Friday, February 27, 2009 11:45 AM
This week The Barenaked Ladies sent shockwaves through the Canadian nerd rock scene with news that Steven Page, lead singer and noted cocaine enthusiast, would be leaving the group. From their humble beginnings as the subversive rabble rousers of the
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:52 AM
Ah, global warming, you devious bastard. Rising temperatures have had unexpected consequences in Kim Nguyen's Truffe , prime among them the sudden emergence of Montreal as the Black Truffle capital of the world, the tasty little morsels sprouting by the
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:16 PM
Written by: Angela Robinson Directed by: Angela Robinson You just check yoself before you wreck yoself. Great love scene with Helena and Dylan, they're smoking hot together. Can Dylan be trusted or is Helena making a mistake getting involved with her
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Monday, February 23, 2009 4:40 PM
|| If the measure of a man is how cool he sounds while buying a Chrysler that will be used by his company’s hired murderer on his way to hired murders, then Clarke Peters is at the top of the heap.
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Monday, February 23, 2009 8:59 AM
|| Xbox titillates (and vibrates) its way into the adult market.
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Friday, February 20, 2009 4:00 PM
Before you go making your picks for Sunday’s regal rumble, we (me) here at Showcase (.ca) wanted to offer you some tasty informational Timbits to help you on your way. Below you’ll find the Vegas odds, as well as a sexy secret about each of the combatants
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Friday, February 20, 2009 10:20 AM
It’s a gutsy move to make a film like Cadillac Records . On the one hand, movies about American music and the elder statesmen of artists who created it have been done many times before. On the other hand, chronicling the rise of Chess Records and the
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:33 AM
What to do when the week's new releases suck and the first sign of relief - that'd be upcoming superhero opus Watchmen - is still two weeks away? Two things. First, gloat. Last week I wrote about how the film studios were essentially soiling their underthings
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:40 PM
Happy post-Valentine's Day, everyone, I hope that no matter your Facebook relationship status, you had a weekend full of contemplating the frontiers of love. Here's my second post on the topic, about a real-life couple who muse on the subject themselves.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:17 PM
Written by: Ilene Chaiken Directed by: Rose Troche Are you testing me? Is that what this is about? Are you putting on the Crazy Jenny Show just to see how far you can push it with me? Is that what this is? We know that Max, the beautiful mother-to-be,
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Monday, February 16, 2009 4:34 PM
|| Damages adds another Wire alum to the fold this week. Idris Elba -- stay by the phone!
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Friday, February 13, 2009 11:55 AM
At what point did they turn into laughing stocks? I’m sure somewhere there is a support group where Jason Voorhees, Chucky and other erstwhile-imposing legends of gore purge their feelings of inadequacy. The original Friday the 13th is a good movie. Child’s
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:04 AM
How on earth did this happen? After years of steady decline into increasingly feeble sequels and fairly pathetic self parody a new Friday The 13th film is coming and - gasp! - it has all the signs of becoming a major blockbuster. And here I though the
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:18 PM
Written by: Alexandra Kondracke Directed by: Angela Robinson Guest stars: Mei Melançon as Jaime OMMMMGGG!! Jenny and Shane had sex last night. Eww! Eww! The negative for Lez Girls has been stolen and Tina's held responsible. Tina says she's going to kill
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:36 AM
The second a high profile chick flick comes to theaters, something happens to most women: our "girls night out" radar goes up and we gather our best girl friends for a night out which includes dinner, followed by the much anticipated chick flick. In April
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Monday, February 09, 2009 4:33 PM
|| Plot twists notwithstanding, the most shocking thing about Damages’ second season to date happened in this episode, with the arrival of Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond as a Chapstick-smacking spook.
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Friday, February 06, 2009 2:31 PM
Earlier this week a group of French and Spanish scientists brought the Pyrenean ibex back from extinction through cloning. The ibex, a species of Spanish mountain goat, had been declared officially extinct in 2000 after numbers had dwindled throughout
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Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:46 AM
... but I won't be able to because I'll be on another continent. Yeah, it's hard to gripe about missing a couple of opening days due to travel but there's a certain cruel irony in the fact that despite this being February - the traditional dumping ground
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:49 AM
In honour of Valentine's Day (and to encourage shared body warmth during this frigid month), this February's posts are all about love. Not to sound like a grade school health teacher, but getting naked when there's love in the air is pretty mindblowing:
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:18 PM
Written by: Rose Troche Directed by: Rose Troche Guest stars: Elizabeth Berkley as Kelly Wentworth, Jane Lynch as Joyce Wishnia, Alexandra Hedison as Dylan Moreland Excuse me... I didn't order that. Niki's very angry with Jenny. After she throws all her
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Monday, February 02, 2009 3:59 PM
|| It’s no coincidence that the question pulsing through every moment of this episode is also its first line of dialog: "Did you kill your wife?"
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Monday, February 02, 2009 9:28 AM
|| No matter how big a game may be, nowadays it can always expand outward. Thanks, broadband-connected consoles!
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