“I can be smart when it matters, but most men don’t like it,” says Lorelei Lee in the 1953 comedy musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. This famous quip from Howard Hawks’ film sums up for us the fate of the star who uttered it. Marilyn Monroe confronted the pitilessness of the 1950s Hollywood studio system during…

While Vancouver and Toronto host matches and World Cup fever takes hold, there is plenty of non-soccer-related TV – from rock ’n’ roll vampires and vengeful prisoners to nostalgic summer romance and high-society drama – to keep you entertained the whole summer.    Cape Fear Javier Bardem steps into the skin (and tattoos) of vengeful…

Move over pizza and fried chicken. Take a break, salad and sushi. It’s time to talk about burgers. The origin of hamburgers is international, fascinating and, to an extent, controversial. But there is no contention about their popularity in North America. The most recent data from Technomic, which analyzes food-service data, indicates that almost half…

“To the grey rebellion!” It’s a toast shared between the six retirees at the centre of Netflix’s latest sci-fi dramedy offering, but the scene could just as easily have been footage from the show’s wrap party.  The cast of The Boroughs includes a constellation of septuagenarian stars, including Geena Davis, 70, Alfred Molina, 72, Alfre…

"Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you." That was how Stephen Colbert’s alter ego, Stephen Colbert, welcomed his audience to the premiere episode of The Colbert Report in 2005. Posing as a satiric right-wing pundit and cable-news host, he would deliver ”truthiness,” a word the comedian coined…

When exactly did everyone start obsessing over Lorne Michaels? Certainly, in 1975, when my parents watched the first season of Saturday Night Live, minds blown, they were not searching out info about the guy behind the scenes. They likely didn’t even know – or care – that he was Canadian. They were focused on John…