Soon after the show premiered at Panamania, the arts and culture festival attached to the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, rumours of its remarkable transmutation of grief into art spread far and wide. His character, Jason Mendoza, breaks away from another Asian stereotype of being sexless, shy and socially awkward. Other notable filming locations include Chinatown and Gastown. Instead of relying on non-Indigenous editors, Barton made the smart decision to invite Philip Kevin Paul, Richard Van Camp and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson to edit the issue. Youll need a passport to visit this otherworldly temple, a Canadian-led project designed by Torontos Hariri Pontarini Architects. But as we bid farewell to the 2010s, thats all changed: Cline Dion is the new queen of cool. Beck + Call, featuring celebrated throat singer Tanya Tagaq, helped cement their staying power on Canadas alternative charts. However, their legacy in the city remains: in 2017, the two released The Videofag Book, which chronicles the four years and the genius bred from them with contributions by members of Torontos arts community who rightfully valued the fruits of Ellis and Tannahills labour. Ryan Goslings heartbreaking performance in Blue Valentine hits cinemas. As for the colour, the dresss near-black/navy shade reflected the occasions sombre tone. Trailblazers like Patricia Rozema and Mina Shum also collaborated with Ellen Page and Sandra Oh on their excellent features Into the Forest and Meditation Park. As we know, not falling in love with the song proved impossible. Alternative drag shows that gender expression isnt a two-dimensional plane its a sphere. So Harris et al. Thats just the basic formula, but from the first episode, NFY was engineering something grander than a five-year troll. Its a dubious honour on both accounts and points to the wide array of work that needs to be done not only in Hollywood but also here at home. In 2017, Hulu debuted the first season of its adaptation of Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale. I, along with all of her truest fans, have been waiting seven years for this moment. Martin is currently working on musical adaptations of The Princess Bride and Night at the Museum, a sequel to The Drowsy Chaperone, as well as the Netflix film adaptation of The Prom starring Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. And in the 2010s, it was more of the same gone supernova. Alas, a star was born. Justin Bieber appears on Despacito, the song of the summer. Well, duh, because then he wouldnt be Buddy. (What theyve blown replacing the light fixtures is a whole other matter.). Shes even seen wearing no makeup in the music video! The Egyptian-Canadian actor worked with director Guy Ritchie to bring new life to an existing classic, and their efforts paid off: the film went on to surpass $1 billion US at the box office worldwide. Its iconic intro (Testing, testing / Im just suggesting) wormed its way into the ears of the country when it was dropped in 2011 as the lead single to the bands third album Ever After. As Alonzo Fonny Hunt, a man sent to prison for a rape he didnt commit, James is deeply captivating in a very challenging role. Now this is how you close out a decade. But then, in January 2019, she did something even better: she teamed up with Andy Samberg to host the Golden Globes and succeeded at making them the absolute best. has a leading 14 nominations including best TV drama series and best actress in a continuing drama series for star Tatiana Maslany, who appears as a host of cloned characters on the hit show. Darrel J. McLeods piece Maci Manitowi (Devils) was a precursor to his Governor Generals Literary Award-winning book Mamaskatch. He also appeared in Waitress and Rock of Ages before originating the role of Sonny in the Broadway musical premiere of A Bronx Tale. Although its not strictly autobiographical, the shock, grief and bewilderment that follow such a tragedy are at the heart of the show (indeed, the word betroffenheit" in German means just that finding yourself in a state of shock or trauma). The woman who arguably put Canadian pop on the map in the aughts, Nelly Furtado came back with a volley of bangers on her 2012 album The Spirit Indestructible, the first of which was Big Hoops. The song hearkens back to Furtados iconic collaborations with Timbaland (Promiscuous, anyone? at the Telluride FIlm Festival. He may be the internets boyfriend, but who knew he was also our greatest philosopher? In 2010, a Reddit thread about Reeves apparently rescuing a woman stranded on the side of the highway who was without a functioning car or cell phone percolated around the web. In the shows final scene, the pair reunite, but Macis suddenly uncomfortable around the cameras. Grimes releases Art Angels to widespread acclaim. Hosted by Martin Short, the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards offered prizes for film, television and digital storytelling (which hadnt been covered by the Geminis or the Genies), and raked in 756,000 viewers, which is around double the number of people who watched the Geminis or Genies the previous year. How did this dutiful Regina girl stop apologizing so much and become the force that she still is today? A queer anthem for the ages! More than a decade after the release of Mordecai Richlers Giller Prizewinning novel Barneys Version, the story of a man, his three marriages and the disappearance of his friend Boogie was brought to the big screen on Dec. 24 by director Richard J. Lewis and screenwriter Michael Konyves. But photogenic as it is, the bridge has had some issues. 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). On Nov. 15, her new English album, Courage, even debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, a first in 17 years (and an achievement a decade in the making). Lest I sound less than impressed, Im not. B.C. Her Disney Plus series, which ends its first season this week, found ways to combine comedy with superhero romance. (Come back to us, Claire. Thats an old story. Beale Streets entire cast is exceptional, not least of all Torontos very own Stephan James. What made it even better was that BoJack himself was voiced by Toronto native Will Arnett, who brought serious weight to a role that necessitated it. (In my mind, we are best friends.) Go ahead and file that under things that could only happen in the 2010s. And like The Twilight Saga before it, Fifty Shadess big-screen adaptations were made in Vancouver. I like to picture him in it now, surveying his legacy (this artist was also my dear friend). In the 2010s, Keanu Reeves graduated from brooding 90s action movie superstar to beloved cult hero. Emily Kai Bock directs Grimess iconic video for Oblivion, When Montreal-based director Emily Kai Bock joined forces with Grimes (born Claire Boucher) and cinematographer Evan Prosofsky for the video for Oblivion, the trio likely had no idea that their limited budget and simple premise would garner 200,000 views in just a few days. The story of a child-murdering clown alien, its one of Stephen Kings best-known creations, but this particular adaptation which shot several scenes in and around Toronto is now the highest grossing horror movie ever made. Since then, its become something to look forward to come (early, early) springtime (or late, late winter) in Canada, and its gotten even bigger thanks to the introduction of Canadian Screen Week, which allows for even more time and attention for well-deserved Canadian productions. (If youre in Toronto, be sure to take in something from their current program). The exhibit opened at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in January and then toured across Canada. And the results were a group effort: 57 artists including Drake, Justin Bieber and Nelly Furtado appeared on the track, with money earned going toward charities in Haiti such as Free the Children, War Child Canada and World Vision. The actress told ET Canada that she'd "love" to be involved in a movie, if it was done in the. Whod have thought it would be the start of a career equally as prolific and powerful? Sophie Deraspes Antigone a modern update of Sophocles Greek tragedy thats centered on an immigrant family living in Montreal became Canadas official entry for best international feature film at the 2020 Academy Awards. Torontos Buddies in Bad Times Theatre which bills itself as the largest and longest-running queer theatre in the world rang in its 40th season in September 2018. And Buddy, as we know, says what he likes. All of these moments showed how Canadians responded to the need for better Asian representation during the 2010s. 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. The 55-year-old publicly held the hand (gasp!) By my count, Canadians were nominated for 72 Academy Awards in the 2010s, which is nothing to be sorry about. The rest, as they say, is history. She-Hulk was born in . Sooner or later, a Lawren Harris painting had to sell for $9.5 million. Tranna Wintour is a comedian, singer, writer and the co-host of Chosen Family on CBC Podcasts. Though there are many, many examples Id be happy to vouch for (justice for the criminally underrated Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Night Before, please), the pinnacle of Rogens decade is his greatest collaboration with childhood BFF Evan Goldberg: 2013s This Is the End, which they wrote, directed, produced and acted in (though Goldberg just made a cameo). Queer Eyes Antoni Porowski talks about how much he loves TV host, author, restaurateur and Iron Chef America winner Chuck Hughes. I say that like its a bad thing, but its really not. Artist and educator Jason Baerg discusses the impact abstract artist Alex Janvier has had on the art world in the past 10 years. 1 song of the summer, the collaboration between Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber morphed from an earworm into a straight-up sensation, warming the hearts of even the most jaded and lapsed Belieber (even if Justin did forget the Spanish lyrics to his own song while attempting to sing it live). He might not say it out loud, but the characters real KPI is friendship, and what, besides money, is a bigger motivation than the power of love? How great to see our talented kids succeed!Are they going to come back? It will surely make a difference to help others have an easier and more hopeful time. James Camerons Avatar becomes the highest grossing film of all time. Famous names like Sam Smith and David Guetta also contribute to the songwriting effort. I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.. And according to Nathan, he regularly visits the production office where hell wind up sharing stories about Frances, a woman he hasnt seen in more than 50 years. How can we explain their sweeping success and the resonance of their work? 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). Right after her last concert on the Colosseum stage, Team Cline releases the new song, Flying on My Own, that mashes 90s diva house and EDM la Steve Aoki. (One sure sign that impact will carry on the National Gallery of Canada recently acquired six of his underwear pieces. Because honestly, its not too often that a brand-new actor ends up fronting a movie that earns a goddamn billion. Obviously, anyone with a beating heart prefers the latter, especially since with the release of her debut single in September, we were introduced to Mission, B.C.s pop heroine, who quickly rose to international stardom following the U.S. release of Call Me Maybe in 2012 thanks, blessedly, to the help of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who stumbled upon the track and made their own lip dub video. Indigenous filmmakers also brought some of the most affecting stories to our screens; a new wave of filmmakers revitalized the indie scene while veterans got called to work on some of the biggest series on Earth; and gender parity became a serious priority with the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements. And Thompsons seemingly fine with all of it. Speaking of la belle province, its played quite the role in the plots of this decades most zeitgeisty drama series, including the arguable reigning champ in that regard: HBOs Succession. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. 6 Tatiana Maslany Is Married. But starting with The Witch in 2015, another trend emerged. (In a 2018 episode of In The Making, Pite says her movements took a cue from a description of PTSD: this feeling of having the accelerator and the brake both to the floor.). The song performed best in Furtados homeland, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Nearly a decade later, Shraya is still a creative force to be reckoned with. Here are nine other reasons why Alanis still matters: And nothing anyone at Jezebel can say will ever diminish the cultural significance and magnitude of this album. No wonder she was exalted accordingly. "I. She pushed and challenged me to be a smarter, more economical filmmaker in the most caring, collaborative way. A New Day era acrobats are out, old-school flair is in. After all, it took 75 years before the first Asian person hosted the Globes. Iran-born and Ontario-raised, Ramin Karimloo is a bona fide superstar of the stage. (And according to Episode 1, Nathan believes he has a ton of confidence.) Whether the water monster/fish-man cares about any of this remains a mystery. 1 on the Billboard 200. This coincided with Indigenous artists dominating both literature and visual art awards: the Sobey Art Award has been awarded to three Indigenous artists since 2013, and the Griffin Poetry Prize had three consecutive Indigenous winners from 2016 to 2018. James took six months to complete the series, shot inside the mysterious and foreboding walls of Kingston Pen, and he did it in the company of the guards and inmates of the institution. By 2016, we were truly lacking movies based on comic book characters. Two great entries in the canon of celebrities picking slightly random names for their children, if you ask me. By tailoring her persona to different cultures America, Quebec, France, Japan she IS the epitome of an international star. But despite her global success, Dion was never cool. And when movie-goers gambled on something fresh, they chose sci-fi dark and puzzling but still explosion-packed sci-fi, like Christopher Nolans Inception. Fortunately, for fans of the blue people (who are not to be confused with the Blue Man Group), James Cameron has been talking about plans for multiple Avatar followups since 2010 and has four sequels in the works because why wouldnt he. After his time with Spider-Man, Epstein went on to originate the lead role of Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Clearly to be filed under this should happen all the time, 2015 saw Canadian Mtis artist Christi Belcourt collaborate with Valentino for the fashion houses 2016 Resort collection. Like the hungry overachievers we are, we then succeeded wildly, all over your face. For her titular role in Killing Eve, Oh became the first Asian woman in 39 years to win the prize for best actress in a TV drama. Peter Knegt is a writer and producer at CBC Arts, writing the award-winning weekly column Queeries and spearheading projects like Canadas a Drag, Super Queeroes and what youre reading right now. NFY was always more than a prank show, but in four seasons, it had evolved from poo jokes to this: a feature-length movie (documentary?) Less than three months later, her final film, Trigger, was the inaugural public screening at the shiny new TIFF Bell Lightbox and earned rave reviews thanks to textured dialogue, director Bruce McDonalds rich storytelling and Wrights compelling performance that further emphasized what a loss her death was and how unfair life can be. I like the Group of Seven as much as the next guy, and this is an affirmation of Canadian history blah blah blah and lakes and mountains blah blah good for Lawren Harris! one of the hottest Hollywood agencies to have in your corner), was approached by Warner Bros. and MGM to direct Everything, Everything and began booking gigs directing episodes of Insecure, Grown-ish and First Wives Club. The 2010s were a huge decade for Broadway. She signed with Creative Artists Agency (a.k.a. Having used the gay lounge lizard-slash-socialite persona as a means of speaking his own truth or offering pure satirical commentary, Thompson has been a mainstay of Canadian comedy, and his return to the stage over the course of 2018 was highly celebrated. Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapts The Handmaids Tale. The plan: Attract visitors to a petting zoo with a hero pig.. (The fact that that scene isnt already gay canon is, to me, a greater outrage than any Emmy snub.). We featured Zadie Xa this past year at CBC Arts, and she sums up one of my favourite things about being part of this team: we get to talk about artists who celebrate their cultural heritage and their Canadian identity, and then watch as they take it all over the world. Welcome to Betroffenheit, the soul-searing, genre-defying collaboration between choreographer Crystal Pite and playwright and performer Jonathon Young that stormed the stages of the worlds performing arts centres in the mid-2010s, leaving audiences harrowed, healed and breathless in its wake. (Hell turn 19 soon; does that make you feel old?). The Toronto comedian seemed to fear no one, brought receipts to every argument and created a safe place for like minds who were as angry, confused and scared as she appeared to be. When did Justin Bieber, a wee baby maestro, evolve into a national treasure? We met on the set of my very first acting job a film whose title Ill omit to spare us both the embarrassment and we played boyfriend and girlfriend. The group had spent most of the summer on their Man Machine Poem tour, which kicked off in Victoria in July and ended in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., where the sold-out crowd was joined by more than 11 million fans who tuned in to join them. The mere fact that someone was able to light the internet on fire in 2019 by writing a review of a record thats almost 25 years old tells you just how powerful this album is. I am now 34. ! Naturally, this led anybody who prided themselves on being well-versed in Canadian indie (see: me, nine years ago) to bask in a sense of superiority fuelled by the knowledge that theyd been Arcade Fire fans since Funeral came out back in 2004. After being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The lyrics are classic, straightforward Cline, referencing her ongoing claim that she is now the boss of her career: Im flying on my own / On the wings of your love () / The warmer winds will carry me / Anywhere I want them to / If you could see what I can see / That nothing's blocking my view. Is she singing about her late husband and manager no longer controlling all aspects of her life? Many provincial arts councils have done the same: the arts councils in Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec all made funding Indigenous arts one of their key priorities. I cannot think of a better way to end this decade than with the promise of her musical return. But was it enough? (The number of panel discussions and essays centred around the question What makes Cancon Cancon? speaks to this.) And these moments contributed to a larger fight for a more inclusive TV and film industry by breaking boundaries and showcasing nuanced Asian identities playing against stereotypes. Think of Ari Asters Hereditary and Midsommar both, incidentally, produced by A24, the same company that distributed The Witch. ), A Tribe Called Red release their self-titled album, Four years after first forming, the Ottawa-based A Tribe Called Red made their full-length debut with the release of their self-titled album, which went on to be longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. 2015 ended on a cultural high note after Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Drake had banner years, dominating the Billboard charts. Dions husband and former manager Ren Anglil dies of cancer on Jan. 14, 2016. Universally panned, just like the bestselling books that spawned it, Fifty Shades was nevertheless a phenomenon. The album is titled the most Alanis-y title possible: Such Pretty Forks in the Road. 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. In a world where many rebel against gender through drag entertainment, those of us labelled alternative essentially rebel against that rebellion. Jean-Marc Valles Big Little Lies premieres. There are two ways to divide history: life before Carly Rae Jepsen released Call Me Maybe and life after. A look-alike Starbucks that technically spoofs the worlds biggest coffee brand, Nathan cites parody law as his defense, and in 24 hours, the world was talking about the mysterious stunt. In 2017, I met Sandra Oh when I interviewed her at TIFF, and we hugged after I told her that Greys Anatomy got me through college. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World hits cinemas in all its Toronto-set glory. Thomas Leblanc is a Montral-based broadcaster, comedian and producer who co-hosts CBC Podcasts Chosen Family. Canadas got your back.
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