Amelia Eqbal

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One of the biggest names in K-pop music at the moment is Mark Lee, known to his millions of fans simply as Mark. The Korean-Canadian K-pop star is with SM Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop labels in the industry. He is best known for debuting in the group NCT nine years ago. But now, after almost a decade in the business, he has released his first solo album called The Firstfruit.

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Arts·CommotionCulture writers Jovanté Anderson and Siddhant Adlakha, as well as author Jael Richardson talk about how the rom-com is flipping the genre’s tropes for the better. Culture critics Jovanté Anderson, Siddhant Adlakha and Jael Richardson talk about the fresh, nuanced filmAmelia Eqbal · CBC Arts · Posted: Apr 11, 2025 4:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 23 minutes agoA still from A Nice Indian Boy.

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For more than four decades, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky has been celebrated as a national hero across Canada, with statues, arenas and freeways named in his honour. However, Gretzky's public alliances with U.S. President Donald Trump in the midst of the president's tariff-induced trade war with Canada has caused many hockey fans to disown the man they once called "the Great One." But will this political moment be strong enough to permanently alter Gretzky's place in our national history?

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Village Keeper is a new Canadian film that follows a woman named Jean, played by Olunike Adeliyi, as she navigates motherhood and trauma while trying to break an intergenerational cycle of domestic abuse within her family. It's the feature directorial debut by Canadian filmmaker Karen Chapman, and it was made in only 12 days while Chapman was eight months pregnant. The film is now nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards, including best motion picture and best original screenplay.

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Arts·CommotionMusic critics Emilie Hanskamp and Matthew Ismael Ruiz explain how Bon Iver transcended underground folk hero status to become one of the most important artists of the 21st century.