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My home office sometimes looks as if a Category 5 hurricane swept through. There are piles of magazines, teetering towers of books, records and CDs that have so far evaded being filed, and dozens of sticky notes and scraps of paper featuring near-illegible scribbles signifying… something. There are also special folders on three different computers

On her album folklore, Taylor Swift insists that “the greatest films of all time were never made.” But that can’t possibly be true now that Christmas in the Spotlight, Lifetime’s blatant attempt to capitalize on Swift’s romance with NFL tight-end Travis Kelce, has debuted. The made-for-TV movie premiered on Saturday, just a week before Hallmark

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 23, 2024 8:21 am Updated November 23, 2024 12:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is firmly in his Swiftie era. Trudeau attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday, the Eras Tour’s second-last night in

Welcome to the Watchies, the Still Watching awards show. On the penultimate episode of VF’s TV podcast, hosts Hillary Busis, Richard Lawson, and Chris Murphy discuss, debate, and ultimately award the greatest TV shows of all time—well, at least according to them. Busis, Lawson, and Murphy doled out awards in three categories: drama, comedy, and

As Toronto continues its ‘Love Story’ with Taylor Swift and the Eras Tour, set to head next week to British Columbia, some are urging action over allegations of price-gouging by resellers and ticketing practices that have left some fans with ‘Bad Blood.’ On sites like StubHub, a single ticket for Taylor Swift’s Friday concert in

When Donald Trump announced that he was putting Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of his administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, he boldly claimed the initiative, under the duo’s tutelage, would become “The Manhattan Project of our time.” And a week and a half later, it’s become abundantly clear that the analogy

Jay Leno is a bit worse for wear these days, sporting some shocking bruising to his face, an eye patch and a broken wrist. The injuries came when the 74-year-old former late-night host fell down a 60-foot hill while on his way to dinner, he told reporters ahead of a show Monday night. Leno, speaking

In the two weeks since Donald Trump was reelected president, he’s tapped a string of individuals to serve as second-term advisers and cabinet members whose common thread could be summed up by four words: What the actual fuck. Trump wants to put a rabid anti-vaxxer in charge of the nation’s health, named a man accused

By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press Posted November 20, 2024 5:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Sarah McLachlan is cancelling her Canadian tour to focus on recovering from acute laryngitis. The singer-songwriter says she’s “heartbroken” to drop the dates but says she’s been told she needs vocal rest

In quick succession, president-elect Donald Trump named Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche as deputy AG, and Bill McGinley as White House counsel. Gaetz and Blanche need Senate approval; McGinley does not. Also tapped by Trump: Emil Bove, Blanche’s would-be second in command, and D. John Sauer, the choice to head

It can be difficult to know how to support a loved one going through a cancer diagnosis — a lesson John Stamos is learning in real time. In a gesture of support for his friend and Full House co-star Dave Coulier, who was recently diagnosed with “very aggressive” Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Stamos donned a

When trying to win a gig working for Donald Trump, there’s apparently a fine line between displaying the undying loyalty he requires and sticking your head so far up his ass that it starts to annoy him. And that’s a lesson that Cantor Fitzgerald CEO and would-be Treasury secretary Howard Lutnick has recently learned. The

A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to disqualify a bid by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, alleging fraud and collusion. The company, First United American Companies, which is affiliated with a Jones website that sells dietary supplements, was

The last time Trump was at MSG on Oct. 27, he and his lineup hosted a “Racist, Misogynistic, Antisemitic” rally that “Was an Explicit Preview of a Second Term,” as Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin reported. There was Trump surrogate and stand-up comic Tony Hinchcliffe referring to Puerto Rico as “garbage” and saying that “these Latinos,

With three of six Taylor Swift shows in Toronto complete, the city — which really should be named “Tayronto” because it has given over everything to her — gets a chance to catch its breath and enjoy slightly less traffic and congestion until everything ramps up again for the next round of stadium shows on

It’s a pity some may have given up on Saturday Night Live during the cold open, at the agonizing sight of James Austin Johnson’s President Trump and Dana Carvey’s President Biden sitting knee to knee in the White House. These are not laughing times. Even Carvey’s great turn as Biden—stumbling around for words, eyes popping

Taylor Swift took her time bringing The Eras Tour to Canada, but after her first night in Toronto, it’s clear that for the Swifties all is forgiven. Dressed in sequins, cowboy hats and outlandish outfits that made obscure references to the pop star’s lyrics, Swift’s fans piled into the Rogers Centre on Thursday to see their wildest

“It’s about getting to know the first family of Israel in a whole new way,” director Alexis Bloom (Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg) says of her upcoming documentary The Bibi Files. The film features never-before-seen police interrogation tapes of Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, his wife, Sara, their son Yair, and many of

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 15, 2024 11:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Taylor Swift fans eager to score a last-minute ticket should be on alert for scams run by “well-organized” fraudsters. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says the number of reports of people being ripped off this year

Donald Trump’s transition team scrambled Thursday after Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles was presented with an allegation that former Fox & Friends cohost Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to be Defense Secretary, had engaged in sexual misconduct. According to two sources, Wiles was briefed Wednesday night about an allegation that Hegseth had acted inappropriately

The day has finally arrived for excited Swifties in Canada, as Taylor Swift kicks off her highly-anticipated Toronto concert Thursday evening for her Eras Tour at the Rogers Centre. While the city’s downtown and public transit are set to be flooded with fans eager to catch the superstar, health experts are urging concertgoers to stay

What’s crazier than (potentially) putting notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the nation’s health? Nominating GOP congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general of the United States, which Donald Trump did on Wednesday. And no, that is not the set up to a joke about Trump’s second-term advisers; it is something

Hundreds of thousands of Swifties are expected to descend on the streets of Toronto over the next two weeks as the city plays host to Taylor Swift. The global pop star is bring her ‘Eras Tour’ to the Roger Centre over the next two Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for a number of shows. Tickets for

Republican officials are finally ready to acknowledge that US elections are, in fact, secure—four years after they began falsely claiming otherwise and one week after their guy won at the polls. “Fraud and irregularity” were “limited” this time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a Tuesday press conference. The election was “free and fair,” confirmed

Fresh off earning his first No. 1 album on Billboard’s top 200 albums chart, country star Jelly Roll has announced he will be performing in a number of Canadian cities in 2025. “CANADA! I’m so excited to announce that The Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour is headed your way soon!” the 39-year-old singer posted on

Donald Trump has literally declared that Kamala Harris should be prosecuted for her border policies, that Liz Cheney should be tried by military tribunal, and that “Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors” should receive “long term prison sentences” for the 2020 election—but according to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, the former and incoming president will not use

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toymaker Mattel is apologizing for a “wicked” blunder that saw the URL for a pornographic website printed on the packaging for special edition dolls that were released as the movie adaptation of Wicked gets set to hit theatres. The misprint began making the rounds on social media

Taylor Swift fans eager to decode the various so-called “Easter eggs” in her lyrics, Instagram posts, and apparel have a new mystery to unravel today. When the billionaire singer swanned into Kansas City, Missouri’s GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs play the Denver Broncos, she wasn’t

The first thing I thought when I awoke Wednesday morning was that there’s now an SNL Curse. Any female U.S. presidential candidate — even one who appears to be cruising to the White House — will ultimately lose the election if she appears on Saturday Night Live. First Hillary Clinton in 2016 and now Kamala Harris