Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:00 PM
Sarah Silverman is tired of playing a bitch in other people's films so now she gets to play one in her very own TV show! The Sarah Silverman Program is a six-episode sitcom that has already debuted to rave reviews for Comedy Central in the U.S. and premieres
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:57 PM
Your company name Is often a combo of Your last name and “Films” Or sometimes that name Is a reference to how You lost your real job Like “Redundant Inc.” Or, like, “Out Of Work Pictures” I expect more, friend
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Monday, February 26, 2007 11:42 AM
With North Korea and Iran building nuclear arsenals and the threat of Soviet-era warheads finding their way to Islamic terrorists--a la this season of 24 --it was only a matter of time until a nuke went off. But who’d have guess it would explode inside
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Monday, February 26, 2007 10:21 AM
This morning, while searching for some deadly important info in my email inbox, I re-discovered this link to a spectacular demo of THE action sport of the future . It's called Buggy-Rolling and it was invented by a French fellow named Jean-Yves Blondeau.
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Friday, February 23, 2007 2:06 PM
Enough pictures of my filthy, blonde, pre-pubescent ‘stache - it’s time for you, the Blogomaniacs, to strut your stuff. After careful deliberation by the Sideshow Moustache Co-operative, we’ve selected seven finalists and one grand prize winner. Without
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Friday, February 23, 2007 10:04 AM
Well, for those that could not make it to the HMV Superstore in Toronto last Tuesday, I thought I would let you in on the experience first hand from someone hidden in the crowd! While waiting in the long line-up to see the three boys, the excitement and
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:59 PM
For many years, my main occupation revolved around scouring the globe for amazing new directors getting their start shooting short films, music videos and zany Euro TV commercials. As leading age filmmakers ranging from Michel Gondry to Alejandro González
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:10 PM
Something’s changed in my moustache today. As I walked to work, I noticed people looking at me differently – almost with an air of quiet respect – capped off by a youngster no older that eight saying to me, in awe: “Good luck this year Mister Mull-Nicks”.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:09 AM
When I came home the other night my Wii was glowing again. It does this. A slowly pulsating blue glow along the disc tray that signifies, well, something. You never quite know what it's up to. Once it meant I had a virtual globe that I could gleefully
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Monday, February 19, 2007 1:21 PM
I have to preface this by saying I'm a huge fan of Dave Bidini's. I tuned into the Rheostatics early in my adolescence, attended countless shows, read most of his works. An Etobicoke native (as am I), this Canadian rock legend keeps expanding his many
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Monday, February 19, 2007 10:26 AM
Grab your pepperoni sticks and harvest your crops: Trailer Park Boys - The Movie is being released on DVD this Tuesday (February 20th) and if you’re in the Toronto, you’re in for a rare opportunity to meet these Canadian icons. Ricky, Julian and Bubbles
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Friday, February 16, 2007 2:53 PM
Fact Blast #1 : Did you know that the internet works better in the winter, because fibre optic cable runs faster in cold weather? That is completely not true, but would be awesome if it was. Fact Blast #2 : Did you know the internet was invented in December
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:27 PM
To welcome The Moustache Contest , I decided to rock a little soup-strainer of my own. I had the feeling it was going to get ugly, but five days in, things are already far worse than I could have imagined. My phone has stopped ringing, people won’t look
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:38 AM
Located in Macdeonia and nicknamed "Happy Valley", Shutka is home to the largest Roma community in the world. Also known as Gypsys, they are located in one of the poorest regions of Europe. Yet it seems it's a place no one wants to leave. The documentary
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:34 PM
All I Want for Valentine’s Day …is the next best thing to having a boyfriend – the boyfriend pillow . Or, maybe not. If you’re in line to buy this, then you’re not far from hitting up the humane society for those 50 cats that won’t fill that void either.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:09 AM
Well, not everyone thinks of Valentine’s Day as a great romantic day, full of love and romance and blah blah blah… I think of Valentine’s Day as a night out with my man. But in the past, I’ve found myself having the worst luck on that dreaded day, especially
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:20 AM
Though the gaming industry regularly frets about the dearth of female gamers, it’s not totally true. Oh sure, good luck finding a lady to frag in a raucous round of Gears of War multiplayer--unless you joined Gaming Angel‘s co-ed “Love and War” tournament
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Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:19 PM
When you're at a crafts show and find objects like edible chocolate lotion, blown glass sex toys and wearable balloon lingerie, you know you've hit the right spot. This weekend, I headed to an erotic arts and crafts fair at The Gladstone Hotel organized
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Friday, February 09, 2007 2:22 PM
Do you often find yourself saying: “Guy, I’m so down cause everybody treats me like a mad punk.” No? Fine, then how about: “Why can’t I ever get my hands on some serious scrilla ?” Yeah, whatever, you know you say that. Well I used to be you – until I
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Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:12 PM
Hi, Bloglodytes! Guess who's got the big story today? Guess who's the envy of all the other Sideshow bloggers? Hint: It's us, Gary & Dennis! We infiltrated the set of the Showcase Original series Rent-a-Goalie in one of the extras' hockey bags this
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Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:02 PM
Canadians who didn't make the cut in either Rock Star series, are soaking up another opportunity to play in reality TV's big leagues. But this time, it's filmmakers who are set to be fired, voted off and sautéed in wrong sauce . Canadian submissions for
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Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:48 AM
It was pretty exciting around the office yesterday as the gang discussed the upcoming return of LOST to the airwaves. There was even a clip show prior to the first new episode in months...and of course there was something of a cliff-hanger when the show
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:34 AM
Jeff Zucker is probably not a name anyone on this side of the blog tracks is overly familiar with. However, in the U.S. corporate media scene, he is the muthafuckin' man. You see, yesterday, 41-year-old Zucker was named as president of NBC Universal
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:12 PM
The folks behind Montreal-born, New York-based Vice Magazine has enlisted creative director Spike Jonze and an anonymous corporate sponsor (that Brightcove player don't come cheap!) to launch VBS.tv, an online broadcast network . The content is, of
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:04 AM
Ah, Amsterdam, the home of weed on demand, sex on demand and now concerts on demand? Thanks to a little website called Fabchannel you can stream full-length concerts of your favourite indie bands and performers for free—and, apparently it’s
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Monday, February 05, 2007 11:01 AM
Back before computer games required wallet-emptying hardware upgrades, point-and-click adventures were the shit. Though a giant leap beyond the text-based Zork s of yore, these “graphical adventures” involved exploring a series of mostly static
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Friday, February 02, 2007 1:49 PM
Pop-quiz, Blogheads: Q: What do laser tag , Laser Floyd and laser eye surgery have in common, besides being fun for the whole family? A: (Said in a terrifying robotic voice) LAY-ZERRRRRRS. No single invention has straddled the line between coolness and
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Friday, February 02, 2007 11:34 AM
I’ve been riding the Wii wave since it launched back on November 19th. Yes, I was there, waiting in line, and yes, I’m happy I did that. And yes, I’m a geek. I’ve been happily in love with my Wii ever since, especially with Wii
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Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:29 PM
Christopher Bolton is the star and one of the creators of Showcase Original Series Rent-A-Goalie . In the series, Bolton's character, Cake has a shadowy past that has resulted in his quest to live by a code that will better his life. The show's
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Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:15 AM
Outside (and often inside) my cubicle, life is all about House music . I wouldn’t go as far as saying “it’s a spiritual thing,” but the sounds of obsessed computer geeks quite frankly soothes my soul. This fascination is usually
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Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:01 AM
Nothing special here, just a link-up with the kindly blog minders who suggested we make a Technorati Profile. <a href="http://www.technorati.com/claim/7z5ch4ugu6" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a>
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