If theres a Platonic ideal of a TV host, he is its opposite, and while Im enough of a weirdo to find the notion of an anti-Seacrest appealing, the effect is discomfiting to most. And after debuting at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, it found its way to the top of the charts and became Caras first top-five single (marking the beginning of her ascension through the pop ranks). One of the many quests in the third season of The Good Place is for the gang (which includes our very own Manny Jacinto as Jason Mendoza) to find Doug Forcett, a former stoner from Calgary who has gained fame among those in the Good Place by making a very accurate prediction (92 per cent) about the afterlife and its points system when he was high on mushrooms in the 1970s. In the shows dystopian version of America a totalitarian society where fertile women are child-bearing slaves Canada does get to play a supporting role in the narrative: like in Atwoods novel, our country is a safe haven for the characters to escape to (though only some are lucky enough to get here). You can make good money having people smoke here, he tells the owner. (Said filmmaker Jasmin Mozaffari, while accepting her award for direction for her first feature Firecrackers: I think Im one of the few women to win this award; I dont think Ill be the last just watch.) Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Mji Tailfeatherss staggeringly beautiful feature The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, then TIFF, where Ava DuVernays company Array acquired worldwide rights to the film. But in a decade of mega-powered blockbusters, Scott Pilgrim was always going to be the misfit. Few artists can draw out emotions like Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, and even fewer can bring those emotions out simultaneously. The story of a child-murdering clown alien, its one of Stephen Kings best-known creations, but this particular adaptation which shot several scenes in and around Toronto is now the highest grossing horror movie ever made. Its a parody of reality TV, a docu-drama about seeking human connection, a satire of capitalism and the inherent moral relativism it brews. Seven Tony Award nominations later, its still playing in Toronto, New York City and London, and notably surpassed The Drowsy Chaperones record to become the longest-running Canadian musical on Broadway in October 2018. Subscribe, Valentino releases a 2016 collection featuring artwork by Christi Belcourt. Six short months after grieving in public in the middle of a Montral winter, Dion emerges at Paris Fashion Week in what is arguably her first break the Internet moment: she is seen waving at the camera, wearing a $885 USD Titanic sweater. 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. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, 10 architectural wonders that put Canada on the map, the citys spent around $300,000 repairing the panes, replacing the light fixtures is a whole other matter, the inn pays homage to local architecture and industry, one of the years most striking structures, was staged for three weeks in November 2017, Jim Carreys process is immortalized as documentary. That's largely thanks to Maslany, a 10-year improv veteran who won the Canadian Improv Games in 2002 during high school. To explore career opportunities, she moved to the United States at age 22. Not surprisingly, the comic/writers last show earned big ratings, and in the two-ish years since signing off, hes released a book, Rick Mercer Final Report, and still weighs in on Canadian politics. After premiering on Netflix in August, the dark comedy drew attention for its biting humour and social commentary on the ways we frame success and community. The bar may be low, but Reeves just keeps raising it. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada releases 94 calls to action in their final report, You are in the midst of an Indigenous renaissance. But just two episodes into the series, the Petting Zoo bit proved the brilliance of NFYs marketing satire. It wasnt too long ago that what little LGBTQ representation did make its way into the mainstream was largely created by straight folks. In particular, her Mariner 9 of 2012 a panoramic video installation that imagines a Mars of the future explored by an unmanned vehicle feeds my desire for bleak visions of faraway planets. Maybe I can make a difference to help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Performers have been allowed to grow into exactly who they need to be not who they make think a television audience needs them to be. Its one of the finest things Kims Convenience has given us. The shows always been building to this point.). Producing the thing was a technical feat just a shade less tricky than wrestling a grizzly bear. Suddenly there were two groups of drag queens in the world: the ones who could get on TV, and the ones who couldnt or, more accurately in many circles, the ones who wanted to get on, and the ones who didnt. In 2014, Karimloo made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Misrables, earning a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical representing Canada in one the most iconic roles in the history of the Great White Way. ), Remai Modern opens its doors to the public. But parallel to this momentous business-model transformation, Canadian films were busy solidifying their indisputable place in the arthouse world. Taylor Russell makes waves (eh?) But what both Deadpool and its sequel are probably most regarded for is the thing that differentiated them from Marvel and DCs usual onslaught of cinematic offerings: they both ended up earning R-ratings for language and violence something The Avengers would never dare. 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? Well never know. Less than three months later, her final film, Trigger, was the inaugural public screening at the shiny new TIFF Bell Lightbox and earned rave reviews thanks to textured dialogue, director Bruce McDonalds rich storytelling and Wrights compelling performance that further emphasized what a loss her death was and how unfair life can be. From Monkman to Margaret (Atwood), Bieber to ballet, Keanu to Come from Away, CBC Arts presents an unapologetic celebration of a decade of outsized achievements by Canadian artists. To try and predict the nominees and winner of the Polaris Prize is tricky; the award is an ever-changing shape-shifter that takes delight in honouring talent the masses have largely undervalued. In the shows final scene, the pair reunite, but Macis suddenly uncomfortable around the cameras. (As a gay man, I stand by the fact that it objectively is.). This eventually leads to among other things her becoming a political refugee, Skyping with Justin Trudeau and attending an elementary school named after Alanis Morissette. Or is it reality TV a show about a lonely comedian from Vancouver who happened to go to business school? 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. A queer anthem for the ages! Canadians played a major role in this critical turning point in Broadway history both onstage and off. 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 played proudly at parties, in cars and in our homes as we got ready, and then it morphed into what felt like an anthem for a decade, one that would become further defined by Canadian artists who were exciting and new and who made listening to their music feel like we were having the best time on Earth even when J-Biebs released a single called Sorry.. Drag Race alone has had 11 regular seasons, four All-Stars seasons, two holiday specials and several spinoff series including Drag U (in which former contestants mentored and madeover new candidates every week), the Chilean show The Switch, two seasons of Drag Race Thailand and a newly finished season of Drag Race UK. Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for Spotlight, (New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures/Plan B Entertainment). Most of the time, getting stranded at an airport after an emergency landing is a stressful experience. When Netflix dropped Always Be My Maybe in 2019, many expected the movie to be a fun vehicle for comedy superstar Ali Wong. This is the capitalistic reality behind all art: marginalized artists work will always be considered niche when arts institutions, publishers and galleries continue to treat it as niche. 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. The whole endeavour is inherently absurd, made even more bonkers if the gambit actually works. 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. They crazy, stupid love him: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Ryan Gosling enthusiasts the chance to compete for the title of his ultimate stan. Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany, actor (born 22 September 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan). A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 6, 2019 at 5:03pm PDT. This coincided with Indigenous artists dominating both literature and visual art awards: the Sobey Art Award has been awarded to three Indigenous artists since 2013, and the Griffin Poetry Prize had three consecutive Indigenous winners from 2016 to 2018. Since the 90s, she has been synonymous with syrupy power ballads, questionable fashion choices and a passion for golfing. But of course, the seriess rare brand of genius and grit was thanks in part to Canadians Michelle MacLaren, who directed 11 episodes and served as an executive producer, and Moira Walley-Beckett, who worked on the show as both a writer and producer and earned an Emmy for outstanding writing after she penned the episode Ozymandias. They are the danger. The show is simply titled Celine and one of the posters shows her exposed back with the unsubtle tagline: Celines Back. Her fashion choices, supervised by longtime stylist and creative director Annie Horth, prove of better taste than the marketing campaign and include Lanvin and Versace. Its incredibly hard to describe alternative drag succinctly. Tracy Wrights final performance opens Torontos new TIFF Bell Lightbox. The win came on the heels of her 2012 short story collection, Dear Life, and the news was initially met with silence since the Swedish Academy was unable to locate the author and was forced to make its announcement public after leaving her a message on her answering machine. And rewatching NFY, nothings more important or flexible than Nathans understanding of the T-word. From the pageantry and jewels, to the filth and horror, Canadian drag has and continues to create a space where the most glamourous of bejewelled gods and goddesses can work and perform alongside the strange, unusual or radical. The song performed best in Furtados homeland, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava (who does not, to my knowledge, work for Stark Industries), both Azure and Designboom praised this downtown pedestrian/cyclist bridge as one of the worlds top architectural moments of 2012. When the New York Times named Saskatoon one of the 52 places to go in 2018, the Remai Modern was tipped as the main attraction. Unzipped is more of a design installation, originally created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels for his 2016 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. 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. David Myles, Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) by Nelly Furtado, The Veldt by Deadmau5 feat. But much like Speed protagonist Jack Traven, Reeves kept a cool head. Expect to see a lot more of her in the 2020s. Tatiana Maslany knows from playing multiple roles on the same TV series. While Crazy Rich Asians created buzz on the international screen, Canada had its own surge in Asian representation with Kims Convenience, rich in hilarious storytelling; Manny Jacinto, making the entertainment industry a Good Place; Sandra Oh, a shining example of what can be achieved when Asian actors are given the opportunity to take on lead roles; and Liu, standing in a superhero pose as a testament to what future generations of Asian-Canadians can achieve. Its our topsy-turvy reality that makes any given episode of NFY more confoundingly hilarious. Whose advice can you believe? And that futuristic design, by international firm Snhetta and Canadas DIALOG, is packed with regional references. SCHITT'S CREEK, also a multi-CSA winner which just premiered in its third season, follows closely in second with 13 nominations, while KIM'S . Even as a performer who is considered such, its hard to sum up the ethos of what makes me alternative because it has historically been a label given by others rather than claimed by oneself. (What theyve blown replacing the light fixtures is a whole other matter.). In 2017, I met Sandra Oh when I interviewed her at TIFF, and we hugged after I told her that Greys Anatomy got me through college. The 2010s have been all about fame often vapid, toxic, shallow and undeserved fame, a new kind of parasitic stardom that almost anyone can attain just as long as theyre desperate enough. And they were both shot in Vancouver. Its fitting that one of Cline Dions biggest songs is called A New Day Has Come because upon the debut of her second Las Vegas residency (called Celine) in 2011, she sparked the Dion renaissance that only seems to be getting stronger even now. Farmers work A way out of the mirror was an ode to fountains and their monumentalizing and memorializing qualities. Twain fan: lifes about to get good. Noah 40 Shebib is nominated for two best rap song Grammys in the same year, Photographer Norman Wong talks about the impact music producer Noah 40 Shebib has had on crafting the Toronto sound., Nathan Fielder opens Dumb Starbucks in Los Angeles. There are few films in Hollywood and almost none in Canada that have a family of Black women at their centre; as Meghie noted when I interviewed her, its a strange and unsettling privilege to be one of the first. Its also incredible how hungry Canadians have been for Indigenous art and stories once the government actually started to write us back into our collective history and institutions actually featured our work. Jean-Marc Valles Big Little Lies premieres. Over the course of the 2010s, Seth Rogen has written, directed, produced and/or acted in some of the decades legitimate comedic masterpieces, and he does not get the credit he deserves. Guarantee listings that are 100 per cent ghost and demon free. Though delighted by her spooky new bench ads, Sue seems skeptical at first. Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara and Shawn Mendes all became global superstars over the course of the last 10 years, producing a slew of hits. And on the world stage, after decades of sporadic success outside the province, Qubcois filmmakers embarked on a stratospheric upward trajectory with a wild combo of arthouse and blockbuster gold. Superheroes, reboots, blockbuster franchises: that was the 2000s. But between you and I, Ive never seen it, because I refuse to believe Ryan Gosling saved jazz. In the late aughts, there was nothing hotter than vampire romance, and by 2010, it was like someone had slashed an artery on the whole trend. Other notable filming locations include Chinatown and Gastown. 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. government was telling the arts community they wouldnt get as much funding if they didnt try harder to include us.) The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. Even though her hosting the awards was a big deal, Oh acknowledged something important about representation: that change is excruciatingly slow. Carly Rae Jepsen releases Call Me Maybe. As for the colour, the dresss near-black/navy shade reflected the occasions sombre tone. Drakes debut studio album Thank Me Later is released. Love or loathe its smirking meta spin on superhero action, both the original and the 2018 sequel were total hits, ranking among the 10 highest grossing movies worldwide in their respective years. By showing something as little as a flick on the forehead, Kims Convenience has helped the rest of the world understand Asian family dynamics better. So Harris et al. She has a passion for romance and seems intrigued by the way it ignites vulnerability and inspires transformation. Among the highlights? Hell, even as a 2010s-era indie music snob, it only took a handful of listens for me to brand myself a Belieber and brag to anyone who would listen that Stratford, Ont., was only about half an hour away from my hometown. It felt like a new era the dawn of a new day. Tatiana Maslany, the star of "Orphan Black," talks about creating different body movements for the myrid of characters she plays and not getting a moment to reset between gear shifts. Her takeover has only just begun, and I for one cant wait to see what she does in the next decade. (In my mind, we are best friends.) How can we explain their sweeping success and the resonance of their work? Earned It by Torontos The Weeknd is one of the more notable cuts. Let this sink in; Cline Dion launched her Las Vegas residency at 34 years old. Its a shame it didnt get the international recognition of its sister single, but at least we Canadians get to enjoy this gem ourselves. Outdoor elements are inspired by the neighbouring foothills; inside, wooden beams wrap the atrium, suggesting the shape of a canoe. ), The National Gallery of Canada presents a landmark survey of global Indigenous art, Annie Pootoogook Cape Dorset Freezer (Dorset Fine Arts/National Gallery of Canada), Canadas institutions tokenized, ignored or exoticized Indigenous art for a really long time. . The book earned Wagamese the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Mtis Young Adult Literature (then known as the Burt Award for First Nations, Mtis and Inuit Literature), and in 2017, the film adaptation premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). 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.. (Come back to us, Claire. And he isn't showing any signs of slowing down: this year, McAnuff garnered a Tony nomination for directing the musical Aint Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. Thanks to Brooke, the eyes of the world were upon us and suddenly everyone became more interested in the sleepy little hamlet of Canada. Turns out Keanu Reeves is super respectful to women but thats not really a surprise. Discussing homegrown artists who break out internationally is always tricky. Once upon a time, your boomer aunt wasnt obsessed with building her personal brand on Instagram but social medias defined the decade, and as a result, weve all learned to sell ourselves (or at least feel very worried if we arent). Because while so many hits hinged on at least a little navel-gazing (heres looking at you, Drake), the decade was still largely defined by abandoning traditional Canadian humility by jams about love, lust and not being able to feel ones face, set to beats even more addictive than the hooks theyre anchored to. She seems fascinated by the way these characters grow and change through their relationships, their passions, their career woes and their secrets. For her entire career, shes been accused of being juvenile and psychobabble-y in her writing, but its what makes her great. Well, duh, because then he wouldnt be Buddy. ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. Born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, Meghie always had a love for writing, but after graduating from Waterloo University, she couldnt find a direct way into the industry and ended up working as a fashion publicist in New York. Are we human, or are we Navi? Pallett and Butler ended up earning an Academy Award nomination for best original score, and while they lost out to Gravity, not even Sandra Bullocks hair in that movie can make us cry the way Palletts music still can. But its Nathans arc that really messes with truth and fiction. ), she went for it with me. 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? Go ahead and file that under things that could only happen in the 2010s. And like The Twilight Saga before it, Fifty Shadess big-screen adaptations were made in Vancouver. (The fact that that scene isnt already gay canon is, to me, a greater outrage than any Emmy snub.). And thats a really big deal. Because honestly, its not too often that a brand-new actor ends up fronting a movie that earns a goddamn billion.
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