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Anyone hoping to read the Ottawa Public Library's most popular e-books of the year may find themselves waiting until well after the holidays, and librarians say major publishers are to blame.

For months, an anonymous TikTok account hosted dozens of AI-generated videos of explosions and burning cities. The videos racked up tens of millions of views and fuelled other posts that claimed, falsely, they were real footage of the war in Ukraine.

Amid the constant turmoil of the entertainment industry and the encroachment of AI on screens big and small, filmmakers still captured beauty, horror and hilarity this year at 24 frames a second.

For the second week of December, the running theme of Netflix's global top ten performing movies may not seem all that surprising.

A pair of classical musicians, including famed British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cancelled a sold-out show in Toronto after Air Canada refused to allow them to board their flight with a cello, even though they'd purchased a seat for the instrument. 

Early on in A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan sidles into the hospital room of a dying Woody Guthrie, the young musician's hero. It's the early '60s and Dylan's guitar is still slung over his shoulder, his hair still flying up and around his head.

The solar eclipse was top of mind this year for Canadians, according to a new report from Google showing the things Canadians searched for the most in 2024. 

Move over, Hallmark; Netflix is getting festive. 

If you're in North America, that sound you hear in the distance might be the ringing of Hells Bells preparing for the return of AC/DC.

One of two men who was indicted along with rapper Young Thug and is awaiting a jury verdict was stabbed in jail but is expected to be in court Monday, his lawyer said.

Elton John says he struggled to watch his new musical because he has lost his eyesight after contracting an infection.

Wicked reintroduced millions to the world of Oz last weekend — and has already made millions doing it. But aside from any magic it brought back into the world, audiences are noticing a trend.