The admiring Tremblay (Vincent Hoss-Desmarais, left) tries to get Kerouac (Alain Goulem) to lay off the booze in the Centaur production of George Rideout's Michel & ti-Jean.
Theatre

Where Tremblay and Kerouac meet

4 Stars

Michael & ti-Jean really works, somehow drawing us into the imagined collision of these two formidable personalities and egos

Guitarist Afie Jurvanen and his band Bahamas are opening for Wilco in four Canadian cities.
Music

They’re the band with the band

You have to hustle to become the opening act on big tours. And it helps to know the booking agent

Film Friday

Wolfman

2 Stars

You’ve seen all the clichés before

Director Cherien Dabis attends the press conference for her first feature film, Amreeka, at the Cine Verdi on January 5, 2010 in Madrid.
R.M. Vaughan: Q&A

Cherien Dabis' film fuelled by family and identity

Arab-American director talks about the motivation for Amreeka, her debut film

Priestley's new show, Call Me Fitz, comes to The Movie Network and Movie Central this summer.

Television

Jason Priestley is still a teenager after all these years

Two decades after 90210, Jason Priestley is heading back to TV as a foul-mouthed lay-about used-car salesman who ‘has never really progressed past 15’

Vancouver 2010

Where is George Clooney hiding?

Star keeps ultra-low profile, reportedly making quick appearances at private parties in Whistler and Vancouver

Celine Dion in New York hospital trying to conceive second child

Singer misses French-language premiere of her new movie in Montreal

Vancouver 2010

Colbert goes for the cold

A proud sponsor – and honorary psychologist – of the U.S. speed-skating team, the late-night comedian is also heading to Canada to cover the Games, presumably with laughs

Theatre

Intimate Apparel is well worth slipping into

3 Stars

Lynn Nottage’s latest play runs until March 6 in Toronto

Iranian election shot wins World Press Photo award

Italian freelance photographer captures prize with image of a woman shouting her protest from a Tehran rooftop at dusk

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Andrew Ryan: Television
‘I love Canada and Canadians because they like me'

U.S. comic Bill Maher loves his home country, but doesn’t always like what he sees in it

Andrew Ryan.
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Warren Clements: DVDs
Original Ladykillers release features a new killer commentary

More classics from Blu-ray include Ran and Lola Montes

Warren Clements
Russell Smith: On Language
Let me be clear: we can’t always banish tricky words

Phrases that make no sense are nothing if not annoying, but we're stuck with them

Russell Smith
Lynn Crosbie: Pop Rocks
The ugly truth about Betty’s braces and Super Bowl ads

A great show reinvented camp and tele-aesthetics

America Ferrera in a scene from Ugly Betty.
Nestruck on Theatre
Wajdi Mouawad's Streetcar starring Isabelle Huppert leaves something to be desired

While in Las Vegas, Franco Dragone doesn't not disagree with Cirque du Soleil's current direction. Or something

Playwright Lynne Nottage, author of Intimate Apparel.
Video
Liam Lacey in 60 seconds

Globe film critic Liam Lacey discusses what's up on screen, at the festivals, and at the box office. This week: From Paris With Love and J'ai tue ma mere (I Killed my Mother).

Xavier Dolan, left, and François Arnaud star in Dolan’s autobiographical debut J’ai tué ma mère, in which a young gay man comes of age.


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