John Cleese Offered To Kill His Mom To Cheer Her Up

John Cleese's mother lived to be 101 but was miserable during the final years of her life. To brighten up his mother’s spirits, there’s...

Bird Says Goodbye To Friend In The Saddest Way Possible

There's been a death in this family in the video -- the bird's best friend. As the two grieve together, and it's time to...

Good News: John Malkovich In A New Movie! Bad News: You Can’t Watch It Until 2115

100 Years – The Movie You Will Never See” is an exclusive original film starring John Malkovich and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It envisions...

The Father-Daughter Relationship, As Bonded Over Their Love Of Star Wars

A father has only one dream: for his daughter to love Star Wars as much as he does, in a galaxy far, far away...

Adele’s 25 Set To Break US Sales Record

After one day on sale, Adele's 25 appears set to break *NSYNC's long-standing one-week Nielsen-era U.S. album sales record of 2.42 million sold, according...

Watch: Guy Breaks Guinness World Record By Inflating 27 Balloons With His Nose In 3 Minutes

Here's footage from a 2010 attempt at the most balloons inflated by the nose in 3 minutes: 23, achieved by American Andrew Dahl on...

Billboard: Adele’s 21 Is Greatest Album Of All Time

For the first time, Billboard has ranked the top albums and artists ever on their signature Billboard 200 albums chart. Adele's blockbuster 21 tops the...

Singer Has All The Judges Turning Their Chairs Around In The Voice…After The First Line.

I know, this is old, but it's just so cool, just bask in the afterglow of Charly Luske, when he auditioned for The Voice Holland,...

Bruce Cockburn: “A song isn’t going to change the world, but a whole bunch of people singing might change...

The mainstream of anything is essentially commercial and it’s going to offer what sells, or what could be marketed to someone else’s benefit. I...

‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant picks X and Z for reasons that are awesome

Nura, playing alongside fellow service members during the show's Veterans Week, raised eyebrows and the wrath of Twitter when she guessed "Z", "X" and...

Bono on The Paris Attacks: “This is the first direct hit on music”

“If you think about it, the majority of victims last night are music fans. This is the first direct hit on music that we’ve...

How Spotify’s Data Insights Propel Their Strategy

Spotify's deep reservoir of listener data provides a wealth of insights about behaviors and preferences that can inform not only how to be a...

The Eagles’ Isolated Vocals For “Take It Easy”

"Take It Easy" was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and most famously recorded by the Eagles (with Frey singing lead vocals). It...

Watch: Buffy Sainte-Marie talks about stereotyping in animated video

This past April, CBC Music spoke with Buffy Sainte-Marie before the release of her phenomenal new record, Power in the Blood. CBC's John Fraser...

Richard Thompson on how shyness affects creative people

You've described yourself as very shy when you were younger. How do you think shyness affects creative people? Richard Thompson: It's a funny thing. I...

David Foster Wallace: “Why on earth we were so miserable when we’d been so lucky”

In 1996, David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the...