It looks like a breakout year has taken its toll on K'naan. The Somali-born, Toronto-raised hip-hop star took to Twitter on Saturday to come clean over what he felt was a half-hearted performance in Ireland.

Kanye West reached out to fans -- and those who hate him -- in a string of posts on Twitter this morning, addressing his on-stage interruption of Taylor Swift and remarks made five years ago about former U.S. president George W. Bush.

For those who like to go big or go home, CTV.ca offers a preview of fall flicks.

Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.

Experts argue women's roles in horror films have taken a backward slide since the smart, independent, buff women from the 1990s.

Emma Donoghue will find out Tuesday whether she's made the short list for the Man Booker Prize for fiction, but Ontario-based author Emma Donoghue already has many reasons to celebrate.

A lawyer for Taylor Lautner says the "Twilight" star has settled a lawsuit with an RV dealership he claims didn't deliver a $300,000 coach in time for a movie shoot.

Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.

A man accused of showing up at Paris Hilton's house wielding two knives has pleaded not guilty to attempted felony burglary.

A music professor says the Lady Gaga club anthem "Bad Romance" translates better than you might think into the 33-metre-tall, organ-like instrument known as a carillon.

A U.S. federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.

David Arquette took a break from filming the latest instalment of the "Scream" horror franchise to make a rocket-fast trip to Montreal to plug his new film "The Land of the Astronauts."

The first week of the final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will include a selection for Oprah's Book Club.

One of the problems with seeing movies at film festivals is that you have to form your own opinions because no one's seen them yet.

Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have more than red carpets and galas to worry about as the host hotel deals with a labour dispute.

From the mixture of hurt, anger and embarrassment on his face, Gordon seems like one of the last people who would want to open his life to cameras for a reality television show.

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has renewed the contract of music director Kent Nagano.

The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night.

Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia.

Fans of the hit video game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to Snoop Dogg. He's the first rap artist to be featured in the video game.

Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

Attention TIFF fans! Celebrity spotting during the festival in Toronto is about to undergo a new change of view.

The 48-year-old irritated thousands of his Dublin fans by showing up nearly an hour late and then walking off after an unruly minority in the crowd hurled water bottles.

A Toronto comedian whose body was found in a burned-out home in St. Thomas, Ont., briefly hosted an Internet comedy show based on his exploits outside Toronto nightclubs.

A California appeals court has scheduled a hearing for Michael Jackson's father to argue he deserves a role in his son's estate.