Malene Arpe is dead.Malene was the former film section editor for the now defunct (I still miss it!) Eye Weekly and then moved over to be the entertainment blogger for the Toronto Star. I followed her Stargazing posts (in all of their various media forms) for years. She was a nerd of the first order, she loved reading EVERYTHING, she was blunt and ( Read more... )

For example, before last night's Leafs vs. Stars game the audience of the ACC stood in a moment of silence for the passing of Nelson Mandela, and that's how I learned of his death. I mean, you could hear a pin drop in that arena... it was sorta surreal considering how much hockey fans enjoy violence ( Read more... )

The smart and surprisingly insightful folks at io9 are postulating that the producers of Battlestar Galactica are pushing BACK the release date of the series final episodes from Jan '09 to April '09! After I recovered consciousness, there was much wailing and knashing of teeth at my desk. My co-workers are deeply concerned for me. Full details here ( Read more... )

Jazz legend and Canadian bright light, Oscar Peterson has died:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/24/obit.peterson.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest

That makes the holiday seem a little less bright, somehow...