’s Indie 88, confirmed that they had made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music” but that they have “not yet had a fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision.”Feist is donating proceeds from the merch at the Arcade Fire show tonight to Women’s Aid Dublin pic.twitter.com/36Q3lyYXSL— kevin freeburn (@KevFreeburn) August 30, 2022Following the allegations, Arcade Fire kicked off the European leg of their world tour as planned with a Dublin show. last night (August 30).Feist opened for the show, but – as pictures on social media showed – has committed to donating all proceeds earned from her merch sales to the local chapter of Women’s Aid.As shown in a photo making the rounds on social media, Feist’s merch stall was adorned with a flyer that read: “All proceeds from Feist merchandise will be donated to Women’s Aid Dublin”.

Fans will be raging about not getting to see their favourite band perform.

Emergency services have been tackling a "major" blaze at a building believed to be a former Scots care home throughout the night.

Rage Against The Machine displayed a protest message during one of their recent shows in which they condemned violence against Indiginous people in Canada.At last Friday’s (July 15) set at Bluesfest in Ottawa, the band posted a message on a screen behind their stage set-up. “An Indigenous person in Canada is over 10 times more likely to be shot and killed by a police officer than a white person is,” one screen read in reference to a CTV News investigation.“In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are 16 times more likely to be murdered or to disappear than white women are,” another text displayed.At other points the screen showed “Settler-colonialism is murder” and “Land Back”.

Rage Against the Machine are holding Canada accountable.

Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson are very, very sorry.

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Former Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March for the killing of his mother, Barbara Waite.

Justin Trudeau after shooting his mother in the back of the head and killing her as she played the piano.The 24-year-old actor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after killing his 64-year-old mother, Barbara White, back in March 2020 but new details surfaced during his sentencing in a Canadian court, where prosecutors claim Grantham rehearsed killing his mother and then confessed to the ghastly act on video, which was shown in court. That video also showed his mother's lifeless body.According to the CBC, prosecutors claim the day after the murder, Grantham packed his car with three guns, ammunition, 12 Molotov cocktails, camping supplies and a map with directions to Rideau Cottage in Ottawa.