Entertainment

To Julia Ivanova, Robert Redford wasn’t just a Hollywood icon — he was a passionate champion of independent film whose advice continues to guide her career as a Canadian director. Ivanova met Redford when her documentary “Family Portrait in Black and White” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival that the actor helped establish in Salt [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — France announced Wednesday that it has selected the Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “It Was Just an Accident” as its submission to the Academy Awards. The selection gives an Oscar pathway to a film that Iran was certain not to select itself. Panahi, who has spent much of the [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Canada’s top film and television awards are now limited to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television says that starting with the 2026 edition, “all categories honouring certified Canadian productions will be restricted to Canadian citizens or permanent residents only.” The change follows a bash earlier this year [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — There are two ways to review “Buckingham Nicks,” the long-awaited digital reissue of the 1973, pre-Fleetwood Mac album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, their only recording project as a duo. Imagine you had never heard of them, that they were an obscure 1970s act who made one album, broke up [...] Read More »

Early on in “Adulthood,” siblings Meg and Noah Robles suddenly — and unhappily — learn why they never got to have a dog growing up. It’s not because their parents didn’t think they could handle the responsibility or because dogs can be messy. It’s because there was a body walled up in the basement. “How [...] Read More »

After focusing on comedies for the bulk of the past few seasons, Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is stepping back into the world of drama with 12 Angry Men, and it does not disappoint. Opening tonight for the first of six shows, 12 Angry Men give the local playhouse room to flex its more serious muscles, both [...] Read More »

Every day my first order of business is to turn on my computer and review what tickets have been sold on TIXX.ca over the past 24 hours – this information is vitally important to every part of the rest of my day. Although choosing and securing entertainment for the Esplanade is fun and exciting, there’s [...] Read More »

“We know our successes are even bigger than what the public sees.” This was a part of a conversation with a colleague recently, and it made me reflect on some of the auxiliary pieces of my job. My title as Food and Beverage Manager can be a little broad, especially with how many different events [...] Read More »

As Event Services Coordinator for the Community Development Department, I’m sometimes asked what I do. My main role is managing rentals at our facilities. At the Esplanade I book meeting rooms, theatre rental shows, children’s birthday parties and weddings. At the Cultural Centre I book the city’s rooms for non-profit organizations such as studio space [...] Read More »

Who’s ready for some camp at the cabin in the woods? Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s production of Evil Dead The Musical premieres tonight at 8 p.m. with its first of nine shows, promising plenty of laughs, a touch of shock value and an overall bloody good time. Based on Sam Raimi’s cult classic film trilogy, [...] Read More »