Arts & Entertainment

Midwinter Break follows Stella and Gerry, a retired Irish couple whose Amsterdam holiday brings long-standing tensions to the surface; the film is adapted from Bernard MacLaverty’s novel.

Members of the Windsor‑Essex Black community recalled Jesse Jackson's advocacy for Black history and the Underground Railroad, and noted his death at age 84 during Black History Month.

The Art Gallery of Ontario is presenting Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, a touring collection of more than 200 intimate images largely taken by McCartney during the Beatles' rise from December 1963 to February 1964.

Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin will face each other for the fifth and final time in an Olympic gold-medal game at the 2026 Games; Knight has said 2026 will be her final Olympic appearance while Poulin has not decided about 2030.

James Van Der Beek and his wife, Kimberly, held a bedside vow renewal two days before his peaceful passing, the family announced; friends later set up a GoFundMe for the family that raised more than $2.6 million.

Jake Canter, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at 13, won the Olympic bronze medal in slopestyle at age 22.

Rev. Jesse Jackson died in Chicago at 84, and leaders in Nova Scotia recalled his 2009 visit and his focus on shared struggles facing Black communities.

A former pastor in Zambia recalled 12-year-old Abel Mwansa Jr.'s kindness and leadership after the boy was killed in the Tumbler Ridge shooting; friends and church members held a celebration of life in Solwezi.

Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais and Ivanie Blondin won Olympic gold in the team pursuit in Milan in what they described as their final race together; Weidemann said it was "probably" her last race.

Paige Hoekstra, 19, who was treated in Vancouver after the Tumbler Ridge school shooting, is expected to return home as doctors say it is safe; another survivor, 12-year-old Maya Gebala, remains hospitalized with a delicate prognosis.

Apple Martin posted on Instagram Stories saying claims she was expelled for bullying are "completely false." Vogue reports she attends Vanderbilt University and is due to graduate in May.

Stephen Colbert said network lawyers told the show not to air his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico because of recent FCC equal-time guidance, and the segment was later posted online rather than on broadcast.

Netflix granted Warner Bros. Discovery a narrow seven-day waiver to allow talks with Paramount Skydance over unresolved deficiencies, and WBD now has until Monday to negotiate; the WBD board continues to recommend the Netflix buyout and a special shareholder meeting is set for March 20.

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, carried the Ukraine team placard during the Milan Cortina Winter Games opening ceremony and later told The Associated Press she chose the role to show opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area will mark Ramadan with sign unveilings, community iftars, markets and library storytimes; several events are scheduled in late February and into mid‑March.

Police say Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson home on Feb. 1 and investigators have ruled out family members as possible suspects. Her daughter Savannah Guthrie publicly appealed to anyone holding her mother to release her.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the Guthrie siblings and their spouses have been cleared as possible suspects in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, and investigators reported finding a glove near her home with DNA that appears to match a masked prowler seen on doorbell footage.

Disney+ released Locker Diaries: Zombies, an 11-episode vertical anthology tied to the Zombies franchise, and the series quickly reached number one trending in the U.S.; episodes stream on Disney+, YouTube, and TikTok with weekly releases through mid-April.

Robert Duvall's death was confirmed by his wife, who said he passed away peacefully on Sunday; fellow actors and colleagues have posted tributes in his memory.

Robert Duvall, an Academy Award-winning actor known for roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at 95, his wife Luciana Duvall said in a social media post saying he passed peacefully at home.

Bobby Moynihan, the voice of Jedi Bob in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, said "there may be some stuff coming" after the show’s two seasons earned a 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Director Dan Trachtenberg said he "could do" another Cloverfield film while noting that rejoining the franchise was not why he returned to Paramount, and he has signed a first-look deal with the studio.

China Media Group's 2026 Spring Festival Gala aired globally via CGTN in 85 languages and combined traditional performances with advanced production tools including AI, AR, XR and humanoid robots.

Savannah Guthrie posted a video asking whoever has her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, to "do the next right thing" as investigators pursue evidence including a glove with preliminary DNA results; authorities say no suspect has been publicly identified.

Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito are competing for individual medals at the Milan Cortina Games and are being presented as a new generation of U.S. figure skating role models, each with distinct styles and personal stories.

Greg Norman told the author he believed in Anthony Kim before Kim won the 72-hole LIV event in Australia, a victory that came after about a 12-year absence from competition.

Fifteen cafés, bistros and bars in Moncton and southeast New Brunswick are offering unique hot chocolate recipes from Sunday through the end of the month, with customers voting for their favourite. Fifty cents from each hot chocolate sale will be donated to Ability New Brunswick.

Officials said her husband drugged and sexually assaulted her and recruited other men; he was convicted and sentenced in September 2024. Pelicot waived her right to anonymity, describes herself as an optimist, and has a memoir scheduled for release.

Pokemon, created by Satoshi Tajiri and first released in Japan in 1996, is marking its 30th anniversary and is described in the article as the world's highest‑grossing media franchise, supported by video games, trading cards and an anime series.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy echoes the franchise's long-running "redshirt" tradition in episode 6, where Lt. Commander Tomov dies and the Vulcan student B'Avi is later killed.