By the end of the following month, it had sold more than 160,000 units on iTunes and its accompanying music video had been viewed more than 4.5 million times. Women made an impact in other forms of media during the 2010s too like music videos. The Illinois-born, Ontario-raised director won his first Tony Award in 1985 for directing Big River and has had a storied career ever since. Toronto drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes finishes second on the 11th season of RuPauls Drag Race. But what might be my favourite thing about Canadian drag is what we have done in the last decade without the end goal of reality TV. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. So Harris et al. Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany, actor (born 22 September 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan). I am now 34. Set in Toronto (so rare!) Expect to see a lot more of her in the 2020s. Its the second half of Betroffenheit, though, that elevates it to genius. The Times piece called it a centrepiece of Saskatoons redeveloping riverfront, and that growth has earned the city a more recent mention: Architectural Digest named the city a top travel destination for 2019. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, (Getty Images: Mark Metcalfe/Rebecca Sapp/Ethan Miller). And in the fall of 2012, NFY (accidentally?) The story about a single mother (played powerfully by Anne Dorval) trying to raise her troubled son (Antoine Olivier Pilon) was praised as a cinematic tour de force, or even better: a gale-force blast of raw, unrelenting emotion. As a result, Mommy went on to become Dolans highest grossing feature, and the following year, the writer/director/producer directed Adeles video for Hello (which would go on to get over 2.5 billion views on YouTube). The teen romance starring Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson was only Meghies second feature film, but it made Hollywood and the rest of the world sit up and pay attention to this visionary from the north as she broke barriers for Black Canadian female filmmakers. Reeves and his fellow passengers were on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Burbank, Calif. when their plane had to make an emergency landing in Bakersfield over 160 kilometres away from their destination. Ten years ago she made the decision that so many of us dream about: she quit her day job and decided to pursue her passion. Whose advice can you believe? The decade started with the birth of Instagram and the rise of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and it has ended with the word influencer worming its way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Elliot Page is living proof of that. In the decade since Drag Race premiered, the number of drag performers, professionals, ingenues and aspiring hopefuls has skyrocketed. Leonard Cohen releases You Want It Darker. In a 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Reeves admitted that he had a schoolboy crush on co-star Sandra Bullock while they were filming the 1994 bus thriller. Tatiana Maslany attends the world premiere of Marvel Studios' upcoming new series "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on August 15, 2022. Breathtaking. Its incredible how quickly these same institutions that shut us out changed their tunes and got on board once they realized we could not only get them awards recognition but also make them money. After earning popularity on Vine (RIP) in 2013, the 15-year-old Pickering, Ont., native went on to release his debut single Life of the Party in June, which became a record-breaker when it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest artist in history to chart in the Top 25 with a debut single. Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara and Shawn Mendes all became global superstars over the course of the last 10 years, producing a slew of hits. Two great entries in the canon of celebrities picking slightly random names for their children, if you ask me. Just hold on, three of them are going home: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Amanda Parris gives four members of Team Drizzy the chance to compete for the title of Drakes ultimate stan. Afterward, Valle went on to direct Amy Adams in the 2018 miniseries Sharp Objects, based on the book by Gillian Flynn, which somehow did not earn Amy Adams a Golden Globe or Emmy (a disgrace Id be happy to write at least 6,000 words about). Plus $9.5 million is a lot of money the most a Canadian painting has ever commanded and this is a really good painting. Looking back on the 2010s, I'm struck by the sweeping changes that impacted me, a Canadian female filmmaker, and my people. pulled it off when a YouTube video called Pig rescues baby goat became an international sensation. By a ghost. stands in for Washington as The Twilight Saga begins its two-part conclusion. For a city to latch on to a movie franchise like that a movie franchise that shut down the Georgia Viaduct for two weeksthats got to say something about its mass appeal. Mordecai Richler gets a big-screen adaptation with Barneys Version. Beale Streets entire cast is exceptional, not least of all Torontos very own Stephan James. You wont be sorry. When did you, dear reader, learn that finally (finally!) Back in 1998, Alanis gave us a song called That I Would Be Good, which became a mantra. Nathan pitches the client, Sue Stanford, on a rebrand: become a ghost realtor! What motivates people to believe the most obvious, calculated lie, despite all evidence to the contrary? While shes now a mainstay on the landscape of Canadian publishing, in 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published her first book, God Loves Hair a collection of 21 short stories that follow a child who navigates topics like gender, racial politics, sexuality and religion. My hope for 2020 is that artists continue to pay homage, show pride and subvert borders to assert their identity and their history. I was immediately struck by her confidence on set how she took the space she needed to do her work in a firm but friendly way. From the outside, the museum is almost blinding. Celine Dion releases her 27th studio album, 10 iconic moments from a decade where Cline Dion unexpectedly became the queen of everything, social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities, longtime stylist and creative director Annie Horth, A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion), one of the rare misses of Dions renaissance, I was ready to camp and sleep all night., her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment, When I excitedly played her Hilary and Haylie Duffs cover of Material Girl in my trailer, she smiled, nodded and pretended like she thought it was great. Birth Name: Tatiana Gabriele Maslany Birth Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession Actor Actor 35 Credits Perry Mason 2023 Orphan Black 2021 Drunk History 2018 Heartland 2018 Parks and. Follow every pedantic rule in the social media playbook, and theres still no formula for going viral. Is Dion doing it for the kids? Born in Colombia and raised in Toronto, Sergio Trujillo became one of Broadways most sought-after choreographers this decade. In the last 10 years, Beyonc and Taylor Swift two of the biggest pop stars of the decade both performed covers of You Oughta Know. And in 2015, Alanis herself released a beautiful 20th anniversary edition of the album, including never-before-heard demos. (And according to Episode 1, Nathan believes he has a ton of confidence.) I doubt its a coincidence. In this episode, Nathans preparing for a very real appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. And Grey Enterprises? Dramatic, narrative and fun, this song didnt make the international waves that previous single Closer did, even though it sounds like a better, gayer version of its predecessor. This move was also exciting for a couple other reasons: on top of being the first bisexual late-night host, Singhs also the first woman of colour to host a late-night show on broadcast TV (a fact she made sure to joke about in her first episode). It wasnt too long ago that what little LGBTQ representation did make its way into the mainstream was largely created by straight folks. Its an obvious delusion, but a romantic one the sort of beautiful lie you can build a story on. The islands rugged natural beauty is an obvious part of the draw, what with its promise of whale (and iceberg) watching by day and northern lights chasing by night. Leading the Television nominees once again is ORPHAN BLACK with a stellar 14 nominations (and wins in the past three consecutive years) including Best Dramatic Series and Actress (Tatiana Maslany). Related Articles. Say hello to art, culture and a metric truckload of eye candy in our newsletter. We were too, Stephen. Macis tactics, perhaps, are not so different. Taking place over the course of 30 years, the story follows a young man named Saul Indian Horse who makes his way into the hockey world and, after a series of racist attacks, confronts his traumatizing history. Geoffrey Farmer reimagines Canadas home at the Venice Biennale, Geoffrey Farmer A way out of the mirror (Francesco Barasciutti). Always the wiser, Reeves responded by telling the fan, Youre breathtaking! The crowd went wild, and Reeves took it a step further, telling his audience, Youre all breathtaking! Video of the exchange has garnered millions of views. Industry heavyweights like DallasK (Fifth Harmony), Lauv (Charli XCX), Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele) and Jrgen Elofsson (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson) are on board to help Dion sound as cool as her newfound fashion sense, while not alienating her base (a tall order). And thats a really big deal. Its this simple thing that has created some of the most incredible drag: through pure, unadulterated expression, free of rules. She didnt take up a lot of space. Suddenly there were two groups of drag queens in the world: the ones who could get on TV, and the ones who couldnt or, more accurately in many circles, the ones who wanted to get on, and the ones who didnt. making him the youngest artist in history to chart in the Top 25 with a debut single, Justin Trudeau to spend an evening with Ivanka Trump, drew inspiration from Belcourts painting, this year marked the close of a seven-year tour, 10 songs that should have been bigger outside of Canada, Beck + Call by July Talk feat. For four straight weeks starting December 5th, they joined Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara to occupy seven of the top 10 spots. It debuted at No. Its one of the finest things Kims Convenience has given us. Grimes releases Art Angels to widespread acclaim. Whatever the answer, if the 2010s have been a time of all-purpose confusion, few shows have nailed the decade quite like this one, and these are just 10 of its finest moments. After posting his efforts on YouTube, the astronauts version of David Bowies Space Oddity became the first music video ever performed in space and has since earned over 44.6 million views. So, he invents a Bachelor-style reality show. These songs exemplify the power of Canadian artists even if their success was limited to Canadas borders. Xavier Dolan is hot off of proving hes no one-hit wonder with his sophomore feature Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), the stylish followup to his sensational debut Jai tu ma mre (I Killed My Mother). Cline, thank you for the moments of gold and the flashes of light. In less than a decade, a 29-room hotel in a Newfoundland town most Canadians have never heard of became one of the worlds most talked-about tourist destinations. But when youre Keanu Reeves, you get headlines praising you for dating someone your own age a feat rarely replicated by your actor contemporaries. While the official politics of reconciliation has left much to be desired, with the government ultimately enacting few of the 94 calls to action, the cultural and artistic impact of the TRCs final report cannot be understated. Back off, Tony Napoli.) B.C. Unsurprisingly, it resonated: in September, Tagaq took home the Polaris Music Prize (where she also performed in front of a backdrop listing the names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, which was incredible, heartbreaking and rage-inducing since this crisis continues). If you drew a Venn diagram of yoga and rad buildings and bonkers natural beauty, Instagram would definitely be the term in the middle. So imagine the delight of the nation when Now, Twains first studio album in 15 years, debuted at No. The Quebec success story of the 2010s teaches us that great artists are global in appeal, that we dont need to fret over losing them (or worry that theyll lose their unique artistry and local values) and that films and series that resonate with large audiences can play a significant role in cultural rapprochement and understanding. The exhibit opened at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in January and then toured across Canada. He was, of course, referring to the global uproar over the Television Academys failure to nominate her for her breakout role(s) in the first season of Orphan Black. So if I asked her to do something that felt unnatural or dishonest (like, say, nose nuzzling), I had to justify why I needed it and more often than not, I realized that I didnt. (Years later, I would sit on the Avon Theatre steps where Justin used to play his acoustic guitar and fight back the urge to tell anybody who passed me that he was my son.) Are you ready to hear the truth that needs to be told?. The live-action Aladdin comes out in theatres. This decade alone, she produced six feature-long documentaries and a short film serving as a powerful inspiration for Canadian women to keep going, even when it feels like the hardest thing in the world. The song brought the superstar DJ to the top 40 in Canada, educating a generation of Canadians about Bradburys terrifying, dystopian storytelling along the way. So I encountered Inside Kingston Penitentiary, a series of photographs by Geoffrey James, with some trepidation. Before 2013, Canadas primary film and television awards worked much like their American counterparts: the film-honouring Genies were our Oscars, while the television-centric Geminis were like the Canadian Emmys. Women like pUNK Films Ingrid Veninger, who produced six low-budget features over the decade, took microbudgets and ran with them. Based on Emma Donoghues gripping 2010 novel which follows a kidnapping and assault victim, and the escape she and her son must make from their captor the film adaptation of Room hit Canadian theatres on Oct. 23, just over a month after screening at TIFF. Among the highlights? I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. In a world where many rebel against gender through drag entertainment, those of us labelled alternative essentially rebel against that rebellion. Earned It by Torontos The Weeknd is one of the more notable cuts. I fantasize regularly about the Oscars not just retrospectively giving Mommy a best foreign language film nomination, but Dorval and Clment acting nominations as well. Possibly! to a serious issue we should definitely have approximately 8,000 panels about until, finally, we were given the resources we deserved to thrive and succeed (thanks in part to gender parity initiatives set by the CBC and Telefilm Canada). "I. Whatever I had done resonated with the entire world and the attention was like sunlight on my soul., The plan: Turn the job of moving into Americas next fitness craze.. Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey Melvin and Shane Vieau also nabbed the Oscar for best production design thanks to their work making Ontario stand in for 1960s-era Baltimore. Her desire and determination to tell these stories is its own subversively political and transformative act: shes taken the characters who, for decades, had been relegated to the best friend in the romantic comedy and readjusted the lens to focus on them. According to the thread, he tried to jump-start her car, and when that failed, he called a tow truck and drove the woman home, giving her his number and telling her to call him if she needed anything. It was only the latest of countless accolades for the Grammy-winning Waverley, N.S.-born singer, who has become a singular force in classical music, the rare soprano to also take on the male-dominated world of conducting (and yes, she sometimes does both at the same time). Following the decade-long obsession with Yann Martels 2001 novel Life of Pi, the story was finally released in film form in November 2012. When architect Fumihiko Maki got the assignment to build North Americas first museum of Islamic art and culture, capturing the concept of light was apparently the brief. (I caught the show in Portland, Ore., where the local alt weeklys admiring preview was headlined Whats German for WTF?), Its been the most incredible, profound and powerful experience of my artistic career, Pite said in an interview with La Presse before the tour wrapped up in Montreal last summer. Its a reminder that Edmonton has a thriving theatre community and is at no loss for artistic talent or creativity. Add to this the Leacock Medal, the Giller Prize and the Walter Scott Prize, and its no wonder deWitt continues to earn accolades for his dark humour and fiction work. Canadians played a major role in this critical turning point in Broadway history both onstage and off. Thats the bigger, think-ier and way more 2010s question that underpins the whole series. Even reading the words Wavin Flag is enough to get Knaans 2009 hit remade by Young Artists for Haiti in 2010 stuck in your head. The sixth novel written by the late Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse was released in January and garnered overwhelming acclaim for its heart-wrenching depiction of Canadas residential school system and the egregious abuses suffered by students. To balance making millions, raising twins and mayyyyybe also to rescue Las Vegas tourism after the catastrophic crash of the Great Recession, Dion launches a second residency on the Strip. July Talks hook-laden, heavy approach to alternative rock made the Toronto band into chart-topping successes in Canada. Its rare for a TV series to successfully depict what its like to feel hopeless, depressed, anxious or overwhelmed, sometimes all at once. Allysin Chaynes is a Toronto drag performer and pop cultural sponge, specializing in all things subcultural, queer, camp, strange and unusual.
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