wondering
Whither Occupy Wall Street
Right now Occupy Wall Street is filled with a bunch of moderate baby-snatchers.
Why Beyonce Doesn't Matter
"Beyonce doesn't MATTER." I happened to tweet that simple sentence offhandedly last week and was besieged by a wave of protest.
Things I Love to Hate
You don't have to be a hater to hate. Hate is a perfectly valid feeling or response to something you don't like. In fact, I would go so far as to say that hate is necessary.
Another Tiff Bites the Dust
Some people say filmmakers shouldn’t critique other filmmakers’ films, but I don’t subscribe to that belief.
Tiff Tribulations
It's TIFF time again. Those ten tempestuous days in September when the world suddenly pulls Toronto into focus and descends on it for its international film festival, picks it clean, and then leaves it as abruptly as it came to wallow in its relative...
Face It, Your Cat Hates You
Anyway, it seems safe to say that Toronto now has a brown-complexioned ass-slapper on its hands. Woe is we.
Lost Child Stars and Drag Queens
I hung out one weekend about a decade ago with the late, great Brad Renfro, who, at 17, seemed like he had already lived as long and hard a life as someone three times his age.
Vancouver, Where Lively and Balanced Are Words to Describe Coffee
Just got back from a weekend in Bland-couver, and since I promised I'd give you a scene report, I will, even though it's two o'clock in the morning and I would much rather go to bed.
Paranoia Runs Deep/Into Your Bacon It Will Creep
Never trust anyone under 30. That’s my corruption of the original phrase “never trust anyone over 30,” attributed to everyone from Bob Dylan to the Beatles, but actually coined in the 60s by free speech activist Jack Weinberger.
Canada as the New Evil Empire - Part 2
I don't want this column to become too Canuck-centric, but as Canada is rapidly becoming the 51st state.
Beware the Bieber
Justin Bieber, arguably the most famous Canadian currently surviving on the planet, crashed a wedding in Malibu last week--spontaneously and completely by accident, I have no doubt, no doubt at all--after ostensibly hearing one of his songs being...