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Behind the door of a shared faculty office in Cape Breton University’sSchool of Arts and Social Sciences, academic research collides daily with unapologetic pop-culture fanaticism. What began as desk-side banter, shared fixations on romance tropes and a mutual reread ofTwilighthas evolved into a new podcast project by Dr. Mariah Hudec and Dr. Veronica Litt:GirlTalk.

A virtual reality production co-created by Cape Town-based immersive media creator Rick Treweek has taken home one of television’s major international honours, placing a South African-developed virtual world on the global stage.

Cape Town is well known for its All Black supporters, whose motivations for embracing a team representing another country aren’t always as clear-cut as many Kiwis think.

Share kosher pickles and laughs with “Pickle Guy” Mendy Margolin; listen to the music of the Shlock Rock band and learn about Jewish traditions, like crafting a shofar, at this year’s Jewish Culture Festival.

Everything old becomes new again, and that’s certainly the case for “Cape Fear.” This story has been told and retold several times, actually, after it began its life as the 1957 novel “The Executioners” by John D. MacDonald. In 1962, J. Lee Thompson directed his own adaptation, which was the inspiration for legendary director Martin Scorsese’s…

Juliette Lewis’ role in Apple’s Cape Fear is an amusing bit of stunt casting that ultimately sends this adaptation off the deep end. Photo: Apple TV