Young Gay Boy Beaten In Hate Crime Attack
Source: Towleroad
Chatham :: Canada | updated 2013-05-19 00:22:06 -0700 | entertainment-news
Earlier this month, a gay 13-year-old boy was attacked by four teens who shouted "faggot" and "queer" as they pummeled him on the ground and threatened his life...The Chatham Daily News reports on the incident and the anonymous young teen,...
Khaled Hosseini examines generations connected by a Kabul villa in ‘And the Mountains Echoed’
Source: Miami Herald
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 10:23:23 -0700 | entertainment-news
Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd., Coral Gables. Tickets: Vouchers required; purchase a copy of And the Mountains Echoed' at Books & Books locations to get vouchers. Info: 305-442-4408 or www.booksandbooks.com Fiction Khaled Hosseini writes a meandering, yet complex and compelling...
Diddy Goes Downtown, the First Black Dude to Rock the Abbey
Source: Hecklerspray
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 09:22:09 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 17, 2013 Last night, the wee section of the twit-O-sphere that digs both hip hop and British period dramas, wet its collective pants over Diddy's announcement that he had become a series regular on Downton Abbey. But, alas, it was...
Party photos of the week: Right to Play Ball
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 08:23:40 -0700 | entertainment-news
Laura Serra Special to The Globe and Mail Last updated Friday, May. AM EDT The second annual Right to Play Ball went down at the Shangri-La Hotel last Friday and brought out some of Toronto's finest in fashion, music and...
Ontario budget: Wynne gives in to one of Horwath's three demands to avert election
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 09:38:47 -0700 | entertainment-news
Photo Save to mystar Premier Kathleen Wynne has given in to NDP Leader Andrea Horwath's demand for an independent budget watchdog in a bid to stave off a June election. The government would enhance accountability and transparency of Ontario's finances...
'Stories We Tell' focuses on a family's varied versions of their history
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 09:59:48 -0700 | entertainment-news
Stories We Tell' focuses on a family's varied versions of their history 'Stories We Tell' is complicated and examines how we tell the story of our own lives.
Patriotic themes in Sacramento, Folsom concerts
Source: Sacramento Bee
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 00:05:45 -0700 | entertainment-news
On or near national holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Armed Forces Day, orchestras and choral groups program concerts to include decidedly patriotic music to honor sacrifices made by veterans and current military personnel. For better or worse,...
Please Kill Mr. Know It All: And while you're at it, maybe kill this movie too
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 21:13:24 -0700 | entertainment-news
Sally (Lara Jean Chorostecki) writes a Toronto newspaper column called Mr. Know It All, in which she answers all and sundry questions put to her by readers. One thing her readers haven't asked is whether Mr. is really a Ms.,...
The We and the I: Michel Gondry commits sociology on a Bronx bus
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 21:13:21 -0700 | entertainment-news
Instead, Gondry recruited his actors from the local population and, with their help, fashioned a script around them. He's quick to shed a dull stereotype: These kids, black and Latino and mixed race, may be a tough bunch but they're...
The Angels' Share: Highland hybrid lacks balance
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 21:10:05 -0700 | entertainment-news
There might be a pretty good film lurking in this latest dramedy from the veteran Scottish directing-writing team of Ken Loach and Paul Laverty. I use the conditional because at least half the dialogue is delivered in a Glaswegian Scots...
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's: Worshipping at a sacred place
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 21:10:07 -0700 | entertainment-news
Department stores have been fruitful sources of inspiration since 1883, when Emile Zola wrote the novel Au Bonheur des Dames ( The Ladies' Paradise ), loosely based on Le Bon Marche in Paris. Even as recently as HBO's Mr. Selfridge...
Theater Review: Colin Quinn in ‘Unconstitutional,' at the Barrow Street Theater
Source: The New York Times
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 21:01:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
In a nod to the ludicrousness of zipping through more than two centuries in 75 minutes, he cracks a joke about how everyone's an expert on the Constitution, even though no one has read it...While best known as an anchor...
Lohan gaining weight in rehab
Source: The Australian
Sydney :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 18:43:24 -0700 | entertainment-news
Rod Chester, National technology writer A digital novel in the form of a popular app mixes geotagging and storytelling to not only tell tales but also allow readers to add their own. Miley Cyrus looked picture perfect, but up close,...
Movie Review: ‘Elemental,' an Environmental Documentary
Source: International Herald Tribune
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 18:35:21 -0700 | entertainment-news
Movie Review A Last Stand for Nature Against Mighty Odds Elemental,' an Environmental Documentary Project Films A shell's spiral as inspiration for solutions in Elemental. Published: May 16, 2013 The back-to-basics title of Elemental seems to herald another pious lesson...
Melanie Fiona Expresses Gratitude to Lauryn Hill in Open Letter
Source: Rap-Up
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 17:57:50 -0700 | entertainment-news
Lauryn Hill has influenced many of today's artists, but few have been more inspired by her than Melanie Fiona. After meeting her after her show in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, the Canadian singer was compelled to write an open letter...
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