Oscars: the best and worst

Read full coverage of Sunday's Oscar ceremonies to learn the winners and losers, the highlight and not-so-highlights, with a photo spread of the fashions, without having to sit through hours of TV, in Monday's Vancouver Sun.

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Olympics, one year later special...

A look back at the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.

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Oscar betting Franco and Hathaway can hook younger audience

And now for something completely different, or so Oscar organizers hope.

Entertainment

Edmonton’s Nathan Fillion starts Firefly fury

It all started with a comment Nathan Fillion made in apparent jest to magazine Entertainment Weekly. “If I got $300 million from the California Lottery,” the Edmonton-raised actor said, “the first thing I would do is buy the rights to Firefly, make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.”

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Two and a Half Men cancelled by CBS for remainder of season

LOS ANGELES — Television network CBS Thursday canceled production of its top-rated comedy Two and A Half Men for the rest of this season because of actor Charlie Sheen’s “statements, conduct and condition.”

Fringe

TV tonight: Fringe

Friday night's episode of the sci-fi series is meaningful to longtime fans of Fringe, because it shows how the origins of Peter and Olivia's on-again/off-again romantic relationship may be buried in their subconscious, childhood memories.

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Brett Wilson not returning to Dragons' Den

Brett Wilson won't be part of next season's Dragons' Den on CBC TV.

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'Less Than Kind' scoops Gemini Awards

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How TV became funny again

A funny thing has happened in TV comedy. Thanks to shows like Modern Family, Community and Parks and Recreation, people are laughing again.

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TV tonight: Nature of Things

Thursday night, CBC's Nature of Things airs Raccoon Nation, a program that shows not much is known about raccoons, even though virtually all of us, at one time or another, has seen one in the (semi) wild.

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Norm MacDonald shooting to make sports funny

Could comedian Norm MacDonald become the Jon Stewart of the sports world?

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TV tonight: American Idol

The true test of this season of Idol comes this week, as the remaining 60 contestants head to Las Vegas to tackle The Beatles songbook, with a little help from Cirque du Soleil.

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