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Using the Genie Awards criteria, I've confined the list to Canadian productions or co-productions. Not eligible are movies merely directed by Canadians, such as A History of Violence , Eastern Promises , Juno , Up in the Air and Avatar.

Jimi Hendrix 's "Voodoo Child" is at the top of a Top 50 Guitar Riffs poll conducted by Music Radar , a website whose audience is chiefly comprised of musicians.

Conversation in the line for a chi-chi Mission Bay taqueria was dampened the other day when, a few yards off, a city water department employee hooked what appeared to be an oversize cowbell to the fire hydrant.

Cancer-stricken actress Lisa Ray is among seven Indo-Canadian who are conferred with "Voice Achievers Award for 2009" for their outstanding contributions in fields of film, trade, medicine, literature and sports.

Jimi Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child ' has been voted as having the best guitar riff ever in a poll conducted by music website MusicRadar.com. Jimi Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child ' has been voted as having the best guitar riff of all time.

Actress Lisa Ray said she's found a supportive community among other cancer patients.

As president of the Asian Women's Association for Kinship and Equality, Raman Kaul provides support to Asian immigrant women who face domestic violence and abuse.

Stars including Sting, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen had fans on their feet for most of a five-hour Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York.

Aside from Bigfoot, UFO's and WMD in Iraq, one of the biggest current myths is that Bob Mould was the best songwriter in Husker Du.

Anoushka Shankar joins her famous dad in concert. Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and his protege-daughter Anoushka Shankar play the newly opened Koerner Hall on Saturday, on a tour leg that has included Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.

When actors sign on a film, they're signing on to much more than just acting. Sometimes their appearances undergo a drastic change.

A Mongrel Media presentation of a Hamilton Mehta production, with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Media Development Corp., Noble Nomad Pictures.

Authorities have installed trash bins surrounding the Dal Lake in order to control pollution.

THIS wasn't so much another show by Scots folk supergroup Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble as it was the emergence ofa what? A hypergroup? The trio were joined onstage throughout by their support duo of Boo Hewerdine on guitar and Kildare -born, Edinburgh-based Heidi Talbot on backing vocals, the latter also taking the lead on ...

On September 18 when Dilip Mehtaa s Cooking With Stella had its public screening at the Toronto Film Festival, the show was on the spur of the moment, dedicated to Lisa Ray who plays one of the central characters.

After screening his film 'Cooking With Stella' at the Toronoto International Film Festival, Dilip Mehta went to Cinfest Sudbury with his directorial debut that kickstarted the event.

'The Dirty Realist in me' 'I will have nothing to hide' 'Over the top films are not for me' "All my life is an open book," says Lisa Rani Ray in a soft voice as she talks about her work in the delightful satire Cooking with Stella , and her few month old fight against cancer.

Lisa Ray hasn't even seen Cooking With Stella yet, but nothing - " not even the effects of treatment for a rare bone marrow cancer with which she was diagnosed in June - " is going to ruin the 37-year-old Canadian star's big moment.

There was not a moment without laughter as this light comedy revolving around the family of a Canadian diplomat Maya , her husband Michael and their cook Stella and nanny Tannu unfolded on the big screen Wednesday.

By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Sep 15 : Canadian born Bollywood actress Lisa Ray, who was diagnosed with a rare cancer, has been a 'portrait of courage' in her battle against the disease and will walk the red carpet Sep 16 at the Toronto Film Festival, said filmmaker Deepa Mehta.