In the new documentary film Let’s All Hate Toronto , Mr. Toronto (Albert Nerenberg) travels across the nation to find out why everyone’s got it in for Canada’s most recognizable city. He’s narrowed it down to a top 10 list and I’ve taken it upon myself,

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Time is precious. Wouldn’t you agree? I think that’s why I generally choose videogames that don’t require a lot of invested time, like WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Wii Play . I’m a big fan of the 10-15 minutes of action I can squeeze in while supper’s

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Over the years I‘ve carjacked cops , atomized aliens and punched out Mike Tyson . But one thing I hadn’t ever done in a videogame was make sushi. Well, time to cross that one off the list thanks to the latest weird Wii title Cooking Mama: Cook Off . Though

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Houston , eat your heart out. Your small time 500-man gang-bang record is about to be demolished! On May 17th, Erin Daye (pictured right with arm tattoos) will attempt to double that feat and then some, attempting to have sex with 1001 men in one sitting.

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Most Canadians know Sam Sullivan as the flag-waving quadriplegic mayor of Vancouver and the emotional center of the Torino closing ceremonies as he took the Olympic flag on Vancouver's behalf. What most don’t know about is the white-knuckled resilience

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Yesterday afternoon, the Toronto International Film Festival Group officially broke ground for the construction of the much-ballyhoo'd Bell Festival Centre at the corner of King & John in downtown Toronto. But rather than gathering at the actual site,

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The last great literary work of legendary fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien , The Children Of Húrin , was released by Harper Collins last week around the world. As with many in the nerdly community where Tolkien is held in the same regard as, I dunno, Jesus,

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It’s safe to say that Frank van Keeken knows a lot about comedy. A Canadian comedy legend, Frank has been around the block in the television world, working on everything from Seinfeld to Mad About You . After an extended dalliance in the States, Frank

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My favourite idea for a music video goes like this: We start inside a house and no one is home. A man, 32-ish, walks in the front door. It’s his house. It’s approximately 7:30pm. He takes off his shoes and throws his keys in a small bowl and puts his

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A documentary being shown at this year's Hot Docs film festival depicts one of this culture's last taboos. It's called Zoo . The film, directed by Robinson Devor, follows the story and shocking death of Kenneth Pinyan , a Boeing aerospace engineer who

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The boys from Sunnyvale were in Toronto for the Chapters book signing on April 5, 2007 and took some time out of their very hectic schedule to answer your questions on Blogtv.ca ! Due to the incredible response, we had a blast interviewing the boys, while

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Generally technology format wars--from VHS vs. Beta to the current Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD --have been two-front battles that caused people to bitch about the consumer getting screwed. Yet everyone seems cool with a tripartite gaming world because, well, it's

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Blogrophiliacs, I like to help. It’s what I call my nature . Cats say ‘Meow!’, dogs say ‘Warf!’, and I help. It’s all I’ve ever known. Today I’ve decided to help you keep your job. “Hold the phone!” you say, “I don’t need no help keeping my fling-flarming

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The rains blanketing our fair city may wash away the filth of another urban winter, but it takes the scathing gossip-mongering and link-farming of my favourite message board and weekly newsletter focusing on satirical celebrity gossip, Popbitch to schlep

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I guess flying around on SecondLife got tiresome for some online masochists. So now there's sex furniture and machines to further enhance the virtual experience. This site has some graphic but telling images of what you might find if you connect with

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Watching Grindhouse is the cinematic equivalent of getting your fingers bitten off by a zombie: it takes a little longer than expected, but is still super-enjoyable. Ironic, then, that Robert Rodriguez put this very finger-feasting scenario into his feature

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There have been countless conversations about whether or not games constitute art. Most recently, this debate was fired up by the winter PS2 title Okami , which played like a Japanese watercolour brought to life, though its creator Atsushi Inaba tried

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I’m going to start off by discussing a newsworthy novel and end up rehashing facts of online auctions for vaginal surgery leftovers, in three paragraphs or less. You ready? Let’s do it. Jenna Jameson wants to make a movie adaptation of her 2004 best-selling

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As a Trailer Park Boys addict, I’ve been wondering a thing or two over the last six, going on seven seasons. I’ve found some answers to my queries online and obviously watched for give-aways on TV, but there are still some unanswered questions that remain

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When I listened to Circa Survive ’s Juturna for the first time, I seriously thought it was a 12 year old boy singing. Maybe 13. ( Give a listen here, especially Stop The Fucking Car. ) And I was like ‘Wow, those emo/pop/punk bands are getting younger

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For some reason, I delayed cracking open Gary Shteyngart 's Absurdistan immediately; perhaps the recent, Borat-induced hype surrounding Kazakhstan caused some subconscious hesitation on my part. Either way, when I picked it up, I didn't put it down until

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