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Victor Garber: Why there’s still one thing left on his acting bucket list
The Canadian actor Victor Garber (Titanic, Legally Blonde, Alias) has enjoyed an incredible career on stage and screen. Back in October, he was honou…
1 year, 8 months ago
Maisy Stella: My Old Ass and giving advice to your younger self
The Canadian actor and singer Maisy Stella stars alongside Aubrey Plaza in “My Old Ass.” It’s a new coming-of-age movie about a teenager named Elliot…
1 year, 8 months ago
Jovanni Sy: Revisiting Arthur Miller’s Chinese staging of Death of a Salesman
In 1983, in the midst of the Cold War, Arthur Miller went to China to direct a Mandarin version of his famous play “Death of a Salesman.” Despite som…
1 year, 8 months ago
Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol
In the late ‘80s, Paula Abdul helped define what a pop star could be, from dance to music to performance. If you were watching music videos at that t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Cillian Murphy: Small Things Like These and his life post-Oscar win
What’s our individual responsibility when we see atrocities happening in our world? That question is the central premise of the film “Small Things Li…
1 year, 8 months ago
Hangama Amiri: Using textiles to stitch together her memories of home
The textile artist Hangama Amiri is known around the world for making masterpieces out of fabric. A lot of that fabric is from a home she was forced …
1 year, 8 months ago
k-os: The 20th anniversary of his iconic album Joyful Rebellion
The Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and producer k-os is kind of like the Forrest Gump of popular music — he’s been everywhere. Earlier this year,…
1 year, 8 months ago
Brenda Lee: The story behind her smash hit Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Last year, Brenda Lee’s iconic holiday song “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” turned 65. We revisit Tom Power’s conversation with Brenda about the …
1 year, 8 months ago
Tim Burton: Making Beetlejuice’s long-awaited sequel
As a visionary director and self-professed loner, Tim Burton has spent decades channelling the angst and loneliness he felt as a child into hit movie…
1 year, 8 months ago
k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music
Though she’s been called Canada’s original cowboy punk, k.d. lang has had a long and complex relationship with country music. When she got her start …
1 year, 8 months ago