Entertainment

HBO announced Tuesday that it has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a fourth season. The Prohibition-era drama, from Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Martin Scorsese, is only a few weeks into its third season - its premiere drew 2.9 million viewers.

Dave Grohl says his band Foo Fighters is officially taking a break. Grohl sent an open letter Tuesday, calling the band "my life," but noting "it's a good thing for all of us to go away for a while.

A collection of humourist Calvin Trillin's writings called Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: 40 Years of Funny Stuff has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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Family film Hotel Transylvania brought new life to movie box offices with a charttopping $43 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales during the weekend, a record for a September opening.

It wasn't just Justin Bieber's fans who had "Bieber Fever" as the teen idol kicked off his national tour in suburban Phoenix this past weekend.

With the intense shoot behind him, The Bachelor Canada star and former CFL receiver Brad Smith revealed he fell in love with a city he says exceeded his expectations.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will host the 2013 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. First-time Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron made the announcement Monday.

IN CONCERT What: Rattenbury, by Tobin Stokes When/where: Sept.

Carly Rae Jepsen has won a Western Canadian Music Award for best pop recording of the year. A Mission native who studied at Victoria's Canadian College of Performing Arts, Jepsen was cited for her album Curiosity.