I’ve got a couple of weeks before I start my new gig. This looks to be one of the best summers approaching in memory–especially when I get to spend time on the waterfront. The weather is great, the view stunning, and people are friendly– especially the tourists and visitors to Toronto.
The most important thing there is [...]

The story of Lillo Brancato being sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a botched robbery that claimed the life of an off-duty policeman is making headlines. It’s major news, partly because he’s a celebrity who starred in feature films and the television series The Sopranos–but this event has special implications because [...]

I was dreamin’ of tomorrow so I sacrificed today
And it sure was a grand waste of time
–Billy Joel, “Got To Begin Again”
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I heard about an individual looking to go all the way and take a flying leap into a new milieu. Considering how safe and secure their current position is, it just stopped me cold [...]

I haven’t seen a single episode, yet the sense of anticipation I feel while looking forward to watching the British series This Life is heavier than the advance lineups for the latest/lamest Star Wars installment/disappointment. The best measure of it’s impact and the way it won audiences hearts over is the uniformly caustic reaction to [...]

Lately, I think about all of the things that I wanted to do and the many attempts I made to get things done. And so much can come of the way of achieving something lasting. 
If you can’t handle rejection, criticism, and disappointments, maybe being an artist isn’t the life for you. But how much pain [...]

Is the anger and the anxiety that Carrey has had to battle all these years a source for his comedy?
“Yeah. Absolutely. People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation,” says Carrey. “Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate [...]

I read this quote in a Toronto Life article about the decline of the CBC: “We’ll just have to do the best we can.” All of which, to my mind, sounds like a man who is only too happy to win battles but doesn’t much care about the war.
What it made me think about was [...]

It seems very sad to me that a person can work their entire life to reach a goal, and then discover that they haven’t finished the race, and they have to go beyond in order to be fulfilled. But hey, it happens all the time: You finish college, and realize the real test is getting [...]

I went to see writer Mark Leyner and John Cusack speak last night about their new film War, Inc. I missed the advance screening, and was lucky to get into the packed room. They were running late, had only had 20-30 minutes to talk, and little information was disseminated.
On the plus side, I found a great [...]