Here’s the thing: the backstage aspects of The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s production of Kiss Me Kate (you know, the parts where the actors are playing actors, not the parts where the actors are playing actors playing some of Shakespeare’s broadest characters) made for a cute, light and altogether not all bad musical. That stuff, the […]

Take an exclusive first look at this photo from the new Muppet movie. Now I dare you not to love Jason Segel (not to mention all the other wonderful cuddly creatures in this photo!)

 

I don’t usually cry while watching TV. Well, maybe sometimes. Okay, every now and again, but not super super easily. I’m secretly a cryer, I’ll admit that; I’m a chocolate turtle; one of those “nougat-y” people is what Glee would call me. Or, as my friend Rini puts it, I’m a marshmallow. But Glee usually […]

The Joys of Parenthood
 

Over the last month or so I’ve made a point of catching up on a show that had all the promise in the world but I just never got around to watching, and I couldn’t be happier that I did. Parenthood has quickly become one of my favourite hours of TV in the week. It’s […]

Defeat: a bittersweet picture list

Mondo lost Project Runway, but we’re celebrating him anyway.

Tonight was an historic night for The Daily Show. It was the first time a sitting president has ever been on the show. Anticipation was high and with the faux newsman’s sure-to-be-a-hit rally coming up on Saturday and midterm elections right around the corner, now was the time to do it. The two men- both […]

 

I really liked this week’s Glee. Take minute, absorb the shock, now can we move on? Great. I’d say about 3/4 of this episode was super fantastic for lots of reasons (*if you would like to read about that last quarter, see the footnote, otherwise feel free to revel in my rare Glee glee) First […]

 

John Farrell was named as the heir to Cito Gaston’s throne earlier today in a press conference held by GM Alex Anthopoulos. The new manager comes from the Boston Red Sox where he’s spent the last 4 seasons as pitching coach. Click Here to read about it on MLB.com