21, and was quickly declared a triumph. It was (and is) also a further testament to why none of us shouldve been allowed to quit piano lessons as a kid. To say that alternative drag is in any way a new concept is not only misguided but a fundamentally flawed assessment. Major projects are made with our money and also without and thats OK, as Toronto and the rest of Canada welcome major productions, and our filmmakers shape them, here and elsewhere. Although the songs both peaked within the top 10 on the Canadian charts, they didnt have the same impact in other countries. Never a critical hit, the series was a pop culture titan, bolstered by legions of Twihards. Stan culture came to dominate the decade, and the acolytes of this schlocky supernatural romance more or less signalled the first wave. These songs exemplify the power of Canadian artists even if their success was limited to Canadas borders. I am here today because I am gay, he announced. 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. Tat was sweet. This is the year it happened. Follow the promenade at the bottom of the funicular, and youll reach a cantilevered lookout tower which stretches over the North Saskatchewan River. Schitt's Creek Star Emily Hampshire Sings, Talks Finale (Watch After being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. And it reminded anybody who saw it of the cruelty inflicted by the Canadian government over the course of the last 150 years. Catharsis, Im telling ya. Whose advice can you believe? But the #MeToo movement has made me re-contextualize one of Alaniss bigger hits, which I now cant help but see as a precursor to the movement. Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds is the genius who convinced Dion to sing the theme song for Deadpool 2. In 2017, Hulu debuted the first season of its adaptation of Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale. 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. Cheap scares were out, swapped for a far more chilling brand of storytelling: slow-festering, existential despair. With each birth, Alanis experienced postpartum depression (PPD) and over the course of these 10 years, she has never shied away from publicly sharing those experiences and what shes learned in the hopes of helping other people in the same situation. But then, in January 2019, she did something even better: she teamed up with Andy Samberg to host the Golden Globes and succeeded at making them the absolute best. The St. Johns native had, of course, come to prominence thanks to his work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and subsequent Ricks Rants, the segment in which hed walk through graffitied alleys and, well, rant about whatever nonsense our prime minister and any other relevant soul was up to. government was telling the arts community they wouldnt get as much funding if they didnt try harder to include us.) But when youre Keanu Reeves, you get headlines praising you for dating someone your own age a feat rarely replicated by your actor contemporaries. Youre like one of those ladies who go to Montreal and then, suddenly, everything is about Montreal. Be careful, Lilllian. After helping arrange alternative travel for his fellow passengers, he joined a group headed to L.A. by van, playing music on his phone. Im going to call you Cher from now on. This stunning drag queen who towered over me, teetering over the edge of that platform was talking to me. 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. Still, its rightfully grown to be considered a classic by film critics, with Paquins devastating performance as a 17-year-old struggling in the wake of a deadly traffic accident being one of the reasons why. On Nov. 15, her new English album, Courage, even debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, a first in 17 years (and an achievement a decade in the making). 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. In the episode Kimmy Goes To School! the Montreal Expos are brought up multiple times, and in the following season, Titus threatens to abandon New York because he hears Montreal has a vibrant theatre scene. My favourite mention, though, is a line from Lillian after Kimmy once agains brings up the bunker (in case youre unaware, the initial premise of the series is that Kimmy has just emerged from a bunker where she has been held captive for 15 years). His work is ambitious and uncanny, and I find it terrifying and sort of brittle, like the first time you see one of those anatomy books in your uncles basement that has the layered pages that show you an increasingly flayed version of the human body. In 2017, I met Sandra Oh when I interviewed her at TIFF, and we hugged after I told her that Greys Anatomy got me through college. A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 21, 2017 at 8:21pm PDT. He was accepting the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, sung entirely in the Wolastoq language a language that is severely endangered due to Canadas policies of Indigenous assimilation and cultural genocide. Spoiler? 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. Was he still controversial? Its my opinion that non-dominant cultures tend to be more observant and their cultural outputs often richer than dominant ones. But starting with The Witch in 2015, another trend emerged. 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. 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. As we know, not falling in love with the song proved impossible. Her stories explore intergenerational relationships and the way baggage and bad habits get passed down in families. As I write this, Alanis has just announced the details of her new single and album! to the Strip. Lest I sound less than impressed, Im not. La La Land premieres at the Venice Film Festival. Two great entries in the canon of celebrities picking slightly random names for their children, if you ask me. By showing something as little as a flick on the forehead, Kims Convenience has helped the rest of the world understand Asian family dynamics better. Musician Lucas Silveira expresses how seeing Jim Carrey in the 2017 documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond took his admiration for the actor to a whole new level. But in March 2013, two became one. Shawn Mendes releases Life of the Party (also: meet Shawn Mendes! In 2018, her third feature film The Weekend premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released in theatres earlier this year. Theres barely an episode where Nathan isnt putting himself out there, trying to turn an awkward encounter with a client (or an actor he found on Craigslist) into something more. Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapts The Handmaids Tale. Without the standards set by the concept of a drag career being one long audition, the art form has been able to grow organically through performers personal expressions and styles. The Hamilton native scored a Tony nomination for best featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of Cheech in the 2014 production of Bullets Over Broadway. Thats where The Hunk cracks the show open. and starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Aubrey Plaza, Brie Larson and Chris Evans, the movie unapologetically pays tribute to city icons like Lees Palace, Casa Loma and Honest Eds (may it rest in peace). Its particularly impressive when you consider that, even five years ago, many non-Indigenous editors, tastemakers and gatekeepers in the literary community referred to Indigenous work as niche, claiming there was no audience for it. Thankfully, Page ended up being far from alone in his quest to try and make a difference through the work that he did. Well, anybody who read it, obviously. ! in the faces of unsuspecting strangers. Reeves and his fellow passengers were on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Burbank, Calif. when their plane had to make an emergency landing in Bakersfield over 160 kilometres away from their destination. Should we cut their allowances? The emotional track showcases Reyezs powerful vocal and lyrical ability. We were too, Stephen. co-production. His win marked the fourth Polaris Prize win by an Indigenous artist in five years, following Lido Pimienta, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq. But the other treasure these residencies offer is entry into a new community, insight into another place or into the state of our environment. That all changed in May of 2010 when a photo of The Matrix star morosely biting into a sandwich on a New York park bench went viral. Because while so many hits hinged on at least a little navel-gazing (heres looking at you, Drake), the decade was still largely defined by abandoning traditional Canadian humility by jams about love, lust and not being able to feel ones face, set to beats even more addictive than the hooks theyre anchored to. 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. What can you believe, period? The thought of this might have sent fashion insiders into a tailspin just a few years ago. a gale-force blast of raw, unrelenting emotion. (So dont ever let anyone tell you Canadian music is exclusively indie rock or dudes in plaid. The rest of Canada is arguably more culturally open than Quebec (Im looking at you, Bill 21) but has yet to truly tap into its multitude of storytelling options and voices. The shows previews have received rave reviews, and its shaping up to be a Broadway smash. Here are a few of the many, many examples. Isnt it ironic, then, that one of Canadas biggest superstars has spent this fame-monster decade being mostly invisible? Shes proved, by example, that we are all good and worthy and valuable even if we do less. Just kidding Im not delusional. And ultimately, it was like a mainline to being young again. 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. Best Canadian Tv Shows To Stream From Schitt S Creek To Anne With An E 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. It was the most fun. But in 2010, it felt brand new and newer still for Canada, a nation thats global musical offerings at the time felt far removed from the majesty of a young pop singer whod used the internet to earn the attention of Usher and, subsequently, the audiences Usher had placed him in front of. Outdoor elements are inspired by the neighbouring foothills; inside, wooden beams wrap the atrium, suggesting the shape of a canoe. Its incredibly hard to describe alternative drag succinctly. Im kidding, of course. On June 22, 2010, Canada lost a force to be reckoned with when stage and screen icon Tracy Wright passed away from pancreatic cancer. This is the capitalistic reality behind all art: marginalized artists work will always be considered niche when arts institutions, publishers and galleries continue to treat it as niche. One hilarious early example comes in the first-season episode Rude Kid, when the five-year-old son of Janets white professor is misbehaving and Appa (Jung and Janets father, played by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) instinctively flicks the boys forehead and is quickly scolded for it. In addition to announcing her new album, Alanis kicked off the final month of this decade by giving us all second offering of what doesnt always come easy these days: excitement for the future. the three luckiest kids in the world). As a viewer, it becomes increasingly hard to keep the facts straight. And to essentially copy/paste the spiel from the opening credits, heres the premise: Nathan Fielder (the shows star and co-creator) graduated from one of Canadas top business schools (University of Victoria) with really good grades (B average). We have the people, the talent and the perspectives we need to create the big, bold Cancon canon weve all been waiting for. And whats even cooler (to me) is that it was eventually used as a Jeopardy! Scientists + artists + activists make good residencies. To balance making millions, raising twins and mayyyyybe also to rescue Las Vegas tourism after the catastrophic crash of the Great Recession, Dion launches a second residency on the Strip. But the show went on: videos depicting Canadas glorious landscape and flawless performances by k.d. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. Mr. Will Wong, Toronto Entertainment Blogger | Schitt's Creek Organizers revealed the lineup of guests at next month's. Case in point: the magnitude of Canuck references on his New York City-set police comedy, which CBC Arts producer Eleanor Knowles decided to list in their entirety (at least through Season 4) in this article. "I. A New Day era acrobats are out, old-school flair is in. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava (who does not, to my knowledge, work for Stark Industries), both Azure and Designboom praised this downtown pedestrian/cyclist bridge as one of the worlds top architectural moments of 2012. Chris James, banner years, dominating the Billboard charts, How 94 calls to action finally allowed Indigenous artists the space to cultivate a renaissance, Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for, 10 Canadians who should have been nominated for Oscars in the 2010s, another Canadian-directed film that doesnt need to be named, leading my former employer Indiewire to demand the Academy reconsider its rules, the first comic book movie ever to score a nomination, convinced him that Mansbridge was (is) the Canadian Walter Cronkite., William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill opted to close Videofag, Having hosted several hundred performances, more than 11 million fans who tuned in to join them, Asian-Canadian representation exploded on the world stage in the 2010sand that's a very big deal, you can catch it at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until Feb. 22, 2020, Stella Meghie breaks barriers with the major studio release of, In the 2010s, Stella Meghie proved that Canadian women of colour can take over Hollywood, debuted at No. Soon after the show premiered at Panamania, the arts and culture festival attached to the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, rumours of its remarkable transmutation of grief into art spread far and wide. And thats the final image of the series: a drones-eye view from the sky though not so high to obscure the action on the ground. Stompa, a storm of a song, catapulted Millbrook, Ont., singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to national and, to a certain extent, international stardom. Martin also co-wrote the book for The Prom, a musical about four Broadway actors who help a lesbian student who has been banned from bringing her girlfriend to their prom (it landed him a Tony nomination in 2019). In a world where many rebel against gender through drag entertainment, those of us labelled alternative essentially rebel against that rebellion. ), Jim Carreys process is immortalized as documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond hits Netflix. Im pretty sure I wrote an essay about it in university. Few things can push the limits of credulity like an artistic statement, and in this episode, Nathan exploits a loophole in Californias smoking laws, staging a theatrical production in a Pasadena tavern. The story of a child-murdering clown alien, its one of Stephen Kings best-known creations, but this particular adaptation which shot several scenes in and around Toronto is now the highest grossing horror movie ever made. (A hero, a legend, a woman of the people.) Upon seeing Barry Jenkinss emotional adaptation of James Baldwins 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a universal truth was known: Stephan James was a gift to cinema as we knew it. Kelly Richardsons Mariner 9 opens at Spanish City in Whitley Bay, England, Kelly Richardson Mariner 9 (Colin Davison). The heartwarming show went on to earn seven Tony nominations, winning one for best direction of a musical.