Because of non-U.S. residents ineligibility to compete on the show (which Brooke Lynn Hytes got around by moving to Nashville and becoming a U.S. resident), drag as an art form in other international scenes grew in a very different way. Unsurprisingly, it resonated: in September, Tagaq took home the Polaris Music Prize (where she also performed in front of a backdrop listing the names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, which was incredible, heartbreaking and rage-inducing since this crisis continues). She was choked, she says. I am here today because I am gay, he announced. The title single, written by Sia, is no Titanium, but its probably her most current-sounding track since Thats the Way It Is, her iconic contribution to late-90s pop. (Come back to us, Claire. She was in Cas and Dylan with Richard Dreyfuss, The Other Half with her partner. The petition has garnered more than 170,000 signatures to date. And they were both shot in Vancouver. (Book Club, anyone?) From those first notes on the keyboard to the then-15-year-olds angelic coo, Baby stepped out of the rock n roll-heavy Canadian musical landscape and began to build a bridge between the pop world and the rest of us, offering a much-needed reprieve from the default offering of mainstream-beloved dudes holding guitars and wearing plaid shirts. Despite some legal issues stemming from the tracks publishing rights, it even earned the love of David Bowie himself, who took to Facebook and said it was possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created. In related news, I miss David Bowie. Bao wins the Oscar for best animated short. Stompa, a storm of a song, catapulted Millbrook, Ont., singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to national and, to a certain extent, international stardom. With the help of 5,000 volunteers, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games opened to much fanfare and only slight technical setbacks like when one of four pillars failed to rise from the stadium floor to surround the cauldron housing the Olympic flame. One of the shows epic works featured a sort of temple hung with plants and a hammock fashioned from an afghan. Tat was sweet. Even though her hosting the awards was a big deal, Oh acknowledged something important about representation: that change is excruciatingly slow. Unzipped is more of a design installation, originally created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels for his 2016 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Of course, being the obedient little 20-year-olds we were, not only did we do it, we head-butted each other on the first take and then profusely apologized. Women made an impact in other forms of media during the 2010s too like music videos. Celine Dion releases her 27th studio album, 10 iconic moments from a decade where Cline Dion unexpectedly became the queen of everything, social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities, longtime stylist and creative director Annie Horth, A post shared by Cline Dion (@celinedion), one of the rare misses of Dions renaissance, I was ready to camp and sleep all night., her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment, When I excitedly played her Hilary and Haylie Duffs cover of Material Girl in my trailer, she smiled, nodded and pretended like she thought it was great. Ten years ago, none of these places existed and neither did Instagram an app that would go on to invent an extremely 2010s activity: liking pics of the worlds coolest-looking cool stuff. Though most identify her as a New Zealander, Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and spent the first four years of her life there, so its more than fair that we claim her as our own especially since it allows us to take pride in one of the greatest cinematic performances of the decade: Paquins in Kenneth Lonergans 2011 masterpiece Margaret. Its the Bentall 5 building downtown. Artists like Caroline Monnet, Danis Goulet, Tracey Deer, Lisa Jackson, Asinnajaq, Amanda Strong and Michelle Latimer opened up new modes of storytelling and creation that forever changed the conception of what a Canadian film could be. Fortunately, for fans of the blue people (who are not to be confused with the Blue Man Group), James Cameron has been talking about plans for multiple Avatar followups since 2010 and has four sequels in the works because why wouldnt he. It was only the latest of countless accolades for the Grammy-winning Waverley, N.S.-born singer, who has become a singular force in classical music, the rare soprano to also take on the male-dominated world of conducting (and yes, she sometimes does both at the same time). One hilarious early example comes in the first-season episode Rude Kid, when the five-year-old son of Janets white professor is misbehaving and Appa (Jung and Janets father, played by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) instinctively flicks the boys forehead and is quickly scolded for it. (Hell turn 19 soon; does that make you feel old?). After premiering on Netflix in August, the dark comedy drew attention for its biting humour and social commentary on the ways we frame success and community. In October 2013, Clinton, Ont.s Alice Munro earned the Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first Canadian and 13th woman to do so. This was truly the decade of the Reevesaissance, with the Canadian icon starring in a number of action films and three smash John Wick movies and winning the internets heart along the way. Fan theories about the control that her late husband and manager Ren Anglil had over her career abound. 'She-Hulk': Tatiana Maslany on Seinfeld, Legally Blonde, Ally - Variety Here are 10 examples. Hes since lived his life according to that system, and the Good Place gang in a mission to find out if Doug is a model example for mankind travel to Alberta to talk to him. A New Day era acrobats are out, old-school flair is in. Barbara Hannigan receives Rolf Schock Prize for Musical Arts. It also shines its comedic light on gaps in communication that result from existing in a culture that often doesnt understand the nuances of Asian family dynamics. 'Schitt's Creek' Actor Dan Levy Discusses Marvel Rumors (One sure sign that impact will carry on the National Gallery of Canada recently acquired six of his underwear pieces. Is he at fault? And speaking of her work, this year marked the close of a seven-year tour across Canada and the U.S., where Belcourts Walking With Our Sisters Project served as a memorial to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and their families. CNN called him a national treasure because of it, and he further cemented his status as the internets wholesome boyfriend. Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series. Mr. Will Wong, Toronto Entertainment Blogger | Schitt's Creek It was a whole new reality to me an outlet for an entire bank of repressed queerness. As Buddy Cole, the iconic (and infamous) character from The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson has earned everything from fans praise to critics vitriol. Turns out Keanu Reeves is super respectful to women but thats not really a surprise. Leah Collins is the senior writer at CBC Arts. Jean-Marc Valles Big Little Lies premieres. True, the song and Bieber obviously followed the formula that pop music has long been built on (a young star sings about puppy love as a means to launch a brand hell inevitably abandon in a handful of years as he grows up). She was a well respected student, and participated as often as possible in school productions. Whose advice can you believe? her squad of superstars). What do we tell him? In the work, Xa and her husband and collaborator Benito Mayor Vellayo used masks, costumes and performance to conjure elements of Korean folklore and the orcas that are such an integral part of the Vancouver imaginary. Schitts Creek actress Annie Murphy shares her admiration for author Margaret Atwood and how her books have been turned into successful TV projects over the last decade. Imagine having to follow up Visions, a record so obsessed over that surpassing it creatively mustve been, to say the least, daunting. Tatiana Maslany Leaving 'Perry Mason' in Season 2 as - TVLine Alanis has also written two brilliant new songs for the musical: Smiling and Predator., This decade, Alanis gave birth to her three children, Ever, Onyx and Winter (a.k.a. We featured Zadie Xa this past year at CBC Arts, and she sums up one of my favourite things about being part of this team: we get to talk about artists who celebrate their cultural heritage and their Canadian identity, and then watch as they take it all over the world. It suggests a future where the probes have outlived us as the artist puts it, where several of the spacecraft continue to partially function, to do their intended jobs, to ultimately find signs of life whilst transmitting the data back to a planet where no one is left to receive it. But theres also hope in Richardsons installations, most recently her Embers and the Giants, which memorializes an endangered old-growth forest in British Columbia and invites us to protect our landscape. She is credited for reinventing what was once a late career move into a lucrative and zeigeist-y affair (hello, Britney and Lady Gaga). Emily Kai Bock made dreamy videos for Grimes and Arcade Fire, and in 2018, a then 22-year-old Karena Evans directed four music videos for Drake. Of course, the Damien Chazelle romantic musical was destined to be a hit after opening to almost unanimous praise at the Venice Film Festival (spoiler: it did go on to earn over $400 million US worldwide). In 2016, Page produced and hosted the Viceland documentary series Gaycation, which explores LGBTQ cultures around the world. So Harris et al. They dont exist. Follow the promenade at the bottom of the funicular, and youll reach a cantilevered lookout tower which stretches over the North Saskatchewan River. The result? 'Perry Mason' Star Tatiana Maslany on the Balancing Act of Playing Sister Alice . Swiss Chalet, the Ottawa Senators and the SNC-Lavalin scandal are all also mentioned (seriously). 'Schitt's Creek' actor Dan Levy recently discussed rumors about his upcoming appearance in 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'. Furthering the lasting mark of Offreds dystopian nightmare, the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwoods novel cleaned up at the 2017 Emmys, earning trophies for outstanding drama series, supporting actress (drama), lead actress (drama) and writing (drama). Chilina Kennedys Broadway star reached the stratosphere this decade. Guillaume Ct releases Lost In Motion on YouTube. They really, really, really, really, really, really like her: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Carly Rae Jepsen diehards the chance to compete for the title of her ultimate stan. He later wrote and starred in a one-man cabaret at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival called Boy Falls From the Sky, which detailed his experience during that production. Tatiana Maslany to Star in AMC's 'Invitation to a Bonfire' Series | TVLine Lest I sound less than impressed, Im not. To all the nerdy girls out there who hide behind their sketchbooks: dont be afraid to tell your stories to the world, she said. Cheered on by the entire country, she would even be tweeted about by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Its particularly impressive when you consider that, even five years ago, many non-Indigenous editors, tastemakers and gatekeepers in the literary community referred to Indigenous work as niche, claiming there was no audience for it. For her titular role in Killing Eve, Oh became the first Asian woman in 39 years to win the prize for best actress in a TV drama. Michelle Obama wears Jason Wu dress for farewell speech, Despite the feelings of sorrow many felt as then-U.S. President Barack Obama gave his farewell address, one bright silver lining emerged (at least for Canadians tuning in): Michelle Obama wore a dress by Vancouver-raised Jason Wu, who had also designed the first ladys dresses for the inaugural balls in 2009 and 2013. Tatiana Maslany List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide Sarah Anne Johnsons Arctic Wonderland opens at New Yorks Julie Saul Projects, Sarah Anne Johnson Arctic Wonderland (Sarah Anne Johnson). After conquering YouTube and the publishing world, Torontos Lilly Singh turned her sights to late-night TV this past September and made her debut with A Little Late with Lilly Singh, NBCs replacement for Last Call with Carson Daly. Take that, The Notebook. The song is folk-pop perfection a gorgeous declaration of love with a percussive guitar backtrack and a soaring chorus. A few examples: The next time Tat and I were together on set was 10 years later, when I directed her in a short film I wrote called Apart From Everything. Thats nearly double the 38 we managed in the previous decade (though in terms of wins, its even, at 11 each) and representative of some incredible work both in front of the camera (including Christopher Plummer, who became the first Canadian male to win an acting Oscar in 64 years when he won for Beginners) and behind it (10 of those nominations came from the best production design category). But when youre Keanu Reeves, you get headlines praising you for dating someone your own age a feat rarely replicated by your actor contemporaries. Sure, sureyouve been following him since his days on The Odyssey. I wish I was adding to the canon instead of helping to create it.. Alice Munro becomes the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. That temporary site is marked for a Westbank condo development, which is also designed by Ingels, and the complex is expected to feature a pixel-ish aesthetic, very similar to Unzipped. Their own shows seemed to incorporate Canadian references and plotlines with strange regularity in the 2010s, suggesting a lot of U.S. writers rooms have a bit of a crush on us (or maybe that those writers rooms just have a lot of Canadians working in them). A quirky catharsis according to The Guardian. Meanwhile, the films produced in Quebec this decade by great French-Canadian auteurs like Monia Chokri, Anne mond, Sophie Goyette, Myriam Verreault, Genevive Dulude-De Celles, Louise Archambault and Chlo Robichaud should mean that we never have to speak of Jean-Marc Valle again after what he did to poor Andrea Arnold. What made it even better was that BoJack himself was voiced by Toronto native Will Arnett, who brought serious weight to a role that necessitated it. These can be observed from the filmmakers first features all the way to the largest American studio projects theyve worked on. Richard Wagameses Indian Horse is published. Tanya Talaga wins the RBC Taylor Prize for her first book, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Youngs dance sensation, This dance-theatre hybrid born from tragedy became the decades most unlikely global hit, 10 Canadians who killed it on Broadway in the 2010s, lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, Dutchers victory was historic for a few reasons, went on to surpass $1 billion US at the box office worldwide, Toronto drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes finishes second on the 11th season of, In the 2010s, drag wasn't a race in Canada we ran together (and slayed). Sarah Manning and her many clones make their debut in Orphan Black. By the end of the 2010s, The Simpsons will have aired 678 episodes, making it by far the longest-running American sitcom. Hand-picked links plus the best of CBC Arts, delivered weekly. And one million of those were me. So to the Asian kid crunching on shrimp chips while watching Marvel movies: your world is about to change. So what happened to Tat in that decade between sets? I like to picture him in it now, surveying his legacy (this artist was also my dear friend). Kaurs vulnerability, honesty and seamless ability to convey feelings that so many struggle to articulate helped Milk and Honey find its way onto the New York Times Bestseller list (for more than 77 weeks) and sell approximately 2.5 million copies in 25 languages. Alanis Morissette releases her eighth studio album, 10 reasons you oughta know Alanis Morissette still mattered in the 2010s, Stories we told: Women were finally given space in Canadian film in the 2010s and we thrived, opted to trust Lees ability to tell the story, who theyd perform with later the same year, Sarah Manning and her many clones make their debut in, and you are aboard the International Space Station, some legal issues stemming from the tracks publishing rights, Margaret Atwood concludes a dystopian trilogy with the release of, 10 American TV shows that were obsessed with Canada in the 2010s, has written 14 collections of short stories, LGBTQ folks took a page from Elliot Page and took control of their own stories in the 2010s, LGBTQ representation had exploded into the mainstream. Its fitting that one of Cline Dions biggest songs is called A New Day Has Come because upon the debut of her second Las Vegas residency (called Celine) in 2011, she sparked the Dion renaissance that only seems to be getting stronger even now. To balance making millions, raising twins and mayyyyybe also to rescue Las Vegas tourism after the catastrophic crash of the Great Recession, Dion launches a second residency on the Strip. Munro was a celebrated visual artist known not only for his provocative (and endearing) works centered around handmade Y-front briefs but also for his creation of spaces like Vazaleen and Torontos The Beaver, which became safe hubs for the LGBTQ+ community. Its a parody of reality TV, a docu-drama about seeking human connection, a satire of capitalism and the inherent moral relativism it brews. Thats just the basic formula, but from the first episode, NFY was engineering something grander than a five-year troll. And after debuting at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, it found its way to the top of the charts and became Caras first top-five single (marking the beginning of her ascension through the pop ranks). From Monkman to Margaret (Atwood), Bieber to ballet, Keanu to Come from Away, CBC Arts presents an unapologetic celebration of a decade of outsized achievements by Canadian artists. Carly Rae Jepsen releases Call Me Maybe. I would get to know this person, work with them sometimes on that very stage. ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. As a working mom and Cirque du Soleil enthusiast, Dion then wanted to balance her career and her family life. Montreal chef Chuck Hughes wins Iron Chef America. Altmejds The Flux and The Puddle, which appeared as part of his 2015 retrospective, reads like the lab of a madman, or maybe some sort of future version of an island Dr. Moreau lived on, or a cabinet of curiosities I never want to see again but also cant help but really want to see again. As a viewer, it becomes increasingly hard to keep the facts straight. One is named after Nelson Mandela, whom Dion met while performing in South Africa during her Taking Chances tour, and the other after the more obscure songwriter Eddy Marnay, who gave her her first hits in Qubec and France. And while this might not seem particularly original, or even like decent joke fodder, surprising celebrity cameos (heres looking at you, Rihanna and Emma Watson) and wild performances by Rogen, Baruchel and Brampton, Ont.s Michael Cera earned the comedy over $120 million US while delivering a surprising tale about the importance of friendship and not being the absolute worst. But the show went on: videos depicting Canadas glorious landscape and flawless performances by k.d. July Talks hook-laden, heavy approach to alternative rock made the Toronto band into chart-topping successes in Canada. Scientists + artists + activists make good residencies. Who among us really thought that Schitts Creek a 30-minute comedy series created by and starring Canadian treasures Dan and Eugene Levy (and co-starring the equally treasured likes of Catherine OHara and Annie Murphy) would go on to earn a (still) growing international fanbase, a slew of Emmy nominations and praise for its inclusive and heartwarming storylines? Kelly Richardsons Mariner 9 opens at Spanish City in Whitley Bay, England, Kelly Richardson Mariner 9 (Colin Davison).
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