New Rule: stop being shocked every time Bill Maher says something that skates over the hard line that is cancel culture. That is, after all, his job. Yes, he’s made some egregious mistakes in the past. He claimed that Islam, “has too much in common with ISIS.” In 2017, he used the N-word to make
TV, like film or books, does not always age well — especially at a time when the term #cancelculture is trending. Take old episodes of classic sitcoms, such as those presented every weekday on Hamilton, Ont.’s CHCH, Their daytime offerings currently include such shows from the ’60s and ’70s as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres,
Tuesday in Toronto, two days before April 1st, eleventy billion-million, seven-hundred and forty nine thousand million Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced by the Academy of Way Too Many Awards of Canada. This breaks the old record of eleventy billion-million and seventeen set in 2020. Health Canada was impressed. “If only we could get that
Should “Gone With The Wind,” “Breakfast at Tiffanys,” “My Fair Lady” and other films long considered classics be mothballed today over questionable content? “Cancel culture” isn’t just targeting Harvey Weinstein or Woody Allen. There is a sudden queasiness to any film or TV show where racism or sexism raises its ugly head. The entire run
Apparently I wasn’t the only one who loves the salute to the classic ’70s amd ’80s era of wrestling depicted on the new NBC series Young Rock. I happened to post a link to a review of the series Tuesday on Facebook and a few former Toronto Sun colleagues came down on me like the
Here’s something I bet you didn’t know. If you have Rogers Ignite as your TV provider, you can simply pick up the remote, press the microphone button and say, “Ignite and chill,” and up will pop a dozen romantic movies to rent or buy for Valentine’s Day. I only found this out because the folks
What if comedy teams were chosen by accountants? It might go something like this: “Okay Laurel, you go with Costello. Rowan? Team up with Hardy. Lewis? Stand next to Shuster…” News this week that Dan O’Toole was being axed at TSN caught many sports viewers and industry observers by surprise. If jettisoning one half of
He leaves Washington today in disgrace, but there was a time when a one-on-one interview with Donald Trump was a pretty good “get.” That was back when the real estate tycoon was best known as the host of The Apprentice. The NBC reality series was a ratings hit when it began in 2004. It remained