Daily Scroll: March 11, 2010
Today on the Scroll: effecting Lohan; salvaging MySpace; cashing Tim Hortons. Continue Reading
The next nine Oscars that Corey Haim was striving to win
In the 2001 episode of E! True Hollywood Story where the depth of his substance abuses, dating back to when he left Toronto as a teen to star in movies like Lucas, came to light when his drug-addled incoherence was captured during one infamous interview session. Corey Haim’s father reinforced the reason why he was willing to back his son returning to the movie business that enabled him after his initial teenage success: when your main goal in life is to win an Academy Award, there was no other way he was going to get it. Getting a part in a film capable of being nominated might have helped, of course, but by then the kind of big-screen comedy where his cameo services were in demand was Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star — and then the A&E train wreck reality show The Two Coreys, centered on a real-life reunion with similarly troubled Corey Feldman, co-stars of four theatrical releases culminating in a threesome with Nicole Eggert in 1992’s Blown Away, then 1995’s straight-to-video sequel Dream a Little Dream 2. These are the choices that lead, not to winning an Oscar, but selling one’s extracted molar on eBay. But the kid kept on trying, right up until his death today of an accidental overdose. Haim’s attempt to ride a comeback trail actually started over 10 years ago, though: Universal Groove, a Montreal indie film set in the rave scene of 1999, touted as Haim’s first grown-up breakthrough, was left unreleased until 2007 — when it was issued to cash in on The Two Coreys, with the wacky claim that its stolen footage had to be reconstructed from clips found on the internet. So, maybe he just needed a better agent? Continue Reading
Mayor enrages local media by saying something of substance
There’s a $100 million surplus in Toronto’s budget, announced Mayor David Miller this morning, after he lured all the media into a room with the promise of something “important” in these waning days at the helm of City Council. And, once it became clear he was just going to detail the favourable condition municipal finances — rather than announce he was stepping down, or running for re-election after all, or distraught over the death of Corey Haim — the city groaned, then went on with its day. For those in the local media business, all the excitement they woke up with this morning was deflated on impact, and now they will have to find something else to focus on today. So, how about that nice weather? Continue Reading
Daily Scroll: March 10, 2010
Today on the Scroll: making time for Pure Pwnage; liberating Barbie; the next NOW. Continue Reading
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New photos of Beatles’ John Lennon appear after 40 years
The extraordinary photos of the musician and Yoko Ono, taken during their famous Bed-in for Peace in Montreal in 1969, snapped by Life photographer Gerry Deiter
How to fail in the gangsta rap business without really trying.
CNN anchor Kyra Phillips interviews Slash at CMW Toronto
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- The Jeff O'Neil Show of CFOX Vancouver asks Stephen Harper: 'Cut, or uncut?'
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