Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: When We Were Young No matter what nostalgia brings up for you – sweet memories or bittersweet ones – music has a way of wrapping it all up in comfort. This week, Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan are serving a dose so essential, it basically made for my favourite weekend of 2025 so far, based off By MC • May 13, 2025 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool’s final push Deadpool & Wolverine opens at the end of the week, and since I just nailed a box office prediction with Twisters, I’ll try again with this one. Deadpool is tracking for a $160 million opening weekend, but once again I think that’s low, and it will go upwards By Sarah • Jul 23, 2024 10:34 am
Avril Lavigne Shania, So Shania Shania Twain received the Academy of Country Music Poet’s Award last night at the ACM Honors – I mean nobody needs to explain why she deserves this but I just want to point out here that “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” is one of the best song titles, and By Lainey • Aug 25, 2022 02:43 pm
Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne’s Clone TikTok I have always been fascinated by conspiracy theories. If I let myself, I could go down a deep, dark hole on YouTube watching all things Mandela Effect for HOURS. One of the conspiracies I’ve learned about during these times is the Avril Lavigne clone conspiracy, and apparently Avril (or By Anastasia • Jun 28, 2022 02:34 pm
Music BING BONG! at Variety’s Hitmaker Brunch This weekend was Variety’s fifth-annual Music Hitmakers Brunch and with it came some great content like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo posing for a photo together (I see this one as a passing of the torch moment). But one of the best content moments is from Lil Nas X’ By Anastasia • Dec 06, 2021 12:47 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Social Media, March 6, 2017 Does Sarah Hyland have friends? Here’s what they should tell her: you are famous. Your boyfriend, also an actor, is not. He is walking that red carpet because of you, as your guest. You are there for work. So perhaps he could pull out his totes adorbs act another By Maria • Mar 06, 2017 04:42 pm
Hook Ups #ChavrilisUnbroken While Canada was celebrating hosting its first ever NBA All-Star Weekend last night, our country’s first couple showed up to Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party together, like, together. Gossip Cop reports that the two are definitely back together. And Gossip Cop pretty much only reports stories sanctioned by celebrity By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 03:18 pm
Break Ups Chavril: it’s over! Last year, almost exactly around this time, there were reports that Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger were done. Click here for a refresher. They tried to deny it. But it didn’t seem like they were together all that often. And then she got sick. Avril is better now, which By Lainey • Sep 02, 2015 03:48 pm
Break Ups The First Couple of Canadian Music: over? US Weekly reported yesterday that Chad Kroeger has been telling people that he and Avril Lavigne are done. We actually covered this on etalk a couple of months ago. That’s how long he’s been walking around announcing this. E! News has more detail about why these two could By Lainey • Sep 18, 2014 10:43 am
Maple Leaf 14 and under This is what I always say about Avril Lavigne: her fan base never grows with her. So she has to keep going back to mining from the 14 and under demo. That’s the only age range that will appreciate –if that’s the word – her new video for the By Lainey • Apr 23, 2014 12:39 pm
Maple Leaf Promoting the Greatest Canadian Love Story We have so much to be proud of here in Canada. Earlier this year, Chris Hadfield was a maple leaf badass up in space. Last week, one of our most treasured writers, Alice Munro, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. And now… Now Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger, newlyweds, are By Lainey • Oct 16, 2013 11:04 am
Style Nicole Kidman & Jackie Chan Random combination, right? But we’ve been following China’s increasing influence in film. Two weeks ago, Kidman was in China at the Wanda Group’s announcement of an $8.2 million film production studio along with Leonardo DiCaprio and several other high profile celebrities. Hollywood needs money. And China By Lainey • Oct 07, 2013 03:09 pm
Dumbass Avril Lavigne is frenching Winnie Cooper Avril Lavigne has a new video, and she’s making out with Winnie Cooper in it and it’s just making me feel so old. I’m sorry to make this about me, and I’m sorry to be a h8er boi, and I’m sorry that I’m about By Dean • Aug 21, 2013 11:20 am
Maple Leaf The real star of Avril Lavigne’s new video Avril Lavigne was out in LA shooting a new video yesterday. Emily, who is our site coordinator, sent me a note last night comparing the look to Tank Girl. As in how dare this goddamn bitch disrespect Tank Girl!? Oh it’s more of the same Avril. Avril in heavy By Lainey • Jul 26, 2013 12:15 pm
Maple Leaf The First Couple of Canadian Music – a wedding in black Our nation’s pride, Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger, were married in the South of France the other day. HELLO! Canada has the exclusive photos. As you can see, Avril wore black. A black wedding dress. With a black bouquet. And a LOT of black eyeliner. I can get with By Lainey • Jul 03, 2013 12:13 pm
Maple Leaf The First Couple of Canadian music marry on Canada Day Oh Canada Our home and native land… Today we celebrate our nation’s birthday… by celebrating the love of our nation’s, um, most musical couple. Throw up two fingers and a thumb, turn it backwards, stick out your tongue, and let out a Hell Yeah. Or, you know, don’ By Lainey • Jul 01, 2013 11:42 am