In many ways, Bret “The Hitman” Hart is the last of his kind. When professional wrestling ushered in a new era of in-your-face attitude and increasingly grey morality in the 2000s, he was the dyed-in-the-wool hero who refused to sacrifice the integrity of his character in the face of a shifting culture. And for his [...]

EXHIBIT: HBO Canada opens its Game of Thrones exhibition (titled, appropriately, “Game of Thrones: The Exhibition”) officially today at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, with lots of costumes and props from the hit fantasy show on display. The whole thing will run daily for 10 days over the March Break, as a promotion for the show’s [...]

Where pucks once flew 15 feet or more on the ice, shoppers will stare at a 15-foot wall of cheese. Today’s grand opening of the new flagship Loblaws store at Maple Leaf Gardens is a long-awaited step in the repurposing of a Toronto landmark. Along with Ryerson University’s Peter Gilgan Athletic Centre at the Gardens, [...]

Scorpion versus Super Mario…FIGHT! Video games have made big business out of courting high-concept cross-overs. At the arcade and on home consoles, Marvel Comics properties have gone toe-to-toe with the brawlers from Street Fighter, the Green Lantern has squared off against Mortal Kombat’s Raiden, and against all conceivable odds, Super Mario has even bopped all [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. SHAQ DEFEATS YOUR HAIR, JUSTIN BIEBER! Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday The Bachelorette comes to its end as our leading lady, who is somebody I don’t know [...]

While hockey has usually been portrayed as the main attraction for spectators at Maple Leaf Gardens, the building had an equally rich professional wrestling heritage. Starting with a Jim Londos-Gino Garibaldi card in November 1931, a parade of dignified heroes and costumed heels entertained packed houses at Church and Carlton. For half-a-century most of the [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday Tonight on The Hour: Cyndi Lauper! And also Barbara Walters, presumably because Cyndi Lauper was too awesome for one show to contain and they needed to [...]