London, Ontario (PR) April 24, 2013 Free Zombie Games are gaining in popularity. iOS gamers cant get enough of undead entertainment, anything Zombie related seems to be getting a higher download volume. This new release from Canadian mobile app developer Slightly Social, who are quickly becoming known in Canada for their rapid release cycle...
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Monday was Stevie Wonder Night on Dancing with the Stars. The pop music legend performed two of his many hits, and the dancers performed all night to his music. Wonder’s catchy and diverse songbook actually lends itself well to the competition. Host Tom Bergeron was so stoked he cut way back on his usual...
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On April 25, the Canadian Journalism Federation will be presenting a panel discussion called The Walking Dead: Do Traditional Arts Critics Have a Future? One of the most prominent guests will be Ben Brantley, theatre critic for the New York Times, still generally regarded as the most powerful opinion maker in the North American...
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Peter Oundjian will remain music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra until the 2016/17 season, it was announced Friday. Hired in 2004, Oundjian is the 10th music director of the TSO and his 13-year term will surpass the former record of Sir Andrew Davis, who helmed the orchestra from 1975-1987. “Peter is an important...
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Late Canadian music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors won’t be recognized at this Sunday’s Juno Awards broadcast. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says it’s honouring the wishes of Connors’ family. The country-folk legend died in March at age 77. Connors had a falling out with the Juno Awards in 1978, withdrawing his...
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WASHINGTON—Alicia Keys says she wants to spark a global conversation about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The Grammy Award-winning singer met with women who are part of an HIV program at United Medical Center in the nation’s capital Monday to discuss their experiences with the virus, including the fear and stigma associated with...
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Starring Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash and Molly Shannon. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee. At GTA theatres. 85 minutes. You want to see something really scary? If so, you’ve come to the wrong film with Scary movie 5, the latest ghastly emission from the horror parody franchise that refuses to die. It’s not...
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When I say Our Man in Iraq is likely to be the best novel you’ve ever read by a Croatian writer, I’m not just cynically gambling that you’ve never read any Croatian novels; or rather, I’m doing it secure in the knowledge that Robert Perisic’s first novel (originally published in 2007) is also terrifically...
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A room of one’s own is good, a room with a view even better. The just completed Bridgepoint Health Care Centre boasts the best of both. The 462-bed facility — the 10-storey mirrored landmark overlooking the Don Valley west of Broadview and Gerrard — is a pioneering example of a new way of designing...
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Roger Ebert gets his final sign-off both in the real and virtual worlds this morning, and it’s no doubt exactly as he would have wanted it. A Twitterverse salute to the late Chicago Sun-Times movie critic, who died from cancer last week at age 70, has been organized for exactly 11:59 a.m. Toronto time...
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