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Summer Literary Seminars 2011: a midstream entry
Summer Literary Seminars was founded in 1998 by Russian emigre writer and Concordia faculty member Mikhael Iossel, dedicated with laudable high-mindedness to “the basic underlying principle (…) that...
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Photo of the Day: April 15, 2012 – Hologram of the dead at Coachella
Seems strange, but maybe I’m just out of touch. …
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Osheaga 2012, Day 2: Karim Ouellet, Plants and Animals, Young Galaxy, A$AP...
Karim Ouellet The living was easy at the Trees Stage, Saturday afternoon, as a decent-size crowd took in the funk-soul-rock of Senegalese-Montrealer Karim Ouellet. A core crew of fans braved the sun,...
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TIFF 2012: ex-Montrealer co-produces Snoop Lion reggae doc Reincarnated
There’s a Montreal connection to Snoop Dogg’s transformation from gangsta rapper to reggae crooner Snoop Lion. Snoop spent a month in Jamaica earlier this year to record his upcoming reggae album...
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New music release: Reincarnated, Snoop Lion (VICE)
So Snoop Dogg gave up gangsta rap, spent a month in Jamaica and made a reggae album, even claiming he carries the spirit of Bob Marley. While the premise is absurd, the album isn’t half-bad. A good...
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Camilli: Aniston amazed by outcry over Oscar snub
Jennifer Aniston is apparently terrific in her movie big-screen drama Cake, so many people were surprised she didn’t get an Oscar nomination. Now she has responded, with class: “I was amazed at how...
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Camilli: From fake sheep to real horses, movie life can be tricky
Carey Mulligan, out plugging her new movie Far From the Madding Crowd, revealed a taste of how surreal film-making can be. The picture is a rural period piece, complete with sheep. For health and...
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Camilli: Game of Thrones is a history lesson to Snoop
People unclear on the concept: Marijuana advocate Snoop may have set the legalization movement back 20 years when telling the N.Y. Post why he likes Game of Thrones: “I watch it for historic reasons,...
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Pop Tart: 10 years of Osheaga photographed by Susan Moss
The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival presents the much-anticipated exhibition Ten Years of Osheaga: A Retrospective in Photos by Susan Moss at the Galerie Yves Laroche beginning on July 2. The...
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Doug Camilli: Snoop Dogg's European tour isn't going well
I don’t think Snoop Dogg is enjoying his European tour. Last week Swedish cops stopped him on suspicion of marijuana possession – what was their first clue, I wonder – and now there’s a report that he...
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Legal marijuana: Who is poised to profit?
Is marijuana the next billion-dollar industry in Canada? If you ask people who work at medical-marijuana companies like Tweed and Hydropothecary — which have invested millions of dollars to comply with...
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P.K. Subban and Snoop Dogg shoot hoops for charity
We’ll soon see if P.K. Subban can shoot hoops with the same precision he uses to shoot pucks. The Habs star will be leading a basketball team to take on a squad led by one Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. —...
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Tickets for P.K. Subban, Snoop Dogg charity basketball game go on sale
Tickets for the charity basketball game featuring Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban and Snoop Dogg go on sale today. The event, put on by Just for Laughs and JKA Entertainment, will be held June 11 at...
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P.K. Subban scores a Just for Laughs gala gig
The 34th Just for Laughs festival will be closing with a bang, and perhaps a hip check or two. P.K. Subban will once again be going where no Montreal Canadien has gone before, and the stalwart Habs...
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Roundup: Margaret Cho and Awkwafina's raunchy girl rap, Prince's Billboard...
Comedian Margaret Cho has teamed up with rapper Awkwafina for a DNSFW ode to the power of women. And to vaginal imagery. We should stop writing now. You check it out for yourself. Snoop Dogg wants you...
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P.K. Subban, Snoop Dogg charity basketball game postponed for a year
The hoop dreams of P.K. Subban and Snoop Dogg have been put on hold. The Habs star and the actor/rapper have had to postpone their planned charity-fundraiser basketball game to the summer of 2017,...
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Doug Camilli: Brad Pitt has no problem with Angelina Jolie's 'manny'
Domestic arrangements of the stars: Angelina Jolie’s brother, James Haven, is staying with Angie and the kids in that rented Malibu beach house. He’s sort of the “manny,” helping her tend to the brood....
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