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While it is sad to see him gone, George Foreman had a happier ending than many of his world champion peers from the golden age of boxing. The 6-foot-3, two-time heavyweight champion passed away March 21 at 76. While he may always be remembered for being upset by a rebounding Muhammad Ali in 1974, his

Generally I do not watch shows such as Adolescence. This bracing, relentlessly unsettling, four-part British drama, however, is so arresting it demands attention. Having recently premiered on Netflix, it is unlike any other police investigation series I’ve ever seen. Here is what it is about. A police tactical team swarms a suburban house, burst into

Last Sunday’s three-and-a-half hour coverage of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s resounding Liberal Party leadership win was also a victory for the CBC. The late afternoon broadcast drew close to a million overnight, estimated viewers combined on CBC and CBC News Network. The overnight totals break down this way: CBC News Network 549,000; CBC Total 437,000.

While I’m not crazy about the too-inside basketball title, Netflix’s sports comedy Running Point is off to a fast start. The series stars Kate Hudson as reformed party girl Isla Gordon, who vaults from being the overlooked coordinator of charitable endeavours to becoming the very hands-on president of the Los Angeles Waves pro basketball team.

When the folks at Zoomer magazine asked me to write a feature celebrating “The Sound of Music” at 60, I immediately reached for a copy I have of the original roadshow screening of the movie. (You can read that story here at Everything Zoomer). Movie studios used to publish these lavish, hard cover magazine-style mementos

CTV’s three hour and forty-eight minute simulcast of Sunday’s 97th Annual Oscar Awards was watched by an overnight, estimated audience in Canada of 3,236,000 viewers. That’s down from 3.5 million in 2024. While the year before featured a contest between big box office draws such as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” I’ve already forgotten the names of

TV critics, like everyone else, sometimes get caught down rabbit holes. This morning I was on with Humble & Fred Radio (except I was speaking with “Humble” Howard Glassman and Maureen Holloway; she sitting in this month for regular co-host Fred Patterson). Howard, who assumed I had seen it, asked for a quick description of