He may always remain Brandon Walsh in our memories (and, let’s face it, our hearts), but Vancouver-born actor-director Jason Priestley has had quite a varied career. He stars in the hit HBO Canada series Call Me Fitz, and he’s acted in plays in London’s West End. He’s also directed music videos for Barenaked Ladies, and this past summer, he directed his first feature-length film, Cas & Dylan, to be released later this year.
To the romantically inclined, spring means robins, flowers that you can’t tell the difference between and endless days of warm sunshine. Reality often lands closer to what we’ve experienced this week: slate-gray clouds and rain blown by vicious winds. For days like today, we still need warming, stronger beer like the maibock from Les Trois Mousquetaires.
Life does not always go according to plan — and Italia Ricci probably knows that better than most. The up-and-coming actress and native of Richmond Hill says she never pegged herself as the funny one, but as it so happens, she got her first break with a role in American Pie Presents Beta House (a spinoff of the popular teen comedy series). And, as most teen comedy romps do, Ricci’s story starts with a party.
Who says arena rock is dead? English pop rock trio Muse has spent their current North American tour staking their claim as the next band to take the ‘epic live spectacle’ mantle, following in the footsteps of acts like U2, Queen and Pink Floyd.
There are a number of worthy places to open up a shop in Toronto, but for Niko Downie, the owner of new accessories shop Elevator, Parkdale was the only choice.
The city’s latest hotspot for Thai cuisine is Church Street’s Sabai Sabai. Inside, against a hodgepodge of memorabilia from the motherland, chef Nuit Regular’s patrons mow down on lesser-seen Thai favourites such as morning glory stir-fry and fried fish in tamarind sauce.
With his lacerating tongue, shock of green hair and cigar-chomping grimace, Ed the Sock is an unlikely Canadian media icon.
For the past two years, chef Steve Gonzalez has been combing the city for a spot to open his own restaurant, and he’s finally found a place. He isn’t ready to reveal the exact location yet (for what it’s worth, it will be in the west end, three blocks from his house), but we do know this much: when the restaurant opens, it will serve Latin American street food, and there won’t be a taco in sight.
Toronto has been battling it out with Mother Nature these days, but if wacky weather isn’t an indication that summer is (fingers crossed) just around the corner, then the reveal of the Edgefest lineup certainly is.
For our Comedy Issue, we interviewed seven of the city’s top comedians. Today, we present Mark McKinney, the man who brought us characters such as the Head Crusher, the Chicken Lady and more. Here, McKinney dishes on his Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Life days, and what he’s been up to since.
