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We’re pretty good at acknowledging when our favorite actors and directors pass, people whose work—the work of storytelling—feels obvious, palpable, easy to define. We treat directors like authors. When we say we love a movie, we say it’s “theirs.” And then we allow those same movies to sear the faces, voices, and mannerisms of our

Archive PhotosGetty Images If you miss losing yourself for 120 minutes in a dark movie theater and have exhausted your Netflix queue, the Content Gods are opening up the gates to free movies and TV right now. We’ve rounded up where to find these quarantine gifts, from new releases to forgotten classics and every guilty

A trio of sibling musicians from Nova Scotia is not about to let COVID-19 stop them from getting noticed. Like many artists during the pandemic, they have taken their talents online. Known as The Gilberts, the sibling trio is from Centre Burlington in Hants County, Nova Scotia. Before the pandemic began, they were about to realize their

“He actually called me late that night,” Trump Jr. said during a Q&A on Facebook. “He was still in the Oval Office and was like, ‘So what’s with this?’ So, we had a couple of seconds before him sort of checking in and getting back to work, you know, he was fascinated. I think Melania

Schitt’s Creek is over, but the love affair between the viewing audience and the Rose family still continues (especially for those of us who are one season behind). Cheat Sheet shared that Moira’s accent is not a real accent in the known world, which I’m sure we could all pick out, and that actress Catherine

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled early plans on Friday to give $500 million to Canada’s arts, sports and cultural sectors as they weather the COVID-19 pandemic — but exactly who will benefit remains to be determined. The minister said he’s got an array of entertainment industries in mind, among them non-profits, national sports organizations, television

If you’re a casual college football fan, then your introduction to LSU wide receiver Justin Jefferson very well may have come during the Peach Bowl on December 28, when the junior caught 14 passes for 227 yards and four touchdowns in the Tigers’ 63-28 shellacking of the Oklahoma Sooners. It’s a crazy stat line, only

Dr. Mehmet Oz has apologized for the remarks he made earlier this week suggesting that the United States should consider reopening schools because it would only “cost us two to three per cent in terms of total mortality” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oz was under fire after he said those deaths “might be a trade-off

An odd, charming quirk to Never Have I Ever is that the narrator of high-schooler Devi Vishwakumar’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) teenage travails is ‘80s tennis star John McEnroe, a white man with self-professed anger issues. The show takes its time explaining why McEnroe is the right narrator for Devi–but even at the beginning, there’s something irresistible

The first look at “the untold story” of Al Capone‘s “final chapter” is here in the form of a movie trailer. On Wednesday — only a month before its release — director Josh Trank (Chronicle) shared one minute, 30 seconds of footage from the upcoming biographical crime film about the notorious American gangster. Tom Hardy

In the capital cities of Michigan, Kentucky, and North Carolina, hundreds of conservatives staged mass protests on Wednesday against social distancing orders—and top right-wing media figures are cheering them on. Despite coronavirus causing over 30,000 deaths in America alone, the pro-Trump and largely mask-less protesters, some of whom flew Confederate flags and open-carried AR-15 and

While sheltering at home, celebrities are getting creative with their charitable endeavors. This week, A-listers like Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ciara began posting about the All In Challenge. Basically, it’s a way to fundraise money for those facing food insecurity because of the coronavirus pandemic by auctioning off celebrity experiences. Created by sports retailer

Sixteen months after it was announced, the first look at Stardust, the David Bowie-inspired drama, has surfaced — in the form of a scene preview. Stardust is set in the early 1970s before Bowie’s career took off. It also highlights the musician’s first visit to the U.S. and the events that inspired him to create his world-renowned

Now that Zoom has become the unofficial office and general gathering space of the coronavirus quarantine, you might be looking for ways to spice up your daily meetings or happy hour hangouts. You’ve probably seen the ways people have gotten creative with their backgrounds (of which there are a lot) but now a farm and

Billy McFarland, the convicted fraudster responsible for the 2017 Fyre Festival scam, has requested to be released from prison early amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Saying he is “particularly vulnerable to catching and suffering from severe or fatal consequences of the [novel coronavirus],” the 28-year-old — through his lawyers — pleaded to a U.S. district

Last week, Jane Goodall gave the rest of us a little insight into how Prince Harry is doing now that he’s officially left his role as a royal. It proved that that, in addition to her knowledge of primates, she is also a close friend of the prince who, along with his wife Meghan Markle,

I like to do drawing first thing in the morning. I like to touch clay. And write. Those are the things that I do. Have I ever looked at Instagram first thing in the morning? Of course, we’re all guilty of it. This is just a compass, a direction for you to consider.” Don’t read

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names, from singer Justin Bieber to A-list Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, are banding together to help strengthen novel coronavirus relief funds. They’re among many celebrities in sport, music and film donating a “once-in-a-lifetime” fan experience and rare items in conjunction with the All In Challenge, by the All In Challenge Foundation.

Earlier this week, it looked as though Donald Trump, in all his infinite wisdom, had put his daughter and son-in-law on the council advising the White House on when to “reopen” the country. Given the president’s long history of putting the dynamic duo in charge of matters they have literally no business being anywhere near,

Including great local wineries When it comes to wine in Canada, no two provinces are alike. One thing that most of them have in common, though, is an increasing number of agents, retailers and wine-makers offering contact-free wine delivery. Wine might not be at the very top of our hierarchy of needs right now, but,

American punk icon Jimmy Webb died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 62. The New York City-based businessman was best known as the manager and buyer of Trash and Vaudeville — the iconic, Manhattan-based rock and roll fashion boutique — between 2000 and 2016. After the world-renowned East Village landmark relocated, Webb

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli’s fate still hangs in the balance a year after they were named in the FBI’s college admission cheating scandal case for allegedly paying $500,000 to make it appear their two daughters Olivia Jade and Bella were rowing team recruits to guarantee their admission to the University of Southern California. The

Ricky Gervais has condemned celebrities “complaining” about being in isolation in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 58-year-old comedian told U.K. tabloid the Sun on Monday that he “never wants to hear people moaning about nurses again” and commended front-line health-care workers who are part of the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS). “These

Though the 1970s saw massive changes for women, she continued, the fashion industry had not yet modernized: “There was no H&M. [The clothing] was much more individualistic. Women [of a certain means] had their tailors and went fabric shopping together. They’d take the fabric to the tailor and say, ‘I want to have this Chanel-inspired

American Psycho is easily one of my favorite properties. The film, which derives from the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, takes us on a journey with Patrick Bateman, a man who sees the state of the world and is disgusted by those who are not up to his own standards. A satirical look

Since it was launched last November, Disney+ has been victim to a large amount of controversy, stemming from not only scene cuts and slight changes, but vague warnings which seemingly brush off the “outdated cultural depictions” of some of its titles, too. This time, however, the streaming giant is under fire for a very specific

Newly unearthed audio recordings reveal how Bloomberg News spiked a 2013 corruption investigation into the Chinese Communist Party over fears it would damage the company’s rapport with the regime, attempting to silence its own journalist, Mike Forsythe, and his spouse through nondisclosure agreements. While Mike Bloomberg faced intense scrutiny during his ephemeral but expensive presidential

Hand sanitizer stock, like that of kettlebells and toilet paper, has been pretty inconsistent since the pandemic hit. As stores quickly ran out of Purell, well-known luxury brands, like Aesop became the fallback for anyone who could afford the cost. Now, even the high-end fancy hand sanitizers are gone. These days, if you want hand

Global Citizen and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that they have partnered up to help fight boredom and simultaneously raise funds for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund with the One World: Together At Home concert show. On Tuesday, Corus Entertainment and Rogers Sports & Media announced that they are joining foundational Canadian partner Bell