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Yellow Submarine is a cult classic animated film featuring the blue meanies and music from The Beatles. Decades later, Disney wanted to remake the classic film but later scrapped the project for several reasons. While it would have been intriguing to see a modern take on this film, it’s for the best that Disney didn’t move forward with this.

Disney wanted to do a remake of The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Ringo Starr and George Harrison | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated musical featuring music from The Beatles. The film was influential at the time due to its impressive animation and distinct visual style. The film centers around a town called Pepperland, where evil creatures have taken over called the Blue Meanies that suck all of the music, color, and joy from this land. It is up to The Beatles to travel to Pepperland and bring back peace,...

Anne Murray said Cape Breton singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil will be remembered as "just a really good soul, a really good person who just happened to be a supremely talented singer-songwriter."

Murray, speaking this morning to Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio's Q from Florida, said she was "shocked and saddened" by the news of MacNeil's death last night but praised her for her songs and talent.

"Everyone was very proud of the fact that we finally had a Nova Scotian and a woman speaking for us and putting into words how we all felt as Nova Scotians, as proud Nova Scotians," Murray said. "And she did it so beautifully, she was a very talented songwriter.

"She had such strong feelings about Cape Breton as I do about Nova Scotia and Cape Breton too. And I could feel that and she wrote about it so eloquently. Whatever she wrote just seemed to...

Okay, before you have a heart attack, note this is a rumor, and frankly it smells like an April Fools Day joke that's still kicking around (and don't think it's not possible -- Clint Eastwood directing a Stompin' Tom Connors biopic made Canadian newspapers yesterday). But the folks at Twitch usually know what's going on, and wouldn't throw this out there unless they thought it might have some veracity to it so, here we are: Hayao Miyazaki's beloved "Kiki's Delivery Service" might be getting a remake. The story is, apparently, "Kiki's Delivery Service" is getting a big budget, live action remake with none other than Takashi Shimizu -- the guy behind at least five different "The Grudge" movies" -- directing. Of course, there are all kinds of red flags, starting with Studio Ghibli even agreeing to such a thing. And then there's the choice of Shimizu, who usually toils in horror/genre fare,...

Although in Canada state funerals have been held only for politicians, one P.E.I. man believes that Canadian icon Stompin' Tom Connors deserves one for contributing to Canadian culture. Kenneth McGrath has created a petition at change.org, which has 804 supporters so far.

"Stompin' Tom is an example from our musical industry of an artist who remained outspokenly and proudly Canadian," said McGrath. "His appeal spanned geography and political sensibilities as he focused on aspects of Canadian life, traditions, and folklore that we can all identify with. A state funeral in honour of one of our great cultural icons would demonstrate this reality in a symbolic and dignified manner."

However, that may not be necessary. Stompin' Tom helped plan his own memorial in the two weeks before his death, so a state funeral is unlikely.

A private memorial will take place on Tuesday, followed by a public event on...

Rose Cousins was the big winner last night at the 25th annual East Coast Music Awards (ECMAs) handed out last night at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, picking up three awards including Songwriter of the Year for "Go First," Folk Recording of the Year for her album "We Have Made A Spark" and Solo Recording of the Year.

According to the Ecma official site, rock band The Stanfields took home the Chronicle Herald Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year award as well as Group Recording of the Year for "Death & Taxes." Meanwhile, Matt Mays earned Album of the Year honors for his latest effort "Coyote." Joel Plaksett Emergency won the Rock Recording of the Year award for "Scrappy Happiness" and singer-songwriter Dave Gunning earned Song of the Year honors for "These Hands." Other winners included Jenn Grant, George Canyon, Ben Caplan and Natalie MacMaster.

A Special Achievement Award...

Canadian country-folk singer Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said Wednesday night. He was 77.

Connors passed away from natural causes at his home Wednesday evening, Brian Edwards said. The musician, rarely seen without his signature black cowboy hat and stomping cowboy boots, was best known for songs "Sudbury Saturday Night," ''Bud the Spud" and especially "The Hockey Song," a fan favourite played at hockey arenas around North America.

Those three songs are played at every Toronto Maple Leafs home game. At Toronto's Air Canada Centre Wednesday night, many fans took to their feet as "The Hockey Song" was played after Connors' death was announced.

Although wide commercial appeal eluded Connors for much of his four-decade career, his songs are regarded as veritable national anthems thanks to their unabashed embrace of all things Canadiana.

If there was ever a man who strode this earth that epitomized the opposite of Twitter culture, it was Stompin' Tom Connors. Yet the Canadian music icon who passed away suddenly on March 6 at the age of 77 nonetheless became a trending topic as his countrymen and women let fly their sadness in 140 character bursts.

And not just regular folk either, but Connors' musical peers who clearly respected the man whose 300 song catalogue was like an encyclopedia of Canadiana. Everyone from legendary children's entertainer Raffi to hipster icons Death From Above 1979 found themselves expressing their mourning on Twitter.

Here's a collection of reactions from the Canadian musicians who saw Stompin' Tom Connors as an ideal to aspire to. R.I.P.