Thanks to Brooke, the eyes of the world were upon us and suddenly everyone became more interested in the sleepy little hamlet of Canada. With more than 28 billion streams, Drake is named Spotifys artist of the decade. This colonial mentality that Indigenous people are backward or uncivilized or a problem that needs to be solved directly resulted in the creation of government-mandated residential schools, drastically interrupting our nations cultural and artistic development. The Canadian married couple wrote the lyrics, book and music for this show, which tells the story of a small Newfoundland town that becomes flooded with Americans after 38 planes make an emergency landing following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. She pushed and challenged me to be a smarter, more economical filmmaker in the most caring, collaborative way. The fact that were not still celebrating the majesty of Despacito is an egregious oversight one I hope we can right at the close of this blurb. In 2017, Hulu debuted the first season of its adaptation of Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale. And while the subconscious-hopping takes the action to sets all over the world, from England to Morocco to Los Angeles, the movies big final action sequence a ski chase straight out of James Bond was shot in Alberta. Suzan-Lori Parkss Topdog/Underdog even beat out War Horse (remember War Horse?!) In the weeks before his death, Leonard Cohen gave us You Want It Darker, his 14th studio album. The score accompanied the story of Joaquin Phoenixs characters evolution from heartbroken man to even more of a heartbroken man after he falls in love with his operating systems virtual assistant (Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson) which, in 2019, doesnt seem like a stretch. And thats what he does, minus the bit about actually helping. A change.org petition to name Reeves Time magazines 2019 Person of the Year was launched midway through the year an honour that has previously been bestowed on Barack Obama and Pope John Paul II. (Book Club, anyone?) Before the Group of Seven (and others of their ilk) started trying to make visual sense of our forests and waters, too many Canadian artists vision of our landscape was borrowed from European painting tradition and idealized our surroundings while making colonialism look romantic. Crushingly, Richard Wagamese passed away in March of that year. Maybe theyre just that spectacular. Also? And Grey Enterprises? It only took 19 years and a show in which she played 11 different characters (thats the number she gave me, so dont @ me, Clone Club) to effectively showcase the depth and breadth of her talent. After all, Baby was a joy! Chris Hadfield uploads his cover of "Space Oddity," recorded on the International Space Station, Theres only one instance where its OK to bust out an acoustic guitar to sing the cover of a world-renowned song, and thats if your name is Chris Hadfield and you are aboard the International Space Station, floating in zero gravity. Its been exceptionally exciting to witness the international success of our Quebec filmmakers like Villeneuve and Valle, who, in the last 10 years, have leapt from their acclaimed francophone work to helm major American studio projects like Prisoners, Dallas Buyers Club, Sicario and Wild. Kims Convenience has further brought a refreshingly clever and funny perspective to Canadian television by showcasing the experiences of a working-class immigrant family. Where theres a loophole, theres a way. Lest I sound less than impressed, Im not. The age of a celebritys S.O. Were all for his relationship with Alexandra Grant, but its hard not to dream about a Sandanu. Theyre shining examples of the possibilities of how Asians can be portrayed without conforming to stereotypical and racist perceptions. So a new day came: Dion would perform every night on the same stage, in the same city, surrounded by dancers, acrobats, video screens and even a scary mime in white face paint. Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for Spotlight, (New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures/Plan B Entertainment). A quirky, catchy Canadian hit. Always the wiser, Reeves responded by telling the fan, Youre breathtaking! The crowd went wild, and Reeves took it a step further, telling his audience, Youre all breathtaking! Video of the exchange has garnered millions of views. In Canada, its been one big show where everyone, with the right amount of hard work and determination, can all come together to perform greatness. Thats where The Hunk cracks the show open. So I encountered Inside Kingston Penitentiary, a series of photographs by Geoffrey James, with some trepidation. (Remember lip dubs?!) Sophie Deraspes Antigone a modern update of Sophocles Greek tragedy thats centered on an immigrant family living in Montreal became Canadas official entry for best international feature film at the 2020 Academy Awards. The shows always been building to this point.). This decade, Canada established itself as a gold mine for internationally renowned music. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. Baroness von Sketch Shows Aurora Browne talks about how Tanya Talagas investigative book Seven Fallen Feathers opened her eyes to Thunder Bays past and present treatment of Indigenous communities. Just hold on, three of them are going home: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Amanda Parris gives four members of Team Drizzy the chance to compete for the title of Drakes ultimate stan. I know that the ones who love us will miss us, he replied earnestly. Peter Knegt is a writer and producer at CBC Arts, writing the award-winning weekly column Queeries and spearheading projects like Canadas a Drag, Super Queeroes and what youre reading right now. Of course, the sisters had already broken into the mainstream thanks to an abundance of So Jealous tracks being featured on Greys Anatomy. Following this, they launched their first world tour, released two more albums and three EPs, and took home the award for group of the year at the 2018 Juno Awards. Some of the photographs feature guards, like Armed guard outside Tower 3, while others document the more harrowing spaces of the facility, where prisoners like Paul Bernardo were kept 23 hours a day. Having used the gay lounge lizard-slash-socialite persona as a means of speaking his own truth or offering pure satirical commentary, Thompson has been a mainstay of Canadian comedy, and his return to the stage over the course of 2018 was highly celebrated. With each birth, Alanis experienced postpartum depression (PPD) and over the course of these 10 years, she has never shied away from publicly sharing those experiences and what shes learned in the hopes of helping other people in the same situation. I, along with all of her truest fans, have been waiting seven years for this moment. 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. Yes, there was controversy surrounding Disneys live-action Aladdin (see: whether or not Will Smiths Genie should have been blue) but regardless of anyones feelings about Disneys approach to remaking animated classics, the casting of Toronto-dwelling Mena Massoud as Aladdin was something to celebrate. In the article, the gallerys collection gets a shoutout, but its world-class modernist architecture is described as a draw, too. The resulting video for the power ballad Ashes shows a heavily retouched Dion prancing on The Colosseum stage with dancer Yanis Marshall in heels and a Deadpool costume. While the cast of Kims Convenience gives Canada a comedic look at one familys life, actor Manny Jacinto plays one of the many characters navigating the afterlife on the sitcom The Good Place. 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. There was a big reason to celebrate Domee Shis Oscar win on Feb. 24, and not only because her animated short about an aging Chinese-Canadian woman and a little dumpling that comes to life was the perfect way to spend eight minutes. The Toronto comedian seemed to fear no one, brought receipts to every argument and created a safe place for like minds who were as angry, confused and scared as she appeared to be. On Conversation with Alanis Morissette, she gives us access to some of the greatest minds in the worlds of wellness, healing and recovery. But this album their leap into top 40 was proudly and publicly inspired by Taylor Swift (the genre-crossover queen who theyd perform with later the same year) and Rihanna, and their debut single, Closer, earned platinum status in Canada for the first time in their career. Her, featuring a score by Owen Pallett and Win Butler, premieres at New York Film Festival. Beyond a few supremely bizarre moments (three words: naturopathic piss drinking), a fireside convo brings the group together and as Nathan says at the conclusion: By the end of the night, I felt like I had made new friends. (But also, nobody got the rebate. Because the idea isnt bonkers enough, the first audience loves it. Should we cut their allowances? They have successfully put their indomitable signature on each and every project. Frankly, Toronto should always be depicted as exactly this cool. But just because no one outside this country has been hearing our fabulous trees fall in the woods doesnt mean that Canadian drag hasnt been making all sorts of sounds for years. Emily Kai Bock made dreamy videos for Grimes and Arcade Fire, and in 2018, a then 22-year-old Karena Evans directed four music videos for Drake. Whod have thought it would be the start of a career equally as prolific and powerful? They pose as a film crew for Mud 2: Never Clean; they stage a 57th year reunion at Francess old high school. Celine Dion releases her 27th studio album, 10 iconic moments from a decade where Cline Dion unexpectedly became the queen of everything, social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities, longtime stylist and creative director Annie Horth, A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion), one of the rare misses of Dions renaissance, I was ready to camp and sleep all night., her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment, When I excitedly played her Hilary and Haylie Duffs cover of Material Girl in my trailer, she smiled, nodded and pretended like she thought it was great. Sooner or later, a Lawren Harris painting had to sell for $9.5 million. And it reflected not only his own headspace, but the dark, sad feelings that became synonymous with a year that ended with the election of U.S. President Trump and all that he stood for. Leading the Television nominees once again is ORPHAN BLACK with a stellar 14 nominations (and wins in the past three consecutive years) including Best Dramatic Series and Actress (Tatiana Maslany). Alanis has done a lot of therapy, not only for her own benefit but for ours as well! And it was so easy to sing and dance to, and as a result, easier still to defend to naysayers whose problems with the song seemed rooted in cynicism and bitterness. To protect and promote its culture, Quebec projects have also, on average, been better funded and have gone through longer gestation periods than projects in the rest of the country. In March of 2016, the veteran news anchor morphed into the iconic Peter Moosebridge, Zootopias beloved newscaster, at the behest of Chris Williams, the Waterloo, Ont., native who worked on the film alongside co-director Byron Howard and convinced him that Mansbridge was (is) the Canadian Walter Cronkite. In related news, I would trust Peter Moosebridge with my life. And for Black Canadian female filmmakers, it can feel virtually impossible. David Ly is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn and the poetry collection Mythical Man. Sympathy for Reeves started pouring in. This was truly the decade of the Reevesaissance, with the Canadian icon starring in a number of action films and three smash John Wick movies and winning the internets heart along the way. Maybe you dont really know the mans story either. He also appeared in Waitress and Rock of Ages before originating the role of Sonny in the Broadway musical premiere of A Bronx Tale. (So dont ever let anyone tell you Canadian music is exclusively indie rock or dudes in plaid. At 51, 16 years after launching her first residency in Las Vegas, Dion bids farewell (for now?) And yet, then came Art Angels. But it doesnt seem to bother the patriotic rapper that his fame is mostly restricted to Canadas borders; this the same man that made a hit single out of a rap song called OhCanada, after all. Both actors have been exceptional across Dolans filmography (in particular, Dorval in I Killed My Mother and Clment in Laurence, Anyways), but Mommy was everybodys finest hour (or two and a half hours, as it were). But after basking in the attention of 10 women hired off Craigslist, Nathan calls off the ruse. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. Her stories explore intergenerational relationships and the way baggage and bad habits get passed down in families. But less so? Take, for example, Lius character Jung the furthest thing from a stereotypically academically-inclined and parent-pleasing Asian son. It was designed by Patkau Architects, and the Vancouver firm went on to win a Governor Generals Medal in Architecture in 2018 for its work. Im kidding, of course. First of all, that concept. Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan achieved a professional and life milestone when she was awarded the 2018 Rolf Schock Prize for Musical Arts at a ceremony in Stockholm in October. Maybe you bought your ticket to the show with the funny-sounding German title on the strength of the cabaret dancers on the poster, expecting a droll night out in Weimar Berlin. (Related: I was also largely incompetent.) For her entire career, shes been accused of being juvenile and psychobabble-y in her writing, but its what makes her great.
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