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The Geminis: buddy, can you spare a tux?
Everyone looks like a million bucks at the Geminis. But most Canadian actors can't afford too much champagne, Gayle MacDonald reports
Music
Yuja Wang plays to her strengths
Born in Beijing, the rising piano star moved to Calgary at age 14. Now 22, she's wowing audiences around the world
London Eye
The Lady’s not for dying
The undimmed spirit of Margaret Thatcher hangs over Kevin Spacey and company at the Old Vic
Film Friday
Antichrist
It succeeds at being offensive, but fails in its ambition. Liam Lacey's review leads The Globe's weekly film package.
Flashpoint wins big at Gemini Awards
Slick cop drama snags three of the night's top honours in Canadian television
Portrait gallery panel faced choice restrictions: report
Blue-ribbon group, created to find home for Portrait Gallery of Canada, wasn't given access to key information on costs and tourism, documents show
Review
The bluesmen still flip, flop and fly
NASA put a man on the moon in 1969, the same year the then-named Downchild Blues Band (since shortened to Downchild) began the process of putting Canadian blues on the map.
British scientist admits writing call-girl blog
Researcher at University of Bristol reveals she is mysterious Belle de Jour, whose accounts of life as a prostitute were turned into books and a TV series
Fame Game
Morgan Freeman talks about his Prom Night in Mississippi
When the veteran actor tried to end a racially segregated high-school tradition, Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman put his life on hold to help him chronicle the tensions. The result: a racial divide bridged
Review
Michel Legrand: Out of disparate styles, an original showcase
Michel Legrand’s best songs are remarkably versatile, and can be shaped to fit almost any style.
Which Brit has the best American accent?
They've made the transition from Old Blighty to Tinseltown so well, you'd never know they eat pasties and pies
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Jedward, the X Factor's unholy Irish twins
Behold the two-headed, frog-voiced beast siphoning teenagers' wallets
Weekend TV highlights: who wants a 50?
Take a break from Canadiana with crime, macabre and smart
Television
Surreal sixties show gets the miniseries treatment
The Prisoner gets a new spin, set in an African desert, but the story remains as creepy as ever
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Q & A
Richard Curtis rocks the boat
Pirate Radio takes us back to the Sixties, when the BBC refused to play pop music
DVDs
Blu-ray releases: You'll always remember these firsts
Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies and videotape won plaudits at Cannes
On culture
Thunder from the land Down Under
If Britney Spears is lip-synching her way through a concert, should she have to disclose the fact?
Pop Rocks
O Canada! Get rid of your vestigial tail
Five things that tweak a columnist's interest in a week's worth of pop-culture
Cityspace
Want eco-friendly towers? Start by digging deep
Four new luxury towers going up in downtown Toronto have missed the opportunity to tap into geothermal energy – and reduce their energy footprints accordingly
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