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It is a cinephile's delight. The 18th annual Victoria Film Festival kicks off Friday and the Times 91Ô­´´ will bring it to you every step of the way. The Times 91Ô­´´'s Michael D.

Richard Raxlen is successful, influential, but not exactly rich

Did the Happy New Year greeting on page A1 of today's Times 91Ô­´´ catch your eye? The Island Illustrators, the Victoria group behind it, are showing the original 12 pieces in its 25th annual New Year's show.

I’ve just finished reading my first e-book and the jury is still out on what I think as a reader and as a writer. A number of people around me have embraced e-readers for a number of reasons so I thought I would see for myself. A bit of context here.

I've spent the last couple of weeks in a frenetic blur between a very busy job, trying to get ready to go away and as such my actual writing time has been curtailed (as has my reading time, my running time) but even in the chaos, the little voices in

Cymbals on fire, break circles in packed clubs, naked people on roofs. This year's Rifflandia has been bonkers. And so it ends... it's the final day of performances at Royal Athletic Park, but don't let the cooler weather keep you away.

This past week-and-a-half have been spent madly working on the second incarnation of So You Think You Can Write – meeting with the judges, reviewing entries and tidying up all kinds of details.

The year that changed the music business forever included more than a few landmark events, from the debut of Lollapalooza and the arrival of Death Row Records to the death of Freddie Mercury and the birth of the SoundScan era.

Robert Zemeckis is getting back into the live-action business, directing Flight, starring Denzel Washington, Paramount Pictures said Friday.

They're not exactly squeezing Brad Pitt and George Clooney out onto the street, but documentaries are grabbing a larger share of the spotlight than usual at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.