What motivates people to believe the most obvious, calculated lie, despite all evidence to the contrary? As Alonzo Fonny Hunt, a man sent to prison for a rape he didnt commit, James is deeply captivating in a very challenging role. Which, like, obviously: on top of Canadas always-uncanny ability to produce larger-than-life pop stars (need I remind any of us of Cline Dion, especially circa 1997? I love drag. In Switzerland. And Grey Enterprises? A source of light! But Ryan Reynolds locked his superstar status on Deadpool. A dance-theatre hybrid, Betroffenheit is an unlikely achievement a strikingly original show about loss that became a global sensation. TORONTO - Catherine O'Hara, Sidney Crosby and Tatiana Maslany are among the stars set to appear at the Canadian Screen Awards. After Meghie moved to London, England, and got her masters degree in screenwriting, she wrote the first draft of what would become her debut feature film Jean of the Joneses. It seems Carly Rae isnt always the type of girl for you, non-Canadians (and thats your loss). At what point did you realize that he was no longer that kid from Degrassi but a legitimate rapper and poet whose talent would go on to challenge any and all existing artists on the 2010 charts? Her takeover has only just begun, and I for one cant wait to see what she does in the next decade. Women of Canada, I will see you all at the movies! This answer and the Vegas-inspired gold dress with a chandelier-sized headpiece make her a winner of the night, topping her fantastic 2017 appearance. (As a gay man, I stand by the fact that it objectively is.). Fortunately, for fans of the blue people (who are not to be confused with the Blue Man Group), James Cameron has been talking about plans for multiple Avatar followups since 2010 and has four sequels in the works because why wouldnt he. Celine Dion releases her 27th studio album, Courage. It felt like a new era the dawn of a new day. A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 2, 2017 at 8:32am PDT. Crushingly, Richard Wagamese passed away in March of that year. Leonard Cohen releases You Want It Darker. Live from New York, its Saturday night! When their children come home unable to speak to them, their bodies covered with evidence of abuse they cant escape, their minds and spirits forever changed by abuse they dare not name? Here are nine other reasons why Alanis still matters: And nothing anyone at Jezebel can say will ever diminish the cultural significance and magnitude of this album. Once upon a time, Cline Dion had one dream: to become an international star. The truth about not only Tat, but also Dan Levy (the visionary co-creator of Schitts Creek and also a longtime friend) and other Canadian artists, is that weve always had the talent just maybe not the audacity to make it known. While the awards have had a tendency to be hosted by white actors, Oh made history as she delivered the opening monologue onstage in a blazing red dress that Villanelle would have definitely killed for. As he jovially explained the premise of the game and what drew him to it, he called the experience of playing Cyberpunk 2077 breathtaking. He paused, and a fan shouted, Youre breathtaking! from the crowd. Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for Spotlight, (New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures/Plan B Entertainment). Farmers work A way out of the mirror was an ode to fountains and their monumentalizing and memorializing qualities. For the Season 3 finale, NFY takes that swindle to the extreme, with Nathan orchestrating a high-wire spectacle. When it premiered in 2009, the now ubiquitous Drag Race without many even noticing decisively split the world of drag like a lightning bolt thrown by Zeus and sung about by Hedwig. The Tragically Hip perform their final concert in Kingston, Ont. And directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver), its a hyper-stylized rom-com blended with a few rounds of Street Fighter. 50 really is the new 21. John Barton, former editor of The Malahat Review, described the impact this had in the afterword of the magazines first all-Indigenous issue, called Indigenous Perspectives. Barton wrote that the issue was in part inspired by a letter the British Columbia Arts Council sent to literary magazines in 2015, exhorting us not only to better represent Indigenous writers in our pages, but to involve them in our decision-making. (Basically, the B.C. But some Canadian-made songs didnt quite make the same splash outside of the country, even though they deserved that same worldwide recognition. It takes time and money to develop writers and filmmakers, and it takes bold greenlighting decisions to birth projects that can cut through the noise. Browse Aaron Poole movies and TV shows available on Prime Video and begin streaming right away to your favorite device. (Six years later, the National Gallery saw its largest-ever opening crowd for Sakahn's followup, badakone.). Revolving around the women of Monterey, Calif.'s upper crust, the show uncovers the backstories and hidden truths of each character, ending its first season in a culmination of events that creates an impenetrable bond (not that Im about to spoil it). She seems fascinated by the way these characters grow and change through their relationships, their passions, their career woes and their secrets. I cannot think of a better way to end this decade than with the promise of her musical return. Designed by KPMB Architects with Architecture49 both Toronto firms the building reflects the wide-open prairie landscape. (Raves one woman after the show: Its so nothing in a way, but incredibly profound. And Buddy, as we know, says what he likes. By the end of the 2010s, LGBTQ representation had exploded into the mainstream in a genuinely unprecedented manner, particularly on television. From there, Meghies journey becomes a bit of a filmmaker fairytale. B.C. I felt confident in myself knowing that if I ever wanted to find love, I could just create a fake reality show all over again., The plan: Reach an untapped market: the 50 per cent of people who believe in ghosts.. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre opens its 40th season. Shot in Toronto, the film racked up a slew of accolades including the award for best motion picture at the Canadian Screen Awards and a best actress Oscar for star Brie Larson and anointed Vancouvers young Jacob Tremblay as a wee star to watch. Tatiana Maslany has revealed that guest starring in Parks and Recreation was "the scariest thing" that she has ever done. She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany reveals alternate finale ending that was 'more serious' Head writer Jessica Gao told Maslany "there were like 20 versions" of the ending, the actress says. Here are 10 times the internet swooned over the musings and (apparent) misadventures of Keanu Reeves. Now, hes using his knowledge to help struggling small-business owners make it in this competitive world. As a viewer, it becomes increasingly hard to keep the facts straight. Where traditional drag can be viewed as a card in which one side says female and the other says male, many think drag is simply flipping that card. In 2019, the citys tourism department even launched a contest. Thats just the basic formula, but from the first episode, NFY was engineering something grander than a five-year troll. And, of course, now that Indigenous artists have the chance to prove our work is both brilliant and marketable that we can sell out arts shows and end up on bestseller lists more arts institutions, publishers and galleries have supported us. In the episode, Nathan reveals his involvement at a press conference, and its the happiest hes ever been: My business was not only a bona fide success, but for the first time in my life it felt like people actually wanted to be around me. It was a tiny boy singing about how much he liked someone and how much he hoped they could be together despite knowing it might never be so. According to Citadels artistic director Daryl Cloran, the set and overall look of the play evolved thanks to its run at the theatre, and Hadestowns success has been a real boost for the city. Starring Canadian besties Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, This Is the End a Rogen/Evan Goldbergwritten/directed/produced joint took the terror and hilarity of the apocalypse to new heights with their version of what might happen when the world finally ends. Before the Hulu series premiered (and before this years sequel novel The Testaments was released, for that matter), the Royal Winnipeg Ballet debuted a rendition of The Handmaids Tale that saw the story depicted in a truly unique way. Because sometimes life actually is beautiful, Owen Pallett joined forces with Arcade Fires Win Butler to compose the score for Her, the Spike Jonze futuristic drama about love and loneliness. Joining the MCU, while already being such a vocal advocate for Asian representation, gives him a larger platform to spread the message of inclusion. In less than a decade, a 29-room hotel in a Newfoundland town most Canadians have never heard of became one of the worlds most talked-about tourist destinations. Now, the revamped Talent to Watch program has greenlit more than 40 first features from female-identified filmmakers across the country (though Telefilm Canada should consider how crucial it is to provide marginalized voices with more than just $125,000). Im kidding, of course. And yet voters overlooked this, oh-so-questionably deciding to nominate the vastly inferior performance Rami Malek gave in Bohemian Rhapsody instead and hand him the trophy. Geoffrey Farmer reimagines Canadas home at the Venice Biennale, Geoffrey Farmer A way out of the mirror (Francesco Barasciutti). (Hell turn 19 soon; does that make you feel old?). And speaking of her work, this year marked the close of a seven-year tour across Canada and the U.S., where Belcourts Walking With Our Sisters Project served as a memorial to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and their families. It will surely make a difference to help others have an easier and more hopeful time. CBC Artss own Peter Knegt honoured the milestone by lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, while the theatre kicked off its 40th year with a remount of Gertrude and Alice in which Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas are reimagined through the efforts of director Karin Randoja and performers/writers Evalyn Parry and Anna Chatterton. If it was before June 15 the day Drizzys debut album dropped congratulations, you (for many reasons, I imagine) are better than me and most people. What started as NSFW Twilight fan fiction produced one of the highest-grossing R-rated film franchises ever. Are they still OURS? As some were hitting the Hollywood big-time, artists like Denis Ct, Anne mond, Sbastien Pilote, Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie were also becoming international festival darlings embraced by out-of-province and out-of-country audiences alike. Released in September, it went on to win the 2019 Man Booker Prize alongside Bernardine Evaristos Girl, Woman, Other and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, because of course. Hadestown begins its pre-Broadway run in Edmonton, Prior to earning 14 Tony nominations, Hadestown grew into itself at Edmontons Citadel Theatre, where the retelling of the Greek myth (in which Orpheus attempts to regain the favour of his love, Eurydice) was staged for three weeks in November 2017. The exhibition was a moment to talk about identity and the impact and trauma of colonialism while celebrating the artists featured, a number of whom made work specifically for the show. The sharp exterior walls make it an unmistakable landmark, visible from the Don Valley Parkway, and the angles create a sort of sundial effect throughout the day. Stompa, a storm of a song, catapulted Millbrook, Ont., singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to national and, to a certain extent, international stardom. This is the lasting legacy of the 2010s in Canadian pop. More than a decade after the release of Mordecai Richlers Giller Prizewinning novel Barneys Version, the story of a man, his three marriages and the disappearance of his friend Boogie was brought to the big screen on Dec. 24 by director Richard J. Lewis and screenwriter Michael Konyves. As Buddy Cole, the iconic (and infamous) character from The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson has earned everything from fans praise to critics vitriol. (Fielder famously donated $150,000 of the profits to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre 150,000 U.S. Canada had no greater presence on Broadway this decade than with Irene Sankoff and David Heins smash musical Come From Away. He pitches them a custom marketing strategy, something so original that it rockets a few solar systems beyond the realm of common decency: maybe poo-flavoured fro-yo to court publicity (Episode 1), or a scheme to sell liquor to minors (booze is stashed on premises til theyre legal). During her time on the show, Maslany miraculously made time to act in other projects, with a focus on indie films. Its an obvious delusion, but a romantic one the sort of beautiful lie you can build a story on. The lyrics are classic, straightforward Cline, referencing her ongoing claim that she is now the boss of her career: Im flying on my own / On the wings of your love () / The warmer winds will carry me / Anywhere I want them to / If you could see what I can see / That nothing's blocking my view. Is she singing about her late husband and manager no longer controlling all aspects of her life? Upon seeing Barry Jenkinss emotional adaptation of James Baldwins 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a universal truth was known: Stephan James was a gift to cinema as we knew it. her squad of superstars). And I loved every minute of iteven if I had no idea who the fuck she was. When our director asked us to romantically nuzzle noses in a party scene, which we both felt was awkward and unnatural (I mean, what teenagers do that let alone in public, surrounded by their parents and their parents friends? Throughout the second half of the decade since its release, its influence has been undeniable and will no doubt continue to reverberate in the years to come as the Indigenous renaissance stretches far into the future. Her ability to share so transparently and vulnerably about self-worth, confidence and self-image in our current culture one thats so obsessed with supposed perfection is revolutionary. Cheered on by the entire country, she would even be tweeted about by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Handmaids Tale wins big at the Emmys. And when movie-goers gambled on something fresh, they chose sci-fi dark and puzzling but still explosion-packed sci-fi, like Christopher Nolans Inception. Read: theyre friendly! You might have noticed a little trend on your TV screens (or laptops or phones) in the past 10 years: our neighbours to the south seem really into us. After many rumors and delays, Cline Dion closes the 2010s by launching her most hyped album in decades, Courage. Should we cut their allowances? Shes even seen wearing no makeup in the music video! Following the decade-long obsession with Yann Martels 2001 novel Life of Pi, the story was finally released in film form in November 2012. (Terrific!) The mere fact that someone was able to light the internet on fire in 2019 by writing a review of a record thats almost 25 years old tells you just how powerful this album is. So how can I argue that Alanis matters as much now, at the end of this decade, as she did in the 90s? Patriotism and pride come into play, and inevitably, questions are raised around what it means to be Canadian and make Canadian content. Its hard to be a filmmaker. (A hero, a legend, a woman of the people.) Emily Kai Bock directs Grimess iconic video for Oblivion, When Montreal-based director Emily Kai Bock joined forces with Grimes (born Claire Boucher) and cinematographer Evan Prosofsky for the video for Oblivion, the trio likely had no idea that their limited budget and simple premise would garner 200,000 views in just a few days. The group had spent most of the summer on their Man Machine Poem tour, which kicked off in Victoria in July and ended in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., where the sold-out crowd was joined by more than 11 million fans who tuned in to join them. ), Kent Monkmans Shame and Prejudice debuts in Toronto. Welcome to Betroffenheit, the soul-searing, genre-defying collaboration between choreographer Crystal Pite and playwright and performer Jonathon Young that stormed the stages of the worlds performing arts centres in the mid-2010s, leaving audiences harrowed, healed and breathless in its wake. Family patriarch Logan Roy was partially raised in Quebec, and his brother Ewan still lives there. ), but there were a few clear oversights on the Academys part when it came to nominating Canuck excellence in the 2010s. Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series. Incendies competes for best foreign language film at the Oscars. Thats nearly double the 38 we managed in the previous decade (though in terms of wins, its even, at 11 each) and representative of some incredible work both in front of the camera (including Christopher Plummer, who became the first Canadian male to win an acting Oscar in 64 years when he won for Beginners) and behind it (10 of those nominations came from the best production design category). Hand-picked links plus the best of CBC Arts, delivered weekly. Psyched as many of us may have been to ring in Canadas 150th, we also know that the land that makes up Canada is much older than that and belongs to Indigenous communities that our government has repeatedly tried to annihilate. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. A queer anthem for the ages! After several failed IVF cycles and a miscarriage, Dion and Anglil welcome their twin sons Nelson and Eddy to the world. Following the benefit singles release on March 12, the song topped the Canadian charts for seven weeks. Add to this the Leacock Medal, the Giller Prize and the Walter Scott Prize, and its no wonder deWitt continues to earn accolades for his dark humour and fiction work. And it includes names like Elle-Mij Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn, Jeff Barnaby, Albert Shin, Johnny Ma, Jasmin Mozaffari, Andrew Cividino, Stephen Dunn, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski (to name just a few). Audiences had an appetite for a particular strain of high-concept terror. In 2012, the New Brunswickborn performer made her debut on the Great White Way in fellow Canadian and former Stratford Festival artistic director Des McAnuffs revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, where she starred as Mary Magdalene. went viral. Because Tat is, first and foremost, a defender of the truth. Jean of the Joneses was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards (including Best Original Screenplay) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Best First Screenplay). Xavier Dolan is hot off of proving hes no one-hit wonder with his sophomore feature Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), the stylish followup to his sensational debut Jai tu ma mre (I Killed My Mother). A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on Nov 16, 2019 at 6:33am PST. From 2013 to 2017, she embodied over a dozen clones on the sci-fi series "Orphan Black," and won an Emmy for it The exhibit opened at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in January and then toured across Canada. And according to Nathan, he regularly visits the production office where hell wind up sharing stories about Frances, a woman he hasnt seen in more than 50 years. I was immediately taken back to moments when I was a child and my parents probably wanted to flick me on the head for doing something trivial in public (Asian kid problems). Written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, the musical Come From Away is set in Gander, N.L., in the days following the Sept. 11 attacks, when 38 planes containing nearly 7,000 passengers were forced to land as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon (in which Canada helped ensure air traffic was cleared from U.S. airspace). With more than 28 billion streams, Drake is named Spotifys artist of the decade. Maki worked with Moriyama & Teshima Architects on the project a firm responsible for several Canadian cultural institutions, including the Canadian War Museum and the Ontario Science Centre.
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