posted Tuesday, August 29, 2017
It’s showtime! The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is upon us and some of the brightest stars in Hollywood (Angelina Jolie, Grace Jones, Jake Gyllenhaal, Idris Elba, George Clooney, Lady Gaga, Eminem and Octavia Spencer, to name a few) will touch down in our city from September 7th to 17th to preview screenings of […]
posted Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Mark Stenabaugh is an actor, television personality, host and one of the most fabulous wedding officiants you will ever have grace your special day. But what’s a wedding officiant you ask? According to Stenabaugh, “I actually don’t think that most couples being married understand the role or importance of the officiant at their ceremony. I […]
posted Monday, August 14, 2017
The multi-plex building located at Church and Richmond is home to both Club 120 and 120 Diner. The main level 120 Dinner is going to be three years old, while the elder sibling Club 120 has been going strong for a decade now, including its incarnation as Goodhandys. All musicians, singers and customers who have supported […]
posted Saturday, August 5, 2017
Before the Fall” is a gay re-imagining of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” In this inverted version of the classic story, Elizabeth Bennet, now reimagined as the male character Ben Bennett (Ethan Sharrett), is a dashing attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia. This placid existence is turned upside down […]
posted Friday, August 4, 2017
Without question, Charlize Theron (Monster, Prometheus), kicks ass! The 41-year-old Academy Award winning actress from South Africa came to slay in Atomic Blonde, a blast-to-the-past action movie about an elite M16 agent on a private mission in West Berlin, Germany, during the tail-end of the Cold War. And girl, she looks killer doing it. The […]
posted Friday, July 21, 2017
Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer is a new book from Coach House Books that draws on range of voices from Toronto’s queer community. Named after a song by Jackie Shane, the Nashville born, pioneering trans R&B singer who made good in Toronto, Any Other Way is an eclectic illustrated history of a city that so […]
posted Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Pfefferman family has found a new home on Showcase. Ahead of the Canadian broadcast premiere of the fourth season of Amazon Studios Transparent, Showcase brings viewers the first three seasons of the Golden Globe-winning series. Beginning July 21, Showcase will air three episodes back-to-back-to-back every Friday from 9-11 p.m. ET, culminating with the season three finale on September 22. […]
posted Wednesday, July 12, 2017
After acclaimed performances at the Toronto Storytelling Festival, Nuit Rose, and Ontario Culture Days, Canton/Peterson Productions is proud to bring Coal From Hades: The Story of “Les Mouches Fantastiques” to the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Based on true events, this unique hybrid storytelling/theatre piece explores the lives and loves behind the creation of North America’s first […]
posted Monday, July 10, 2017
On July 8, 2017, news that 39 year-old actor/playwright, Nelsan Ellis had died in Los Angeles, California, soared to the top the internet’s trending topics. Ellis’ family released a statement two days later announcing he struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years. They went on to say that he “was ashamed of his addiction […]
posted Monday, July 10, 2017
The 1980s and early 1990s were a devastating time for Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, with millions of adults who died during the AIDS epidemic, the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the sporadic violence that followed for years. Thousands of children were left without family or state support. In 2005, a group of Canadians came across 52 […]
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