With the success of Les Misérables as a movie musical, including Golden Globe wins and Oscar nominations, talks for a Miss Saigon film are apparently in the preliminary stages. According to a sources, including Musical Theatre News, Hugh Jackman, who picked up a Golden Globe this past weekend, has been approached to play the Engineer, […]
NOTE: This article assumes that one has seen the stage production and/or concerts. If you have never seen them and do not wish to be spoiled, do not click on the link. The film version of the musical sensation, Les Misérables, has finally arrived in theatres in North America. As someone who has seen the […]
The Les Misérables movie might not open for another few days, but information about the highlights recording was recently made available. As expected, there’s a new song (an “unwritten rule” for movie musicals so they could qualify for an Academy Award nomination), and many familiar favourites, including “I Dreamed a Dream”, “Stars” and “On My […]
I always tell people that in Toronto, the unofficial start of fall is not marked by the start of school, but the start of the Toronto International Film Festival. Running until next Saturday, September 15, this annual event is often seen as a predictor for the upcoming awards season. While I won’t be able to […]
I’m sure many of you have heard by now that the much-anticipated remake of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the leading roll has been delayed from this holiday season to the summer of 2013. Many are saying that it isn’t boding well for the movie because of the six month move. Why would […]
The Toronto International Film Festival is always about glitz and glamour and it was no different at Diet Coke‘s Stay Extraordinary Gala, held at The Hoxton on September 12. “Stay Extraordinary” is Diet Coke’s new campaign, first launched in the United States last year and has a more sophisticated and younger focus. This event marks […]
Several bloggers particpiated in a documentary shot at the White Space at The Bay Queen Street on Wednesday afternoon. Particpiating blogs included For Those About to Shop, A la Mode: Fusion of Effects as well as With Love Gabrielle. Some pictures: Isabel from Hipster Musings (right) being interviewed Laura (left) from For Those About to Shop […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz So the Oscars are over for another year. . We were happy that The King’s Speech pretty won four awards, including Best Picture (we really loved The Social Network, but thought it was a little preliminary to make a movie about Facebook at this time) and The Social Network and Inception took home a few as […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz As predicted films like The King’s Speech, Black Swan and The Social Network are all nominees at this year’s Academy Awards. Also on the Best Picture list include True Grit, Inception as well as the animated Toy Story 3 (while this movie probably will not win the Best Picture category, it is […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz There several dresses which stood out this year at the Golden Globes, such as Nicole Kidman’s Prada gown (I am sure that many brides-to-be interested in sleekier looking dresses would look at Nicole’s gown as an inspiration for their wedding gown) as well Helena Bonham Carter’s Vivienne Westwood number (well, it was stunning on Helena. […]
