Now this is how you close out a decade. The prize: a trip to Reynoldss hometown. Thats where The Hunk cracks the show open. Its a trend I hope continues in the 2020s: less obedience, less compromise, more empowerment, more ambition. Elliot Page is living proof of that. During her rise, her voice was as powerful as her bad taste (or that of her entourage), and she was dismissed as the most bland person on the stage of 1998s VH1 Divas Live concert. CAA a.k.a. 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? Following this, they launched their first world tour, released two more albums and three EPs, and took home the award for group of the year at the 2018 Juno Awards. And directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver), its a hyper-stylized rom-com blended with a few rounds of Street Fighter. And on the world stage, after decades of sporadic success outside the province, Qubcois filmmakers embarked on a stratospheric upward trajectory with a wild combo of arthouse and blockbuster gold. But just because no one outside this country has been hearing our fabulous trees fall in the woods doesnt mean that Canadian drag hasnt been making all sorts of sounds for years. The 2010s: How 11 Tatiana Maslanys walked so Schitt's Creek could run | CBC Arts Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before in music,. clue in October 2019. With Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy. Just hold on, three of them are going home: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Amanda Parris gives four members of Team Drizzy the chance to compete for the title of Drakes ultimate stan. What this means, in practical terms, is that arts organizations, publishers, literary journals and other arts institutions are not only encouraged to include Indigenous artists and our work but financially incentivized to do so. Both Megan and the actress who plays her are from Montreal, and we also get to meet her Quebecoise mother (played with a questionable accent by Brit Julia Ormond), who, in one episode, makes a random reference to Regina, which surely was the talk of the Saskatchewan capital for most of 2012. The third single off Carly Rae Jepsens 2015 album E MO TION, Your Type is just one of Jepsens many pop diamonds. Allysin Chaynes is a Toronto drag performer and pop cultural sponge, specializing in all things subcultural, queer, camp, strange and unusual. But much like Speed protagonist Jack Traven, Reeves kept a cool head. Many of these artists first and second features were noticed fast, and came at a time when world cinema and film festivals were more influential than they had ever been, right before the content boom were now experiencing. Videos of Reeves interacting with his fellow stranded passengers picked up speed (get it?) We leave behind the industrial room and theatrical costumes, and now its just Young and the five dancers in rehearsal sweats, offering a series of ravishing meditations-in-dance on trauma, hope, support and the painstaking, repetitive work of recovery. Ultimately, they get her address through some old-fashioned library research but in the episodes heartbreaking climax, Bill cant summon the courage to ring the doorbell. Born in Colombia and raised in Toronto, Sergio Trujillo became one of Broadways most sought-after choreographers this decade. The 55-year-old publicly held the hand (gasp!) The Rose . If NFYs the story of one mans quest for attention and the lies hed tell to get it then its basically just The Bachelor. Its incredibly challenging to be a filmmaker in Canada where, other than in Quebec, we havent nurtured a culture that has audiences enthusiastic to support Canadian cinema. Birth Name: Tatiana Gabriele Maslany Birth Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession Actor Actor 35 Credits Perry Mason 2023 Orphan Black 2021 Drunk History 2018 Heartland 2018 Parks and. The architect, Todd Saunders, is a Newfoundland native who lives and works in Norway. Dion hits No. What was once considered the great equalizer for drag in the United States has become a global standard for drag as viewed by the mainstream. Deadmau5 released The Veldt, a retelling of Bradburys story of the same name, in 2012. His work is ambitious and uncanny, and I find it terrifying and sort of brittle, like the first time you see one of those anatomy books in your uncles basement that has the layered pages that show you an increasingly flayed version of the human body. Audiences had an appetite for a particular strain of high-concept terror. (Lets all go there. Amy Harrity for The New York Times. Josh Gad, dan Tatiana Maslany. Ill never forget the night I first saw Brooke Lynn Hytes. Outdoor elements are inspired by the neighbouring foothills; inside, wooden beams wrap the atrium, suggesting the shape of a canoe. CNN called him a national treasure because of it, and he further cemented his status as the internets wholesome boyfriend. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. Dutchers victory was historic for a few reasons: a member of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, he was the first East Coast artist ever to take home the Polaris and he recorded the album using 100-year-old wax cylinder recordings of songs in traditional Wolastoq, which is a language spoken by fewer than 100 people. Because Tat is, first and foremost, a defender of the truth. After premiering on Netflix in August, the dark comedy drew attention for its biting humour and social commentary on the ways we frame success and community. Meanwhile, the films produced in Quebec this decade by great French-Canadian auteurs like Monia Chokri, Anne mond, Sophie Goyette, Myriam Verreault, Genevive Dulude-De Celles, Louise Archambault and Chlo Robichaud should mean that we never have to speak of Jean-Marc Valle again after what he did to poor Andrea Arnold. He finished off the decade with a Tony Award for his choreography work on Aint Too Proud. Unsurprisingly, it resonated: in September, Tagaq took home the Polaris Music Prize (where she also performed in front of a backdrop listing the names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, which was incredible, heartbreaking and rage-inducing since this crisis continues). Succession de HBO, tiene muchas posibilidades de sustituir a Game of Thrones como la serie favorita por los Premios de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias de la Televisin de Estados Unidos. Tatiana Maslany on how 'She-Hulk' became one of Marvel's funniest shows. Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before in music, film and TV, literature, visual art, dance, theatre and everything in between. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre opens its 40th season. Tatiana Maslany to Star in AMC's 'Invitation to a Bonfire' Series | TVLine As for that talk show appearance, it killed. KC Hoard edits the Arts and Culture section of Carleton Universitys the Charlatan, and has written for The Globe and Mail and the National Post. The mood is claustrophobic appropriate, considering youre trapped on a farm with family of Puritan zealots. (Hawkinss character lives above a gilded cinema the real-life Elgin Theatre, where The Shape of Water screened at TIFF.). It was a tiny boy singing about how much he liked someone and how much he hoped they could be together despite knowing it might never be so. Beale Streets entire cast is exceptional, not least of all Torontos very own Stephan James. Shrayas beautiful words are accompanied by Juliana Neufelds illustrations, and the book earned glowing praise from publications lucky enough to review it. By the end of the 2010s, LGBTQ representation had exploded into the mainstream in a genuinely unprecedented manner, particularly on television. Tatiana Maslany attends the world premiere of Marvel Studios' upcoming new series "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on August 15, 2022. So how can I argue that Alanis matters as much now, at the end of this decade, as she did in the 90s? My hope for 2020 is that artists continue to pay homage, show pride and subvert borders to assert their identity and their history. By a ghost. At what point did you realize that he was no longer that kid from Degrassi but a legitimate rapper and poet whose talent would go on to challenge any and all existing artists on the 2010 charts? ), she went for it with me. 6 Tatiana Maslany Is Married. From those first notes on the keyboard to the then-15-year-olds angelic coo, Baby stepped out of the rock n roll-heavy Canadian musical landscape and began to build a bridge between the pop world and the rest of us, offering a much-needed reprieve from the default offering of mainstream-beloved dudes holding guitars and wearing plaid shirts. What started as NSFW Twilight fan fiction produced one of the highest-grossing R-rated film franchises ever. Both actors have been exceptional across Dolans filmography (in particular, Dorval in I Killed My Mother and Clment in Laurence, Anyways), but Mommy was everybodys finest hour (or two and a half hours, as it were). First trailer for Schitt's Creek star's new movie. 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. Are we human, or are we Navi? He kicked off the 2010s by choreographing the Broadway production of The Addams Family and went on to work on Summer: The Donna Summer Musical in 2018. But really, the inn pays homage to local architecture and industry. If it was before June 15 the day Drizzys debut album dropped congratulations, you (for many reasons, I imagine) are better than me and most people. And it was so easy to sing and dance to, and as a result, easier still to defend to naysayers whose problems with the song seemed rooted in cynicism and bitterness. Turns out, were also a haven in real life for American TV producers looking for literature they can adapt into Emmy Award machines! Tanya Talaga wins the RBC Taylor Prize for her first book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City. In the work, Xa and her husband and collaborator Benito Mayor Vellayo used masks, costumes and performance to conjure elements of Korean folklore and the orcas that are such an integral part of the Vancouver imaginary. The sharp exterior walls make it an unmistakable landmark, visible from the Don Valley Parkway, and the angles create a sort of sundial effect throughout the day. 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. Its not too late for you to see it, either: get your hands on a copy before the end of the decade. And it worked. 'Perry Mason' Star Tatiana Maslany on the Balancing Act of Playing Sister Alice . He may be the internets boyfriend, but who knew he was also our greatest philosopher? They crazy, stupid love him: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Ryan Gosling enthusiasts the chance to compete for the title of his ultimate stan. The Illinois-born, Ontario-raised director won his first Tony Award in 1985 for directing Big River and has had a storied career ever since. There was a big reason to celebrate Domee Shis Oscar win on Feb. 24, and not only because her animated short about an aging Chinese-Canadian woman and a little dumpling that comes to life was the perfect way to spend eight minutes. 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. Those who are worthy are scooped up to heaven, while unworthy souls are doomed to spend an eternity in hell. And in a thoroughly meta epiphany, Nathan discovers the effect his TV cameras have on people. It included Lindsay Nixons essay Windigo, which eventually ended up in their book ntisnak. The 2010s: How 11 Tatiana Maslanys walked so Schitt's Creek - CBC The rest of Canada is arguably more culturally open than Quebec (Im looking at you, Bill 21) but has yet to truly tap into its multitude of storytelling options and voices. Here are 10 Canadians who couldnt help but kill it on the Great White Way this decade. In the shows dystopian version of America a totalitarian society where fertile women are child-bearing slaves Canada does get to play a supporting role in the narrative: like in Atwoods novel, our country is a safe haven for the characters to escape to (though only some are lucky enough to get here). her seven evil exes including, fun fact, the future Captain America (Chris Evans). In Canada, its been one big show where everyone, with the right amount of hard work and determination, can all come together to perform greatness. Like, say, his Giller Prize nomination for last years French Exit, which included a cat inhabited by the spirit of a womans late husband a character every book should have, IMHO. The win came on the heels of her 2012 short story collection, Dear Life, and the news was initially met with silence since the Swedish Academy was unable to locate the author and was forced to make its announcement public after leaving her a message on her answering machine. Like Saskatoon before it, Calgary found itself on the Timess 52 places list in 2019, but the star attraction downtowns new Central Library has earned more than the sweet, sweet international attention of the Gray Lady. By creating an audience section for the bar, the rest of the patrons will become de facto performers in his slice of life showSmokers Allowed. I grabbed a drink and within no time was singled out by the tall, gorgeous, smokey-eyed acrobat who had just performed four songs in a row. (Keandra?). Inside, more decorative shadows are employed. Like so many NFY mysteries, we may never know. In short, Jamess star has been rising fast this decade, and it only seems poised to soar further in the 2020s. A source of light! It was a sad day when founders (and former romantic and artistic partners) William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill opted to close Videofag, the beloved performance space in Kensington Market that had thrived since opening four years prior. She revealed that she got married during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and joked that it was a secret and no one really knew about it. Hadestown begins its pre-Broadway run in Edmonton, Prior to earning 14 Tony nominations, Hadestown grew into itself at Edmontons Citadel Theatre, where the retelling of the Greek myth (in which Orpheus attempts to regain the favour of his love, Eurydice) was staged for three weeks in November 2017. Absolutely check it out. John Barton, former editor of The Malahat Review, described the impact this had in the afterword of the magazines first all-Indigenous issue, called Indigenous Perspectives. Barton wrote that the issue was in part inspired by a letter the British Columbia Arts Council sent to literary magazines in 2015, exhorting us not only to better represent Indigenous writers in our pages, but to involve them in our decision-making. (Basically, the B.C. The best Canadian TV shows by genre: Best Canadian Comedies Schitt's Creek Seasons: 5 (2015-present) Where to stream: Netflix, PopTV app Even if you've been sleeping on this hit comedy, it's not too late to fall in love with the Rose family. Imagine having to follow up Visions, a record so obsessed over that surpassing it creatively mustve been, to say the least, daunting. (Ive been waiting my whole life/the last two years to say that. Airing on Comedy Central between 2013 and 17, its a prank show on its surface a spoof of reality makeover series in the vein of, say, The Profit (or because this is CBC, Under New Management). 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. Post-truth might have a political whiff to it, but few terms define the decade quite like it. 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. David Ly is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn and the poetry collection Mythical Man. But dont take my word for it. The show even managed to get our countrys name into an Oscar-nominated song when Blame Canada provided a centerpiece to the 1999 South Park movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. In addition to announcing her new album, Alanis kicked off the final month of this decade by giving us all second offering of what doesnt always come easy these days: excitement for the future. Who knows how many times Canada has been referenced along the way at this point, but a 2019 episode co-written by Canadian Tim Long probably takes the cake for the most times weve been mentioned in a single shot. Most of the time, getting stranded at an airport after an emergency landing is a stressful experience. (So youre welcome, and congrats to us all.) Set in Toronto (so rare!) Still, Dion is still more queen of corny than queen of cool. Sure, sureyouve been following him since his days on The Odyssey. The jury called the building both complex and serene, a masterpiece on every level, and it received plenty more major accolades that same year, including a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Award for International Excellence and an AIA (American Institute of Architects) Award. Yes, there was controversy surrounding Disneys live-action Aladdin (see: whether or not Will Smiths Genie should have been blue) but regardless of anyones feelings about Disneys approach to remaking animated classics, the casting of Toronto-dwelling Mena Massoud as Aladdin was something to celebrate. The song performed best in Furtados homeland, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. For what artistic culture can thrive when its peoples children have been stolen from their arms? READ. When Netflix dropped Always Be My Maybe in 2019, many expected the movie to be a fun vehicle for comedy superstar Ali Wong. ), The plan: Nathan will beat his fear of the opposite sex by dating not one, but 10 women at the same time.. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. By 2016, we were truly lacking movies based on comic book characters. And since Indigenous peoples supposed lack of history, art, politics, science, medicine and culture was often used to excuse Canadas systematic attempts to wipe out our nations, this sort of erasure had concrete effects on our lives. He later wrote and starred in a one-man cabaret at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival called Boy Falls From the Sky, which detailed his experience during that production. And thats a really big deal. Grimes releases Art Angels to widespread acclaim. Stompa, a storm of a song, catapulted Millbrook, Ont., singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to national and, to a certain extent, international stardom. 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. The shows previews have received rave reviews, and its shaping up to be a Broadway smash. This is exactly what youd think Oscar voters would be looking for in their best original song category except Cut to the Feeling was deemed ineligible because Jepsen didnt record it specifically for the film, denying us what would have surely been an epic performance at the Oscars and leading my former employer Indiewire to demand the Academy reconsider its rules. The Birdcage, Brokeback Mountain, The Imitation Game, Dallas Buyers Club and Philadelphia were all directed by straight men, while Modern Family and even Will & Grace definitely catered to straight audiences. In the article, the gallerys collection gets a shoutout, but its world-class modernist architecture is described as a draw, too. Just look at Sarah Polley, who made the Toronto romance Take This Waltz and NFB documentary Stories We Tell one year apart (2011 and 2012 respectively), and capped off the decade with the brilliant, multivalent CBC miniseries Alias Grace in 2017, tapping American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron to direct it. After helping arrange alternative travel for his fellow passengers, he joined a group headed to L.A. by van, playing music on his phone. This summer, I did a show called Dear Alanis, where I performed a stripped-down piano version of the song; I had never realized how devastating the lyric Just make sure you dont tell on me, especially to members of your family was until I sung it myself. The structures 1,800 beams were re-assembled on King Street, where visitors could walk beneath the rolling form. As for the piece itself, itll ultimately land in Vancouver, next to Westbanks headquarters. Her, featuring a score by Owen Pallett and Win Butler, premieres at New York Film Festival. online, leading many to proclaim their further adoration for the already widely adored actor. Starring Canadian besties Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, This Is the End a Rogen/Evan Goldbergwritten/directed/produced joint took the terror and hilarity of the apocalypse to new heights with their version of what might happen when the world finally ends. Keanu Reeves might be a roadside hero. When it premiered in 2009, the now ubiquitous Drag Race without many even noticing decisively split the world of drag like a lightning bolt thrown by Zeus and sung about by Hedwig. Maybe you dont really know the mans story either. We've already heard Tatiana Maslany claim she wasn't She . This year alone, Canadian female filmmakers Alexandra Lazarowich and Grace Glowicki won top prizes at Sundance and SXSW respectively. Mr. Will Wong, Toronto Entertainment Blogger | Schitt's Creek And of course, we were in luck: two more mixtapes followed the same year, which completed a trilogy. Gays familiar with his work are gagging. She had been rumored to have been dating Hines since 2020 and told Colbert that he was a great guy. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. He starred in the critically acclaimed play This Is Our Youth in 2014, and then earned a Tony nomination in 2018 for his role as Jeff in Lobby Hero. Kaurs vulnerability, honesty and seamless ability to convey feelings that so many struggle to articulate helped Milk and Honey find its way onto the New York Times Bestseller list (for more than 77 weeks) and sell approximately 2.5 million copies in 25 languages. The rest, as they say, is history. Six years earlier, Youngs 14-year-old daughter and her two cousins died in a cabin fire on a family vacation in the B.C. And he isn't showing any signs of slowing down: this year, McAnuff garnered a Tony nomination for directing the musical Aint Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. ), Before he was linked to Camila Cabello, before he collaborated with Taylor Swift and before he was anointed the face of Tim Hortons (the biggest achievement of all three), Shawn Mendes was just a Canadian boy, standing in front of the internet, asking all of us to like him. Joining the MCU, while already being such a vocal advocate for Asian representation, gives him a larger platform to spread the message of inclusion. Thankfully, Page ended up being far from alone in his quest to try and make a difference through the work that he did. Elliot Page comes out at the Human Rights Campaign Foundations inaugural Time to Thrive conference. So, if youre a Ms. Its an obvious delusion, but a romantic one the sort of beautiful lie you can build a story on. As a viewer, it becomes increasingly hard to keep the facts straight. After conquering YouTube and the publishing world, Torontos Lilly Singh turned her sights to late-night TV this past September and made her debut with A Little Late with Lilly Singh, NBCs replacement for Last Call with Carson Daly. A man lies unconscious, or dead, in the most strangely peaceful detail of the scene, as we hope the two teens running away in the distance make it to some kind of safety. Canadas premier pop punk darlings went full pop with this single. This eventually leads to among other things her becoming a political refugee, Skyping with Justin Trudeau and attending an elementary school named after Alanis Morissette. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World hits cinemas in all its Toronto-set glory. It evoked emotions many of us hadnt felt since junior high and tapped into a nostalgia that ended up defining the decade in its own way. The voices blaring at him are soon replaced by his own compulsive, circular, maddening conversations with himself in voiceover as he works through the language of PTSD, addiction and recovery a system is in place to maintain your positionuse it., Young is soon joined on stage by a company of five dancers, and over the course of the harrowing first act, they inhabit the ravaged landscape of his mind a demonic tap dance here, an alter egos sinister soft-shoe there, becoming a surreal late-night show of salsa, drugs and self-loathing. A dance-theatre hybrid, Betroffenheit is an unlikely achievement a strikingly original show about loss that became a global sensation. Ben Lewis is an actor/writer/director from Toronto, best known for his role on the hit CW series Arrow. More Gaga, less 90s Cline. In July of 2012, we all set out on a journey: after four seasons of action, adventure, the Albuquerque underworld and Heisenberg, Breaking Bads fifth and last season premiered and brought with it an intensity I cant possibly describe in a simple paragraph. 1 on the Billboard 200. Only two years after directing Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Jean-Marc Valle became an even bigger mainstream sensation after the premiere and success of Big Little Lies, the HBO adaptation of the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty. Artist and educator Jason Baerg discusses the impact abstract artist Alex Janvier has had on the art world in the past 10 years. Born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, Meghie always had a love for writing, but after graduating from Waterloo University, she couldnt find a direct way into the industry and ended up working as a fashion publicist in New York. She has a passion for romance and seems intrigued by the way it ignites vulnerability and inspires transformation. James Camerons Avatar becomes the highest grossing film of all time.