The movie trailer is out there
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We begin with a multiple-choice question.You know the Hollywood strike is entering Week 6 when: a) You find yourself counting down the days until American Idol begins, b) Your Christmas wish list is made up entirely of DVD titles, c) You’ve misplaced the remote but don’t seem to care and, d) TV news is dominated [...]
White Christmas is white hot
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White Christmas
(out of 4)Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Directed by Walter Bobbie. Until Jan. 5 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front St. E. 416-872-2262
Would you like your days to be merry and bright?Then head on over to the Sony Centre, where White Christmas, [...]
Food Great balls of flavour
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She was standing in the kitchen, staring at a pound of ground beef, when she got an idea. She would make meatballs for supper – and write a meatball cookbook.%26quot;There’s something about meatballs that’s really down-homey,%26quot; says Angela Murrills. %26quot;I picture them in sitting around with friends, nibbling, drinking wine situations … I’m sure [...]
entertainment Diversity on Luminato bill
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Luminato, Toronto’s new festival of arts and creativity, will embrace the city’s multicultural identity with a South Asian version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that features actors speaking eight languages, the Toronto Star has learned.Another Luminato 2008 highlight to be announced at a media launch today is a rare Toronto appearance by the Mark Morris [...]
On a bridge over the Seine, basking in Eiffel light show
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This weekly feature asks Canadian expatriates what it’s like living abroad. Aleksandra Dejnicka is a student at the Sorbonne in France. Q: Why on Earth– and where on Earth – did you go? A: I came to Paris to study French literature at Sorbonne, a prestigious school of the University of Paris. I am also [...]
`Honest’ guy selfishly exploiting sex partner
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QI’m 51 and have been %26quot;friends with benefits%26quot; for two years with a lady I wouldn’t want to date. It’s a sexual relationship – we only go out for dinner or to a concert occasionally. She wants more. I explained that she was not the type I want to have a relationship with. She couldn’t [...]
That sucking sound is your robot
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iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot 560 Series
Cost: $399.99 ($349.99 in United States)Available: HBC, Home Outfitters, Robot ShopWarranty: Limited one-year labour and partsExtras: Brush cleaner; two virtual wall units, extra filter, five colour changes for the cover.Cleaning: If you’re the type who hauls out the vacuum on a weekly basis and enjoys the satisfaction of a [...]
Luxury boom could imperil safety
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Toronto is undergoing a boom in the construction of luxury condos. Although this could have a positive impact on the economy and image of the city, it also has a potentially negative side-effect – gentrification, a process that increases property values and forces low-income families out of the city into lower cost neighbourhoods. Parents end [...]
On being a Hemingway
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As the granddaughter of American iconic writer Ernest Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway was destined for the limelight.%26quot;It’s an illustrious family, it’s a beautiful family, but it also comes with a load of baggage,%26quot; Hemingway told the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation’s annual gala at the Four Seasons hotel in Toronto, where she was the keynote speaker last [...]
Ex-U.S. spy a fan of CBC series
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How good is CBC’s crooks-and-spies drama Intelligence? Good enough that one of its biggest U.S. fans is a former American intel man turned TV producer. As the season-ending two-parter airs tomorrow night, Michael Wilson has penned a tribute in hopes he can get enough Canadians watching the low-rated show to rescue it from the cancellation [...]
