But progress made toward better representation, no matter how slow (sigh), is still progress in the right direction. 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. Its just bananas. But just two episodes into the series, the Petting Zoo bit proved the brilliance of NFYs marketing satire. At the time, I had been performing drag myself for just over a month, and it was making me feel on top of the world. Plus, where the movies only scored Razzies, their soundtracks were winners. How did Dion accomplish this tour de force? Well, anyone who tuned into the pilot on Jan. 13, 2015, TBH. (Hi! I cant wait to see what the next decade will bring you. The song performed best in Furtados homeland, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Chandler Levack is a writer and a filmmaker who is currently existing in Toronto. A meme was bornand Sad Keanu lived on for the rest of the decade. Its arguably less memorable than all the stuff in space, but when else are the New York Yankees ever going to play in Okotoks? This Toronto-born Second City alum took a Tony home in 2006 for co-writing the book for the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, but he didnt stop there. July Talks hook-laden, heavy approach to alternative rock made the Toronto band into chart-topping successes in Canada. They dont exist. In the last 10 years, Beyonc and Taylor Swift two of the biggest pop stars of the decade both performed covers of You Oughta Know. And in 2015, Alanis herself released a beautiful 20th anniversary edition of the album, including never-before-heard demos. The 2010s saw screen industries worldwide experience a fundamental metamorphosis: streaming services changed the game in terms of the ways audiences watch content and how creators compete in the marketplace. This freaks me out. And thats a really big deal. lang and Sarah McLachlan were heralded as ceremonial triumphs. I was ready to camp and sleep all night. On the red carpet for the opening of the 2019 exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion, Dion jokes that she thought this years Met Gala theme had to do withcamping. But after basking in the attention of 10 women hired off Craigslist, Nathan calls off the ruse. things get even more real at least for Sue, who experiences an emotional breakdown while the exorcist does his thing. By the end of the 2010s, The Simpsons will have aired 678 episodes, making it by far the longest-running American sitcom. From 2013 to 2017, she embodied over a dozen clones on the sci-fi series "Orphan Black," and won an Emmy for it They have successfully put their indomitable signature on each and every project. It felt like a chance to relive the 90s and the young generation of pop stars it produced (Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys), but under an updated, improved Canadian lens. Nope. Search instead in Creative? Both Megan and the actress who plays her are from Montreal, and we also get to meet her Quebecoise mother (played with a questionable accent by Brit Julia Ormond), who, in one episode, makes a random reference to Regina, which surely was the talk of the Saskatchewan capital for most of 2012. Before it was a critically acclaimed 2018 western film starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers was a critically acclaimed 2011 novel written by author Patrick deWitt, whose dark comedy takes readers on an adventure alongside Eli Sisters and his brother Charlie in Oregon and California. They crazy, stupid love him: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Ryan Gosling enthusiasts the chance to compete for the title of his ultimate stan. Discussing homegrown artists who break out internationally is always tricky. With the help of 5,000 volunteers, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games opened to much fanfare and only slight technical setbacks like when one of four pillars failed to rise from the stadium floor to surround the cauldron housing the Olympic flame. In 2010, a Reddit thread about Reeves apparently rescuing a woman stranded on the side of the highway who was without a functioning car or cell phone percolated around the web. Montreal chef Chuck Hughes wins Iron Chef America. The Birdcage, Brokeback Mountain, The Imitation Game, Dallas Buyers Club and Philadelphia were all directed by straight men, while Modern Family and even Will & Grace definitely catered to straight audiences. Jean of the Joneses was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards (including Best Original Screenplay) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Best First Screenplay). Tatiana Maslany says she is a huge Catherine O'Hara fan as she reacts to the number of Canadian Emmy nominees which include O'Hara, Eugene and Dan Levy, Anni. 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. Its the Bentall 5 building downtown. It was designed by Patkau Architects, and the Vancouver firm went on to win a Governor Generals Medal in Architecture in 2018 for its work. When the New York Times named Saskatoon one of the 52 places to go in 2018, the Remai Modern was tipped as the main attraction. Its fitting that one of Cline Dions biggest songs is called A New Day Has Come because upon the debut of her second Las Vegas residency (called Celine) in 2011, she sparked the Dion renaissance that only seems to be getting stronger even now. 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. As for the colour, the dresss near-black/navy shade reflected the occasions sombre tone. That scene where a doozy of a dirt cloud spoils a baseball game? Furthering the lasting mark of Offreds dystopian nightmare, the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwoods novel cleaned up at the 2017 Emmys, earning trophies for outstanding drama series, supporting actress (drama), lead actress (drama) and writing (drama). Enter Jeremy Dutcher, whose win for Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa beat out contemporaries like Alvvays and U.S. But much like Speed protagonist Jack Traven, Reeves kept a cool head. The fact that were not still celebrating the majesty of Despacito is an egregious oversight one I hope we can right at the close of this blurb. Turns out, were also a haven in real life for American TV producers looking for literature they can adapt into Emmy Award machines! And if it means more Asian-Canadians can cross stages in fancy gowns and suits to accept awards, then I look forward to swooning more. But in the 2010s, Stella Meghie proved that it was indeed possible. (The fact that that scene isnt already gay canon is, to me, a greater outrage than any Emmy snub.). 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. (Hell turn 19 soon; does that make you feel old?). This is the lasting legacy of the 2010s in Canadian pop. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, (Getty Images: Mark Metcalfe/Rebecca Sapp/Ethan Miller). Even if the story of a woman falling in love with a water monster/fish-man wasnt entirely up your alley (full disclosure: Id be more interested in it if he wore jeans), The Shape of Water became a point of Canadian pride after the crew cleaned up at the Academy Awards. Elliot Page comes out at the Human Rights Campaign Foundations inaugural Time to Thrive conference. But less so? No doubt, Asian-Canadian representation in the 2010s was stellar. The truth about not only Tat, but also Dan Levy (the visionary co-creator of Schitts Creek and also a longtime friend) and other Canadian artists, is that weve always had the talent just maybe not the audacity to make it known. Just kidding Im not delusional. Women made an impact in other forms of media during the 2010s too like music videos. Expect to see a lot more of her in the 2020s. (Six years later, the National Gallery saw its largest-ever opening crowd for Sakahn's followup, badakone.). A man lies unconscious, or dead, in the most strangely peaceful detail of the scene, as we hope the two teens running away in the distance make it to some kind of safety. And yeah, its also why you LOLd at a tweet about Dumb Starbucks at some point in 2014. Its humbling to think that on a beautiful, balmy August night, anyone even slightly acquainted with the Tragically Hip arguably one of the most important bands in Canadian music, whose ability to blend poetry, politics and incredible hooks have left them untouchable wept openly as lead singer Gord Downie performed for the last time following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Because honestly, its not too often that a brand-new actor ends up fronting a movie that earns a goddamn billion. 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 Toronto comedian seemed to fear no one, brought receipts to every argument and created a safe place for like minds who were as angry, confused and scared as she appeared to be. TORONTO - Catherine O'Hara, Sidney Crosby and Tatiana Maslany are among the stars set to appear at the Canadian Screen Awards. I suppose its what makes this segment one of the more powerful moments in NFYs run: its just candid enough to shake your grasp of whats genuine or scripted, fact or fiction. (Hawkinss character lives above a gilded cinema the real-life Elgin Theatre, where The Shape of Water screened at TIFF.). As raw and unflinching as Betroffenheit is, writes Judith Mackrell, you come away from it with a wild feeling of exhilaration uplifted by its courage, its coruscating beauty and by the faith it affirms in the power of art to address emotions that lie beyond reason or words. That those emotions derive from Youngs real-life tragedy what Pite calls the engine of the work makes the accomplishment all the more extraordinary. Maybe you bought your ticket to the show with the funny-sounding German title on the strength of the cabaret dancers on the poster, expecting a droll night out in Weimar Berlin. Alessia Caras debut single, released on both her debut EP Four Pink Walls and debut full-length Know-It-All, Here is a song about wanting to leave parties and the splendour of doing just that. She seems fascinated by the way these characters grow and change through their relationships, their passions, their career woes and their secrets. The bar may be low, but Reeves just keeps raising it. Follow the promenade at the bottom of the funicular, and youll reach a cantilevered lookout tower which stretches over the North Saskatchewan River. Looking back, I realize that regardless of the set, if theres one time Tat has never said sorry, its between action and cut. Shes always been a fucking savage in the work itself, from her raw performance in 2010s Grown Up Movie Star to beating the shit out of Nicole Kidman in last years Destroyer. 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. Miss Chief Eagle Testickle unveils Kent Monkmans latest searing indictment on Facebook. Asian-Canadians further represented when Sandra Oh became the first Asian person to host the Golden Globes in 2019. As a current resident of Cambridge, Ont., its important for me to inform all of you that parts of The Handmaids Tale were filmed a stones throw from my apartment, and for a small fee I would be delighted to show you around or sneak us on set. Im not sure whether the series quite takes a position on issues like solitary confinement or the death penalty, or whether it functions as an investigation into a real part of this country that many of us are lucky enough to never see but either way, its chilling. Their own shows seemed to incorporate Canadian references and plotlines with strange regularity in the 2010s, suggesting a lot of U.S. writers rooms have a bit of a crush on us (or maybe that those writers rooms just have a lot of Canadians working in them). 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. The same could be said of the movie, filmed at a time when indie rock ruled (Broken Social Scene and Metric appear on the soundtrack), the Sonic Boom record store was still on Bloor Street and 20-something dirtbags shared basement apartments in the Annex. Altmejds The Flux and The Puddle, which appeared as part of his 2015 retrospective, reads like the lab of a madman, or maybe some sort of future version of an island Dr. Moreau lived on, or a cabinet of curiosities I never want to see again but also cant help but really want to see again. Bills a recurring presence on the show, popping up in scams or even just visual gags, usually rambling about Microsoft and providing a little surreal colour. Even as a performer who is considered such, its hard to sum up the ethos of what makes me alternative because it has historically been a label given by others rather than claimed by oneself. Geoffrey Jamess chilling look inside Kingston Pen opens 2 km away from the prison at Queens Universitys Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Geoffrey James Armed guard outside Tower 3 (TrpanierBaer Gallery). Traditionally, mainstream drag has always focused on passability, meaning to pass realistically as the opposite of your assigned or expressed daily gender. The record took risks, aligned itself with strange, unique visuals and featured lyrics that were introspective, angry and unafraid of what anybody might think. Its early 2011, and Denis Villeneuves Incendies is up for the Academy Award for best foreign language film. Still, Dion is still more queen of corny than queen of cool. A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 2, 2017 at 8:32am PDT. Tanya Talaga wins the RBC Taylor Prize for her first book, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Youngs dance sensation, This dance-theatre hybrid born from tragedy became the decades most unlikely global hit, 10 Canadians who killed it on Broadway in the 2010s, lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, Dutchers victory was historic for a few reasons, went on to surpass $1 billion US at the box office worldwide, Toronto drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes finishes second on the 11th season of, In the 2010s, drag wasn't a race in Canada we ran together (and slayed). And it all began with Justin Biebers Baby.. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. But BoJack Horseman, an animated show about a famous actor/horse and his peers, managed to evolve into a touchstone for anyone acquainted with unhappiness. Is Dion doing it for the kids? Baroness von Sketch Shows Aurora Browne talks about how Tanya Talagas investigative book Seven Fallen Feathers opened her eyes to Thunder Bays past and present treatment of Indigenous communities. Although Reeves has never officially confirmed this story, it seems so Keanu-esque that we might as well believe it. Back in 2011, The Weeknd was an enigma. 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. The song is folk-pop perfection a gorgeous declaration of love with a percussive guitar backtrack and a soaring chorus. With highlights like the premiere of the sitcom Kims Convenience, Manny Jacintos stereotype-breaking role on The Good Place, Sandra Oh becoming the first Asian person to host the Golden Globes, and the announcement of Simu Liu as Marvels first Asian superhero, the last decade was full of watershed moments. The jury called the building both complex and serene, a masterpiece on every level, and it received plenty more major accolades that same year, including a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Award for International Excellence and an AIA (American Institute of Architects) Award. The star is Bill Heath, a Bill Gates impersonator who first appears in Season 2. The petition has garnered more than 170,000 signatures to date. Both actors have been exceptional across Dolans filmography (in particular, Dorval in I Killed My Mother and Clment in Laurence, Anyways), but Mommy was everybodys finest hour (or two and a half hours, as it were). My hope for 2020 is that artists continue to pay homage, show pride and subvert borders to assert their identity and their history. Because regardless of whether the Emmys take notice, its going to make great TV. In Canada, its been one big show where everyone, with the right amount of hard work and determination, can all come together to perform greatness. 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. In the shows dystopian version of America a totalitarian society where fertile women are child-bearing slaves Canada does get to play a supporting role in the narrative: like in Atwoods novel, our country is a safe haven for the characters to escape to (though only some are lucky enough to get here). The Rose . By tailoring her persona to different cultures America, Quebec, France, Japan she IS the epitome of an international star. But despite her global success, Dion was never cool. First of all, that concept. And all three of those were shot in B.C. It looks like something out of an Avengers flick: a steel double helix-like structure painted firetruck red. But while a couple of her songs have crossed borders and become international hits Call Me Maybe being the most obvious example Your Type, with its shimmering chords and lovesick lyrics, failed to perform commercially outside of Canada. I am now 34. Acclaimed but never a smash, its the rarest of comic book adaptations: a movie thats lovingly faithful to the source material. Meanwhile, the films produced in Quebec this decade by great French-Canadian auteurs like Monia Chokri, Anne mond, Sophie Goyette, Myriam Verreault, Genevive Dulude-De Celles, Louise Archambault and Chlo Robichaud should mean that we never have to speak of Jean-Marc Valle again after what he did to poor Andrea Arnold. But really, the inn pays homage to local architecture and industry. In the decade since Drag Race premiered, the number of drag performers, professionals, ingenues and aspiring hopefuls has skyrocketed. How can we explain their sweeping success and the resonance of their work? Martel himself was pleased with the adaptation; in an interview, he said that hed opted to trust Lees ability to tell the story and felt the result was brilliant. He also revealed that Richard Parker is more than just a tiger, but thats a conversation I hope you all had circa 2001. Through vivid storytelling at the hands of his gender-fluid, time-travelling alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Monkmans work used historical events to celebrate the resilience of Indigenous people despite the onslaught of colonialism. Obsidian Theatre Company stuns at the Dora Awards. Thats iconic behaviour, but his presentation about the game at E3 a major video game expo was even more so. In this episode, Nathans preparing for a very real appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Few artists can draw out emotions like Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, and even fewer can bring those emotions out simultaneously. 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. Amanda Parris is a columnist for CBC Arts, the host of CBC Arts: Exhibitionists and Marvins Room on CBC Music, and the author of the Governor General Award-winning play Other Side of the Game. Elliot Page is living proof of that. While shes now a mainstay on the landscape of Canadian publishing, in 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published her first book, God Loves Hair a collection of 21 short stories that follow a child who navigates topics like gender, racial politics, sexuality and religion. Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before in music, film and TV, literature, visual art, dance, theatre and everything in between. 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. As the lead single off Biebers first full-length album, My World 2.0, its lyrics were simple (Oh, for you, I wouldve done whatever / And I just cant believe we aint together), its melody was easy to sing along with and its catchiness made it an aggressive earworm that could quickly convince anybody listening that it was the greatest song in the world. By the shows final season, it wasnt just ignoring the line between the NFY universe and our own it was erasing it entirely. 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. In 2018, her third feature film The Weekend premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released in theatres earlier this year. The concept suggests an opening flower. This is exactly what youd think Oscar voters would be looking for in their best original song category except Cut to the Feeling was deemed ineligible because Jepsen didnt record it specifically for the film, denying us what would have surely been an epic performance at the Oscars and leading my former employer Indiewire to demand the Academy reconsider its rules. Most excitingly, the 2010s have seen a shift of consciousness that empowered Indigenous women to tell their own stories. While there are artists who emerged from the wreckage of these schools, I mourn the loss of the artists who may have been if theyd had the support, and the Indigenous artistic movements that could have flourished if only Canada hadnt marked our nations for destruction. her squad of superstars). This is the question audiences asked so much that Avatar surpassed Titanics box office record in 41 days to become the highest grossing film of all time (earning roughly $2.79 billion US) at least until Avengers: Endgame stole the crown this summer. She leaves everything on the mic on this song, so it figures that her fellow Canadians ate it up. Here are nine other reasons why Alanis still matters: And nothing anyone at Jezebel can say will ever diminish the cultural significance and magnitude of this album. It featured Mozarts Piano Concerto No. But connect it did. 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. 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. Youve got your reboots, your action franchises and a bunch of G-rated Disney extravaganzas. Only two years after directing Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Jean-Marc Valle became an even bigger mainstream sensation after the premiere and success of Big Little Lies, the HBO adaptation of the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty. Although Tatiana . Three of the five premiered in the 2010s: Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2. But two minutes in, you know the man is in trouble. Its incredibly hard to describe alternative drag succinctly. I like David Altmejd but I dont want to meet him, like, ever? But on Nathans advice, she teams up with a psychic, and on a routine home inspection, the guy claims to sense a malevolent presence. dollars.) David Ly is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn and the poetry collection Mythical Man. Kent Monkmans The Scoop borrows from the scale and pomp of European (and Canadian) history paintings to viscerally depict the kidnapping of Indigenous children from their parents in the 1960s. The plan: Find an ordinary guy and transform him into a national hero.. It couldnt be more obvious than on mid-tempo anthem Imperfections, where Dion sings that she has her own you guessed it imperfections. But in a decade of mega-powered blockbusters, Scott Pilgrim was always going to be the misfit. ), Before he was linked to Camila Cabello, before he collaborated with Taylor Swift and before he was anointed the face of Tim Hortons (the biggest achievement of all three), Shawn Mendes was just a Canadian boy, standing in front of the internet, asking all of us to like him. He might not say it out loud, but the characters real KPI is friendship, and what, besides money, is a bigger motivation than the power of love? 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. Starting the year off on what seemed like a hopeful note (oh, how wrong we were), Samantha Bee debuted her often-satirical late-night talk show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, in February. The rest, as they say, is history. First trailer for Schitt's Creek star's new movie. And directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver), its a hyper-stylized rom-com blended with a few rounds of Street Fighter. That temporary site is marked for a Westbank condo development, which is also designed by Ingels, and the complex is expected to feature a pixel-ish aesthetic, very similar to Unzipped. Meanwhile, Dolan became mind-bogglingly prolific and had his arthouse blockbuster moment with Mommy, then produced Adeles Hello music video and directed in Europe and the U.S. As a francophone Qubcoise living in Toronto and working in the film industry, this decade felt like watching the kids we had cared for and supported emotionally and financially for years suddenly fly the coop and leave home. Which was helped, obviously, by the bands killer performance of Ready to Start, which closed out the show that night. The tragic story behind the show was well-known in the arts community when it debuted in 2015. Turns out, Tegan and Sara can do anything but true blue fans already knew that. There are no jade eggs involved, no sauna suits just a workout plan entirely focused on hauling boxes and furniture. Shortly after the birth of Winter this year, Alanis posted a raw and honest blog on her website, in which she described PPD as a sneaky monkey with a machete working its way through my psyche.. 2015 ended on a cultural high note after Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Drake had banner years, dominating the Billboard charts. Famous names like Sam Smith and David Guetta also contribute to the songwriting effort. I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. Whatever I had done resonated with the entire world and the attention was like sunlight on my soul., The plan: Turn the job of moving into Americas next fitness craze.. When architect Fumihiko Maki got the assignment to build North Americas first museum of Islamic art and culture, capturing the concept of light was apparently the brief. Alanis Morissette releases her eighth studio album, Havoc and Bright Lights. The mere fact that someone was able to light the internet on fire in 2019 by writing a review of a record thats almost 25 years old tells you just how powerful this album is. (The number of panel discussions and essays centred around the question What makes Cancon Cancon? speaks to this.) Also? ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. Gays familiar with his work are gagging. Magali Simard is the City of Torontos Film Sector Development Officer and spent years as a Canadian and International film programmer at TIFF.
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