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A beloved gentleman of the theatre

10/11/2015 by the editor 2 Comments

By Jim Henshaw David Bolt was the first professional actor I ever met. I was studying theatre at the University of Regina and he was working for the Globe Theatre doing one of their gruelling tours, taking plays to remote gymnasiums and church basements in the dead of Winter. He undertook that cold and uncomfortable […]

Filed Under: Arts and Books Tagged With: Canada, entertainment, Ontario, Regina, Saskatchewan, theatre, Toronto

Gluten, and amusement, free

03/31/2015 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Jim Henshaw I’m not sure if this was a good month or a bad one for the people who enjoy annoying other people. On one side, actress Ashley Judd, after being threatened with sexual violence by Twitter trolls who didn’t like her playfully dissing their basketball team, sued her attackers. On the other, actress Eva […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: entertainment, food, health, religion, social media, spirituality

Neither Arrogant, nor a Worm

02/24/2014 by the editor Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young A long time ago in a theatre far far away — okay, 1991 at The Vancouver East Cultural Centre just before Valentine’s Day — my comedy partner Kevin Crofton and I launched ourselves as the satirical duo Local Anxiety in a show called “A CBC Love Affair,” featuring another comedy couple, Double […]

Filed Under: Leiren-Young Tagged With: Canada, entertainment, music

Hart Hanson makes his Bones

02/18/2014 by the editor 1 Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten If art can be entertaining, can entertainment be art? Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of the Fox television series Bones, visited the University of British Columbia recently to discuss his experiences as a nice Canadian boy working in the rough-and-tumble of Hollywood for the past decade. In the course of offering advice […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: business, entertainment, Hollywood, television, writing

Canadian Comedy Awards: Who knew?

10/09/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten The Canadian Comedy Awards came and went again this past weekend. You’re probably thinking, or saying out loud (maybe you talk to yourself, I don’t presume anything), “Those exist? I’ve never heard of ’em.” And I would respond (out loud, because I do talk to myself), “That’s no surprise. They’ve only been […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Canada, comedy, entertainment, Ottawa

Cory Monteith: The boy next door

07/16/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young The only time I saw Cory Monteith in person was at a Canucks Game. He and his on-screen and off-screen love interest Lea Michele were in their Canucks jerseys at GM Place cheering on the home team at game one of this year’s playoff debacle against the San Jose Sharks. Their smiling […]

Filed Under: Culture, Leiren-Young Tagged With: Canada, celebrity, entertainment, television, Vancouver

Canadian Screen Awards: More Short -pipes, please

03/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Rachelle Stein-Wotten If it wasn’t for host Martin Short, the Canadian Screen Awards last night would have been a real dud. This first year of the awards, aired on CBC, was partly a grand experiment. The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television combined the bereft-of-an-audience Genies and Geminis — separate awards for film and […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Canada, Canadian film, Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian television, entertainment, film, Martin Short, television

Green, gay, and duping the news

06/03/2012 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Mark Leiren-Young Green Lantern is gay? It sounds like big news, doesn’t it? It was reported like it was big news. And, of course, loopy American Christians opposed to living in the 21st century proclaimed that DC’s decision to change an iconic character’s sexuality was corrupting their children. Leaving aside the fact that comic […]

Filed Under: Culture, Leiren-Young Tagged With: comic books, DC Comics, entertainment, LGBTQ, Marvel, news

Me and Macho Man

06/01/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By David Bitonti Macho Man is dead. Who’s next? Hulk Hogan? The Ultimate Warrior? Jake The Snake Roberts? In fact, how the hell did Jake with all his drugging and boozing outlive Randy Savage anyway? As more of these forgotten heroes enter their 50s and even 60s (yikes!), I guess they’re going to start dropping […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: celebrity, death, entertainment, sports

Welcome to Canada, Randy Quaid

02/23/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Dear Randy Quaid: I hear Canadian authorities have decided to let you stay in Canada, and, indeed, that Canadian citizenship is now in the works for you. That’s because your wife’s dad was Canadian, so she was able to get her citizenship earlier this month, which means you can now get yours […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Canada, celebrity, entertainment, film, Media, U.S.

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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