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Lions Gate adopts poison pill, rejects Icahn offer to buy up to 13.2 million shares at $6 each
LOS ANGELES - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday rejected a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to boost his stake in the movie studio, and its board disclosed the adoption of a provision mea...
Nicolas Dickner's 'Nikolski'wins CBC Radio's 'Canada Reads' competition
TORONTO - Quebec author Nicolas Dickner's first novel, "Nikolski," has won this year's "Canada Reads" competition held by CBC Radio One. Originally published in French in 2005, the book follows thr...
Madonna offers relationship tips for laughs on 'The Marriage Ref'
NEW YORK - Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband. But she believes a wife should dispose of her late husband's prosthetic leg to spare the feelings of the wife's cu...
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McLaren's romantic trials as a London scribe "loosely" adapted for TV movie
TORONTO - Yes, the romantic trials of a young Canadian newspaper columnist swept up by foppish London lads in the CBC-TV movie, "Abroad," are loosely based on the experiences of Globe and Mail writer ...
Reports say late Toronto-born actor Corey Haim to be buried in his native city
LOS ANGELES - It appears the late Toronto-born actor Corey Haim will be buried in his native city. Marc Haislip, his manager, tells UsMagazine.com that Haim's family wants to do the burial "back ho...
Kate Snow leaving ABC News to join NBC this spring
NEW YORK - ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News. NBC announced Friday that Snow will begin work as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent later this sp...
Canadian Justin Bieber quickly rising up the ranks of Twitter's most popular
Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber may not be the king of Twitter but he's staking a claim for the title. Last week, the 16-year-old pop singer from Stratford, Ont., was the No. 1 most-tweeted ...
Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed
WASHINGTON - A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms. Friday's ruling by...
Authorities say Haim had 4 prescriptions, but nothing illegal found
LOS ANGELES - A coroner's official says authorities have recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of Toronto-born actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his de...
BBM Canada: 'Academy Awards' top TV program in Canada for the week of March 1-7
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of March 1-7: 1 "Academy Awards" - (CTV, Sunday) - 5,889,0000 2 "Academy Awards Pre-Show" - (CT...
