Really not much on in terms of Christmas films this week. The Bloor is showing National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which is about as far away from a Christmas classic as we can imagine without being a film about aliens from another galaxy that have never heard of Christmas) and White Christmas. We’re still happy to recommend Enchanted (we just saw it, and it was absolutely lovely), but for those of you who want to......

Canadian music fans might have heard of Sherrie Lea Laird. She covered Sade's "No Ordinary Love." She has a band, Pandemonia, and they just released a classic rock CD called Left to Die...In the Wide Open. Oh, yeah—and she married Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, had an affair with JFK, and starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Laird is the subject of a book by a Dr. Adrian Finkelstein, "Marilyn Monroe Returns: The Healing of a......

Hopefully the success of the Dupont-Spadina message board that Torontoist previously reported on will spur some other neighbourhoods to have a go. In the meantime, with the original board filled to the brim, it's kindly been replaced by a fresh canvas. That's right—part deux is up and running, and it's another good medley of confessionals, illustrations, and generally happy springtime thoughts, save for the poor soul who was, shall we say, rooster-checked out of......

Eye film critic Jason Anderson knows show business. Not only is he a long running film critic but prior to losing sleep watching dozens of films a week, Anderson was the weekly's music editor. It's no surprise then that Anderson's first novel, Showbiz, tells the story of Jimmy Wynn, an all-but forgotten presidential impersonator in the 1960s. But Wynn's career dies when president Cannon, Anderson's fictional copy of JFK, is gunned down in New Orleans.......

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......

Is it possible that John Kerry's election could actually have a negative impact for Torontonians? While it certainly wouldn't be drastic enough to convince locals to wish for Mr. Bush's reelection, there is one issue dear to the Junior Massachusetts Senator's heart that could impact in an adverse manner upon our own fair city. Earlier in September, the immaculate coif that straddles Kerry's head shook and bobbed with uncharacteristic vitality as the Democratic presidential......