Adhir Kalyan may not be a household name, but he’s probably a familiar face in many households. Certainly he will be in a few months.The 25-year-old South African-born actor landed on my radar with Aliens in America, the funny, short-lived CW series shot in Vancouver last season. He made quite a positive impression when the
Hey kids! Wanna win your very own copy of the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD Paul Blart: Mall Cop? The film was co-written by King of Queens star Kevin James, who stars as Blart, a mild-mannered mall cop who shifts into full Rambo mode when his quiet suburban mall is threatened by thugs and kidnappers.Paul
Every once in a while you see a show you like so much it scares you. Scares you because, as a TV critic, you’re always looking for something original, something clever, something you haven’t quite seen before. Such a show is Glee. The new Fox musical comedy gets a sneak peak next Tuesday at 9
If you were at Bruce Springsteen’s concert at the ACC the other night, like CHML’s Scott Thompson, you’d know that Max Weinberg won’t be touring with the boss in Europe this summer. That’s because Conan O’Brien has insisted Max be behind his kit when O’Brien debuts as host of the Tonight Show June 1. Turns
We’ve all been there, shoppers: the spring lines come out, everything looks spiffy and cool, but there’s just one problem: no money. Put the credit card back in the wallet. Wait till next year.That may be the view from Canada as American networks get set to host their 2009-10 season launches (Fox on May 18,
As the Canucks go, so go CBC’s fortunes this spring in the NHL playoffs. So now what?Vancouver got bounced by Chicago in Monday night’s sixth game of the second round, leaving no Canadian team in the last two rounds of the playoffs.Saturday night’s exciting game, which the Canucks lost 4-2 to the Black Hawks, drew
Yesterday I arrived home to find a giant white pizza-shaped box at my door. It was from those zany marketing folks at Fox again, this time promoting the fifth season of So You Think You Can Dance (returning Thurs., May 21 from 8-10 p.m.).Inside the box was this giant cardboard section of false floor, unfolding
Spent the morning at Holy Spirit Catholic elementary school in Vaughan, Ont. (“The City Above The Law”), where I’d been asked to take part in their annual Career Day. The deal was set up in the school gym, with people from various professions separated into stations. I was behind the “Journalist” table; other tables were