Maple Leaf Jennifer Lawrence and David O Russell: Muse and Director David O Russell was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival Talks Directors series on Saturday in a discussion with Jennifer Lawrence. He’s directed her in three films: Silver Linings Playbook, for which she won the Best Actress Oscar; American Hustle, for which she was nominated for an Oscar; and By Lainey • Apr 29, 2019 02:16 pm
TV Updates Sandra Oh, the Pioneer Today is National Canadian Film Day, a day to celebrate Canadian filmmaking and the big talent we have here. A broad program of screenings and events have been organised – if you are in Canada, please click here if you’d like to participate. Today is also the day that TIME By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 04:25 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu Reeves is front and center and as unknowable as ever In the midst of Avengers: Endgame madness, it’s easy to forget this is just the first big movie of summer, and there are other movies coming out. One of those movies is John Wick: Chapter 3 and to remind us of this fact, Keanu Reeves is on the cover By Sarah • Apr 15, 2019 02:50 pm
TV Updates Zendaya Angsts in Drake’s HBO Teen Series Trailer You know that idiom in fashion that says if you wore a trend the first time around, it’s not for you the second time? I mostly think that’s dumb, but watching the trailer for Euphoria, the new HBO teen series starring Zendaya from executive producer Drake, I started By Duana • Apr 12, 2019 11:04 am
Maple Leaf Charlize Theron: “shockingly available” Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen were in Vegas for CinemaCon yesterday to promote Long Shot and they were presented with the Comedy Stars of the Year Award. Long Shot was well-received at SXSW last month, Charlize and Seth’s chemistry is reportedly really strong, and as we saw last year, By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 12:09 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for April 4, 2019 Dear Gossips, CELINE! If you visit this site regularly, you know that for months I’ve been trying to get to Vegas to see Celine Dion before she ends her residency. I’ve never been to a Celine Dion show. Yesterday she announced that she’s touring North America for By Lainey • Apr 04, 2019 08:50 am
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: “I’m worth it” Celine Dion was announced as the newest global ambassador for L’Oreal Paris. She just celebrated her 51st birthday. This is her first-ever beauty contract and she is FEELING herself, as she should be, declaring in the press release that: "When you think I’m done, I’m just By Lainey • Apr 02, 2019 04:05 pm
Maple Leaf Carly Rae Jepsen Announces Album Date and US Tour April has already been the best month of this year, and we’re only on day two. Yesterday, Ariana released a new single and video which I wrote about earlier AND Carly Rae Jepsen announced that her new album Dedicated is dropping May 17th and that she’s touring starting By Prem • Apr 02, 2019 03:41 pm
Maple Leaf Everybody Plays the Fool “Everybody” in this case means me. ME. Let’s back up to yesterday’s Celebrity Social Media, in which I praised Jennifer Garner’s “book announcement,” which was a joke. I obviously knew to be on extra high alert for fake sh-t. As the day went on, I noted a By Maria • Apr 02, 2019 09:16 am
Maple Leaf Intro for April 1, 2019 Dear Gossips, There won’t be any April fooling on this site today, partly because I’m not clever enough to run a prank but also because I’ve never associated foolishness with the date. April 1st has always been good to me: my parents were married on April 1st, By Lainey • Apr 01, 2019 08:37 am
Maple Leaf You can’t keep all the feelings in the car Celine Dion is doing Carpool Karaoke. James Corden confirmed as much on Twitter: oh hey @celinedion pic.twitter.com/FbZ1ardKRS— James Corden (@JKCorden) March 22, 2019 Makes sense. She has a lot of hits. The challenge will be to narrow down which ones to sing along to. But also? She By Lainey • Mar 25, 2019 04:10 pm
TV Updates Intro for March 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, Jann Arden is a Canadian treasure. Her album Living Under June, that includes the hit singles “Good Mother”, “Could I Be Your Girl”, and “Insensitive”, came out 25 years ago this year. You know what’s amazing about Jann though? She’s about to turn 57 – and she By Lainey • Mar 20, 2019 08:32 am
Maple Leaf Toy Story 4: Homeward Bound The Toy Story franchise has always been a secret nightmare, but now the full trailer for Toy Story 4 is embracing it and leaning straight into its nightmare roots. This trailer has so much nightmare fuel, I don’t even know where to start. There’s Forky, the kindergarten craft By Sarah • Mar 19, 2019 03:27 pm
Maple Leaf Intro for March 18, 2019 Dear Gossips, The Juno Awards happened last night in Canada. These are our Grammys, a showcase of Canadian talent, much of which, as you have seen if you live outside Canada, has had undeniable global impact – and in many cases, the support begins at home. Sarah McLachlan hosted the show By Lainey • Mar 18, 2019 09:06 am
TV Updates Intro for March 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, Taika Waititi posted a Bob Marley quote today on Twitter: "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness." The light in this space today belongs to Lilly Singh. She was By Lainey • Mar 15, 2019 09:07 am
Maple Leaf Toronto politics at SXSW When the photos first emerged of Damian Lewis on-set in prosthetic makeup as late Toronto mayor Rob Ford — whose crack smoking scandal and sometimes debaucherous behaviour became fodder for late night jokes (and a Kimmel interview) and global fascination — it was easy to assume the movie was all about him. By Joanna • Mar 14, 2019 03:38 pm