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Bryen Dunn is Editor of theBUZZ, writing on  lifestyle and entertainment. He has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He enjoys discovering delicious eats, tasting spirited treats, and being mesmerized by musical beats.

You Can Live Forever – the longing lust of lesbian love

posted Thursday, May 4, 2023

by: in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online, Theatre

You Can Live Forever tells the story of Jaime (Anwen O’Driscoll), who lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario during the 1990s, and loves sci-fi, The Cure and getting high. And unbeknownst to anyone around her, she’s gay. When her father dies and her mother suffers a breakdown, she’s sent to Quebec’s Saguenay region to live with […]

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The Lost Weekend, A Love Story – May Pang documents her open relationship with John Lennon

posted Thursday, May 4, 2023

by: in Music, Streaming Online, Theatre

The Lost Weekend, A Love Story reveals a missing chapter in The Beatles’ canon: the passionate 18-month relationship between John Lennon and his assistant May Pang. The film uses never-before-seen footage and photos, including interviews with Julian Lennon, to paint a complex and moving portrait of Pang and the late Beatle. Billed as “a weekend […]

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Toronto’s queer “Witch Prophet” release new dreamy trip-hop album

posted Wednesday, May 3, 2023

by: in Music, Queer, Toronto

Toronto’s Witch Prophet have released a new album Gateway Experience, pulling us deep into her mind by questioning the connections with our brains, music, dreams, seizures, god and otherworldly abilities, The first single is the alternative RnB/hip hop track Energy Vampire, featuring Toronto based rapper DillanPonders, a deeply layered song about nightmares, beings that roam those […]

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Honouring Trans Musician Jackie Shane’s Toronto Legacy With Commemorative Plaque

posted Sunday, April 30, 2023

by: in Activism, Art, Music, Queer, Toronto

Fans and the public are invited to contribute to a fundraising campaign to celebrate and honour musician Jackie Shane with a commemorative plaque in downtown Toronto. Shane was a pioneering trans soul singer who packed nightclubs and electrified the Toronto music scene in the 1960s. This campaign seeks to raise funds to erect a plaque near the […]

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Little Richard: I Am Everything – a look back at the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll

posted Friday, April 28, 2023

by: in Film, Streaming Online

Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life […]

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Hot Docs celebrates 30 years of presenting local and international documentaries- April 27 to May 7, 2023

posted Thursday, April 27, 2023

by: in Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, taking place April 27 to May 7,2023 in Toronto. From 2848 film submissions, this year’s slate presents 214 films from 72 countries in 13 programs, and features 70 world and 33 international premieres. Over 100 […]

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Placebo tour stops in Toronto April 27, 2023, with support from Poppy Jean Crawford

posted Thursday, April 27, 2023

by: in Music, Toronto

UK popsters Placebo are currently touring North American for the first time in nearly a decade, and Toronto fans have a chance to catch them April 27, 2023 at History Toronto, with not-to-be-missed opening act Poppy Jean Crawford.  Placebo released their latest LP Never Let Me Go back in March 2022 at which point they had […]

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Skinny Puppy: Final Tour stops in Toronto April 26, 2023

posted Wednesday, April 26, 2023

by: in Music, Toronto

In celebration of their 40th anniversary of existence, Canadian Goth/Industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy are on the road for their Final Tour featuring special guest Lead Into Gold. Toronto fans get a chance to catch the show April 26, 2023 at History Toronto. “It’s been 8 long years since we’ve toured and there is no better way to […]

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Mending Fences – comedy about a father, his son, and the woman who brings them together -Apr 28 to May 20, 2023

posted Tuesday, April 25, 2023

by: in Theatre, Toronto

Mending Fences tells the story of Harry Sullivan, who hasn’t seen his son Drew in thirteen years, and now Drew is coming to Harry’s Saskatchewan ranch for a visit. This poignant comedy tells the story of two men who are too stubborn to give in to feelings of the heart. Virginia, the woman next door […]

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Joyland – challenging Pakistan’s patriarchal society, and the right to be who you are

posted Monday, April 24, 2023

by: in Film, Queer, Trans

Adapted from his award-winning short Darling, JOYLAND is the debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, that explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, […]

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