COUP DE CŒUR
Month: February 2016
Cinema/TV
Oscars 2016 – Stallone’s Shock Loss And Five Other Talking Points From This Year’s Winners
Leo won, obviously. But this doesn’t mean this year’s Academy Awards were completely predictable. Here are six things worth pondering from the 2016 roll of honour. 1. Many fancied The Revenant because of its late […]
Cinema/TV
The Oscars
Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation builds to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar telecast in February, when […]
BOOKS
How this Ontario artist created a hyper-realistic painting of her dad
Leah Collins · CBC Arts Kit King’s painting Pa, a portrait of the artist’s father, is the winner of the Kingston Prize Association’s People’s Choice Prize. (Instagram/@kit_king) The 2015 Kingston Prize exhibition just left Fredericton’s […]
NEWS
GRAMMY : Lady Gaga performs impassioned David Bowie-tribute
“Born This Way” singer tears through a medley of hits including “Fashion,” “Let’s Dance” and “Rebel Rebel” Lady Gaga delivered a show-stopping tribute to music legend David Bowie during Monday night’s Grammy Awards, ripping […]
NEWS
BOWIE, MUSE, SHEERAN, KENDRICK LAMAR WIN AT 2016 GRAMMYS
The Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles last night, with Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Muse, Taylor Swift and David Bowie all among the winners. Muse took home the gong for […]
NEWS
KATY PERRY IS WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM
SHE’S CURRENTLY IN THE RATHER FORMAL “RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT” PHASE If you’ve been missing the sound of Katy Perry in your life then we have good news – she’s working on her next album. Rolling […]
NEWS
MARTIN SHKRELI WANTS TO MAKE SURE NO-ONE GETS TO HEAR KANYE’S ALBUM
by Alexandra Pollard The unpleasant drugs profiteers has offered the rapper $10 million Martin Shkreli first became “famous” when his pharmaceutical company bought the drug Daraprim – which is used for treatment and prevention of […]
Cinema/TV
Zoolander 2
By Scott Chitwood Rating: 5.5 out of 10 Cast: Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander Owen Wilson as Hansel Penélope Cruz as Valentina Will Ferrell as Mugatu Kristen Wiig as Alexanya Atoz Benedict Cumberbatch as All […]
MUSIC REVIEWS
Diana Krall review: Deliciously dark cabaret from jazz chanteuse
First, a confession: I came to this concert not with trepidation, exactly, but with low expectations. For me, Canadian singer/pianist Diana Krall has always been much more appealing and engaging in concert than on CD. […]
