I have yet to be asked to guest star. On NFY, truth is a lie you have the confidence to believe. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. Is he at fault? When Everything, Everything was released on May 19, 2017, it made Canadian director Stella Meghie the only Black woman to have a wide release studio-backed feature film for the year. co-production. Few artists can draw out emotions like Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, and even fewer can bring those emotions out simultaneously. No wonder she was exalted accordingly. Culture shock ensues. (Keandra?). Darlene Naponses short story She is Water became a finalist for the 2017 Journey Prize after appearing in this issue. It only took 19 years and a show in which she played 11 different characters (thats the number she gave me, so dont @ me, Clone Club) to effectively showcase the depth and breadth of her talent. 'Schitt's Creek' actor Dan Levy recently discussed rumors about his upcoming appearance in 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'. Originally founded in 2000, the Obsidian Theatre continues to elevate Black artists in Canada. (Fielder famously donated $150,000 of the profits to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre 150,000 U.S. Set in Toronto (so rare!) And earlier this year, he starred alongside a slew of other queer actors in the Netflix reboot of Tales of the City, developed by lesbian writer Lauren Morelli. Its a trend I hope continues in the 2020s: less obedience, less compromise, more empowerment, more ambition. The painting is an indictment and in 2018, a reminder of the truth thats supposed to precede any reconciliation. Though its polygonal shape is striking as can be, the dark colour scheme lets it fade into the trees, while the interior mimics the same dappled light as a forest canopy. The album is titled the most Alanis-y title possible: Such Pretty Forks in the Road. Magali Simard is the City of Torontos Film Sector Development Officer and spent years as a Canadian and International film programmer at TIFF. one of the hottest Hollywood agencies to have in your corner), was approached by Warner Bros. and MGM to direct Everything, Everything and began booking gigs directing episodes of Insecure, Grown-ish and First Wives Club. The solution: spend nearly six hours analyzing late-night interviews and write the perfect story. Massoud has recently claimed that since portraying Aladdin, he hasnt been on a single audition, so may casting directors sit up and take notice for 2020. Organizers revealed the lineup of guests at next month's. I doubt its a coincidence. Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany in Network. She earned an Emmy for the role in September. As Martha Schabas put it in her Globe and Mail review, I texted friends the following morning and told them to drop everything and go see it., Over the next three years, it toured stages from Seattle to Santa Monica to Saddlers Wells in London, collecting raves and accolades along the way, including the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. Unsurprisingly, it resonated: in September, Tagaq took home the Polaris Music Prize (where she also performed in front of a backdrop listing the names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, which was incredible, heartbreaking and rage-inducing since this crisis continues). 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. Are they still OURS? As some were hitting the Hollywood big-time, artists like Denis Ct, Anne mond, Sbastien Pilote, Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie were also becoming international festival darlings embraced by out-of-province and out-of-country audiences alike. Writer-director Robert Eggers turned Kiosk, Ont. Tranna Wintour is a comedian, singer, writer and the co-host of Chosen Family on CBC Podcasts. 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. But parallel to this momentous business-model transformation, Canadian films were busy solidifying their indisputable place in the arthouse world. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the most-viewed video on YouTube until Psys Gangnam Style surpassed it in November of 2012. Unzipped is more of a design installation, originally created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels for his 2016 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. And, of course, now that Indigenous artists have the chance to prove our work is both brilliant and marketable that we can sell out arts shows and end up on bestseller lists more arts institutions, publishers and galleries have supported us. Canada has been heavily featured in South Park since it started back in 1997 (even more than in The Simpsons). (It does not go over well). (It was so intense, as you remember, that it was split into two sub-seasons and officially wrapped in the fall of 2013.) Mordecai Richler gets a big-screen adaptation with Barneys Version. (The winner of the contest, by the way, got the chance to visit both spots on a special Deadpool tour. Though most identify her as a New Zealander, Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and spent the first four years of her life there, so its more than fair that we claim her as our own especially since it allows us to take pride in one of the greatest cinematic performances of the decade: Paquins in Kenneth Lonergans 2011 masterpiece Margaret. Theres nobody quite like Nathan (and the shows cringiest scenes prove it). Barbara Hannigan receives Rolf Schock Prize for Musical Arts. Well never know. Leading the Television nominees once again is ORPHAN BLACK with a stellar 14 nominations (and wins in the past three consecutive years) including Best Dramatic Series and Actress (Tatiana Maslany). Jennifer Walters, the titular attorney in the new Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, ultimately crushed Maslany's "reticence" about joining the packed Marvel Cinematic Universe. 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. She doubles down on that claim with a second iconic look that month when she performs My Heart Will Go On in a puffy white dress with a plunging neckline at the Billboard Music Awards a surprising nod to the reverse pantsuit (with a plunging back) that she wore to the 1999 Academy Awards. Thats why Cree artist Kent Monkmans Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience art exhibit was so crucial. Whatever I had done resonated with the entire world and the attention was like sunlight on my soul., The plan: Turn the job of moving into Americas next fitness craze.. This colonial mentality that Indigenous people are backward or uncivilized or a problem that needs to be solved directly resulted in the creation of government-mandated residential schools, drastically interrupting our nations cultural and artistic development. This year, Gwen Benaway became not only the first trans woman but also the first Indigenous trans woman to win a Governor Generals Literary Award. Canadians played a major role in this critical turning point in Broadway history both onstage and off. I cannot imagine what my life would be without it. Because honestly, its not too often that a brand-new actor ends up fronting a movie that earns a goddamn billion. And Im not just talking about their infatuation with Schitts Creek. Tatiana Maslany on how 'She-Hulk' became one of Marvel's funniest shows. Artists like Caroline Monnet, Danis Goulet, Tracey Deer, Lisa Jackson, Asinnajaq, Amanda Strong and Michelle Latimer opened up new modes of storytelling and creation that forever changed the conception of what a Canadian film could be. And one of the greatest examples happens on top of a mountain, where a vanload of people desperate for as little as a $10.91 rebate subject themselves to a six-hour hike, an overnight camping trip and Nathans endless riddles. Alice Munro becomes the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Marketing tactics have infiltrated ordinary life in ways that are increasingly absurd, and every time a NFY stunt went viral, it was like the universe clicking the like button, as if to say, yes, nothing you were taught makes sense anymore. If NFYs the story of one mans quest for attention and the lies hed tell to get it then its basically just The Bachelor. On top of being the first person of Asian descent to host the awards, she was also the first person of Asian descent to win multiple Globes. This answer and the Vegas-inspired gold dress with a chandelier-sized headpiece make her a winner of the night, topping her fantastic 2017 appearance. A dream come true! Of all the instant classics this decade produced, horror movies were some of the best: Get Out, The Babadook, Crimson Peak. You Want It Darker was a game-changing exercise in listening as Cohen reconciles who hes become with who he once was, and reflects on the peace thats necessary in navigating even the final chapter of ones life a brave, insightful gift to us all. But he is, nevertheless, an imposter playing an imposter: a comedian posing as a business consultantposing as whatever suits his plan. ! in the faces of unsuspecting strangers. Karen Kain tours the National Ballet of Canada to Los Angeles for the first time in 35 years. Its humbling to think that on a beautiful, balmy August night, anyone even slightly acquainted with the Tragically Hip arguably one of the most important bands in Canadian music, whose ability to blend poetry, politics and incredible hooks have left them untouchable wept openly as lead singer Gord Downie performed for the last time following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Its glass walls, for instance, are no match against Calgary vandals (or Calgary weather), and according to the local CBC News outlet, the citys spent around $300,000 repairing the panes. In Canada, its been one big show where everyone, with the right amount of hard work and determination, can all come together to perform greatness. According to Citadels artistic director Daryl Cloran, the set and overall look of the play evolved thanks to its run at the theatre, and Hadestowns success has been a real boost for the city. Thats an old story. And Thompsons seemingly fine with all of it. Whether the water monster/fish-man cares about any of this remains a mystery. 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. For her titular role in Killing Eve, Oh became the first Asian woman in 39 years to win the prize for best actress in a TV drama. And it led me down a hole of self-discovery and body confidence. And that vision is, in many cases, true Ive known artists whove lived temporarily in Iceland, explored the ocean on freighters or casked whisky at the Glenfiddich distillery in Scotland. Tina Feys NBC sitcom, 30 Rock, was obsessed with Canada since it premiered in 2006 (which may or may not have had something to do with Canada-born executive producer Lorne Michaels). Adapted for the screen by David Magee and directed by Ang Lee, it went on to win four Oscars, including the awards for best director and best cinematography. Miles Dale shared his best picture win with director and writer (and honorary Torontonian) Guillermo del Toro, and he called it a watershed moment for the Canadian film industry. But every now and then, there was still room for an original, standalone story to squeeze into blockbuster territory. But I digress. Im not sure whether the series quite takes a position on issues like solitary confinement or the death penalty, or whether it functions as an investigation into a real part of this country that many of us are lucky enough to never see but either way, its chilling. Even if the story of a woman falling in love with a water monster/fish-man wasnt entirely up your alley (full disclosure: Id be more interested in it if he wore jeans), The Shape of Water became a point of Canadian pride after the crew cleaned up at the Academy Awards. This was based on early settlers experiences of bare survival in the face of hostile elements and/or Natives. Though they did exist, Indigenous writers were not considered; we only ever appear in the book as hostile Natives that white Canadians must survive. Fan theories about the control that her late husband and manager Ren Anglil had over her career abound. 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 . During her rise, her voice was as powerful as her bad taste (or that of her entourage), and she was dismissed as the most bland person on the stage of 1998s VH1 Divas Live concert. She signed with Creative Artists Agency (a.k.a. Munros 2010 exhibition, Inside The Solar Temple of the Cosmic Leather Daddy, referenced the AIDS epidemic, paying homage to those who lost their lives in it while looking to figures from Egyptian history and the leather subculture of the 1970s. The film went on to become a box office triumph and, notably, the first comic book movie ever to score a nomination for best picture at the Golden Globes. Isnt it ironic, then, that one of Canadas biggest superstars has spent this fame-monster decade being mostly invisible? Justin Bieber appears on Despacito, the song of the summer. In short, Jamess star has been rising fast this decade, and it only seems poised to soar further in the 2020s. In 2018, her third feature film The Weekend premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released in theatres earlier this year. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time in 17 years. Within the last decade, the entertainment industry has made wonderful yet long overdue strides in bringing attention to and representing Asian voices (thank you #OscarsSoWhite and Crazy Rich Asians). Youre welcome, world. At the time, I had been performing drag myself for just over a month, and it was making me feel on top of the world. (Actually, that last bit is still true.). A queer anthem for the ages! Taylor Russell makes waves (eh?) Jessie Reyez has certainly achieved international success. Birth Name: Tatiana Gabriele Maslany Birth Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession Actor Actor 35 Credits Perry Mason 2023 Orphan Black 2021 Drunk History 2018 Heartland 2018 Parks and. The song brought the superstar DJ to the top 40 in Canada, educating a generation of Canadians about Bradburys terrifying, dystopian storytelling along the way. Because regardless of whether the Emmys take notice, its going to make great TV. One of the shows epic works featured a sort of temple hung with plants and a hammock fashioned from an afghan. Breathtaking. Turns out Keanu Reeves is super respectful to women but thats not really a surprise. It was a triumphant moment of international recognition for Canadian television so triumphant that its easy to forget that at the same awards show only five years prior, Billy Eichner was screaming TATIANA MASLANY WAS SNUBBED!! 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. has a leading 14 nominations including best TV drama series and best actress in a continuing drama series for star Tatiana Maslany, who appears as a host of cloned characters on the hit show. ), 57 artists come together to raise money for Haiti with Wavin Flag. Its the second half of Betroffenheit, though, that elevates it to genius. With the help of 5,000 volunteers, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games opened to much fanfare and only slight technical setbacks like when one of four pillars failed to rise from the stadium floor to surround the cauldron housing the Olympic flame. 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. We met on the set of my very first acting job a film whose title Ill omit to spare us both the embarrassment and we played boyfriend and girlfriend. The plan: Find an ordinary guy and transform him into a national hero.. Guillaume Ct releases Lost In Motion on YouTube. It evoked emotions many of us hadnt felt since junior high and tapped into a nostalgia that ended up defining the decade in its own way.