Canadians wanted to know more about the tragic death of actor Robin Williams as well as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s wedding, Justin Bieber’s run-ins with the law, and Celine Dion’s break from the music biz to care for her ailing husband.
CBC took a look back at the most searched entertainment stories of the year and compiled the following Top 10 most-read arts and entertainment stories of ’14.
10. Celine Dion went on a music hiatus to take care of her sick husband René Angélil, who is suffering from cancer, and we got curious about our beloved hometown girl.
9. Renee Zellweger and her “new face” premiered in October at ELLE’s 21st annual Women In Hollywood Awards… and generated a lot of buzz given the drastic changes she revealed.
8. Hollywood’s favourite A-list couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally made it official and tied the knot in 2014… and Canadians wanted to know all about it.
7. Kim Kardashian’s butt didn’t break the internet as planned with her “Paper” magazine cover, but it certainly generated a lot of buzz.
6. Like a rare solar eclipse, so, too, was the marriage of eternal bachelor George Clooney and his mysterious new wife Amal Alamuddin, who was recently named the Most Intriguing Person of 2014 by Barbara Walters.
5. We love to know more about our homegrown talent, especially megastars like Justin Bieber, who had his fair share of messy business with the law this year.
4. Hackers got ahold of nude pictures of slews of celebs recently, such as Jennifer Lawrence, and nosy Canucks were curious enough to seek them out themselves.
3. The Bill Cosby rape allegations took the world by storm, and quickly became one of the most sought-after stories on the net.
2. Jian Ghomeshi’s messy business quickly played out on a public stage and just as quickly became the second most-searched story on CBC’s entertainment page… even though the drama only began in September.
1. One of the world’s most beloved funnymen sent the public into a tizzy when he took his own life in August, leaving behind a family, a shocked Tinseltown, and some of the greatest movies ever made.
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