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Who needs sleep? Where to celebrate the royal wedding

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Thanks to the five-hour time difference — or maybe just grumpy indifference — many of you will be asleep in your beds when Prince Wills finally marries his Kate this Friday. But for those of us who just can’t resist a real-life fairytale, there are a variety of events happening in and around Toronto that promise to make the day a memorable one, even if we aren’t able to witness the big balcony kiss in person.

Q&A: Woody Harrelson, premiering his new play at U of T's Hart House Theatre

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Woody Harrelson, the actor–cum–outspoken environmental activist with a penchant for pot, has had a long-standing love affair with our city. When it came time to think about mounting his play, Bullet for Adolf, he decided to make the long trek north from his home in Maui, Hawaii. We met at his favourite local restaurant, Live Organic, to talk raw food, how high school cheerleader Robin Rogers got him into acting and why he’s here. Like, on this planet, man.

We will survive: Q&A with Tim Flannery, speaking at the Toronto Reference Library tonight

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Can the planet Earth sustain humanity’s ever-growing population? Internationally acclaimed scientist and world authority on climate change Tim Flannery will have hopeful things to say when discussing his new book, Here on Earth, at the Toronto Reference Library tonight. With Earth Day fast approaching and the federal election a couple of weeks away, he says the best thing we can do for the environment is get political.

Q&A: Tommy Wiseau, coming to The Royal this month

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For several years now, The Room has been playing to packed movie houses around the world. The Royal has been screening it regularly since 2009. A Rocky Horror Picture Show for the hipster generation, it’s about as popular as a cult movie can be without becoming mainstream. But The Room’s legions of fans aren’t flocking to see it out of admiration. By nearly all accounts, this is a film that’s confoundingly, awesomely, hilariously bad.