A couple of weeks back, someone sent me a picture of a Tragically Hip album on display in a record store. It appeared to be a standard vinyl issue of the band’s 2006 album, Music @ Work, priced at $71.99. It wasn’t a typo. To put that into perspective, a copy of the deluxe 2-CD edition of
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Give the reality star an A+ for effort: her first turn as Saturday Night Live host was a testament to hard work, a good attitude, and a great O.J. Simpson joke. By Karen Valby October 10, 2021 Here’s the confusing truth about Kim Kardashian West. As a performer—as a presence in the room, even—she is
A spinoff of the hit Fox sitcom That ’70s Show has been ordered for Netflix, Variety reports. There’s currently an order for 10 episodes of the new show, titled That ’90s Show. It might seem too soon to start parodying the nineties, but there is actually a similar gap between each show’s premiere date and
The stolen data includes private records such as college recommendation letters. By Jordan Hoffman October 9, 2021 Confidential academic records from the Los Angeles private school Harvard-Westlake were “hacked and exposed,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cache of stolen information includes files from the last decade concerning roughly 150 alumni. As THR put it,
[embedded content] Season 13 of Doctor Who is only weeks away, and BBC America just dropped a teaser trailer for the upcoming season. The brief trailer features the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) sending a warning straight to camera, warning that “The Flux is coming.” Whatever the “Flux” is, it’s going to be a major cluster-flux, bringing
Yeezy’s new school just became a lot more legit. By Grant Rindner October 7, 2021 Ice Cube and Kanye West during a game in the second week of the BIG3 at the Orleans Arena on July 17, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Courtesy of Sam Morris for Getty Images. On “Devil in a New Dress,” Kanye
The luxury hotel and GOP watering hole lost more than $70 million during Trump’s time in the White House, according to the House Oversight Committee, which accused the ex-president of exaggerating the property’s financial health. By Caleb Ecarma October 8, 2021 While the Trump International Hotel served as the go-to D.C. watering hole and informal
The new president laughs in the face of the old president’s “executive privilege.” By Bess Levin October 8, 2021 As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Donald Trump really, really doesn’t want people to find out what exactly he was up to on January 6, 2021, probably because it makes him look really, really bad.
On My Block is coming to an end with its fourth and final season on Netflix, but that doesn’t mean we have to leave Freeridge just yet. A spin-off set in the show’s fictional town is in the works, this time focusing on a new quartet of kids. The follow-up series will explore a new
**Spoilers for the season finale of Ted Lasso** This week’s season finale of Ted Lasso saw Ted finally opening up to his team about his mental health struggles. Thanks to an exposé from Trent Crimm, (now formerly of) The Independent, the team (and everyone else in town) already knows about Ted’s panic attacks, and that he
By David Friend The Canadian Press Posted October 8, 2021 1:09 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ TORONTO — Latin superstars Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias brought flair and spectacle to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Thursday as the venue welcomed its first concert since the start
The show’s virtual poverty simulator is excellent proof of what it’s like when you have no good options. By Tracy Moore October 8, 2021 One of the things that lands deepest about the new Netflix show Maid—Stephanie Land’s memoir turned drama about a single mother, Alex (Margaret Qualley), who bolts with her two-year-old daughter, Maddy
Legal experts say that’s a crime. By Bess Levin October 7, 2021 As Donald Trump has made abundantly clear, he very much does not want anyone to find out what he was doing on January 6, 2021, presumably because it would make him look worse than he already does. We know this for a few
Sad girl fall is officially in session if Adele is on the way with new music. After a five-plus-year hiatus, the 15-time Grammy winner announced today that she’ll be dropping new music later this month, hopefully leading to an imminent new album, too. While we await the big release, we’ve gathered what we know so
A major HBO television series is taking over some Edmonton streets. HBO is filming a new series based on a popular video game called The Last of Us, and the multi-million-dollar TV production is filming its first season all over Alberta. The production is not only transforming some areas of the city to look post-apocalyptic
Were you like me and wanted more of Agatha Harkness in your life after Marvel and Disney+’s WandaVision? Did you have hopes that you’d maybe see her in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Wanda’s timeline? Well, you’re in luck! Agatha is coming back to our lives with her very own Disney+ series.
Millions of people have seen the films in The Conjuring franchise, but only a few know the backstory for the chilling tales. The Perron family of Rhode Island claims to have been terrorized by an evil paranormal presence while living at Arnold Estate, the house that inspired The Conjuring. Originally built in 1693, the home
‘Halloween Hotness’ will include over 150 special guests, with Lifetime Achievement Award presented to pop icon Diane Franklin… “Halloween Hotness 7: Stronger Together” will take place Saturday, Oct. 16 at Madame Tussauds Hollywood (6933 Hollywood Blvd.). The star-studded charity fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was created by entertainment industry professional and event planner Brian Sikoff to ease
Charlotte Casiraghi, the 35-year-old granddaughter of Princess Grace of Monaco, is hard to describe. Pauline Delassus of Paris Match magazine calls her “serious, studious, persevering, a competitor, discreet, smart and cultured”—terms not often associated with young royals. But maybe that’s because Casiraghi has managed to parlay these traits into a multitude of part-time careers and
The Friday Night Lights alum talks about bringing Mike Flanagan’s newest nightmare to life. By Grant Rindner October 6, 2021 Zach Gilford in Midnight Mass.Courtesy of Eike Schroter for Netflix. Zach Gilford’s face is one of the first things you see in the new Netflix series Midnight Mass, and it immediately sets the tone for
A new report lays bare the financial relationship between AT&T and One America News, the network that makes Fox look tame. By Caleb Ecarma October 6, 2021 In the fallout of his 2020 defeat, Donald Trump immediately began pushing election-fraud claims so outlandish that even Fox News did not go so far as to support
Actors Keanu Reeves and Graham Greene, retired Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire and musician Bruce Cockburn are among this year’s inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame. Singer-songwriter Jully Black, late blues artist Salome Bey, wrestling star Bret (The Hitman) Hart and decathlete Damian Warner were also announced as 2021 inductees on Wednesday. Read more: Damian Warner chosen
Wonderama wants you to “add some meaning to your Halloween-ing” and is proud to present the “Biggest Halloween Parade in History,” taking place in New York City’s Times Square celebrating Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on October 30, 2021 starting at 7:00PM EDT. When we say, “big,” we mean it; this parade is 10 stories high! On
You guys are really unique! Where does that come from? Edem: Living life and being lucky. As artists and musicians, we channel all our conscious and subconscious thoughts, emotions, and acumen into our art. It’s what we do. It’s natural and necessary for us. We serve. Brett: I’m glad to hear you think we’re unique. Life would
Another day, another Trumpworld memoir. The latest damning dispatch from the Trump Administration comes courtesy of Stephanie Grisham, who served various roles in the White House throughout a four-year period: communications director and press secretary in the West Wing, as well as communications director and chief of staff in Melania Trump’s East Wing. In I’ll
The Oscar winner tried to grab away the microphone while his writer-director sang his praises: “He is my great friend and comrade.” By Jordan Hoffman October 5, 2021 “Shhh! Shhh!” said film director Mike Mills from the stage at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. To his right, in a hooded black sweatshirt that read “Support
Jamie Lee Curtis had an interview with Fast Company where she talked about plastic surgery and the impact that social media has on beauty. The interviewer asked Curtis about the actress’s own experience with plastic surgery, since Curtis is on the record about having gotten some. Curtis was also asked if she thinks Hollywood beauty standards
Mike Hall is passing on the torch — the blowtorch, that is. The gearhead behind the popular TV show Rust Valley Restorers held a successful and “bittersweet” auction this weekend that emptied out his famed “field of dreams” in Tappen, B.C. That’s where more than 550 of his classic cars in various states of disrepair
The former V.P. attacked the media’s coverage of the insurrection, just as new revelations about how he considered overturning the election are spilling out. By Caleb Ecarma October 5, 2021 In the immediate aftermath of the Capitol riot, Mike Pence declared January 6 to be “a dark day in the history of the United States”
A unique Sotheby’s auction includes everything from speakers used in the Dead’s famous ‘74 Wall of Sound to legendary LSD guru Owsley Stanley’s chemistry set. By Jesse Jarnow October 5, 2021 The Grateful Dead perform in Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13, 1967.Leni Sinclair / Getty Images The Grateful Dead are having a warehouse sale and