http://www.cbc.ca/arts/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:09:41 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/arts/?ref=rss http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/11/22/national-gallery-director.html?ref=rss 2000282146 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:34:22 EST Marc Mayer, currently the head of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, is set to be appointed director of the National Gallery of Canada, according to Le Devoir. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/22/beatles-harrison-interview.html?ref=rss 2000282158 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:38:46 EST An illuminating interview with the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison has been unveiled after 40 years in storage. Journalist Miranda Ward, a Beatles' friend at the time, recorded the interview in 1967. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/22/beatles-vatican-newspaper.html?ref=rss 2000282165 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:41:26 EST The Vatican's newspaper, Osservatore Romano, has come out lauding the Beatles while forgiving a remark by John Lennon declaring the Fab Four more famous than Jesus Christ. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/22/barker-lawsuit-jet.html?ref=rss 2000282150 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:37:39 EST Musician Travis Barker is suing companies, including Bombardier Inc., linked to a plane crash in South Carolina that killed four people and injured him and fellow performer DJ AM. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/11/21/cbc-reports.html?ref=rss 2000282121 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:31:06 EST Canada's public broadcaster says it takes the management of taxpayers' money "very seriously" and a recent report of overspending by one of its executives is largely a distortion of the truth by some of the CBC's competitors. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/21/kiss-fame.html?ref=rss 2000282075 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:54:10 EST Gene Simmons has a question for the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "Why isn't Kiss a member?" http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/11/21/bonham-auction.html?ref=rss 2000282095 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:58:29 EST Two paintings by Cornelius David Krieghoff that had been hidden in a British attic for nearly 80 years will be auctioned by Bonhams in Toronto next week. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/11/21/calgary-kick-ginger-attack.html?ref=rss 2000282115 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:29:55 EST Thirteen high school students in Calgary have been suspended after a red-headed teen was beaten because of the colour of his hair. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/11/21/bbc-prank-row.html?ref=rss 2000282065 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:29:33 EST The BBC was wrong to have allowed a crude telephone comedy prank to make it to the airwaves, but management's response after the incident was appropriate, the BBC Trust said Friday. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/11/21/sex-literature.html?ref=rss 2000282051 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:34:07 EST Britain's Literary Review has picked its candidates for the worst erotic writing of the year and centred out such literary luminaries as Alastair Campbell, John Updike and Simon Montefiore. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/21/liveearth-india-lineup.html?ref=rss 2000282036 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:52 EST A constellation of Indian stars will come out for the upcoming Live Earth India concert next month, joined by a handful of international celebrities also set to take the stage at the eco-minded fundraiser. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/11/21/europeana-crashes.html?ref=rss 2000282056 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:56:28 EST An online library that pulled together collections from more than 1,000 institutions, including the British Library and the Louvre, has crashed on its first day. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/21/avery-fisher.html?ref=rss 2000282017 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:36:22 EST Illinois-born violinist Gil Shaham has won the Avery Fisher Prize, a $75,000 US award for musicians at the peak of their career. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/11/21/malouf-prize.html?ref=rss 2000282031 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:12:22 EST Complete Stories, a short story collection by Australian author David Malouf has been awarded the first Australia-Asia Literary Award. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/11/21/sag-producers-newtalks.html?ref=rss 2000282028 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:46:06 EST Representatives of Hollywood's actors met with their studio counterparts on Thursday, the first time in months the two sides have come together to revive stalled contract discussions.