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... )

I just read that Terry Pratchett died! 66 years old is too young... I gotta call my Mum. She loved him.


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Lauren Bacall 1924 - 2014


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Robin Williams has made me laugh since I was in short pants. He was rare and I am personally upset to hear that he's gone. To think that he felt he had nothing to live for in the end disturbs me a great deal.


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Biomechanical artist H.R. Giger died on Monday after being injured in his home. I sorta loathed his style but salute how he turned something so unique and avant garde into a populist 'look' for all things science fiction. He once famously said that if you liked his work, you were either creative or crazy. I think that's a fair assessment. Many ( Read more... )

Goodbye, Harold Ramis.


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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... )

Point form life:

- The Toronto International Film Festival officially kicks off today. Torontonians huddle in their abodes until the tsunami of celebrities, paparazzi, and crazed movie goers subsides a week from now. One of the local papers keeps going on and on about how Cumberbund Bandersnatch Benedict Cumberbatch is going to be in town, which ( Read more... )

This one was snatched from vegawriters...

Comment to this post with a colour. I will ask you a series of questions (the "getting to know you" type) which you will answer and post on your own blog with this explanation. Thus perpetuating zee memage...

Here are Vega's questions answered:

What is one thing you'd change about the world if you could?It would ( Read more... )