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  • A Weekend Split With The Tampa Bay Rays Vs The Blue Jays. Sept.24th&25th,2022

    The Blue Jays split the series versus the Rays Now they head home with a solid grip on the top wild-card spot and a playoff-berth clinch sooner than later . Their magic number is down to four after a  3-1 win on Saturday and a 7-1 win on Sunday secured a four-game weekend split at…

  • Teen Mental Health Thursday, September 29  5:00 PM – 6:15 PM PT On Line Presentation

    Thursday, September 29 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM PTRegistration is required for this free live private Zoom event.Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mindprogram Just Like You about teen mental health.We are losing too many of our children, friends and family living…

  • BANDIT opens Sept 23rd – Starring Josh Duhamel Elisha Cuthbert and Mel Gibson

    (L-R) Kraig Wenman, Josh Duhamel, Olivia d’Abo, Nestor Carbonell, Elisha Cuthbert, Allan Ungar and Berry Meyerowitz attend the world premiere screening of “Bandit” at Harmony Gold on September 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Quiver Distribution) Josh Duhamel (L) and Gilbert Galvan Jr attend the world premiere screening of “Bandit”…

  • Blue Jays lose to The TB Rays 10-6 ! Fri.,Sept.23rd,2022

    The Blue Jays are sliding down the wild card standing making it difficult on themselves as the 2022 MLB season almost at the “stretch run.” On Friday night, the Jays loss the game and their top wild-card spot in the American League. It was a disappointing 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the losing…

  • Announcing Fall Exhibitions at the McMichael: Rajni Perera and Dempsey Bob

    Exhibitions at the McMichael: Contemplation and Conversations in Canadian ArtTom Thomson (1877–1917), Petawawa Gorges, 1916, oil on wood panel, 21.4 x 26.5 cm, Purchased with funds donated by Major F.A. Tilston, V.C., McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1981.9.2 September 22, 2022, KLEINBURG, ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce its fall/winter slate of exhibitions; three presentations…

  • The Polaris Prize@The Carlu-Mon., Sept.19th,2022

    By Wayne Baggs Polaris recognizes and markets albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, “Lifting up artists is more important than ever and we are proud to support the groundbreaking music the Polaris nominees create,” said Gary Slaight, president, and CEO of Slaight Communications. The Polaris Music Prize is one of…

  • imagineNATIVE Announces Programming for 23rd Film + Media Arts Festival

      imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts FestivalAnnounces Programming for 23rd Annual FestivalOctober 18-30, 2022Presenting Partner: Canada Media Fund 147 Works Representing 55 Indigenous Languages Opening Gala: Stellar by Darlene NaponseClosing Gala: ROSIE by Gail Maurice    Click image above for the 2022 imagineNATIVE Festival Trailer(Vivienne Johnson pictured)   The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous…

  • Salt in My Soul – An Unfinished Life-Streaming On Thursday, Sept.22nd,2022-5pm-6pm

    Thursday, September 22 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Registration is required for this free live private Zoom event.Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program, Salt in My Soul – An Unfinished Life with Diane ShaderSmith, writer, publicist, and…

  • Toronto International Film Festival announces 2022 award winners

    The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced its award recipients for the 47th edition of the Festival, which concluded last evening with the Closing Night screening of Mary Harron’s Dalíland at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall. “2022 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited festival audiences around…

  • A Close Game With Baltimore Orioles Winning Over The Jays 5-4-Sunday, Sept.18th,2022

    It was a 5-4 Toronto Blue Jays loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Jordan Romano didn’t have the most productive game and in the ninth he allowed the first four batters to reach the bases. With the last being an Adley Rutschman two-run single, and later a Jesus Aguilar RBI single in his fifth blown…

  • The Launch of “The HUDDLE”-Thurs., Sept.,15th,2022

    We were invited to the launch of  “The Huddle.”   In attendance was: Thurman Thomas , Christian Okoya Antonio Gates and TSN. The Huddle: NFL Canada’s first and only pop-up sports bar for new and die-hard football fans alike. kicking off the season right with 5 nights of prime-time football rivalry. Guests will be surrounded by community…

  • ANTHONY SHIM’S RICEBOY SLEEPS WINS TIFF PLATFORM PRIZE

      The Toronto International Film Festival announced today that Korean-Canadian filmmaker Anthony Shim’s sophomore feature RICEBOY SLEEPS was awarded the Platform Prize at this year’s festival. Platform is TIFF’s competitive programme that champions bold directorial visions from filmmakers around the globe, from first-time to veteran auteurs. Ten films were selected to the programme and an…

  • Bask-It-Style hosting its annual media day Wednesday, September 7, at the Fairmont Royal York Manitoba Room

    For the first time since 2019, the media, by invite only, preview and experience celebrity VIP treatment showcased this year’s eleven sponsors for this event. Taking place one day before The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Bask-It-Style, hand delivered VIP gift bags to  celebs on-the-go with a survival-kit of goodies to enjoy while navigating TIFF. From…

  • Distributor Elevation Pictures Picks Up Warren Pereira’s Animal Rights Documentary Tiger 24

    ELEVATION PICTURES PICKS UP WARREN PEREIRA’S ANIMAL RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY TIGER 24; THE GOTHAM GROUP TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE“Tiger 24 contains intimate, unguarded footage of large predators that would make David Attenborough green with envy.” – Marc Mohan, Oregon Arts WatchCredit W Films LLC Elevation Pictures will distribute in North America and The Gotham Group will executive produce filmmaker Warren Pereira’s…

  • TIFF Tribute Awards

    TIFF Tribute Awards   “This Festival is really stepping ahead and moving the needle by intention” — Meryl Streep, recipient of the 2019 TIFF Tribute Actor Award The TIFF Tribute Awards presented by Bvlgari honour the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements, recognizing leading industry members, acting talent, directorial expertise, new talent, and below-the-line…

  • Toronto Blue Jays win a close one vs. Texas Rangers

    Another big win for the Toronto Blue Jays, as Bo Bichette homered for the fifth time in the last four games, but the Blue Jays got the winning run on Danny Jansen’s RBI single in the ninth inning for a 4-3 win in Texas on Friday night, as Rangers prospect Josh Jung hit a home…

  • Toronto Blue Jays win 4-1; Jays take 3 of 4 Over Baltimore Orioles! Now Off To Texas.

    The Blue Jays won three of four games to take a 4 1/2-game lead on the Baltimore Orioles for the last wild card in the American League. Alex Manoah (14-7) allowed a run in the first, but the Orioles didn’t manage another baserunner until the sixth. Blue Jays: Lourdes Gurriel exited with left hamstring discomfort…

  • Project Wolf Hunting / World Premiere at TIFF 2022

     **WORLD PREMIERE TIFF’S MIDNIGHT MADDNESS** PROJECT WOLF HUNTING  Directed by Kim Hongsun Bloody bedlam breaks out on the high seas in writer-director Kim Hongsun’s gnarly action-thriller that pits cops versus cons aboard a cargo ship with a sinister secret in its hold. When efforts to extradite notorious convicts from the Philippines to South Korea are stymied by a deadly…

  • College Football Is Back In Fine Form! Week One In The Books!

    Look what’s back?Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the first full Saturday of college football. It arrived in style with upsets, amazing debuts and statements made by national title contenders. No. 2 Ohio State and No. 5 Notre Dame met in the headlining showdown of the opening week with the Buckeyes holding…

  • Toronto Blue Jays Vs Pittsburgh Pirates-3 Game Sweep 🧹 -Sunday, Sept.4th,2022

    It was a 3 game sweep for the Toronto Blue Jays, as it was a nail bitter and ace reliever George Romano saved the day for a 4-3 win. The game was a “back and forth” battle with the Jays triumphantly taking the see- saw battle. The win kept the team in contention for the…