Montreal filmmaker Yung Chang’s Up the Yangtze was named best Canadian program at the Banff World Television Awards Monday evening.

Madonna has decided against showing her documentary I Am Because We Are at the Glastonbury performing arts festival in England, a source said.The film is about the hardships suffered by Malawian children, Variety.com said.Madonna hoped the film could be shown on the Saturday and there was talk of a question and answer session, a source told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper. But poor ticket sales …

When blockbuster indie auteur Richard Kelly, director of the cult classic Donnie Darko as well as the underrated Southland Tales , let slip a leak that his next film, the 2008 supernatural suspense thriller The Box with Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, would have a soundtrack by “a very famous band” who had never tracked a full film before, the blogosphere erupted in speculation.

TORONTO - Acclaimed film director Norman Jewison says those who work in Canada’s film community should be treasured and supported as ambassadors of Canuck culture.

The private Canadian network CTV announced Monday it had purchased the rights to the theme song for the national broadcaster’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.There was a national uproar last week when the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., announced it wasn’t renewing 40-year-old rights with the song’s writer, Dolores Claman.The driving melody was described by media throughout the country as …

Paul Davis rides his bike to work in -40C weather. Paul Davis rides his bike to work in -40C weather.

Hollywood actors Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon have signed on to star in an untitled comedy adventure penned by Cameron Crowe.Crowe’s films include Say Anything,Jerry Maguire,Almost Famous,Vanilla Sky and Elizabethtown.Variety.com said Crowe will also produce the Stiller-Witherspoon movie, the details of which are being kept under wraps.Production on the film is scheduled to begin in …

OTTAWA - Guns intended for make-believe action on the silver screen are winding up in the hands of real-life criminals due to a “loophole” in Canadian laws, says an RCMP intelligence report.

British driver had a close call with local wildlife during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Guns intended for make-believe action on the silver screen are winding up in the hands of real-life criminals because of a “loophole” in Canadian laws, says an RCMP intelligence report.

Voice actors Angelina Jolie and Jack Black arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the animated film Kung Fu Panda by directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 15, 2008.

The CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival is hosting director Kei Oyama during the June 13 screening of Oyama’s The Thaw film in Toronto. The 7:30 p.m. showing is part of the festival’s Japanese Spotlight: Emerging Auteur Animators program.

OTTAWA–Guns intended for make-believe action on the silver screen are winding up in the hands of real-life criminals because of a “loophole” in Canadian laws, says an RCMP intelligence report.

NEW YORK — It is not a matter of how high, but when and where. Hayden Christiansen is ready to jump again. “We’re talking about it,” the 27-year-old Canadian actor tells Sun Media about filming a sequel to Jumper.