As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, dancers from the Quebec region are increasingly standing out on the international scene with this style which has evolved significantly. An 18-year-old dancer has been chosen to be part of a popular dance troupe in New Zealand. Méann DiMuzio has stars in her eyes. Last October, she flew to … Read more
Travis Dermott is not afraid of his convictions. The Arizona Coyotes defenseman continues to use rainbow ribbon on his sticks, despite the NHL’s ban on any demonstrations in support of the LGBTQ community. During the Coyotes’ first home game, fans quickly noticed that Dermott was defying the ban. Dermott told ESPN he has family members … Read more
Debby Friday won the 2023 Polaris Prize for her album Good Luck. The Nigerian-Canadian’s first full-length album was selected for the $50,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury who named it the best Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit. With Good LuckDebby Friday builds on the industrial sounds of her previous … Read more
The company Litmus Music purchased the catalog of American singer Katy Perry for 225 million US dollars (337 million Canadian dollars). The agreement includes the artist’s five albums, released between 2008 and 2020: One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, Prism, Witness And smile. The album master tapes remain the property of Universal Music Group. Copyrights … Read more
Fall is upon us, but summer energy continues to mark the week’s musical offerings. Halfway between the shadows and the light, here are the new songs that are on our radar. After Attention, Demons And Paint the Town Redthe American artist Doja Cat releases a 4th extract from her album Scarlet, which will launch on … Read more
Fall is upon us, but summer energy continues to mark the week’s musical offerings. Halfway between the shadows and the light, here are the new songs that are on our radar. After Attention, Demons And Paint the Town Redthe American artist Doja Cat releases a 4th extract from her album Scarlet, which will launch on … Read more
Actors and directors Mark Ruffalo, Adam McKay, Julianne Moore, Rachel McAdams and Joaquin Phoenix are among the signatories to an open letter calling on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to refuse sponsorship from RBC Bank l next year. The signatories accuse RBC of being the world’s largest financier of fossil fuels and to support … Read more
Toronto filmmaker Atom Egoyan is at home at TIFF. Most of his films were presented during the festival. He is also a pride of the Queen City, because he is one of its directors who are best exported to the most prestigious film festivals, from Cannes to Venice. We even remember that he was nominated … Read more
After asserting that the song Heart on My Sleeve – which recreates the voices of Drake and The Weeknd with artificial intelligence – was at first glance eligible for the Grammy awards, the CEO of the Recording Academy, which presents the statuettes, made an about-face on Instagram on Friday. I need to clarify some inaccurate … Read more
The Hollywood screenwriters’ and directors’ strike does not prevent TIFF from hosting major world premieres of films promised to be successful. This is the case of Lee, about war photographer Lee Miller, whose lead role is played by actress Kate Winslet. The film was generally well received by festival-goers where it was seen as a … Read more