Taline Restaurant in Rosedale is excited to announce “The Mother of All Talks,” a free-to-enter biweekly speaker series that brings together diverse voices to explore thought-provoking themes. Each session focuses on a “word of the day,” setting the stage for inspiring keynote speeches. Each event features up to 5 speakers who will give a 5 minute speech inspired by the word of the day. The sessions are designed to be engaging and thought-provoking, offering a platform for diverse voices and perspectives. This is the perfect opportunity if you’re an aspiring speaker looking to share your insights and connect with a vibrant audience!

Where: Taline Restaurant, Rosedale

When: Launching tomorrow on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, and continuing every other Tuesday. The “word of the day” for the August 20 launch will be “mother.”

Event format:

5:00 PM: Cocktails & networking

5:30 PM: Keynote speeches

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Networking

Join us after the series for a lively evening of dinner and drinks at Taline

Speaker lineup for August 20:

Saro Yacoubian – General manager and co-owner of Taline, with a background in bartending and a passion for the art of mixology.

Victoria Hale – Content creator and mother of two, sharing her journey of overcoming challenges and spreading joy.

Yollanda Zhang – Entrepreneur and mental health advocate, dedicated to healing from bipolar disorder and empowering others.

Malcolm Roberts – Co-founder of Foxglove Spirits, creators of Valley of Mother of God Gin, Ontario’s leading luxury gin brand.

Upcoming words of the day:

August 20: Mother

September 3: Shame

September 17: Build

October 1: Fitness

October 15: Fate

October 29: Smart

Audience & refreshments: Open to the public (free admission!), with drinks available for purchase and complimentary light snacks.

Support: Sponsored by Valley of Mother of God Gin and Taline Restaurant.

Register for the (free!) event here: Eventbrite

Get ready for an evening rich in tradition and innovation as Six Pack Chef Wallace Wong and chef Sebouh Yacoubian of Taline come together for “Yalla Per Sik Fan” – a heartfelt celebration meaning “Come On, Bring It, Let’s Eat!” On September 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM, Taline will host an intimate 6-course dinner where the vibrant flavours of Hong Kong and Armenia unite, paying tribute to the cherished recipes passed down from their mothers. This exclusive event will showcase a menu crafted with deep respect for their culinary heritage, promising an unforgettable experience that blends personal tradition with extraordinary creativity.

Chef Sebouh Yacoubian

Chef Sebouh Yacoubian began his culinary journey at 14 in Massimo Capra’s kitchen, sparking a lifelong passion for food. Trained at the Culinary Institute of America, he returned to Toronto to help launch several successful restaurants. Soon, Chef Sebouh opened his own restaurant, Taline, alongside his brothers Serouj and Saro – in loving memory of their late mother, Taline. At Taline, Chef Sebouh’s culinary philosophy is guided by a simple yet profound question: “Would I serve it to mom?” This ethos drives him to blend traditional Armenian flavours with modern techniques, crafting a fine dining experience that transcends boundaries. 

(from left to right: Taline’s hummus, mante, gata and sourj soft-serve)

Chef Wallace Wong

Chef Wallace Wong, also known as the “Six Pack Chef,” is a culinary force to be reckoned with, merging the worlds of fitness and fine dining with remarkable finesse. A graduate of George Brown Culinary School and a top competitor on multiple Food Network shows, including “Chopped Canada,” chef Wong has carved out a unique niche in the culinary world. He combines his passion for health and fitness with his love for food. Beyond the kitchen, chef Wallace Wong is an 11-time Guinness World Record holder, showcasing his exceptional skills and dedication. His journey from culinary student to celebrated chef and fitness icon is an inspiring testament to his relentless pursuit of excellence. Through his platform, “Six Pack Chef,” he continues to inspire people worldwide to live healthier, more flavorful lives.

About the Collaboration

“Yalla Per Sik Fan” is more than just a fusion dinner; it’s a culinary tribute to the mothers who instilled a love of cooking in both chefs. The theme, meaning “Come On, Bring It, Let’s Eat,” sets the tone for a night of culinary storytelling, where each dish honours the warmth, creativity, and tradition of home-cooked meals. Guests will experience a six-course culinary journey set on a harvest table. This intimate setting allows for a deep connection with the food, the chefs, and the stories behind each course.

Event Details:

Date: September 9th, 2024

Location: Taline, 1276 Yonge St, Toronto, ON

Seating: One seating at 6:00PM (seating is limited)

Price: $150 per person, plus taxes and gratuity. Wine pairings are available for an additional $100 per person.

This collaboration is a celebration of the love, warmth, and creativity that defines home cooking. This intimate event offers a rare opportunity to experience the culinary magic of Wallace Wong and Sebouh Yacoubian as they pay tribute to their mothers and culinary roots in the most delicious way possible.

Tickets for the collaboration dinner can be purchased HERE. 

A special thank you to our beverage sponsors San Pellegrino and Valley of Mother of God Gin. 

Today we get an exciting new poster for the eagerly-awaited JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX!

Let’s give the people what they want. Joker: Folie à Deux – only in theatres and @imax, October 4, 2024. #JokerMovie #FilmedForIMAX

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Canada)

Netflix premieres the official trailer for upcoming series KAOS, alongside first looks of Billie Piper, Suzy Eddie Izzard and Debi Mazar.

Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus: King of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful.

That is, until he’s not. From BAFTA winning screenwriter and showrunner Charlie Covell* (The End Of The F***ing World), KAOS is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld.

Having long enjoyed his status as king of the gods, Zeus’s reign has never been truly threatened. That is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Believing it to be the harbinger of an ancient prophecy which foretells his destruction, neurosis sets in: Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming. As his paranoia takes hold, the god of gods – seeing signs everywhere – starts to dangerously self-destruct.

And he’s right to be worried. Zeus’s one time friend and now prisoner, Prometheus, is orchestrating a plan to bring him down. The plan involves three disparate humans, all of whom are totally unaware of their cosmic significance or the part they must play in saving the world. No pressure. (Some pressure.)

KAOS stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus alongside Janet McTeer (Ozark, The Menu) as Hera, David Thewlis (Landscapers, Fargo) as Hades, Rakie Ayola (Anthony, The Pact) as Persephone, Cliff Curtis (Avatar: The Way of Water, Reminiscence) as Poseidon, Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Darkest Hour) as Prometheus, Aurora Perrineau (Westworld, When They See Us) as Riddy, Nabhaan Rizwan (Industry, Station Eleven) as Dionysus, Killian Scott (Dublin Murders, ’71) as Orpheus, Misia Butler (Half Bad, The School For Good And Evil) as Caeneus, Stanley Townsend (The Current War, Becoming Elizabeth) as Minos, and Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie, Better) as Ari. Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie, Eternal Beauty) and Suzy Eddie Izzard join the cast in cameo roles.

KAOS launches on August 29, 2024 on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Hot Docs ’24 selection Singing Back the Buffalo, the new feature length documentary from award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Birth of a Family) will screen in the following cities:

Check here https://buffalosong.com/watch for the most recent schedule!

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver -VIFF Centre, Vancity Theatre – Sept 13
Victoria – The Vic Theatre – Sept 13

ALBERTA
Edmonton – Metro Cinema – Sept 14
Lethbridge – The Movie Mill – Sept 15
St. Paul – Magic Lantern Elite Theatre – Sept 13

SASKATCHEWAN
North Battleford – Magic Lantern Capitol Theatre – Sept 13
Yorkton – Magic Lantern Tower Theatre – Sept 13
Saskatoon – Magic Lantern The Roxy Theatre – Sept 13

MANITOBA
Winnipeg – Dave Barber Cinematheque (Winnipeg Film Group) – Sept 14

ONTARIO
Toronto -Fox Theatre – Oct 2
Toronto – Revue Cinema – Sept 14
Sudbury – Sudbury Indie Cinema – Sept 13

QUEBEC
Montreal – Cinémathèque québécoise – Sept 13

Richly visualised and deeply uplifting, Singing Back the Buffalo is an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness and a potent dream of what is within our grasp, which follows Indigenous visionaries and communities who are rematriating the buffalo to the lands they once defined.

Singing Back the Buffalo is written and directed by Hubbard and produced by Hubbard, Jason Ryle (Amplify), George Hupka (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Obmin, On the Edge), associate produced by Marie-Eve Marchand (Iniskim), and executive produced by Bonnie Thompson (The Secret Society, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up). A one-hour version will be broadcast on CBC The Nature of Things, feature version on APTN later in 2025. Canadian distribution is handled by Cinema Politica.

“The film is intricately connected to and inspired by the Buffalo Treaty, a treaty held between Indigenous nations across North America, emphasizing the need for Buffalo to be visibly present on the plains, especially for the benefit of youth. It is fitting that we have our theatrical release alongside the 10th anniversary celebration of the Treaty. I wanted the film to be a beautiful space to reflect on the significance of buffalo to the health of the land, our relationships with each other, and the love we have for our young ones,” said writer/director, Tasha Hubbard.

Hubbard (Cree) is an award-winning filmmaker, a buffalo academic and buffalo activist. Together with Blackfoot Elder Leroy Little Bear, Hubbard weaves an intimate story of humanity’s connections to buffalo and meticulously reveals how their return to the Great Plains can indeed usher in a new era of sustainability and balance. On her journey spanning eight years, Hubbard explores the challenges faced by buffalo allies and shares the positive steps already taken towards the ultimate – but uncertain – goal of buffalo rematriation. After their dark recent history of almost extinction, and in this time of immense environmental degradation and global uncertainty, the buffalo can lead us to a better tomorrow.

Singing Back the Buffalo is produced in association with CBC and APTN and produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the Indigenous Screen Office and Telefilm Canada, with the assistance of the Government of Alberta, the participation of the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Rogers Documentary Fund, as well as fiscal sponsorship provided by Redford Center.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Dr. Tasha Hubbard, Writer/Director/Producer: Dr. Tasha Hubbard is a filmmaker and an associate professor in the Faculty of Native Studies/Department of English and Film at the University of Alberta. She is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to several First Nations in Treaty Six Territory through her father. She is also the mother of a seventeen-year-old son. Her academic research supports Indigenous efforts to return the buffalo to the lands, as well as Indigenous narrative sovereignty in North America. She has been working to support the Buffalo Treaty since 2015 and is one of the founding directors of the International Buffalo Relations Institute. Her first solo writing/directing project Two Worlds Colliding, about Saskatoon’s infamous Starlight Tours, premiered at ImagineNATIVE in 2004 and won the Canada Award at the Gemini Awards in 2005. In 2017, she directed an NFB-produced feature documentary called Birth of a Family about a 60s Scoop family coming together for the first time during a holiday in Banff. Her last film was nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, an exploration of the impact of the death of Colten Boushie that premiered in the spring of 2019. It was the first Indigenous-directed film to open the Hot Docs International Film Festival while winning Best Canadian Feature. It also won the Colin Low Award for the top Canadian film at the DOXA International Film Festival and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Documentary in 2020. Hubbard was awarded the DGC Discovery award in 2019.

Jason Ryle, Producer: Jason Ryle is a producer, programmer, curator, story editor, and arts consultant based in Toronto. Through his mother, he is Anishinaabe and a member of Lake St. Martin First Nation, Manitoba. Jason was the Executive Director of imagineNATIVE from July 2010 to June 2020. In addition to Singing Back the Buffalo, Jason has produced the docuseries Amplify for APTN and several award-winning shorts. In February 2021, Jason received the Clyde Gilmour Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association. The award is bestowed to Canadians whose work has in some way enriched the understanding and appreciation of film in their native country. Jason is also the International Programmer, Indigenous Cinema for TIFF.

George Hupka, DOP, Producer: George is a freelance Director and DP, who has worked with Tasha for over 25 years. They formed Downstream Documentary Productions to make nîpawistamâsowin and continue to bring Indigenous stories to the screen. As a cinematographer, Hupka has shot projects around the world for the UK’s Windfall Films, documentary features and shorts for the National Film Board, and many award-winning projects for CBC, CTV, and TSN. He directed and produced Obmin, a documentary about the Soviet Union before the fall of the Berlin Wall as seen through the eyes of Canadian exchange students and was the producer and DP of the Rogers series On the Edge. His short film about photographer and artist Lesia Maruschak, The Diggers, was recently screened at Landskrona Foto Festival in Sweden.

Bonnie Thompson, Executive Producer: Bonnie is a veteran and independent Canadian media producer of documentary, animation, and interactive projects. She worked as a producer with the National Film Board of Canada for many years, and now works independently. Her numerous feature and short documentary, animation, and interactive productions have been screened by national and international broadcasters and streamers (CBC, The Doc Channel, SuperChannel, APTN, PBS, NHK, Netflix, Apple), in festivals around the world (TIFF, Hot Docs, IDFA, Berlin, Sundance, Annecy) and on the web, with numerous awards and nominations, including Canadian Screen nominations and awards, an Oscar and Emmy nomination, and Webby awards. She was awarded the prestigious Don Haig Award at Hot Docs 2023.

ALIEN: ROMULUS is out of this world with a $40 million debut this weekend from 3,885 theatres for 20th Century Studios. This installment from Director Fede Alvarez, gets 81% on the Tomatometer. Highest franchise opening belongs still to 2012’s PROMETHEUS with $51 million.

Second is DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE with $28 million from 3,960 theatres, for Marvel/Disney. This brings its run to $545.7 million in North America.

Third is IT ENDS WITH US with $23 million from 3,739 theatres, exceeding all expectations and likely bolstered by all the controversy of a feud among its star Blake Lively and Director Justin Baldoni. This takes it to $96.7 million in its second weekend for Sony Pictures.

In fourth is TWISTERS with $8.4 million from 3,483 theatres for Universal Pictures, a total run of $237 million domestically.

Rounding it off is CORALINE‘s re-release with $10.4 million from 1,523 theatres for Focus Features. This brings the 2009 release’s total gross to $92 million.

After representing Canada three times at the Summer Games, Toronto’s Alysha Newman has broken through with a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Track & Field athlete specializes in Pole Vaulting, holding records at both the Commonwealth and Canadian Games record. She became the first ever Canadian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in Pole Vaulting.

After some rest and relaxation in France, Newman made her way back to her hometown, rocking her Nike suitcase, holding her broze medal. Despite some delays, she was in amazing spirits, looking forward most to visiting her grandmother! Love her.

After raising some eyebrows twerking to the camera after her medal-winning performance, we celebrated with a little twerk of our own. She’s an amazing sport! National Treasure.

Our Team Canada fever keeps going! So thrilled also we were able to find PHIL WIZARD (Phil Kim)! Born in Toronto though now based in Vancouver, he got the gold with the distinction of being the first ever to get top honours in the discipline at the Olympics!

Toronto is in for a treat as he performs as a last minute addition to the lineup at the 2024 King’s Plate taking place at Woodbine Racetrack, North America’s most historic horse race. He performs at both the Paris Texas Clubhouse and the Hats & Horseshoes Party! He also is just amazingly kind and gracious. What a star!

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Two legends unite on DIE WITH A SMILE, a collaboration of stars Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga! The Video and Track are now avaiable to buy and stream!

Listen to “Die With A Smile”: http://GagaMars.lnk.to/DieWithASmile Directed by Daniel Ramos & Bruno Mars

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music Group)

Today, global pop sensation Benson Boone returns with his highly anticipated new single “Pretty Slowly.” Listen HERE via Night Street Records/Warner Records and watch the video below. The track became an instant fan-favorite as a standout moment in Boone’s set at Lollapalooza and his Fireworks & Rollerblades world tour.

“Pretty Slowly” follows Boone’s latest track “Death Wish Love” from the Twisters movie soundtrack and the staggering global success of “Beautiful Things” — which is now RIAA certified 3x Platinum — from his acclaimed debut album Fireworks & Rollerblades. The viral smash logged an impressive 7 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, hit #1 at Top 40 and Hot AC radio, and vaulted to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also recently joined the “Billions Club” on Spotify and has amassed over 2 billion total streams to date.

Fireworks & Rollerblades also includes the fan-favorite tracks “Cry,” “What Do You Want,” and the rapidly-rising “Slow It Down,” which is currently in the top 20 at Top 40 and Hot AC radio, the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and climbing.

Fireworks & Rollerblades continues a trend of big moments for Benson. He has been nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist, Best Alternative for “Beautiful Things” and PUSH Performance of the Year for “In The Stars.” In June, he opened for Taylor Swift’s ERAS Tour in London at Wembley stadium, following a performance with Lana Del Rey at Hangout Festival in May. Earlier this year, Boone launched his fully sold-out Fireworks & Rollerblades Tour, playing shows across the globe. See a full list of upcoming tour dates below and click HERE for tickets.

In February, iHeartRadio named him an On The Verge Artist, and last year, he was named an Amazon Music Breakthrough Artist and MTV’s Global PUSH Artist for October. Meanwhile, his PULSE EP generated tens of millions of streams for tracks like “What Was,” “Little Runaway,” and “Sugar Sweet.”

Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Cineplex Run-of-Engagement Passes to see THE FRONT ROOM starring Brandy Norwood!

Synopsis:

Everything goes to hell for newly pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in and tries to get her claws on the child.

Starring: Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap

To enter for a chance to win, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK. Click “like” on this Post on our X or IG accounts for an extra chance. Tag a friend you’d bring with you!

Rules and regulations here.

THE FRONT ROOM is only in theatres September 6, 2024.

(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)