ca-hotdailynews: 2015-02-19 Canada English Entertainment

No surprise here — big sales for Drake's new album
USA TODAY
If you're reading this, it's because Drake pulled off music's biggest surprise this year. Without warning, the rapper released 17-song mixtape If You're Reading This, It's Too Late on iTunes and other digital. Loading… Post to Facebook. No surprise here — big ...

Album review: Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late   New Zealand Herald
Drake's Surprise Mixtape Dethrones Taylor Swift to Top U.S. Album Chart   Variety
Drake's Surprise Album Debuts At Number One   Forbes
Daily Mail
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BBC News

Vanilla Ice arrested on suspicion of Florida burglary
BBC News
Former rap and home improvement star Vanilla Ice has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft in the US state of Florida, police say. They say the singer, also known as Robert Van Winkle, is suspected of stealing property near a house he was ...

Vanilla Ice arrested 'for stealing furniture'   Daily Mail
Vanilla Ice Charged With Grand Theft and Burglary: Police Say He Stole a Pool ...   E! Online
Vanilla Ice arrested; accused of felony home burglary, grand theft   Los Angeles Times
Boston.com
KTAL
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CBC.ca

Academy Awards contenders heavily marketed by studios
CBC.ca
The 87th Academy Awards will be handed out this weekend, but the journey to the Oscars begins long before the red carpet is rolled out. Play video. Boyhood is one of the best-picture nominees, but of this year's eight contenders, only Boyhood and two other ...

Arnold Schwartzman: From Margate to movies   BBC News
Moviegoers would give Oscar to 'American Sniper'   USA TODAY
Oscars 2015: From legends to laughingstocks, the top watercooler moments in ...   SILive.com
NEWS.com.au
New York Post
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
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CBC.ca

Colm Feore's King Lear performance in Stratford Festival to premiere on the big ...
CBC.ca
Canadian Actor Colm Feore has been riveting audiences with his performance of King Lear on the Stratford stage for months. But now audiences don't have to go to Stratford, Ont. to see him shine. King Lear is coming to a screen near you. The Stratford ...

Stratford Festival plans to film all Shakespeare's plays   nwitimes.com

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Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson dating singer Wanting Qu
OurWindsor.ca
Rumours about the matchup between the politician and pop star, which have been swirling since January, were confirmed on Valentine's Day when Robertson posted a selfie of himself and Qu on his Weibo account with the message: “Happy Valentines Day ...

Vancouver mayor posts photo Valentine to singer on Chinese social media site   The Province

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BBC News

Bestival puts on first foreign festival in Canada
BBC News
The event, which happens on the Isle of Wight in the UK, will stage a two-day festival at the Canadian city's Hanlan's Point Beach. It'll take place on the weekend of 12-13 June on the shore of Lake Ontario. "We have waited 12 years to decide to launch ...

Bestival Toronto promises music, magic, and mayhem   Digital Journal

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Vancouver Sun

Album of the week: BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah's Sour Soul
Vancouver Sun
RAP. Sour Soul. BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah. (Lex Records). 5 stars out of 5. The guys in Toronto jazz/hip-hop trio BadBadNotGood were mere infants when American rapper Ghostface Killah broke out on the rap scene with Wu-Yang Clan's 1993 ...

Toronto newbies match up with Wu-Tang legend, and the results are ace   NOW Magazine
Review: BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah – “Sour Soul”   BLARE

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Jane Fonda Admits She Still Smokes Weed 'Every Now And Then'
The Inquisitr
Jane Fonda admits she likes to partake in a little pot every once in a while, but the 77-year-old Academy Award winner says she just cannot watch a movie while stoned. In a candid interview with DuJour magazine, Fonda, 77, has no problem admitting she ...

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