Today on the Scroll: a first celebrity tweet review of a true Toronto movie; media job qualifications extend to knowledge of a pulley; kids increasingly embarrassed by parental Halloween show; dead popcorn icon taking the pulse of nation; and internet continues to ruin innocence of teen pop fanatics.
Jason Reitman Raves Over Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World [The Playlist]: After peeping 30 minutes of Edgar Wright’s set-in-Toronto comic book adaptation on Monday, the Juno director is smitten, tweeting poster-ready pullquotes several times over: “It feels like a Matrix for love and how willing we are to fight for it.”
Elevator Operator [CTVglobemedia job posting]: An eight-month contract at the Masonic Temple: “Experience with Otis 1918 Vintage Elevator an asset.” Sadly, a person with such recent experience passed away last weekend: Hank Young, the resident cowboy of the Gladstone Hotel.
Halloween means it’s showtime on Langley Ave. in Riverdale [Toronto Star]: Creative class neighbourhood puts on a street spectacle, which started seven years ago with a tribute to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, but details of Saturday night’s performance are secret. The older the kids on the block get, though, the more it becomes a self-indulgent folly for their parents: “My 14-year-old son couldn’t care less,” admits the event ringleader. “He’s too busy playing Xbox in the basement.”
Majority of Canadians Want Flavour in Their Snacks [press release]: A thousand people polled online by Angus Reid have spoken: in swift response, Orville Redenbacher offers Lime & Salt and Salt & Cracked Pepper microwave popcorn.
Jonassholes! [NOW]: The month-long vigil for the Jonas Brothers outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville, while they were anywhere but shooting Camp Rock: The Final Jam, culminates in rummaging through the bags of what they left behind in the rooms. Found: a picture of Kevin Jonas that a now-distraught fan sketched herself.
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