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This past week-and-a-half have been spent madly working on the second incarnation of So You Think You Can Write – meeting with the judges, reviewing entries and tidying up all kinds of details.

The year that changed the music business forever included more than a few landmark events, from the debut of Lollapalooza and the arrival of Death Row Records to the death of Freddie Mercury and the birth of the SoundScan era.

Robert Zemeckis is getting back into the live-action business, directing Flight, starring Denzel Washington, Paramount Pictures said Friday.

They're not exactly squeezing Brad Pitt and George Clooney out onto the street, but documentaries are grabbing a larger share of the spotlight than usual at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Rock 'n' roll icons U2 descended onto the red carpet in Toronto Thursday for the première of From the Sky Down, the first documentary to open the Toronto International Film Festival in its 36-year history.

Ex-UVic student shot Wrecked here last year, returns to film The New Girl

I feel like a shell of a human being. My mind is fuzzy, I've grown potato sacs under my eyes and it may be a sunny afternoon, but it feels like 4 a.m.

Well, we're doing it again - the TC is bringing back its So You Think You Can Write contest. For me it is exciting and gratifying.

Not into hockey? There were other things to do during playoffs

REVIEW What: Blithe Spirit Where: McPherson Playhouse When: To June 19 Rating: 4 (out of five) The chief pleasure of Noel Coward's plays lies in his prickly wit.