Let us start by saying Soulpepper's mounting of The Wild Duck is uh, mighty. Terrific writing, effective staging and thoughtful performances, including a star-making turn by Martha MacIsaac. All this and a venti cupful of spit — a sure sign the actors are empassioned about their roles. We'll leave more in-depth criticism to the experts except to say this play had to be great to make up for the otherwise miserable experience we had... [continue]

Last year, the blatant ripping off of U2 hit its most maddening with Pilate's Into your Hideout, the U2 song Torontoist was quite excited about before finding out it wasn't U2. Of course, Coldplay had done a fair job stealing from their elders with the bridge from Clocks. So Torontoist supposes it's only fair that the best rock band alive evens out their ledger of debits and credits. Their latest has been hailed and assailed... [continue]

Tommy Douglas may be CBC's Greatest Canadian but he wouldn't make the top three in his own province. Heck, with the popularity of Canadian Idol runner-up, Theresa Sokyrka , he might be bumped another spot. At No. 3 would be a certain folk singer who attended Aden Bowman high school and whose paintings have been exhibited in Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. At No. 2, Floral, SK's Mr. Hockey. And topping the list would be the... [continue]

Remember when Val Kilmer was a Top Gun actor? Quentin Tarantino even wrote hip pop-culture dialogue about his character. Well Iceman, you're not so hot anymore. Maybe it started with your second-rate Batman (although George Clooney seems to have recovered just fine.) Or perhaps it was when you chose to play William DeKooning to the far more interesting Jackson Pollack (specious Toronto segue: The AGO presents Willem de Kooning: A Painters Painter. The lecture is... [continue]

Has your dog been banned? Is stooping and scooping beneath you? And isn't spending so much time socializing outside your species a little creepy? For those well-adjusted few (or those with allergies) DeFo Gallery, has got a deal for you. Currently on sale is a Jeffrey Koons balloon dog straight from Gotham's MoMA. For $595 you can rescue this one-of-a-kind (the only one in T.O., a DeFo salesman said) cute little critter from the lonely... [continue]

Why is it whenever Torontoist watches Gilmore Girls (which is finally interesting again now that Rory's dad is back) we feel the urge to "D" up, pound the boards and feed it inside to The Big Guy? It is this very question that spurred Torontoist on to create MicroCeleb2005, a remarkable new software that takes any minor TV actor and matches him with another B-list celebrity, thus saving you, the user, hours of frustration. Imagine... [continue]

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