Oct 5th, 2009
Twitter is a threat to the future of BMO Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Last month, the Toronto Star ran a correction for the headline “U2 blows roof off SkyDome,” making it clear to offended readers that the round thing with the roof is called the Rogers Centre — proof of the kind of coverage you can get after paying $25 million for a $600 million domed stadium. Scotiabank [...]
Oct 5th, 2009
Stanley, the man with the star on his face, rendered speechless at the ACC
Remember when Gene Simmons was going to transform the Canadian music industry through a new business model? Well, that’s going to have to wait at least until the business model that is KISS finishes their current worldwide tour. Oshawa, which last made rock ‘n’ roll headlines in April 1979 for hosting the Rolling Stones at [...]
Oct 5th, 2009
‘What’s Next For News’ debate: laying journalismism down to die
This weekend, a fourth estate was officially added to the trinity of assignments given all newbie Ryerson School of Journalism students: writing a fellow classmate’s obituary, covering proceedings in a civil courtroom, interviewing people waiting in line at the hot dog cart — and now, sitting through a keynote conversation with a name like “What’s [...]
Oct 2nd, 2009
Downtown mall gets mauled by Jeff Koons’ ‘Rabbit Balloon’
An inflated sculpture by artist Jeff Koons promises to subvert the interior of the Toronto Eaton Centre in a way not seen since the filming of The Silent Partner, all Saturday night as part of Nuit Blanche. How the 45-foot Rabbit Balloon — modelled after a Mylar sculpture Koons crafted in 1986, a couple years [...]
Oct 2nd, 2009
Super, super gay Mr. Sub ad put back in the closet
Mr Sub – Dinner – (2009) :30 (Canada) A television advert for Mr. Sub, whose deadpan portrayal of a father revaling his homosexuality to his wife and eight kids garnered its share of viral attention for advertising agency BOS, was swiftly yanked after complaints from the Canadian Auto Workers. The spot was described in their news [...]
Oct 1st, 2009
Know your mainstream: the mystery of Three Days Grace
A rock act based in Toronto sold over 93,000 albums across the continent last week. Chart-topping Pearl Jam, by comparison, moved 210,000 units — could their exclusive deal with Target stores in the United States mean Walmart shoppers are inherently more receptive to Three Days Grace? What’s certain is that their appeal has nothing to [...]
Oct 1st, 2009
Tori Spelling gets sick just in time to thwart Mary Jo
Countdown to the October 19 publication of Divorce Sucks: What to do when irreconcilable differences, lawyer fees and your ex’s Hollywood wife makes you miserable by Mary Jo Eustace continues this week with the revelation that her Toronto actor ex-husband, Dean McDermott, encouraged producers to approach her to appear on the reality show he stars [...]
Oct 1st, 2009
Media way too desperate to extend mayoral race by 12 months
Were it not for Bill 81, Schedule H, passed at Queen’s Park in 2006, another mayoral showdown would be getting ready to begin, with the debate tour typically starting around Canadian Thanksgiving through election day on the second Monday in November. Then the provincial legislature ruled such votes should happen every four years, instead of [...]
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