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Equus at The Rialto, Equus at Segal Centre
British playwright Peter Shaffer is back in vogue. Or at least his 1973 play Equus is making a comeback. This week it’s playing at The Rialto, presented by Village Scene Productions, under the...
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The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins’ phenom survives, and thrives, in the...
The Hunger Games juggernaut–the books and, as of last week, the movie too–doesn’t exactly need my business, but it has it now anyway. And it’s been money and time well spent. What kept me from checking...
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Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Film based on Play by Fringe Festival Fave T.J. Dawe
The Montreal Fringe Festival is a story that never stops. Not only does it have all kinds of events throughout the year, I keep getting missives from Fringe veterans who have gone on to do exciting...
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Condos, parkland, Hogwarts castle? Recycling the Royal Victoria Hospital, one...
The Royal Victoria Hospital, seen from the air in 1944 What is the best way to recycle the Royal Victoria Hospital after the doctors, nurses and patients de-camp for the McGill University Health...
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Very disappointed by James Wolcott’s Punk Is in the Air piece in Vanity Fair
I haven’t bought Vanity Fair for a few years. I just couldn’t deal with the ads any more, particularly the smelly perfume ones. Hey I have a sensitive nose! But I picked up the latest issue – the one...
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Doug Camilli: Nicole Kidman shows grace under pressure at Cannes
MONTREAL — Nicole Kidman’s movie Grace of Monaco has been ripped to shreds by the critics after its Cannes debut. “So awe-inspiringly wooden (that) it is basically a fire risk,” wrote the Times of...
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A regal sendoff bash for Queen of Angels Academy
Friday night’s bash at Queen of Angels Academy was the biggest event held at the Dorval school since it was founded by nuns 126 years ago. Featuring prohibition-era decor, live DJs, a band and...
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Doug Camilli: Justin Bieber and Chris Brown in a studio, I think
They deserve each other: Chris Brown and Justin Bieber are recording together, according to In Touch Weekly. Bieber has posted a photo of the two of them, captioned “Studio, me and CB did 1 for the...
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McGill students hit on a cool idea
Talk about a cool idea. A team of food science students at McGill University has come up with a frozen dessert that can be stored at room temperature. They may still have a long way to go on the Rocky...
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Josh Freed: McReferendum debate unsettlingly familiar
Uh-oh. Support for sovereignty is pushing 40 per cent again, families are bitterly divided and there’s talk of a massive exodus if the YES side wins. Fortunately it’s all happening in Scotland — not...
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Director Michael Dowse’s letter of intent
MONTREAL — Quebec directors were red hot at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). So hot that when I tried to book an interview with Michael Dowse through official channels, I kept...
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Thieves target Lego sets as value soars
Criminal gangs across the world are pursuing a new, lucrative and almost untraceable commodity: Lego. Sets of the brightly coloured plastic bricks can sell for thousands of dollars on online trading...
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Movie review: As above, so below
As Above, So Below Rating: 1½ out of five Starring: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge Directed by: John Erick Dowdle Running time: 93 minutes “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” is the...
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Opinion: Leave wage patterns up to market forces
Wage gaps are “not so elementary, Watson.” I’ve been waiting all my life to use that line, which I’ve been the butt of several times myself. The Watson who gives me the chance is Emma Watson, known to...
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In Entertainment: Kanye West tweets support for Cosby, Depp spoofs Trump
“BILL COSBY INNOCENT !!!!!!!!!!” An outrageous Kanye West tweet normally wouldn’t be worth the lead item in our entertainment wrap here. But what does it say about the twitterverse when some 45,000...
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Doug Camilli: Gwyneth Paltrow actually drinks this stuff?
Goop, always a treasure trove, now tells us of the smoothie that website founder Gwyneth Paltrow drinks “every morning, whether or not she’s detoxing.” The N.Y. Daily News did the math, and says one of...
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Brent Spiner added to list of Star Trek alums at Montreal Comiccon
Montreal Comiccon has added Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner to its list of guests. He’ll take part in the Star Trek 50th Anniversary Special Event on July 9 at 7 p.m.; the event also...
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Doug Camilli: Matt Damon's kids turned away from top New York school
News of the Important Persons Act has evidently not reached St. Ann’s, a high-end private school in the NYC neighbourhood of Brooklyn Heights. The school has rejected applications for Isabella, Gia and...
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Doug Camilli: Tom Hanks wouldn't mind a good villain role
Tom Hanks always seems to play nice guys. But now, out promoting his third Dan Brown movie, Inferno, he tells the Times of London he wouldn’t mind being the bad guy once in a while, but only if the...
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My bare breasts aren't a feminist issue, Emma Watson says
Emma Watson has hit back at critics who have claimed her controversial topless shoot for Vanity Fair undermines her feminist views. The actress was criticized after one of the photographs, by the...
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