Canada’s Crave Confirms U.S. & UK Titles & Will Arnett Voice Role In ‘Super Team Canada’ As Streamer Aims To Topple Rivals: “We Know We Can Do More”

Alanis Morissette sang the Canadian and US national anthems at the Stanley Cup final last night (June 24).The Canadian singer-songwriter performed renditions of ‘O Canada’ and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ahead of Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers’ NHL showdown. You can view footage of both below.The Panthers went on to beat the Oilers 2-1 in Florida to take the series after seven matches.

Cyclist Katie Archibald sadly won’t be heading to the Olympics in Paris this year — after suffering one of the worst injuries we’ve ever heard!

Avenged Sevenfold have shared that they will “definitely do something to celebrate” the 20th and 15th anniversaries of ‘Nightmare’ and ‘City Of Evil’.The band’s guitarist Zacky Vengeance spoke to NME about their plans to celebrate the 20th and 15th anniversaries of their two biggest albums – 2005’s ‘City Of Evil’ and 2010’s ‘Nightmare’.“I think those albums are really monumental and fans have grown with them. They’ve meant a certain thing to people at a certain place in their life, so I think it’s important that we do something,” he said.He continued: “I never want to be a nostalgia act.

Jonathan Majors has landed his first film role since being convicted of domestic assault in 2023.The actor, who was subsequently fired from Disney‘s Marvel Cinematic Universe, will star in the independent revenge thriller Merciless, which will be helmed by Martin Villeneuve, the younger brother of Dune director Denis Villeneuve.Written by Frank Hannah, the upcoming film follows a CIA investigator who goes to troubling lengths after the one he loves is overpowered by sinister forces. Filming is expected to begin in Saskatchewan, Canada in autumn.Majors was sentenced in April to one year of domestic violence counselling after he was found guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

EXCLUSIVE: Online Canadian film journal Panorama-cinéma has set plans in motion to launch Montreal Critic’s Week (Semaine de la critique de Montréal), a new film festival, at Montreal’s Cinémathèque Québécoise in January 2025.

Halfway through True Detective: Night Country, Kali Reis’ character experiences a loss so traumatic it would make most people lose their minds. Steely State Trooper Evangeline Navarro has but one way of coping with the situation: She instigates a brawl, in essence begging for a physical manifestation of her pain. Watching one of the most heart-wrenching sequences of the anthology series play out, and Reis’ portrayal of her stoic character’s momentary collapse, it is near impossible to comprehend that this is only the 37-year-old’s third on-screen role.

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And sadly for Swifties, The Eras Tour — while being one of their favorite things of all time — will end this year. And it now has a confirmed final date.

Taylor Swift has officially revealed when her history-making Eras Tour will end. The musician made the announcement during the tour’s 100th show in Liverpool, England, Thursday.“This is the very first time I’ve ever acknowledged to myself and admitted that this tour is going to end in December,” she said, per USA Today.She reportedly confirmed the news during her “All Too Well” speech before the 10-minute song.“I once used to have hobbies,” she joked to the crowd at the concert.“You have done so much to be with us,” she continued. “You’ve made plans so far in advance.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

The British summer is never non-stop sunshine, but this year has seen the coldest of starts, with people shivering in their homes or getting drenched every time they step outside. But the disappointing start to July isn't going to last forever, with temperatures expected to rise towards the end of this week - and there's even an end to some of the rain.

Robin Williams of “material theft”, or stealing jokes from other comedians.The comic and UFC commentator made the comments on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience to fellow comic Harland Williams, where he said that while he is a fan of the Good Will Hunting actor, he does believe that he deliberately took other comedians’ material.“I think (Robin) wanted to kill more than he wanted to be ethical at any cost,” Rogan said. “Part of that manic sort of style is this constant need to have a bit about anything that you’re talking about ever.

Did you know Céline Dion is the youngest of 14? The powerhouse vocalist grew up in a family of music. As she got older and more successful in her own career, many of her siblings stepped in to help the young star grow. Her mother, Thérèse Dion, and father, Adhémar Dion, raised their large family in Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK-based VFX and animation company Jellyfish Pictures has launched a new VFX production outpost in Toronto. 

Anna Marie de la Fuente Eurozoom, a leading French distributor for Japanese animation, has forged a strategic partnership with major French animation producer Special Touch Studios, led by founder and CEO Sebastien Onomo. “We both share the same passion for animation and want to tell bold stories with a particular attention to professional diversity,” said Eurozoom’s CEO-Founder Amel Lacombe, who added that they were jointly working on a six-animation feature lineup. Leading the pack is “Melvile,” directed by Romain Renard and Fursy Teyssier.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian streamer Crave has acquired BBC drama Dope Girls.

The Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 1944 battle laying the foundation for an Allied victory. Troops from the UK, the US, Canada and France attacked German forces on the beaches at Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944.

Netflix, which has spent the past three years pushing into video games, has announced 14 new game titles soon to join the slate.

EXCLUSIVE: German drama series I Am Scrooge has landed homes in North America, Europe and Australia ahead of its world premiere at Seriencamp in Cologne this week.

Costco has become one of the most well-known warehouse stores in the world!

Naman Ramachandran LevelFilm has acquired a brace of festival favorite films from Metrograph Pictures for Canadian distribution. India Donaldson’s feature directorial debut “Good One” world premiered at Sundance and screened at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. In the coming-of-age drama, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy).