(The director, creative team, and entire cast, other than Brody, were different.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/t...

Screenshot from NYT article: Another mystery remains: How this production, so clumsy here, could have been so rapturously greeted in England. I can imagine that when it was at the comparatively small, 250-seat Donmar Warehouse in London, with Brody’s electric presence only a hairbreadth away from the seats, faults in narrative drive and characterization might have seemed less intrusive. But at the James Earl Jones, which is four times the size, the distance makes those wrong notes echo. The farther away we are, the louder they clang. Each one feels like a door slamming shut between the audience and Yarris’s extraordinary, real-life story.

Genuinely curious how much of this paragraph — the conclusion of the NYT's review of Adrien Brody's Broadway debut — will have to be rewritten when it's pointed out that this *wasn't* the same production:

You know when you hear an extremely loud thunderclap, but it's sunny outside, and then you check the weather radar to confirm there are no storms, and then you hear a helicopter overhead and look out the window to see people seemingly all looking in a single direction? And then you hear another?

I figure it's probably because he just won it two years ago.

A screenshot from the official nominations list showing: Achievement in Music - Original Song | Meilleure chanson originale Brent Bodrug, Julian Stirpe, Siobhan Bodrug – Dream Eater – "Wildflower" David Carriere, Jane Penny – Mile End Kicks – "A / S / L" Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie – "The Alphabet Song"

Canadian Screen Awards nominations are out, and this is up for Achievement in Music - Original Song:

One of the cooler things about NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is it makes Toronto look like the coolest city on Earth, mostly because people seem to mind their business but are cool and nice to one another when interacting in public in a way I've never really known in the US.

(In response to which, one of the Winnipeg Film Group directors in attendance said, "Fuck that! Tag me!")

I saw it on the big screen for the first time in December, where it was followed by a Q&A so deliciously gossipy that the anxious-looking programmer asked the audience to please keep everything that was said inside the room.

His current contract is up at the end of the year, anyway, so it's likely that they simply won't renew it.

The Union That Doesn’t Like Confrontation The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) prefers to work with, not against, employers. So what happens when workers want something different?

Deeply fascinated that Canada has a reasonably large union that explicitly rejects the concept of class conflict: pressprogress.ca/clac-christi...

Fourteen years later, this makes no more or less sense than it did at the time:

A screenshot from YouTube, showing a private video titled "Goldsbie roast - Giorgio Mammoliti." It's 5:54 long. In the frame, I'm wearing a suit and bright red tie, sitting cross-legged on a stool on a small stage at the old Hard Rock Cafe. To my left is Mammoliti, standing, holding a microphone.

With his death, the off-record status of this segment of the 2011 City Hall Press Gallery Christmas Party has presumably lapsed:

Thirty-six minutes between the reported time of death and the Star sending a News Alert is a quick turnaround for someone not otherwise currently in the public eye.

Perhaps they were refusing to acknowledge the building until it received the proper municipal approvals (which finally happened in 2019).

(I maintain that the postal horn is not an adequate substitute for a fanfare-trumpet emoji.)

TTC to begin phased start to service on Line 5 Eglinton February 03, 2026 The TTC will begin an introductory service period on Line 5 Eglinton starting Sunday, February 8, marking the final step toward launching full, regularly scheduled service once the new line demonstrates a high degree of reliability and performance. This phased opening will allow customers to benefit from rapid transit along Eglinton Avenue while the TTC and Metrolinx fine-tune operations in live-service conditions to deliver consistent and dependable service. Riders may notice service adjustments as real‑world operating conditions emerge with public use. The TTC will continue to share updates as key milestones are achieved and will announce the start of full service once all partners are confident in the line’s performance. A celebratory event will be held at that time.

News Release Ontario Marks Opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Province providing funding for LRT operating service, including free service on opening day February 06, 2026 Office of the Premier Transportation TORONTO — The Ontario government is marking the official opening of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Toronto, a major milestone in the province’s plan to protect Ontario by building transit, relieving gridlock and cutting travel times. The new transit line will begin operating under the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) on February 8, 2026, moving more than 123,000 riders each weekday and reducing travel times from Kennedy Station to Mount Dennis Station by nearly one hour. To mark the official launch of the line, service will be free for riders on opening day.

How to manage expectations, or not.

The TTC, Tuesday: Be cool, everyone, this is just a soft launch, a preview period, not the official opening-opening.

The Premier's Office, today: 📯 🎆 📯 🎆 📯 🎆 📯 🎆

(here's the article in contention: torontosun.com/news/nationa...)

"…directors agreed that the statement in question was an assertion by the journalist reporting the story and not drawn from a quoted source. Further, the article did not contain information that supported the specific characterization…"

2025-18: Kattenburg v Toronto Sun - National NewsMedia Council January 13, 2026 – for immediate release The National NewsMedia Council (NNC) has upheld one portion of a complaint and dismissed another about the accuracy of statements made in a May 1, 2025 news ar...

The National NewsMedia Council has upheld a complaint about Bryan Passifiume's use of the phrase "violent, far-left radicals" in a news report: www.mediacouncil.ca/decisions/20...

As with a large portion of reality TV, that contradiction is key to Toronto Life's whole premise.

The cover of the February 2026 Toronto Life. The cover story is YOUNG AND RETIRED: They hold down multiple jobs and save every dime. Sounds brutal, but they'll retire decades before you. THE SECRETS OF THE SUPER-SAVER MOVEMENT By Andrea Yu One of the stories teased at the very top is: BLOOD BATH: Carnage in the tow truck industry, p.42

Nah, you need corrupt cops to get a TL cover. For now, tow trucks take a back seat to "Young and Retired":

"Gentlemen, stay calm. There's enough IP to go around!"

There's gotta be a dozen Southern Ontario crime reporters now jockeying to get out the first book / podcast / Toronto Life cover story:

The best part is how the admonishment came almost as an afterthought, as he was about to end the call:

Signing up for TIFF news releases is probably the best (only) way to keep on top of the Toronto release dates for non-Cineplex first-run movies.

Screenshot: iMessage [3] 2018-09-19 19:39:54 (UTC) Sender: Self ( e:jeeitunes@gmail.com ) Participants: Woody Allen [email redacted], Self ( e:jeeitunes@gmail.com ) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/arts/ian-buruma-out-jian-ghomeshi.html

Plus, Woody Allen was looped in on the fallout of Jian Ghomeshi's NYRB essay:

(There are also links to columns by Christie Blatchford on Steven Galloway and Barbara Kay on the MeToo movement.)

The Epstein files includes a Rosie DiManno column about Sarah Thomson's unsubstantiated allegations against Steve Paikin: www.justice.gov/epstein/file... [pdf]

Yes, absolutely (with the caveat that I wouldn't take for granted that X's search function actually surfaced everything).