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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'muchmusicvideoawards'

June 16, 2008

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.......

Continue Reading "Televisualist: Talent, Boys, and Rockin' Noise"

June 12, 2008

It's a special edition of the Stone's Throw MOVE Toronto party as label head Peanut Butter Wolf will be headlining the night. Working since the Golden Era of hip hop where he partnered with Charizma as a duo, Peanut Butter Wolf overcame Charizma's tragic death to found the label that now houses acclaimed acts like Madlib, MF Doom, and Jay Dee. With impeccable tastes in artists, you can expect Peanut Butter Wolf to spin a......

Continue Reading "The Rump Shaker: June 12–18"

June 18, 2007

Ontario unveils greenhouse gas reduction targets. The plan reduces greenhouse emissions to six percent below 1990 levels by 2014. Not to be outdone, Alberta announced that next week they will release their plan, where they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to ten percent below 1990 levels by 2257. The MuchMusic Video Awards happened over the weekend, and as usual it was a big fun music party. Torontoist recommends its own liveblogging of the event. Because......

Continue Reading "Ontario Introduces New Emissions Targets, Sicko Leaks Onto The Interweb, And Do Not Mess With The Original Buffy (She Will Cut You)"

June 15, 2007

Yes! The image above, taken at last year's MMVAs and courtesy of Much Music, is just a mere taster of the kind of reaction Torontoist's legions of adoring fans will make when we stroll down the red carpet on our way to liveblog this year's Much Music Video Awards from on-site. Who cares about seeing live performances from Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, The Used and more! When you can instead sit in front of......

Continue Reading "Torontoist To Perform Live At MMVAs"

October 15, 2006

He was known for his tales of Old Hollywood as much as his ever-present hairpiece, and Toronto just became way more boring without him. Yesterday, famous publicist and personal manager Gino Empry died at Western Memorial Hospital from congestive heart failure due to a stroke he suffered in July. Though he lived in a huge downtown penthouse condo on Mutual Street, Empry had been in the hospital since the stroke. Empry never revealed his true......

Continue Reading "Toronto Showbiz Legend Dies"

June 16, 2006

If this green arrow were real it would crush several hundred teenie boppers and a few dozen talentless musicians on Sunday. Sadly, it's not real. What is very real is the Much Music Video Awards and the resulting noise from screaming adoring fans and traffic confusion from out-of-towners who forgot that MuchMusic actually occupies real space and once a year holds a large award ceremony. Guests this year include Paris Hilton (and the resulting......

Continue Reading "MMVAs Take Over Queen West This Sunday, You're Warned"

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