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LET IT RIP
Nearly 30 years ago, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon shocked the movie industry when the thenunknown writer-actors sold their script for Good Will Hunting for $600,000 US. The film was nominated for nine Oscars, and won two, turning them into overnight...
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All revved up
As he travelled to Formula 1 races around the world to shoot last summer's high-speed drama, F1 director Joseph Kosinski faced no shortage of challenges. Keeping his leading men, Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, safe in the driver's seat as they whirled...
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Perfect Stranger
When it debuted in July 2016 on Netflix, Stranger Things was an instant hit. With its 1980s setting and retro soundtrack, the show focused on a group of misfit teens living in Hawkins, Ind., who became the target of supernatural creatures and secret...
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Fired up
For the first time in more than four decades, Avatar director James Cameron is out of a job. “I always say when Wile E. Coyote goes off the cliff and there's that moment where he looks down and he realizes he's not on the cliff anymore, that's this...
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Must sees
1 One Battle After Another Film The latest film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson follows a washed-up revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is forced back into action when his daughter (Chase Infiniti) is kidnapped by an old nemesis (Sean...
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Horseplay
In The Abandons, Gillian Anderson plays the cold and controlling matriarch of a wealthy family in Washington Territory circa 1854. Constance Van Ness is used to getting what she wants from her family and the folks who live in Jasper Hollow, the town...
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‘Bigger and more
VANCOUVER — Author Rick Riordan is beaming as he watches Walker Scobell nail a pivotal sequence from an upcoming episode in Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. “This is a scene that fans have been looking forward to for a long time,” Riordan...
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‘Romantic gesture’
Billy Bob Thornton is opening up on his marriage to Angelina Jolie, 22 years after they called it quits. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Landman star says that he and Jolie, who were married from 2000 to 2003, wore necklaces that had vials...
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Blast from the past
OSLO — Norway is a land of dramatic fjords, the midnight sun and the world's finest goat cheese. It has never been known for its music. But 40 years ago, it produced a singular global pop hit whose grip on our ears has barely eased since. What is it...
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Total knockout
Before she appears on a video call, I am told: Sydney Sweeney only wants to talk about Christy, a new biopic in which the two-time Emmy nominee plays pioneering female boxer Christy Martin. Sweeney caused a firestorm earlier this summer when she...
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Dynamic duo
Mystery novelist Mick Herron has a knack for crafting stories that make for good TV series. But before he became a household name, thanks to the success of Apple's adaptation of his Slow Horses series, Emma Thompson said she had long been a fan of the...
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Once in a Blue Moon
When director Richard Linklater first shared the script to Blue Moon with Ethan Hawke more than a decade ago, he wanted to start filming it immediately. The two Texas natives had already made eight films together when Linklater approached the...
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Back in Blue
Before it wrapped last year, Blue Bloods star Donnie Wahlberg didn't want his time on the popular cop drama to end. Over the course of 14 seasons, Wahlberg, 56, played NYPD detective Danny Reagan on the series that followed multiple generations of a...
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‘Proud Canadian’
Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan isn't surprised so many musical artists hailing from Canada found success worldwide. Growing up in Halifax, the threetime Grammy winner found herself drawn to a life in the arts because she spent so much time...
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Tron lights new way SUN EXCLUSIVE
VANCOUVER — More than 40 years after the debut film became a cult sci-fi favourite, Tron is racing back into theatres with a brand-new story. Following up on the seminal 1982 original and a 2010 sequel, Tron: Ares will bring the virtual environment of...
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‘I saw the death
No one comes out and says it, but with his 80th birthday looming in the not-too distant future, Sylvester Stallone knows there are probably some people who wonder why he hasn't retired. The veteran movie star has enjoyed just as many onscreen...
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Driven
Five years after his last starring role toplining Guy Ritchie's crime drama The Gentlemen, Matthew McConaughey admits he had forgotten how fun acting could be. “You reminded me,” the Oscar winner says, nodding at America Ferrera, his co-star in The...
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‘A beautiful goodbye’
Long before he hatched the idea that he wanted to make a documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Canadian comedy legend John Candy, Ryan Reynolds had one thought: Why hadn't anyone already made one? Candy, who died of heart failure at the age...
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SUN EXCLUSIVE Battle ready
Like most celebrity cinematic team-ups, the decision to try a pairing of Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch onscreen was hatched over lunch. “Ben and I had been saying for years, `I wish we could work together.' Then we said it in front of some...
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Binge worthy
Looking for something to binge this August? While we take some time off for the rest of this month, we're bringing you a list of shows and movies that we've loved watching this year and where you can find them. The Studio Seth Rogen plays a newly...
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Three’s company
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sully Burrows, Noeline Hofmann and Jake Vaadeland are one step closer to becoming the next big name on Canada's country music scene after a nationwide vote in SiriusXM's Top of the Country contest. The singing competition saw the...
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Legend of ‘Superlungs’SHOWBIZ
Let's get the story out of the way. Terry Reid, 19 and beautiful and full of range, soul and energy, gets approached by his pal, Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page. I'm forming a band, Page tells him, and I'd like you to be my singer. Thanks, Reid...
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Frozen Love thawed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They were in love once. Four years before Fleetwood Mac's Rumours became one of the best breakup records of the 1970s — and, many might say, all time — Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were relative unknowns, a young couple...
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Biebs leans into the skid
For years, listeners have debated whether to separate art from the artist. But what about separating an artist from their tabloid persona? The latter question is asked but not answered by Swag, the album Justin Bieber surprise-released on July 11, and...
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Peace of the action
Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida isn't the kind of musician who likes to dwell on the past. But fresh off his induction into Canada's Walk of Fame last month — alongside bandmates Duncan Coutts (bass), Steve Mazur (guitar) and Jason Pierce (drums)...
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Feature
Months after he took what he thought were his last gasps as Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall started to wonder: What if his murderous character didn't die? Adapted from Jeff Lindsay's books, Hall, 54, played the vigilante serial killer for eight seasons...
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UP UP and AWAY!
LOS ANGELES — For years, James Gunn resisted DC's pleas to try and get him to make a Superman movie. When he finally agreed, he said he could only do it if he found the right actor to play the Last Son of Krypton. “I was offered Superman originally...
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Better than ever
Sarah McLachlan still likes to listen to a full album, uninterrupted. The multiple Grammy- and Juno-winning artist, who is best known for hits like Angel, Building a Mystery and Adia, isn't interested in hearing a handful of singles sandwiched between...
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NEED FOR SPEED
NEW YORK CITY — As the man who helped bring Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, the Bad Boys movies, Days of Thunder and the Pirates of the Caribbean flicks to the big screen, Hollywood super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer knows what makes a great summer...
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Softer side to Stephen
Stephen King might be the preeminent master of horror, but underneath the scares lies the beating heart of a writer in love with being alive. That is very much on display with The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagan's big-screen adaptation of King's novella...
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Nothing’s Impossible
For fans of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible series, the Pentagon can answer the incredulous question at the climax of its latest trailer: “You gave him an aircraft carrier?” Yes, the US Navy and Air Force Special Operations decided to accept the...
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Jaws of death
A serial killer and the hardened survivalist he aims to murder head out into shark-infested waters with not another soul in sight for miles. It sounds like the movie remix of the year. But to actor Jai Courtney, putting together serial killers and...
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`I will never stop' — Tom Cruise plans to make movies even after he turns ...
He may not be hanging off planes 40 years from now, but Tom Cruise is reassuring moviegoers he will never retire from acting. Ahead of the release of his latest Mission: Impossible adventure, Cruise, 62, said he plans to act well past his 100th...
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MISSION
In the midst of making Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, their ambitious finale to Tom Cruise's nearly 30-year-old Mission: Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie and his leading man would often turn to one another and say the same...
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FLYING HIGH
When Josh Hartnett embarked on his path to stardom nearly 30 years ago, he began his journey with a promise to himself. Fresh-faced and just out of school, the then 18-yearold gave himself two months. Recently transplanted from New York to Los...
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Affairs of the heart
Tina Fey has no shortage of ideas she wants to pursue on the big and small screen. But ever since she was a tween, the Saturday Night Live alum has had an affinity for The Four Seasons. The 1981 rom-com, which starred Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Jack...
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Together again
Throughout much of the documentary Cheech & Chong's Last Movie, the iconic comedy duo are shown driving through the desert. It's a nice post-modern touch. The setup recalls scenes from Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong's 1982 comedy Things Are Tough All...
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‘DREAM COME TRUE’
TOKYO — Ryan Gosling is officially headed to “A Galaxy, Far, Far Away” as he sets a course to join the Star Wars universe with Star Wars: Starfighter — a new standalone film to be directed by Shawn Levy that goes before cameras this fall. Lucasfilm...
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MR. TOUGH GUY
Tom Hardy knows how to play a comic book villain. For proof, just look at his roles as a symbiote in Marvel's Venom franchise or his interpretation of Bane in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. But he was intrigued by the idea of playing an entirely...
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A RUSH OF
When former Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson recorded his first album with Envy of None four years ago, he didn't know the experience was going to make him fall in love with music all over again. But as he recorded the 11-track self-titled debut alongside...
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STUDIO IS SPOT-ON
LOS ANGELES — Apple's new star-studded satire The Studio is being hailed as one of the best comedy series of the year. But even though it manages to get laughs by having many celebrities playing fictionalized versions of themselves, star and...
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DREAM MACHINE
By now, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo know that people have seen plenty of trailers for their new film The Electric State and wondered: What is up with Chris Pratt's hair? The AI-era road trip movie casts Pratt has an eccentric smuggler who joins...
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! SPOILER ALERT
In a show known for its plot twists, Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry both agree the biggest curveball so far during Severance's long-awaited second season came back in Episode 4. Apple's biggest streaming hit follows a group of office workers at...
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DEVIL OF A TIME
Charlie Cox is probably not the first Marvel actor to complain about sore muscles. But after10 years of playing the Man Without Fear, things tend to get a little difficult. Especially when he's tasked with repeatedly performing bruising stunts and...
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And the award goes to...
By the time the Oscars wind around after months of other award shows and constant handicapping, the prizes can feel almost predetermined. Not this year. Sunday's 97th Academy Awards has more potential drama than any recent year, with many possible...
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FOOD FOR
It might seem that Pamela Anderson is everywhere these days. But if you're seeing more of her, she wants to assure you that it's purely coincidence. After making her big-screen return in the recently released film The Last Showgirl, the 57-yearold...
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‘IT’S ROMANTIC’
With his role in the Apple TV+ series Severance, Christopher Walken finally got to do the one thing he's never done in his acting career: get the girl. “I've never ... I can't think of a movie where I got the girl,” the 81-year-old Oscar winner...
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HEAVEN SENT
After playing Randall Pearson on the hit NBC drama This Is Us, Sterling K. Brown was used to people telling him he was good at making them cry. Throughout its six-season run, many of the Emmy-winning show's most emotional moments belonged to his...
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YEOH-HOO!
After she first played starship Capt. Philippa Georgiou and her evil Mirror Universe doppelganger on Star Trek: Discovery, Michelle Yeoh was supposed to reprise the role for Section 31, a spinoff series that would continue to follow her fan favourite...
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HORROR
Steven Soderbergh is famously one of Hollywood's most earthbound filmmakers. He has avoided directing superhero epics largely because there's no sex. He famously told The Daily Beast back in 2022, “Nobody's f---ing! Like, I don't know how to tell...
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BUILT TO LAST
Adrien Brody has heard the cliched line plenty of times about how a fellow actor was “born” to play a role. Usually those pronouncements come in the lead-up to awards season, when performers are angling for critical praise as they hope to add an...
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INSIDE OUT
NEW YORK CITY — When Ben Stiller read the script for Severance it was like nothing he had been handed in his 30-plus years as an actor and director. Stiller, who executive produced and directed most of the sci-fi thriller's first season for Apple TV+,...
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MONKEY BUSINESS
Robbie Williams has sat through countless screenings of Better Man,a new biopic that chronicles the tumultuous life of the British pop star. But in his mind, so far there's one reaction that has guaranteed the film will hit the right note with...
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POP CULTURE
From an epic rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar to the end of Bennifer 2.0 and the reign of Taylor Swift, these are Postmedia's biggest moments in entertainment from 2024. Kendrick Lamar and Drake square off in an epic rap feud Rappers Drake...
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Driving the eagle stark raven mad
Ravens know exactly what they're doing. Like their magpie and crow cousins, pretty much everything they do seems to have a purpose. Whether it's gathering food or running off rivals or just having fun, ravens seem to do it all with diligence and...
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FIRED UP!
As the mastermind behind Yellowstone and all of the prequels and spinoffs that series has given birth to, writer-director Taylor Sheridan knows how to craft compelling stories for the small screen. So it should come as no surprise that his latest...
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Tour ends on west coast
VANCOUVER — How to sum up the first night of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Vancouver in a word? Spectacular. After months of anticipation and weeks of building buzz, Swift kicked off the final three dates of her record-breaking tour at B.C....
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HEY, JUDE!
When it comes to acting in big movie franchises, Jude Law has pretty much checked every box. He played iconic Harry Potter hero Professor Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts movies, and a slithery villain for the Marvel Cinematic...
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BLOOD BROTHERS
Director Ridley Scott's return to the world of ancient Rome in a longawaited sequel to his 2000 box-office smash Gladiator is bringing a host of new faces to the franchise. Coming 24 years after the Oscarwinning original hit theatres, Gladiator II...
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‘JOHN DUTTON
NEW YORK CITY — Kevin Costner's John Dutton might be gone from Yellowstone, but Kelly Reilly, who plays his daughter Beth on the popular TV western, says he's “very present” as the series comes to a close with its final six episodes. In last Sunday...
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... READY FOR IT?
After nearly a year-and-a-half on the road, Taylor Swift is finally bringing her Eras Tour to Toronto this week. The pop superstar will be performing six sold-out nights at Rogers Centre beginning this Thursday, with shows scheduled to take place at...
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Golden tamaracks in the snow
There was more snow than I expected up in the Raven River country. I'd seen in the forecast that flurries were going to happen but from the looks of all that white, they had flurried pretty ferociously. Not that it wasn't pretty. No, it absolutely...
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‘IT’S SO UNHINGED’
Smile 2 star Naomi Scott knows date nights can be a tricky thing, especially for fans of fright flicks with non-horror loving partners. But hear her out. She's ready to list off a bunch of reasons why writer-director Parker Finn's sequel to his 2022...
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Laughing matters
Jason Segel gets why you might think a series about grief and therapy isn't an ideal show for audiences looking to laugh. But when Segel and his Shrinking co-creators Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein (who met on Ted Lasso) started talking about...
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DR. FEELGOOD
Kelsey Grammer has been playing Dr. Frasier Crane, the uppity psychiatrist he originated on Cheers, since 1984 and has no plans to say goodbye anytime soon. Following Cheers' end in 1993, Grammer continued playing Frasier on an NBC spinoff for an...
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LIVE WIRE
Director Jason Reitman has been obsessed with Saturday Night Live for pretty much his entire life. But it was after he scored a weeklong gig on the sketch comedy program back in 2008 that the Oscarnominated filmmaker — whose late father, Ivan,...
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