She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany reveals alternate finale ending that was 'more serious' Head writer Jessica Gao told Maslany "there were like 20 versions" of the ending, the actress says. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. Featuring half of Hollywood including their fellow Canadians Jay Baruchel and Michael Cera the apocalypse-themed film is audacious, fearless and endlessly hilarious. Hosted by Martin Short, the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards offered prizes for film, television and digital storytelling (which hadnt been covered by the Geminis or the Genies), and raked in 756,000 viewers, which is around double the number of people who watched the Geminis or Genies the previous year. A dance-theatre hybrid, Betroffenheit is an unlikely achievement a strikingly original show about loss that became a global sensation. A flash goes off, and disembodied voices start to ring out , What do we say? I love drag. Thats nearly double the 38 we managed in the previous decade (though in terms of wins, its even, at 11 each) and representative of some incredible work both in front of the camera (including Christopher Plummer, who became the first Canadian male to win an acting Oscar in 64 years when he won for Beginners) and behind it (10 of those nominations came from the best production design category). I would get to know this person, work with them sometimes on that very stage. Love or loathe its smirking meta spin on superhero action, both the original and the 2018 sequel were total hits, ranking among the 10 highest grossing movies worldwide in their respective years. Also? Everything I know about La La Land, I learned in a crash course of a few hours: 1) it did not win best picture at the Oscars (even though Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced it had) and 2) Canadas boyfriend, Ryan Gosling, lost best actor to Casey Affleck (which Brie Larson reacted appropriately to, IMHO). Still, Dion is still more queen of corny than queen of cool. We've already heard Tatiana Maslany claim she wasn't She . She pushed and challenged me to be a smarter, more economical filmmaker in the most caring, collaborative way. Today, Canadian libraries and museums even a pedestrian bridge are earning international attention. her squad of superstars). But between you and I, Ive never seen it, because I refuse to believe Ryan Gosling saved jazz. There was a big reason to celebrate Domee Shis Oscar win on Feb. 24, and not only because her animated short about an aging Chinese-Canadian woman and a little dumpling that comes to life was the perfect way to spend eight minutes. Most excitingly, the 2010s have seen a shift of consciousness that empowered Indigenous women to tell their own stories. 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). I doubt its a coincidence. Alternative drag shows that gender expression isnt a two-dimensional plane its a sphere. Less than three months later, her final film, Trigger, was the inaugural public screening at the shiny new TIFF Bell Lightbox and earned rave reviews thanks to textured dialogue, director Bruce McDonalds rich storytelling and Wrights compelling performance that further emphasized what a loss her death was and how unfair life can be. Its no problem: the crew will focus on getting a cool drone shot, instead. Dion hits No. Pada upacara utama, Schitt's Creek memenangkan semua tujuh kategori komedi termasuk Outstanding Comedy Series, . at the Telluride FIlm Festival. 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. I cannot think of a better way to end this decade than with the promise of her musical return. And speaking of her work, this year marked the close of a seven-year tour across Canada and the U.S., where Belcourts Walking With Our Sisters Project served as a memorial to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and their families. I was immediately taken back to moments when I was a child and my parents probably wanted to flick me on the head for doing something trivial in public (Asian kid problems). stands in for Washington as The Twilight Saga begins its two-part conclusion. It wasnt too long ago that what little LGBTQ representation did make its way into the mainstream was largely created by straight folks. It was a whole new reality to me an outlet for an entire bank of repressed queerness. Sarah Anne Johnsons Arctic Wonderland opens at New Yorks Julie Saul Projects, Sarah Anne Johnson Arctic Wonderland (Sarah Anne Johnson). He starred in the critically acclaimed play This Is Our Youth in 2014, and then earned a Tony nomination in 2018 for his role as Jeff in Lobby Hero. A quirky, catchy Canadian hit. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. a boyfriend. Cheyenne Jacksons character, Danny, is from Ottawa and joins the cast of the show-within-a-show TGS with Tracy Jordan after starring in a movie about Canadian football, while Steve Martins Gavin Volure tries to evade house arrest by whisking Liz Lemon off to Toronto (Toronto is just like New York, but without all the stuff!). But progress made toward better representation, no matter how slow (sigh), is still progress in the right direction. Suddenly there were two groups of drag queens in the world: the ones who could get on TV, and the ones who couldnt or, more accurately in many circles, the ones who wanted to get on, and the ones who didnt. On NFY, truth is a lie you have the confidence to believe. Just kidding Im not delusional. Thats why Cree artist Kent Monkmans Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience art exhibit was so crucial. Co-production treaties are activated left, right and centre. A few facts stood out: the then 24-year-old was from Toronto, Ont., had already appeared in Selma, Race and Homecoming (not to mention Degrassi: The Next Generation, a rite of passage for every Toronto actor), and is the younger brother of Shamier Anderson, whose resume is similarly stacked. Somewhere, Do They Know Its Christmas weeps. In her seminal book Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature, Margaret Atwood theorized that the central symbol in Canada, and therefore Canadian literature, was survival. True Blood, The Vampire Diaries: softbois with fangs were bloody everywhere and The Twilight Saga started the frenzy. (Terrific!) Subscribe, Valentino releases a 2016 collection featuring artwork by Christi Belcourt. While the official politics of reconciliation has left much to be desired, with the government ultimately enacting few of the 94 calls to action, the cultural and artistic impact of the TRCs final report cannot be understated. Because the idea isnt bonkers enough, the first audience loves it. The title single, written by Sia, is no Titanium, but its probably her most current-sounding track since Thats the Way It Is, her iconic contribution to late-90s pop. Canadian drag much like much Canadian pop culture has often occupied a smaller sibling position next to the general epicentre that is the United States. Last name Ever, first name Greatest, his birth name was Aubrey Drake Graham and he was now our 6ix God even if we didnt know it yet. Grimess fourth full-length studio album blasted her previous incarnations away to create a space so uninhabitable, so comfortable, so off-putting and so compelling that Claire Bouchers reputation as an artist fixated on her/the future felt permanent. (Some of us miss the graffiti. According to the thread, he tried to jump-start her car, and when that failed, he called a tow truck and drove the woman home, giving her his number and telling her to call him if she needed anything. To explore career opportunities, she moved to the United States at age 22. As I write this, Alanis has just announced the details of her new single and album! Take, for example, Lius character Jung the furthest thing from a stereotypically academically-inclined and parent-pleasing Asian son. It included the first excerpt of Joshua Whiteheads Jonny Appleseed. (As a wee baby music journo, I remember the scramble that year to snag tickets to his show at the Mod Club and my inability to do so because I had no idea who represented him or how to find out.) The shows previews have received rave reviews, and its shaping up to be a Broadway smash. Are you ready to hear the truth that needs to be told?. Even though her hosting the awards was a big deal, Oh acknowledged something important about representation: that change is excruciatingly slow. KC Hoard edits the Arts and Culture section of Carleton Universitys the Charlatan, and has written for The Globe and Mail and the National Post. Now in its 41st year, Buddies is gearing up for a collaboration with Theatre Rusticle for their version of A Midsummer Nights Dream, while the community continues to evolve and grow thanks to the theatres support of (and consistent call for) new talent. And it worked. Its an incubus which is way less surprising than Sues reaction. Women of Canada, I will see you all at the movies! The show even managed to get our countrys name into an Oscar-nominated song when Blame Canada provided a centerpiece to the 1999 South Park movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The Rolf Schock jury also praised Hannigans work running a mentoring foundation, Equilibrium Young Artists, which focuses on young and newly professional musicians across the world (a.k.a. Billy-Ray Belcourts poem Love is a Moontime Teaching appeared here before it ended up in his Griffin Poetry Prize-winning book This Wound is a World. 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. Since I wrote a piece examining the Indigenous renaissance Dutcher identified, even more Indigenous artists have been given the national attention they deserve. Obsidian Theatre Company stuns at the Dora Awards. Its hard to be a filmmaker. Josh Gad, dan Tatiana Maslany. The prize: a trip to Reynoldss hometown. Sure, sureyouve been following him since his days on The Odyssey. While in Arkansas, Nathan starts seeing an escort named Maci. the three luckiest kids in the world). It included Lindsay Nixons essay Windigo, which eventually ended up in their book ntisnak. As it turns out, it also led me to a friends birthday party at the drag bar Crews and Tangos in Torontos gay village. 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. In 2017, he again produced and starred in a LGBTQ-themed film, this time the romantic drama My Days of Mercy with openly queer director Tali Shalom-Ezer. Lawren Harriss Mountain Forms sells for a record-breaking $9.5 million, Lawren Harris Mountain Forms (Heffel Fine Art Auction House). Following 15 years of rants, jokes and biting political commentary, the Rick Mercer Report came to a close on April 10 and ended a distinctive era of Canadian television. Kaurs vulnerability, honesty and seamless ability to convey feelings that so many struggle to articulate helped Milk and Honey find its way onto the New York Times Bestseller list (for more than 77 weeks) and sell approximately 2.5 million copies in 25 languages. In customary Monkman fashion, the figures in this canvas spread through every quadrant an echo of the desperation of all of the family members trying to keep their children close. A queer anthem for the ages! But it was still a joy when Vancouvers Ryan Reynolds tossed on some Spandex to play Deadpool, the Marvel superhero defined by his DGAF attitude, comedic timing and lust for revenge in the wake of an experiment gone wrong. A solid dozen jokes at our expense occur in the process, including this zinger: Your milk comes in bags, your pavilion at Epcot doesnt have a ride, and if Canada is so nice and friendly, why does most of our meth come from your Asian drug gangs?. On Dec. 2, 2019, she announced that she would go on a 31-date (though unfortunately only one of those is in Canada) tour in 2020 to celebrate Jagged Little Pills 25th anniversary. Margaret Atwood concludes a dystopian trilogy with the release of MaddAddam. So how can I argue that Alanis matters as much now, at the end of this decade, as she did in the 90s? The resulting video for the power ballad Ashes shows a heavily retouched Dion prancing on The Colosseum stage with dancer Yanis Marshall in heels and a Deadpool costume. Five days before turning 35, Dion opened A New Day, a live residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a specially built venue attached to Anglils natural habitat: a casino (he was a notorious poker player). After decades of being shut out by a male-dominated industry as the subjects of institutional sexism, the 2010s saw Canadian women finally being given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Back in 2011, The Weeknd was an enigma. Since her television debut, shes been praised for her interview style and evolving approach to monologues, and now the only barrier left is for viewers like me to learn how to stay up until 1:35 a.m. More women than ever before win Governor Generals Literary Awards. It was later nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards. He also appeared in Waitress and Rock of Ages before originating the role of Sonny in the Broadway musical premiere of A Bronx Tale. Since then, its become something to look forward to come (early, early) springtime (or late, late winter) in Canada, and its gotten even bigger thanks to the introduction of Canadian Screen Week, which allows for even more time and attention for well-deserved Canadian productions. Few artists can draw out emotions like Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, and even fewer can bring those emotions out simultaneously. Search instead in Creative? As we enter the 2020s, one can only hope the best is yet to come. From Monkman to Margaret (Atwood), Bieber to ballet, Keanu to Come from Away, CBC Arts presents an unapologetic celebration of a decade of outsized achievement. online, leading many to proclaim their further adoration for the already widely adored actor. By creating an audience section for the bar, the rest of the patrons will become de facto performers in his slice of life showSmokers Allowed. Par exemple: Regina King deservedly won an Oscar for her work in Barry Jenkinss If Beale Street Could Talk, an adaptation of the 1974 novel by James Baldwin, but somehow she was the films only acting nominee. Tatiana Maslany, the star of "Orphan Black," talks about creating different body movements for the myrid of characters she plays and not getting a moment to reset between gear shifts. But how could it not? By the shows final season, it wasnt just ignoring the line between the NFY universe and our own it was erasing it entirely. Stella Meghie breaks barriers with the major studio release of Everything, Everything. And those graphic novels, which make up a six-part series by Bryan Lee OMalley, are a time capsule of 2000s Toronto. In the episode, Nathan reveals his involvement at a press conference, and its the happiest hes ever been: My business was not only a bona fide success, but for the first time in my life it felt like people actually wanted to be around me. In every episode, clients react with a moment or two of slack-jawed silence and then, they invariably let him at it. And after debuting at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, it found its way to the top of the charts and became Caras first top-five single (marking the beginning of her ascension through the pop ranks). The dream of the artists residency is that it can take you somewhere youve never been (while paying you). Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series. In the next year, well see an Australian offshoot, a celebrity makeover version and, of course, our very own Drag Race Canada. I am here today because I am gay, he announced. She revealed that she got married during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and joked that it was a secret and no one really knew about it. But for the rest of us, it was a banner moment for the cultural landscape. Having hosted several hundred performances and built an incredible artistic community, the duo used their announcement to remind fans and the media that their intention was never to be a permanent institution but a transient space that reflected their romantic relationship (which had since come to an end). The result? To protect and promote its culture, Quebec projects have also, on average, been better funded and have gone through longer gestation periods than projects in the rest of the country. This fall, the Guardian crowned Betroffenheit the best dance show of the 21st century so far. From the pageantry and jewels, to the filth and horror, Canadian drag has and continues to create a space where the most glamourous of bejewelled gods and goddesses can work and perform alongside the strange, unusual or radical. When it premiered in 2009, the now ubiquitous Drag Race without many even noticing decisively split the world of drag like a lightning bolt thrown by Zeus and sung about by Hedwig. While Crazy Rich Asians created buzz on the international screen, Canada had its own surge in Asian representation with Kims Convenience, rich in hilarious storytelling; Manny Jacinto, making the entertainment industry a Good Place; Sandra Oh, a shining example of what can be achieved when Asian actors are given the opportunity to take on lead roles; and Liu, standing in a superhero pose as a testament to what future generations of Asian-Canadians can achieve. A terrible business plan a literal joke can draw international publicity. After helping arrange alternative travel for his fellow passengers, he joined a group headed to L.A. by van, playing music on his phone. Related Articles. And yeah, its also why you LOLd at a tweet about Dumb Starbucks at some point in 2014. Born in Colombia and raised in Toronto, Sergio Trujillo became one of Broadways most sought-after choreographers this decade. At 51, 16 years after launching her first residency in Las Vegas, Dion bids farewell (for now?) The thing is, the Globes were Ohs to own entirely. When one actor paraded around bare-assed (boxers pulled up into his butt crack for comedic effect) between takes of Tats big crying scene, she like any great Canadian artist, pre-2010 took her bottled-up biliousness and put it into the work, delivering a performance (real tears!) Canada kicked off the 2010s with three straight nominations for best foreign language film (Incendies, Monsieur Lazhar and War Witch), but it very much deserved one more in 2014 when it submitted Xavier Dolans Mommy. To say there was hype for Margaret Atwoods followup to The Handmaids Tale is an understatement, particularly since The Testaments set 15 years after its predecessor takes place and published 34 years later returns readers to Gilead, the terrifying place select U.S. politicians seem to be steamrolling us toward. But what both Deadpool and its sequel are probably most regarded for is the thing that differentiated them from Marvel and DCs usual onslaught of cinematic offerings: they both ended up earning R-ratings for language and violence something The Avengers would never dare. She leaves everything on the mic on this song, so it figures that her fellow Canadians ate it up. 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. It couldnt be more obvious than on mid-tempo anthem Imperfections, where Dion sings that she has her own you guessed it imperfections. Versatile film and television actor Tatiana Maslany is perhaps best known for her multiple performances as various clones in the hit sci-fi series Orphan Black (2013-17). It also helped launch her into the art-pop stratosphere from which she has yet to return. Well, obviously, she experienced a lot of personal growth, but also: Orphan Black ran for five seasons, winning her four consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for her performances. Is NFY spoofing reality TV? 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 I digress. Which was helped, obviously, by the bands killer performance of Ready to Start, which closed out the show that night. Where were you when you first heard Baby when, despite your better judgment and years of ingrained cynicism, it oozed into your psyche and began redefining your relationship with pop as you knew it? 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. 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? This is the lasting legacy of the 2010s in Canadian pop. Its this simple thing that has created some of the most incredible drag: through pure, unadulterated expression, free of rules. Tat was sweet. It also led to the release of her followup, The Sun and Her Flowers, but were not talking about 2017 (yet). Produced by: Peter Knegt and Mercedes Grundy | Editing: Eleanor Knowles, Reiko Milley, Peter Knegt and Samantha Edwards | Design: Mercedes Grundy and Jeff Hume | Website: Jeff Hume | Video: Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, March Mercanti, Romeo Candido, Jessica Hayes and Kiah Welsh | Graphics: Camille Charbonneau | Research: Peter Knegt and KC Hoard, (Jeff Bottari/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign), Justin Bieber kicked off a decade of reinvention for Canadian pop music, Following the benefit singles release on March 12, 10 times Keanu Reeves was the internet's boyfriend, Videos of Reeves interacting with his fellow stranded passengers, A change.org petition to name Reeves Time magazines 2019 Person of the Year was launched, a Reddit thread about Reeves apparently rescuing a woman stranded on the side of the highway, Mordecai Richler gets a big-screen adaptation with, Ryan Goslings heartbreaking performance in, Incendies in the 2010s: A decade of Qubcois filmmakers bringing down the arthouse, the debut of her second Las Vegas residency, 10 of the decade's most influential movies (that just happened to shoot in Canada), despite the attention given to Guillaume Ct, would garner 200,000 views in just a few days, 50,000-person crowd of motorbike rally spectators, who directed 11 episodes and served as an executive producer. It featured Mozarts Piano Concerto No. Ren-Charles, the couples first son, was born on Jan. 25, 2001. The Illinois-born, Ontario-raised director won his first Tony Award in 1985 for directing Big River and has had a storied career ever since. Starring Dolans muses Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clment as the mother and tutor of a troubled teen with violent tendencies (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), its Dolans magnum opus: hilarious, heartbreaking and extremely well acted. It felt like a new era the dawn of a new day. Its iconic intro (Testing, testing / Im just suggesting) wormed its way into the ears of the country when it was dropped in 2011 as the lead single to the bands third album Ever After. And starting in 2017, Lees hilarious work paid off when he won back-to-back Canadian Screen Awards, reaffirming that when minority creatives have space to tell their own stories, the world responds positively and audiences are left wanting more. Nick Cordero left a trail of impressive Broadway credits behind him this decade. Before the Group of Seven (and others of their ilk) started trying to make visual sense of our forests and waters, too many Canadian artists vision of our landscape was borrowed from European painting tradition and idealized our surroundings while making colonialism look romantic. All these years, weve watched Nathan engineer business opportunities as a means to an end (re: a platonic hang). Before he was the internets darling, Reeves was just a beloved actor in his own right. Hes never married. Theyre shining examples of the possibilities of how Asians can be portrayed without conforming to stereotypical and racist perceptions. 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. Indigenous artists have always created incredible work, from the blankets Salish weavers constructed from goat hair and woolly dog hair to the intricate carvings made by Inuit sculptors from bones and antlers to Haudenosaunee raised beadwork. His talent deserves a platform. Behold, introverts, for here is your queen! Its my opinion that non-dominant cultures tend to be more observant and their cultural outputs often richer than dominant ones. And it reminded anybody who saw it of the cruelty inflicted by the Canadian government over the course of the last 150 years. Isnt it ironic, then, that one of Canadas biggest superstars has spent this fame-monster decade being mostly invisible? The score accompanied the story of Joaquin Phoenixs characters evolution from heartbroken man to even more of a heartbroken man after he falls in love with his operating systems virtual assistant (Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson) which, in 2019, doesnt seem like a stretch. When Netflix dropped Always Be My Maybe in 2019, many expected the movie to be a fun vehicle for comedy superstar Ali Wong. We have the people, the talent and the perspectives we need to create the big, bold Cancon canon weve all been waiting for.