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Restaurant tale The Bear grabbed three of the four Emmy Awards for comedy acting on Sunday, yielding only to Jean Smart who claimed her third trophy for her starring role as an ambitious stand-up comic on Hacks. Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach of The Bear won their second straight Emmys for comedy actor and…
Saskatoon filmmaker Jacob Farrell says movie fans can expect lots of laughs at the premiere of the new feature film he co-created. Screening at The Broadway Theatre on Saturday night, 8th Street Menace is a love letter to Saskatoon’s dirtbags. Think Fubar or Trailer Park Boys, but with a local twist. “We had to cut…
The Current23:52Bob McDonald on overcoming impostor syndrome — and saying yes WARNING: This article contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. In a new memoir, CBC host Bob McDonald reveals that he was sexually abused as a child. “I was sexually abused by…
The affidavit of an FBI special agent, and the Russian documents attached to it, offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a vast Russian network of disinformation. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Russians — both employees of state broadcaster RT — accused of illegally funnelling $9.7 million into a Tennessee media company….
“I can’t judge … but that is a little weird.” That’s what Zachary “Ichabod Fame” Knowles’ said when students he was teaching to dance Burlesque recommended he try air guitar competitions — contests in which people mime playing the guitar on stage. “They laughed and said to me, ‘Yes, it is the most ridiculous thing that you can…
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to Darth Vader — has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home. The cause was not immediately clear. Jones, who worked…
The Deaner is making a return to the screen, with a shot-in-Manitoba movie that explores the cult-hero character’s past. Dean Murdoch, a.k.a. The Deaner — the mullet-haired, hard-rocking headbanger who crashed his way into the Canadian comedy firmament with the cult films Fubar (2002) and Fubar 2 (2010) — returns in spectacular form in Deaner…
