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January 20, 2012 | 3:41 pm

Common backpedals and calls Drake “clever” (but we’re not buying it)

In the escalating feud between Drake and rival rapper Common, the latter has thrown out all kinds of foul insults, calling Drizzy “soft,” “amateur” and even “Canada Dry” (horrors!). Now it seems that Common is trying to change his tune, telling Rolling Stone that he respects Drake as an artist, and that Drake “definitely said some real clever things and made some cool songs. I like his music.” The compliment doesn’t seem all that sincere (Common sounds more like a recalcitrant child being forced by his mom publicist to apologize than an honest-to-goodness admirer), but we’re pretty sure Drake won’t shed any tears over it—he has enough devoted fans already.

• Common: ‘I Like Drake’s Music’ [Rolling Stone]

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January 18, 2012 | 3:13 pm

Mark Wahlberg will never forget 9/11 and Toronto

Mark Wahlberg does not negotiate with terrorists (Image: S Pahkrin)

Remember 9/11? Mark Wahlberg sure does. We’ve heard the actor talking previously about how world history would have been different had he not made the “fortuitous decision to fly to Toronto a week early” (he originally had tickets for Flight 93). Now, in an interview with Men’s Journal, the perpetually shirtless celebrity gets a little more specific: “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did… there would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘Okay, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’” Things we learned about Mark Wahlberg: he flies first class and wants you to know it, he isn’t put off by the sight of blood and he’s apparently strong enough to stop a terrorist attack. Why can’t he be on all of the planes?

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January 11, 2012 | 2:43 pm

Did the Kardashians steal the idea for their magazine from a Toronto company?

After Fashionista broke the story that the Kardashians were receiving pitches for their potential magazine from Toronto-based digital media company Communiqis, we talked with founder Brian Rushton Phillips, who told us he had actually pitched a Kardashian-themed mag to Kris Jenner and the William Morris Agency on December 15, just three weeks before news broke that the spotlight-loving family was talking to American Media Inc. about producing an all-Kardashian glossy.  “I’m not accusing anyone of anything, but it does seem fishy,” he said. We have to admit that the timing is odd, but we can’t imagine that Kim and her media-savvy clan hadn’t already considered the move into mags. Sex-tape ingenue to QuickTrim shill to reality star to magazine editor—isn’t that the career path our guidance counsellor suggested?

Images: Khloe and Kim Kardashian, Eva Rinaldi

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January 10, 2012 | 4:02 pm

Oh, snap! Common calls Drake “Canada Dry,” the champagne of ginger ales

Drake news is really heating up now that the champagne of ginger ales, Canada Dry, has been dragged into a weeks-long feud between Drizzy and his rival, the tweed hat aficionado and popular rapper Common. Back in December, Common called Drake “soft” on his song “Sweet,” and Drake eloquently responded with, “Just ’cause I sing, I’m not no bitch” at a concert in L.A. We think that’s a pretty tame reaction, but Common is now firing back with a rhyme in a remix of a Rick Ross track: “I’m taking too long with this amateur guy/You ain’t wet nobody, n—a, you Canada Dry.” This battle has generated some choice tweets, and Drake’s face has been added to Wikipedia’s Canada Dry entry (we’re jealous), but while these rappers continue an ego-filled feud, we’re left thirsty. Canada Dry, 1; petty rappers, 0.

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January 5, 2012 | 4:59 pm

Will crowds boo Kris Humphries when he returns to Toronto tomorrow? Kim Kardashian, we presume, says yes

Kris Humphries has come a long way since his days as a young (read: not very good) basketball player in Toronto. The ex-Raptor and, more importantly, ex-hubby of Kim Kardashian, will play in the city tomorrow night for the first time since he was officially named the most hated player in basketball. Humphries has been booed at every game so far this season, but it’s still unclear whether sports fans—and those with the time to keep up with the Kardashians—are reacting to rumours that his 72-day marriage was a publicity stunt or to his monotone idiocy on Kourtney and Kim Take New York.

(Images: Kris Humphries, Brian Horowitz; Kim Kardashian, Eva Rinaldi)

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November 30, 2011 | 12:07 pm

Holy mother of God—Pamela Anderson is Russell Peters’s Virgin Mary

Pamela Anderson: Virgin Mary (Image: Darren Stone)

It’s not exactly an immaculate casting choice: Pamela Anderson will be playing the Virgin Mary in A Russell Peters Christmas Special, described as an irreverent 1970s-style variety show. She’ll be acting alongside Russell Peters himself, who plays a “guido” Joseph (like Jersey Shore, you see—very timely). Peters told CTV News he picked the actress because “hey, Pam Anderson is Canadian,” and not for the infamy she garnered from Baywatch, Playboy and, um, a leaked home movie that was filmed on a boat. “I didn’t even think of the other side of Pam Anderson, which is so long ago,” Peters said. “It’s like, come on, give the chick a break already.” Give us a break, Russell. Even with plastic surgery, she’s still the sex symbol she used to be—although Peters joked that he was hoping to have a kissing scene (sorry, she’s no Whore of Babylon). Viewers hoping for some Bethlehem burlesque when the show airs tomorrow will have to be satisfied with the troupe of dancing lingerie models surrounding Michael Bublé, and we’re fairly confident that never happened in the Gospels either.

• Russell Peters defends Pam Anderson as Virgin Mary [CTV]

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October 24, 2011 | 2:48 pm

The Toronto Zombie Walk saw undead children and a wedding ceremony for a couple of brain eaters

Chucky’s back, or at least some zombie girl version of Chucky (Image: Danielle Blancher)

This weekend marked the annual Toronto Zombie Walk, complete with the brain-eating revellers that, ironically, brought the streets of Toronto to life. In addition to some obnoxious teenagers and their parents who continued to utter “Stop it, Johnny,” a wedding took place in Trinity Bellwoods Park between Thea “Munster” (credited for being a major player in the creation of the festival of the undead) and Adam Koetters, and zombies in attendance shouted “Brains!” to acknowledge that they were happy and that no one wished to object to the union. Check out our gallery of the zombies who trotted along the city streets this past weekend after the jump.

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October 19, 2011 | 5:14 pm

Lake Shore dies off, to the delight of many and the surprise of few

This could be the last time you’ll ever need to see this “sizzle reel”
When news broke a couple days ago that Toronto wouldn’t in fact be getting a homegrown answer to Jersey Shore, it was met with sighs of relief. Producer Maryam Rahimi officially called it quits on her controversial show Lake Shore after having trouble finding a network to pick up the series. Although conceding defeat, Rahimi told the Toronto Star she feels the show was close to finding a network partner: “We became victims of circumstances. It was no one’s fault; this is just the way business is,” Rahimi said. Apparently, contacts at media giant Rogers fell through during a turnover at the company.

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April 15, 2011 | 12:55 pm

Charlie Sheen staging 6 p.m. walk through central Toronto for #biwinning, er, bipolar awareness

Walk in Toronto with Dr. Sheen (Image: justaufo)

In between the two Toronto shows on his Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is not an Option tour, Charlie Sheen is inviting fans (or you know, whoever) to join him for a “bipolar awareness walk” through the city today. The erstwhile Two and a Half Men star tweeted,“Bipolar Awareness Walk!! Come join me at 6pm and walk with me from The Ritz Carlton to Massey Hall..! Show your support..!! #BIWINNING ybw.”

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March 18, 2011 | 10:24 am

Torpedo Alert: Charlie Sheen is indeed bringing his show to Toronto

Charlie Sheen’s show comes to Massey Hall on April 14

For the first time since Joe Carter’s walk-off home run in 1993, Torontonians are finally winning: this April, Charlie Sheen is bringing his hotly anticipated one-man show to Toronto. We first speculated that Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option would expand beyond its eight-date U.S. run and head north of the border after the initial two shows sold out in only 18 minutes.

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March 15, 2011 | 12:33 pm

Will Charlie Sheen’s Torpedo of Truth live show come to Toronto?

Not long after joining Twitter and setting the Guinness world record for fastest acquisition of 1 million followers, Charlie Sheen proclaimed himself to be “bi-winning” and will soon embark on a one man show entitled Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth. The show opens on April 2 in Detroit, and will repeat in Chicago on April 3. Unsurprisingly, both shows sold out in a matter of minutes. Sheen appropriately tweeted, “Fastball; Detroit/Chicago sold out in minutes… Thanks to Sheen’s Cadre..! #WINNING c.”

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December 8, 2010 | 11:38 am

Toronto Leonardo DiCaprio slasher sentenced to time in U.S.

The Toronto woman who slashed Leonardo DiCaprio in the face with broken glass at a house party in 2005 has been sentenced to two years in an American prison. Former model Aretha Wilson pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon and will likely serve around six months in state prison, once time served has been factored in; she’s been in a Los Angeles jail since last July. Wilson came to Canada after the attack but was extradited to the U.S. earlier this year.

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December 2, 2010 | 10:15 am

Walk of Fame stars of William Shatner and Gordie Howe get make-over

Psst. Shatner's Hollywood star is cracked, too (Image: Kevin Spencer)

Finally. The chipped stars of William Shatner and Gordie Howe on Canada’s Walk of Fame have been replaced. We weren’t the only ones stressing over the less-than-perfect plaques; apparently the city and WOF officials had received hundreds of phone calls about the damaged stars since they were bunged up by a snowplow in 2000. Some callers even offered to pay the replacement costs. No one is more relieved than Shatner, who said, “I wish I could replace my face as easily. My tile has been retiled, and I’m very grateful for that generosity.”

• Shatner, Howe have Walk of Fame stars replaced [CTV]

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November 15, 2010 | 10:58 am

Lake Shore contestants say producers encourage racism

Sibel "I hate everybody" Atlug (Image: lake-shore.ca)

Lake Shore producer Maryam Rahimi apologized last week for the reality show’s now infamous promo video, in which cast member Sibel Atlug declares “I hate everybody equally, especially Jewish people.” Rahimi told the National Post: “on one hand, we received a lot of attention, but on the other hand it was not necessarily the kind of attention that we wanted. For the record, we are not a racist show. If we offended anyone in any way, we apologize.” It’s clear that Rahimi set out to create a provocative show, but just how far are the show’s producers going to create controversy?

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November 12, 2010 | 4:03 pm

Lake Shore “sizzle reel” removed from YouTube

Lake Shore's Joey, "the Italian"

Earlier today, we noticed that the Lake Shore “sizzle reel” had been removed from YouTube due to “a copyright claim by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.” Could it be that CBC had bought rights to the already scandal-ridden show? Probably not. We called both the broadcaster and Lake Shore creator Maryam Rahimi to find out what the deal is, but so far, our calls have not been returned. In the meantime, the clip can still be viewed here.

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