Her look that evening leaves fashion observers shook, but its her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment later that month that confirms to the world that Dion is now a full-time meme. (Hes the handsome star. How lucky are we to be entering our fourth decade in knowing Alanis? Later stunts, like Summit Ice the worlds first outdoor apparel company to openly promote the true story of the holocaust might have had a more positive real-world outcome. And while the subconscious-hopping takes the action to sets all over the world, from England to Morocco to Los Angeles, the movies big final action sequence a ski chase straight out of James Bond was shot in Alberta. And directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver), its a hyper-stylized rom-com blended with a few rounds of Street Fighter. As it turns out, it also led me to a friends birthday party at the drag bar Crews and Tangos in Torontos gay village. (Book Club, anyone?) For what artistic culture can thrive when its peoples children have been stolen from their arms? She seems fascinated by the way these characters grow and change through their relationships, their passions, their career woes and their secrets. The launch video has to be seen to be believed. Epilogue: Courage hits No. Brooke Lynn Hytes would go on that next year to win Miss Continental, one of the most prestigious pageant titles in the world of drag. With Falls Around Her, Darlene Naponse gave Tantoo Cardinal her first starring role in her more than 40-year-long career, which has included over 120 film and television credits. The lyrics are classic, straightforward Cline, referencing her ongoing claim that she is now the boss of her career: Im flying on my own / On the wings of your love () / The warmer winds will carry me / Anywhere I want them to / If you could see what I can see / That nothing's blocking my view. Is she singing about her late husband and manager no longer controlling all aspects of her life? Sympathy for Reeves started pouring in. Farmers work A way out of the mirror was an ode to fountains and their monumentalizing and memorializing qualities. But the show went on: videos depicting Canadas glorious landscape and flawless performances by k.d. But when youre Keanu Reeves, you get headlines praising you for dating someone your own age a feat rarely replicated by your actor contemporaries. Even as a performer who is considered such, its hard to sum up the ethos of what makes me alternative because it has historically been a label given by others rather than claimed by oneself. And it includes names like Elle-Mij Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn, Jeff Barnaby, Albert Shin, Johnny Ma, Jasmin Mozaffari, Andrew Cividino, Stephen Dunn, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski (to name just a few). And it struck a chord: Montreals Xavier Dolan went on to adapt the play for cinema, premiering the film at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival. What started as NSFW Twilight fan fiction produced one of the highest-grossing R-rated film franchises ever. And these moments contributed to a larger fight for a more inclusive TV and film industry by breaking boundaries and showcasing nuanced Asian identities playing against stereotypes. A queer anthem for the ages! Drakes debut studio album Thank Me Later is released. He pitches them a custom marketing strategy, something so original that it rockets a few solar systems beyond the realm of common decency: maybe poo-flavoured fro-yo to court publicity (Episode 1), or a scheme to sell liquor to minors (booze is stashed on premises til theyre legal). 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. And on the world stage, after decades of sporadic success outside the province, Qubcois filmmakers embarked on a stratospheric upward trajectory with a wild combo of arthouse and blockbuster gold. Beale Streets entire cast is exceptional, not least of all Torontos very own Stephan James. Instead of relying on non-Indigenous editors, Barton made the smart decision to invite Philip Kevin Paul, Richard Van Camp and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson to edit the issue. What made it even better was that BoJack himself was voiced by Toronto native Will Arnett, who brought serious weight to a role that necessitated it. A few examples: The next time Tat and I were together on set was 10 years later, when I directed her in a short film I wrote called Apart From Everything. Like the most beautiful flowers that grow in the darkest of places, the Canadian drag scene in the 2010s has blossomed in ways that I dont think anyone could have ever predicted. In 2010, a Reddit thread about Reeves apparently rescuing a woman stranded on the side of the highway who was without a functioning car or cell phone percolated around the web. Now, hes using his knowledge to help struggling small-business owners make it in this competitive world. her squad of superstars). Culture shock ensues. (One sure sign that impact will carry on the National Gallery of Canada recently acquired six of his underwear pieces. 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). Its not too late for you to see it, either: get your hands on a copy before the end of the decade. To channel a bit of Umma and Appa from Kims Convenience, all of this was a very big deal!. Tatiana Maslany | EW.com Shes proved that it is possible to disconnect from greed, the need for validation and the harmful idea that our worth is based on our productivity. Following the benefit singles release on March 12, the song topped the Canadian charts for seven weeks. You might have noticed a little trend on your TV screens (or laptops or phones) in the past 10 years: our neighbours to the south seem really into us. The tragic story behind the show was well-known in the arts community when it debuted in 2015. It suggests a future where the probes have outlived us as the artist puts it, where several of the spacecraft continue to partially function, to do their intended jobs, to ultimately find signs of life whilst transmitting the data back to a planet where no one is left to receive it. But theres also hope in Richardsons installations, most recently her Embers and the Giants, which memorializes an endangered old-growth forest in British Columbia and invites us to protect our landscape. Unfortunately, because these works didnt fit colonial ideas of what constituted art, they were labeled either crafts or anthropological artifacts for centuries not art worthy of examining, studying and displaying in art museums. It was a sad day when founders (and former romantic and artistic partners) William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill opted to close Videofag, the beloved performance space in Kensington Market that had thrived since opening four years prior. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. Xavier Dolan is hot off of proving hes no one-hit wonder with his sophomore feature Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), the stylish followup to his sensational debut Jai tu ma mre (I Killed My Mother). As a working mom and Cirque du Soleil enthusiast, Dion then wanted to balance her career and her family life. Tatiana Maslany Is Celebrating Canadian Emmy Nominees - YouTube (So dont ever let anyone tell you Canadian music is exclusively indie rock or dudes in plaid. The Tragically Hip perform their final concert in Kingston, Ont. The phenomenal success of productions like Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen launched the continents premier stage destination into a bold new era. Only two years after directing Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Jean-Marc Valle became an even bigger mainstream sensation after the premiere and success of Big Little Lies, the HBO adaptation of the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty. The commission gave 94 calls to action that would help Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada move toward reconciliation for these atrocities, and number 83 called on the Canada Council for the Arts to establish, as a funding priority, a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that contribute to the reconciliation process. The Canada Council for the Arts responded by creating the {Re}conciliation Initiative in 2015, which funded collaborative arts projects between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and communities. Which, like, obviously: on top of Canadas always-uncanny ability to produce larger-than-life pop stars (need I remind any of us of Cline Dion, especially circa 1997? I say that like its a bad thing, but its really not. Because regardless of whether the Emmys take notice, its going to make great TV. Since the 90s, she has been synonymous with syrupy power ballads, questionable fashion choices and a passion for golfing. Fast forward almost 40 years and the Charlemagne, Que., native is on her way to achieving that goal. Back in 1998, Alanis gave us a song called That I Would Be Good, which became a mantra. A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 2, 2017 at 8:32am PDT. ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. For the last 10 years, we just wanted to perform. With a few small exceptions, everything was shot in Alberta and B.C., and to capture those Rocky Mountain vistas, cinematographer Emmanuel Chivo Lubezki used nothing but natural light. about love and the lies we tell ourselves. Operatic soprano Barbara Hannigan achieved a professional and life milestone when she was awarded the 2018 Rolf Schock Prize for Musical Arts at a ceremony in Stockholm in October. So I encountered Inside Kingston Penitentiary, a series of photographs by Geoffrey James, with some trepidation. The islands rugged natural beauty is an obvious part of the draw, what with its promise of whale (and iceberg) watching by day and northern lights chasing by night. They crazy, stupid love him: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Ryan Gosling enthusiasts the chance to compete for the title of his ultimate stan. Catherine O'Hara, Tatiana Maslany among stars to appear at Canadian There are two ways to divide history: life before Carly Rae Jepsen released Call Me Maybe and life after. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. As Alonzo Fonny Hunt, a man sent to prison for a rape he didnt commit, James is deeply captivating in a very challenging role. Meanwhile, Dolan became mind-bogglingly prolific and had his arthouse blockbuster moment with Mommy, then produced Adeles Hello music video and directed in Europe and the U.S. As a francophone Qubcoise living in Toronto and working in the film industry, this decade felt like watching the kids we had cared for and supported emotionally and financially for years suddenly fly the coop and leave home. Workshopped in Oakville, Ont., Come From Away made its official premiere in San Diego before eventually taking over the world (and providing an opportunity for Justin Trudeau to spend an evening with Ivanka Trump, but lets forget about that). ), Before he was linked to Camila Cabello, before he collaborated with Taylor Swift and before he was anointed the face of Tim Hortons (the biggest achievement of all three), Shawn Mendes was just a Canadian boy, standing in front of the internet, asking all of us to like him.