And this preoccupation continued into the 2010s, notably with the 2011 episode Royal Pudding. Clearly parodying the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, it centres around the wedding of the prince of Canada. During the ceremony, the princes bride is suddenly abducted, leading people all over Canada to kill themselves in despair and Rush to perform their own version of Candle in the Wind.. 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. If NFYs the story of one mans quest for attention and the lies hed tell to get it then its basically just The Bachelor. But beliefs a powerful thing. Thats an old story. The result? How can we explain their sweeping success and the resonance of their work? Instead, hes the cool, confident, hot one, and kind of a rebel and it is everything to see an Asian actor cast this way on a comedy show, unabashedly making mistakes and fumbling through life.
As She-Hulk, Tatiana Maslany Is Beautiful When She's Angry Drakes debut studio album Thank Me Later is released. Heres one reason: her silence is golden. To explore career opportunities, she moved to the United States at age 22. Afterward, Valle went on to direct Amy Adams in the 2018 miniseries Sharp Objects, based on the book by Gillian Flynn, which somehow did not earn Amy Adams a Golden Globe or Emmy (a disgrace Id be happy to write at least 6,000 words about). David Altmejds Flux exhibit opens at the Muse dart contemporain de Montral, David Altmejd The Flux and The Puddle (James Ewing/Andrea Rosen Gallery). Because sometimes life actually is beautiful, Owen Pallett joined forces with Arcade Fires Win Butler to compose the score for Her, the Spike Jonze futuristic drama about love and loneliness. Outdoor elements are inspired by the neighbouring foothills; inside, wooden beams wrap the atrium, suggesting the shape of a canoe. It suggests a future where the probes have outlived us as the artist puts it, where several of the spacecraft continue to partially function, to do their intended jobs, to ultimately find signs of life whilst transmitting the data back to a planet where no one is left to receive it. But theres also hope in Richardsons installations, most recently her Embers and the Giants, which memorializes an endangered old-growth forest in British Columbia and invites us to protect our landscape. And all three of those were shot in B.C. Tranna Wintour is a comedian, singer, writer and the co-host of Chosen Family on CBC Podcasts. Bao wins the Oscar for best animated short. The age of a celebritys S.O. And it includes names like Elle-Mij Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn, Jeff Barnaby, Albert Shin, Johnny Ma, Jasmin Mozaffari, Andrew Cividino, Stephen Dunn, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski (to name just a few). Joining the MCU, while already being such a vocal advocate for Asian representation, gives him a larger platform to spread the message of inclusion. (Fielder famously donated $150,000 of the profits to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre 150,000 U.S. She earned an Emmy for the role in September. (And youre also as Liu has excitedly expressed about to have an Asian superhero to dress up as on Halloween.). The Toronto comedian seemed to fear no one, brought receipts to every argument and created a safe place for like minds who were as angry, confused and scared as she appeared to be. For her entire career, shes been accused of being juvenile and psychobabble-y in her writing, but its what makes her great. Theyre shining examples of the possibilities of how Asians can be portrayed without conforming to stereotypical and racist perceptions. 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. Its a riff on the wooden buildings where fishers would process a catch. Xavier Dolan is hot off of proving hes no one-hit wonder with his sophomore feature Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), the stylish followup to his sensational debut Jai tu ma mre (I Killed My Mother). By the shows final season, it wasnt just ignoring the line between the NFY universe and our own it was erasing it entirely. Carly Rae Jepsen releases Call Me Maybe. Its one of the finest things Kims Convenience has given us. In a moment that was highly deserved and long overdue, Obsidian Theatre Canadas leading Black theatre company stunned at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in June when it conquered the play and musical theatre categories simultaneously. After several failed IVF cycles and a miscarriage, Dion and Anglil welcome their twin sons Nelson and Eddy to the world. And of course, we were in luck: two more mixtapes followed the same year, which completed a trilogy. A few examples: The next time Tat and I were together on set was 10 years later, when I directed her in a short film I wrote called Apart From Everything. Her second EP, Being Human in Public, was nominated for a Grammy, and shes penned songs for the likes of Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith. Leading the Television nominees once again is ORPHAN BLACK with a stellar 14 nominations (and wins in the past three consecutive years) including Best Dramatic Series and Actress (Tatiana Maslany). So how can I argue that Alanis matters as much now, at the end of this decade, as she did in the 90s? The exhibit opened at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in January and then toured across Canada. A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion) on May 2, 2017 at 8:32am PDT. Im not sure whether the series quite takes a position on issues like solitary confinement or the death penalty, or whether it functions as an investigation into a real part of this country that many of us are lucky enough to never see but either way, its chilling. In this episode, Nathans preparing for a very real appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Within the last decade, the entertainment industry has made wonderful yet long overdue strides in bringing attention to and representing Asian voices (thank you #OscarsSoWhite and Crazy Rich Asians). Soon after the show premiered at Panamania, the arts and culture festival attached to the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, rumours of its remarkable transmutation of grief into art spread far and wide. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The St. Johns native had, of course, come to prominence thanks to his work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and subsequent Ricks Rants, the segment in which hed walk through graffitied alleys and, well, rant about whatever nonsense our prime minister and any other relevant soul was up to. This is nearly unheard of in the literary world. Thankfully, Canadians get the band all to ourselves. Shes proved, by example, that we are all good and worthy and valuable even if we do less. His talent deserves a platform. In fact, if you live in Winnipeg, you can catch it at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until Feb. 22, 2020. Her stories explore intergenerational relationships and the way baggage and bad habits get passed down in families. Fielder is a comedian a dry one. Probably most important of all, his casting means that Asian children and Asian-Canadian children in particular will see someone who they can identify with on the silver screen. Alicia Elliott is the author of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground. Dobson never quite reached the same echelon of stardom outside of Canada that these songs brought her here, but they remain carved into this decades Canadian pop consciousness. 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. Quebec is mourning and on Jan. 22, the province arranges a national funeral for Anglil. The reality is that, despite the success of Indigenous artists prior to 2015, there wasnt a national push to both recognize and, more importantly, fund Indigenous artists until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) released its final report in December of that year. "I. Indigenous artists have always created incredible work, from the blankets Salish weavers constructed from goat hair and woolly dog hair to the intricate carvings made by Inuit sculptors from bones and antlers to Haudenosaunee raised beadwork. This other moment of viral gold comes a few short weeks after Dion turns 50, and her new embrace of fun and individuality make her appear more youthful than she has since, like, 1989. Industry heavyweights like DallasK (Fifth Harmony), Lauv (Charli XCX), Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele) and Jrgen Elofsson (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson) are on board to help Dion sound as cool as her newfound fashion sense, while not alienating her base (a tall order). Expect to see a lot more of her in the 2020s. Werbung. The exhibition was a moment to talk about identity and the impact and trauma of colonialism while celebrating the artists featured, a number of whom made work specifically for the show. The show was powerful, touching, heartbreaking and beautiful, as Downies gifts as a showman and speaker were put on display, and united everyone paying witness. No doubt, Asian-Canadian representation in the 2010s was stellar. To balance making millions, raising twins and mayyyyybe also to rescue Las Vegas tourism after the catastrophic crash of the Great Recession, Dion launches a second residency on the Strip. ! in the faces of unsuspecting strangers. And thats what he does, minus the bit about actually helping. The fact that were not still celebrating the majesty of Despacito is an egregious oversight one I hope we can right at the close of this blurb. And similar to the Temple of Light in Santiago, this structure is a light-filled dome in the wilderness. It seems Carly Rae isnt always the type of girl for you, non-Canadians (and thats your loss). Can Alanis hear me? 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. Sarah Polleys Stories We Tell is released in Canadian cinemas. In less than a decade, a 29-room hotel in a Newfoundland town most Canadians have never heard of became one of the worlds most talked-about tourist destinations. Three of the five premiered in the 2010s: Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2. Youll need a passport to visit this otherworldly temple, a Canadian-led project designed by Torontos Hariri Pontarini Architects. One hilarious early example comes in the first-season episode Rude Kid, when the five-year-old son of Janets white professor is misbehaving and Appa (Jung and Janets father, played by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) instinctively flicks the boys forehead and is quickly scolded for it. It reminded me of Sam Shepard.) From there, Nathans game plan explodes. After earning popularity on Vine (RIP) in 2013, the 15-year-old Pickering, Ont., native went on to release his debut single Life of the Party in June, which became a record-breaker when it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest artist in history to chart in the Top 25 with a debut single. (while they themselves borrowed from Scandinavian landscapes) gave us a truly modern language for the Canadian wild that has become a signature of our own art history. More than a decade after the release of Mordecai Richlers Giller Prizewinning novel Barneys Version, the story of a man, his three marriages and the disappearance of his friend Boogie was brought to the big screen on Dec. 24 by director Richard J. Lewis and screenwriter Michael Konyves. I love drag. Before the Group of Seven (and others of their ilk) started trying to make visual sense of our forests and waters, too many Canadian artists vision of our landscape was borrowed from European painting tradition and idealized our surroundings while making colonialism look romantic. In the decade since Drag Race premiered, the number of drag performers, professionals, ingenues and aspiring hopefuls has skyrocketed. It was a triumphant moment of international recognition for Canadian television so triumphant that its easy to forget that at the same awards show only five years prior, Billy Eichner was screaming TATIANA MASLANY WAS SNUBBED!! So to the Asian kid crunching on shrimp chips while watching Marvel movies: your world is about to change.
Schitt's Creek (TV Series 2015-2020) - IMDb Through vivid storytelling at the hands of his gender-fluid, time-travelling alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Monkmans work used historical events to celebrate the resilience of Indigenous people despite the onslaught of colonialism. Who among us really thought that Schitts Creek a 30-minute comedy series created by and starring Canadian treasures Dan and Eugene Levy (and co-starring the equally treasured likes of Catherine OHara and Annie Murphy) would go on to earn a (still) growing international fanbase, a slew of Emmy nominations and praise for its inclusive and heartwarming storylines? Hosted by Martin Short, the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards offered prizes for film, television and digital storytelling (which hadnt been covered by the Geminis or the Genies), and raked in 756,000 viewers, which is around double the number of people who watched the Geminis or Genies the previous year. The series took home the Golden Globe for best television limited series and led to individual wins for stars Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgrd, as well as a plethora of Emmys. The 2010s have been all about fame often vapid, toxic, shallow and undeserved fame, a new kind of parasitic stardom that almost anyone can attain just as long as theyre desperate enough. Insiders are starting to take notes. The tragic story behind the show was well-known in the arts community when it debuted in 2015. Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapts The Handmaids Tale. Theres no easy epiphany at the end of Betroffenheit only the promise of engaging once again with the world. I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. Though there are many, many examples Id be happy to vouch for (justice for the criminally underrated Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Night Before, please), the pinnacle of Rogens decade is his greatest collaboration with childhood BFF Evan Goldberg: 2013s This Is the End, which they wrote, directed, produced and acted in (though Goldberg just made a cameo). But it doesnt seem to bother the patriotic rapper that his fame is mostly restricted to Canadas borders; this the same man that made a hit single out of a rap song called OhCanada, after all. Always the wiser, Reeves responded by telling the fan, Youre breathtaking! The crowd went wild, and Reeves took it a step further, telling his audience, Youre all breathtaking! Video of the exchange has garnered millions of views. co-production. Where traditional drag can be viewed as a card in which one side says female and the other says male, many think drag is simply flipping that card. Instead of Washington State University, nave heroine Anastasia Steele hangs out on the University of British Columbia campus. Major projects are made with our money and also without and thats OK, as Toronto and the rest of Canada welcome major productions, and our filmmakers shape them, here and elsewhere. Pada upacara utama, Schitt's Creek memenangkan semua tujuh kategori komedi termasuk Outstanding Comedy Series, . (It does not go over well). But what both Deadpool and its sequel are probably most regarded for is the thing that differentiated them from Marvel and DCs usual onslaught of cinematic offerings: they both ended up earning R-ratings for language and violence something The Avengers would never dare. Alanis has also written two brilliant new songs for the musical: Smiling and Predator., This decade, Alanis gave birth to her three children, Ever, Onyx and Winter (a.k.a. Chilina Kennedys Broadway star reached the stratosphere this decade. Less than three months later, her final film, Trigger, was the inaugural public screening at the shiny new TIFF Bell Lightbox and earned rave reviews thanks to textured dialogue, director Bruce McDonalds rich storytelling and Wrights compelling performance that further emphasized what a loss her death was and how unfair life can be. Among the highlights? These words became iconic the moment they were spoken by Wolastoqiyik musicologist, vocalist and composer Jeremy Dutcher. As for the colour, the dresss near-black/navy shade reflected the occasions sombre tone. Prior to her Gotham Awardwinning (and Spirit Awardnominated) performance in the familial drama Waves (which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August and was released theatrically in November), the Vancouver-born 25-year-old starred in the psychological horror film Escape Room. Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for Spotlight, (New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures/Plan B Entertainment). Like the most beautiful flowers that grow in the darkest of places, the Canadian drag scene in the 2010s has blossomed in ways that I dont think anyone could have ever predicted. The National Gallery of Canada opens major retrospective on the work of artist Alex Janvier.