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• America Ferrera says bye to Betty
  With Ugly Betty about to end, America Ferrera looks to new challenges, including the new movie Our Family Wedding.

  
  

  
  
  
• Eight get governor general's visual-arts awards
  Eight Canadian artists, were named winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Tuesday at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal.

  
  

  
  
  
• Interpreting Egoyan's erotica
  Chloe is a study of marriage, Canadian director Atom Egoyan insists.

  
  

  
  
  
• Oscar telecast most watched in five years
  "Avatar" may have failed to repeat the Academy Award success for "Titanic," but James Cameron's latest hit film proved once again: nothing draws eyeballs to the Oscars like the nomination of a blockbuster.

  
  

  
  
  
• The Hurt Locker, Bigelow reign on historic Oscar night
  The Hurt Locker, the low-budget, low-grossing war film about bomb-disposal experts in Iraq, won six Oscars Sunday night, including best picture.

  
  

  
  
  
• Oscar the grouch
  The error-prone broadcast was one of the worst Oscar ceremonies in recent memory.

  
  

  
  
  
• Lucky Louie pushes comic boundaries in Canadian cable debut
  Are you hankering for something unhinged? That would be Lucky Louie, making its Canadian cable debut this week on The Comedy Network.

  
  

  
  
  
• Precious sweeps indie film awards
  Precious swept the Spirit Awards on Friday, taking home five prizes at the independent film world's version of the Oscars.

  
  

  
  
  
• Bret Michaels gets busy with Miley Cyrus, Celebrity Apprentice
  Poison is on a pre-planned break this year, but frontman Bret Michaels isn't having trouble finding other folks to work with -- including Miley Cyrus and his fellow cast members on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice.

  
  

  
  
  
• The Bridge inspired by former police union leader
  The Bridge is inspired by the life of ex-policeman and former Toronto police union leader Craig Bromell, who is one of the show's producers. Aaron Douglas, who was previously one of the regulars on the Vancouver-shot series Battlestar Galactica, spent time with Bromell before filming to soak up a street-level policeman's point of view.

  
  

  
  
  
• Bomb expert says Hurt Locker stole his story
  A U.S. Army sergeant who is suing the makers of Oscar-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" said on Wednesday he felt betrayed because they stole his story.

  
  

  
  
  
• Junos lay ground for wins by a new generation
  It's encouraging to see that two of the hottest newcomers in the biz, Grammy-nominated rapper Drake and teen sensation Justin Bieber, were not overlooked.

  
  

  
  
  
• Celebs caught on film
  Look into the lives of stars as we give you the hottest celebrity photos from around the globe.