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MUSIC: Tough call on shows tonight, so here are three worth checking out: Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's folk duo She and Him play the Opera House with Freakwater (735 Queen Street East, doors at 8 p.m., $23.50). Dance-pop group The Black Ghosts play Wrongbar (1279 Queen Street West, doors at 9 p.m., $10). And last but not least, King Khan & the Shrines play the first of two shows at the Horseshoe Tavern, and honestly, if you aren't going to see King Khan tonight, you should sure as hell try to see them tomorrow; it's going to be unbelievable (370 Queen Street West, doors at 8:30 p.m., $10/$12 at door).

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city.

It used to be that as sure as you could count on awkward conversations at the office Christmas party and a stocking full of clementines on Christmas morning, you could count on being able to turn your TV to channel 11 on Christmas Eve to see a certain Bing Crosby vehicle featuring the best-selling single of all time: White Christmas. While channel 11 (it's certainly not CHCH anymore...what is it?) has given up its...

Fresh from this year's successful stab at World's Largest Thriller Dance, Toronto is looking to weasel its way into the Guinness Book yet again. This time, with a big-ass Christmas stocking.

As Torontoist reported yesterday, the Hummingbird Centre is changing its name to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, marking the second change in corporate naming rights during the venue's half-century existence. Support of the site has ranged from a philanthropic brewer (O'Keefe Brewing head E.P. Taylor) to a multinational media company.

As of Friday, it's no longer the Hummingbird Centre, but instead the Sony Centre. You know what? All performing arts venues should be renamed so that they sound like something you would find at your local mall. It gives the whole experience more delicious corporate flavour.