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Monthly Archives: March 2010
It turns out Madonna isn’t the only “Lucky Star” in her family. In fact, the queen of pop and the newest judge on American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres, are 11th cousins according to genealogy researchers at Ancestry.ca. Read more
Posted in News-and-Notes
Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, madonna
After four innovative albums, and a catalogue of brilliant singles, the British duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory have misplaced their mojo this time around. In Head First, the elegiac dream-pop of 2008′s Seventh Tree is combined with an … Read more
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tags: Giorgio Moroder, Goldfrapp
Chloe is sexy, mysterious and thrilling; but the conclusion is a disappointment. When Catherine (Julianne Moore), a successful doctor, begins to question her husband David’s (Liam Neeson) fidelity, she sets out to resolve her suspicions with the help of an … Read more
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tags: Amanda Seyfried, Atom Egoyan, Chloe, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot
Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale was a smart and touching look at a family struggling to deal with separation and change in the 1980s. Greenberg is about one man’s efforts to reacquaint himself into a world he left … Read more
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tags: Ben Stiller, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Rhys Ifans
Born and raised in Calgary, Nadia (Kazmi) now calls New York City’s fifth borough home. On her debut album, Arrival, Nadia infuses Brooklyn’s rich history and culture into the very core of her songs. Kicking off with the soul-rock influenced … Read more There are no tougher media markets in Canada than Montreal. Sure, Toronto gets all the attention, but figuring out how to attract and capture a diverse, metropolitan population of over 3.8 million that speaks primarily both French and English is not easy. CTV’s Todd van der Heyden, the co-anchor of Montreal’s top-rated English local TV newscast, certainly understands the challenges of the market, and has thrived there. Read more
Posted in Feature, Top-of-the-Pops
Tags: ctv, Montreal, Mutsumi Takahashi, Todd van der Heyden
Vancouver-based dance music duo Delerium are best known for their 1997 collaboration with Sarah McLachlan, “Silence”. A couple of remixes of that track — by Tiësto and Airscape — made the song a pervasive international club hit. In particular, the … Read more
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tags: andy moor, deep dish, delerium, dj dan, niels van gogh, rabbit in the moon, sarah mclachlan, tiesto
Most children that grew up in the ‘80s were enamoured with the tale of a boy and his horse, a flying dog and various other fantastical characters that existed in a magical book called The Neverending Story. Bastian is a … Read more
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tags: Atreyu, Bastian, blu-ray, Childlike Empress, Falkor, Fantasia, Neverending Story, Rockbiter
The Coen Brothers have had several hits and misses in their 20 plus-year career, but having established their aptitude they finally had the opportunity to make a movie they’ve wanted to create – A Serious Man is their “Jewish” film. … Read more
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tags: Coen brothers, Ethan Coen, Jewish, Joel Coen, Michael Stuhlberg, Richard Kind
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Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean will appeal a recent decision by Haiti’s electoral council rejecting his run in the country’s Nov. 28 presidential election. The former Fugees member’s candidacy was rejected beacause has hadn’t resided in the country for the past … Read more Here are top 20 programs in Canada for the week of August 9-15, 2010. This chart shows the top TV programs for all home market stations for the week indicated. Programs are ranked based on their average minute audience. The … Read more Here are top 20 programs in Canada for the week of August 2-8, 2010. This chart shows the top TV programs for all home market stations for the week indicated. Programs are ranked based on their average minute audience. The … Read more |
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