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A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold at auction three years ago fetched 18.5 million pounds, or roughly $31.5 million Cdn (all conversions in Canadian dollars) on Thursday — a record for the artist, and close to 20 times its pre-shredded price.

Love is in the Bin was offered by Sotheby’s in London, with a presale estimate of 4 million pounds to 6 million pounds ($6.8 million to $10.2 million).

After a 10-minute bidding war involving nine bidders in the saleroom and more online and by phone, it sold for three times the

The union representing film and television crews says its 60,000 members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday if it does not reach a deal that satisfies demands for fair and safe working conditions.

A strike would bring a halt to filming on a broad swath of film and television productions and extend well beyond Hollywood, affecting productions in Georgia, New Mexico and other North American shoots.

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees International President Matthew Loeb said Wednesday that the strike would begin at 12:01 a.m. Monday unless an agreement is reached on rest and meal periods and pay

Although Shirley Cheechoo hasn’t appeared on screen in over a decade, the Cree actor and filmmaker says it’s an honour to be recognized for her career and contributions to the film industry.

She is the recipient of the ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival’s 2021 August Schellenberg Award.

Named after August “Augie” Schellenberg, it is given annually to an Indigenous actor based on the longevity and impact of their career, as well as their involvement in mentorship and community work. 

“I was very honoured to have actually received the award because I’ve worked with Augie,” said Cheechoo.

“He was a

Out, out and away! — for Superman on National Coming Out Day.

Jon Kent, the son of original Superman Clark Kent and journalist Lois Lane, turns out to be bisexual in DC Comics’ latest iteration of the superhero’s adventures.

The young man kisses reporter Jay Nakamura in Issue 5 of the comic book Superman: Son of Kal-El, which will be released on Nov. 9.

“It’s not a gimmick,” the writer, Tom Taylor, said in an interview from Melbourne, Australia, wearing a T-shirt with a rainbow-striped Superman logo.

“When I was offered this job, I thought, ‘Well, if we’re going

WARNING: This story contains distressing details

It’s late 2019 in a forest outside Acton, Ont., and writer-director Danis Goulet’s jacket is slick with rain. It’s so cold nearly everyone on the Night Raiders set can feel it seeping in through their boots.  

But she’s not focused on any of that. Goulet has her eyes on the future. 

“I think we’re on the precipice of a golden age of Indigenous cinema,” she said. “These stories are really just starting to get, you know, really massive platforms like our film is. And there’s so many stories to be told.”

For 45 years, Randy Bachman tried filling the void left behind by a guitar — the guitar — he strummed some of rock music’s most iconic songs with.

He purchased hundreds of other Gretsch guitars, but the former Guess Who guitarist was unable to find that guitar — a 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins model in western orange with black DeArmond pickups.

“I would take the guitar in its case into my hotel room with a hopsack with 12 feet of tow-truck chain,” Bachman recalled during an interview on Friday from his home in Sidney, B.C.

“I put my guitar