Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: Guy Laliberte, Celine Dion, Shania Twain
I set out to walk the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard last weekend not realizing how long it took to get from the Kodak Theatre to the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine. I really wasn’t...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins’ phenom survives, and thrives, in the...
The Hunger Games juggernaut–the books and, as of last week, the movie too–doesn’t exactly need my business, but it has it now anyway. And it’s been money and time well spent. What kept me from checking...
View ArticleScooch over, Celine! Drag legend Mado is the real queen at new Grévin...
Drag legend Mado La Motte poses with herself at the new Grévin Montréal wax museum Big crowds are lining up to check out the over 120 life-like wax mannequins of such international superstars as...
View ArticleTalk-show Tango Nov. 14: Donald Sutherland, Craig Ferguson, Claire Danes
Among the guests tonight, Donald Sutherland, who is not only in the expected blockbuster The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, but he’s also writing, starring and producing an animated series for CBC,...
View ArticleBill Brownstein: Paul Almond finds making books more stressful than making films
Paul Almond could have quietly retired years ago and divided his time between his home in the Gaspé and his retreat in Malibu. The renowned Quebec filmmaker really had nothing more to prove, having...
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Who's afraid of Mockingjay? China and Thailand, it appears
Life imitates art: Apex, a Thai cinema chain, has stopped showing the new Hunger Games movie, after fans got arrested for using the film’s three-finger salute to protest against the new military...
View ArticleRossif Sutherland builds upon the family business with war drama Hyena Road
If Rossif Sutherland is an actor, it’s in large part thanks to his father. On the phone from his Toronto home this week, Sutherland said he didn’t grow up dreaming of following in his famous father’s...
View Article'Paris is very close to us,' says Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence
At the media screening of the final Hunger Games instalment Monday morning, it was impossible not to think of the Paris terrorist attacks. The grim science-fiction blockbuster bursts at the seams with...
View ArticleAislin's long-standing love for baseball and his impactful cartoons
As the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox get ready to face each other April 1 in Montreal, many Montrealers’ passion for baseball is boiling back to the surface. Montreal Gazette’s editorial...
View ArticleChris Knight at Cannes: Quebec's Xavier Dolan continues to rack up prizes
The 69th Cannes Film Festival ended on Sunday night with the presentation of the Palme d’Or to director Ken Loach for his new film I, Daniel Blake. The socially conscious movie tells the story of two...
View ArticleCannes jury's reaction was 'a relief' for Xavier Dolan
So much for the critics. Wunderkind Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan took the Cannes Film Festival’s second-highest honour, the Grand Prix, on Sunday for his latest feature, Juste la fin du monde (It’s...
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