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December 2006

• Giselle Melanson: Classless Christmas

November 2006

• 'Casino Royale' still box office champ • Next-gen video gaming race underway • 'Casino Royale' tops Canadian box office

October 2006

• Joel Plaskett Emergency preparing new album • Moses Znaimer returns to TV

September 2006

• I hear a video game symphony • Giselle Melanson: Motion picture sickness • 'Pirates' sequel tops $1 billion, despite critics • Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dead at 44 • All eyes on Katie Couric

August 2006

• 'America's Got Talent' finishes big • Giselle Melanson: Snakes on the line • Giselle Melanson: Everything I know about life I learned from Super Mario Bros. 3 • 'Canadian Idol' tops in TV ratings • CBC pulls Canadian version of 'The One' off its fall schedule • Gillian Deacon to host new CBC TV daytime talk show • Dixie Chicks cancel some tour dates in southern U.S., but add stops in Canada • Sixth Harry Potter film to be released in 2008 • Sarah McLachlan to release Christmas album

July 2006

• ABC cancels low-rated reality show 'The One' • Giselle Melanson: Internet-ionally famous • Bell Globemedia to takeover CHUM Limited in $1.7b merger • George Stroumboulopoulous to host U.S. version of reality show 'The One' • 'Pirates' sequel tops North American box office in record weekend • Canadian TV Ratings: June 26 - July 2, 2006 • Giselle Melanson: Tabloid headline headaches • Chinese media face fines for disaster reporting • Giselle Melanson: Commercial clichés • Music producer Dallas Austin pardoned for cocaine possession

June 2006

• CanWest Global to leave Canadian Press news service • Canadians spending more on entertainment outside the home • 'Lord of the Rings' musical to close in Toronto; producer blames failure on critics • 'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard wins lawsuit • Microsoft's Bill Gates to step down from daily roles by July 2008 • Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose arrested • Giselle Melanson: The six stage celebrity life cycle • Canadian TV Ratings: June 19 - 25, 2006

May 2006

• Fan buys rights to UK sitcom and puts official DVD set for sale • Iraq roadside bomb kills two CBS journalists • Giselle Melanson: A Garfield reality check • Robert Ballantyne: Madonna finally offends me • Giselle Melanson: Snakes on the brain • 'Mission: Impossible 3' tops box office • PlayStation 3 to start at $549 in Canada • James Frey admits 'Leonard' fabrications • Giselle Melanson: What reality TV is really saying • Britney Spears is pregnant again • 'Canadian Idol' returns for fourth season on May 29 • Stephen Colbert steals show at White House Correspondents Dinner • Evanescence to release follow-up in October • Giselle Melanson: Seeing stars

April 2006

• Giselle Melanson: Cruise/Sawyer interview: Footage you weren't meant to see • Giselle Melanson: An open letter to Katie Holmes • Giselle Melanson: Terminal illness • ABC anchor Bob Woodruff begins outpatient treatment in New York • Robert Ballantyne: Katie Couric moves to CBS • Giselle Melanson: Old 'mares

March 2006

• Giselle Melanson: Celebrity blast to the past • Warren Kinsella: Declining U.S. media support for war in Iraq • Canadian TV Ratings: March 13 - 19, 2006 • ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff faces long recovery • Sony PlayStation 3 release date delayed until November • Train kills seven in Uruguay TV stunt • Toronto to host city-wide wi-fi access

January 2006

• Injured ABC News journalists heading back to U.S. • 'Brokeback Mountain' leads Oscar race with 8 nominations • ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff seriously injured in Iraq • Vancouver-based music label defends U.S. music downloaders • Michael Jackson spotted in dress • William Shatner sells kidney stone • The WB and UPN merge to form new U.S. network • Disney acquires Pixar • Nikon to phase out production of film cameras

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