With a few action-packed Vacation Days scheduled earlier this week, what better way to have enjoyed it than to Test-Drive a 2013 Honda Accord Sedan Sport? Being a Commuter for the most part, I miss the convenience of being able to drive up north to see my Family, so the sleek and luxurious Vehicle more than ably served as my Chariot. In a gorgeous Obsidian Blue Pearl, eyes would migrate towards it as I navigated through miles of traffic lights on Yonge Street  from Downtown to Uptown Toronto. One female Onlooker asks me, “What colour is that? I’ve never seen anything that beautiful!”.

Looks aside though, this certainly is the smoothest Vehicle I’ve ever driven. Navigating Speed Bumps was painless, unlike some previous vehicles I’ve driven. Being just the perfect size, I was able to negotiate turns in those pesky tight-cornered Indoor Parking Lots Downtown with ease. The Car was efficient on gas, certainly tallying-in my share of kilometres over the span of five days. I was able to fill the Vehicle on approximately $50.00, which is rather reasonable.

Although I didn’t get a chance to  preview it properly, I am a bit obsessed with Honda‘s Eco Assist™ feature, giving Drivers the option of blue and green Coaching Bars on either side of the Speedometer, helping them go farther on their tank of gas.  Brilliant.

The ultimate Litmus Test however came this past Tuesday night as we experienced the most horrific Rainshower in the wee hours of the morning, resulting in a full-on flooding of the Don Valley Parkway the next day. I made it home safe and sound with the Vehicle’s masterful traction, without a slip or a hiccup, me fully in control of the slippery, wet road.

Let us also talk about some of the more fun features! With a USB Port, those of us with iPods, Phones and MP3-playing Devices can connect our devices to the Car’s amazing six-speaker sound system and enjoy our own customized Playlists – not to mention keeping our devices charged as they play!

The handy Rear-View Camera on the Dashboard is a great asset when driving in reverse mode and also doing dreaded Parallel Parking. In all, the 2013 Honda Accord Sedan Sport is a dream and definitely a Car I’d consider driving on the long-term.

More details and pricing here!

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Battle Los Angeles, Crazy.Stupid.Love, The Dark Knight Rises and Oz The Great and Powerful. At age 13, Joey King already has built a Résumé which  several Actors and Actresses might never achieve in a lifetime.  Born and raised in Los Angeles, King appears on the verge of Superstardom and a quick perusal of what’s coming next gives us every reason to be excited.

Taking  time to chat with us in advance of Oz The Great and Powerful‘s DVD release, I learned that acting is actually something that King always has wanted for herself since the age of four, first getting her start in Commercials. Older Sisters Haley and Kelli, whom she looks-up to greatly, may have paved the way for her with their own respective acting careers, but she makes it clear from the get-go that she is in charge of her own path. “People ask me all the time, ‘Were you forced into acting?” she admits. “I’m like, no. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and I hope I get to do it for the rest of my life.”.

On how she became involved with one of 2013’s largest grossing Blockbusters landing the coveted Role of vulnerable and sweet China Girl, she recalls, “I went straight to the Screen Test, which is the final stage of the auditioning process.  I was so excited I got to meet Sam Raimi, to audition and do my lines for him.”.  She actually was immersed in work when she found out she had been cast in Oz The Great and Powerful. “I was in India filming The Dark Knight Rises and my Sister was Video Chatting with me and told me that I got the Role. It was so unforgettable!  Breathtaking.”.

King has nothing but fun memories of working with the Film’s brilliant Ensemble Cast, getting up-close and personal. “Whether it be Zach Braff, James Franco and I playing pranks on each other, to Michelle Williams asking me when I got a Cell Phone so she’d know when to do so with Matilda (Williams‘ Daughter with the late Heath Ledger),  everyone was so sweet. I had the best time filming it!”.

Although a Sequel to Oz The Great and Powerful still has yet to be confirmed, 2013 will see not one, but two more important releases from this remarkable young Talent.  “I’ve got White House Down with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx coming out”, she tells me.  The Montreal-filmed Action-Thriller is about a Capitol Policeman who must rescue his Daughter and save the President with the arrival of a group of Paramilitary Invaders.  “I love Montreal, it’s beautiful there.  I love the cold!”, she tells me about her experience filming in our native Canada.

In addition to being a Fan-of and Friends with Taylor Swift, having starred in her Video for Mean, King reveals to me whom she’d love most to work with in the future. “Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain is up there and Jason Bateman for sure. I love him! “.  Diplomatically, she tells me there are many more with so much amazing Talent in the Hollywood Pool and surely it won’t be long before she gets her wish.

King also particularly is excited for upcoming Horror, The Conjuring, due this July. “I play one of five Sisters and my name’s Christine. Our Family lives in this house and something’s sketchy about it”, she explains. “I saw the Film recently and oh my God, it’s so scary! I think everyone will really enjoy it and it will blow their socks off!”.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada releases Oz The Great and Powerful on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack on Tuesday, June 11, 2013.  Click here to pre-order your copy.

Follow Joey King on Twitter here.

Enjoy the Audio from our Chat below:

(Photo credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada | Video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

This definitely is something special. The final Trailer for Monsters University, the long-awaited Follow-up – make that Prequel – to 2001’s Monsters Inc., has arrived.  Here we get a close look at how the Friendship between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) developed and we even see them when they weren’t necessarily the best of Friends.  We also get a sense of their own roads to fulfilling their destinies as Scarers.

Watch the Trailer below:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada releases Monsters University on Friday, June 21, 2013.

(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada)

Finally!  Although I’m sure many of us scoffed at the idea of a Sequel, Machete Kills, now I think I get why it was necessary after seeing this brand new Teaser Trailer for the Action-Thriller!  Robert Rodrigez helms once again in this completely over-the-top, high-octane burst of adrenaline.

Jessica Alba, Lady Gaga (her acting debut!), Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Hudgens, Amber Heard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlie Sheen also star and of course Danny Trejo returns.

Watch the trailer below:

Machete Kills opens September 13, 2013 and VVS Films releases in Canada.  TIFF 2013, maybe?

(Photo/video credit: VVS Films)

Toronto finally gets a serious dose of Starpower this week and Selena Gomez certainly caps everything off in a huge way for us!  The Actress, Pop Star and overall Megastar arrived from Paris yesterday, causing a commotion at Toronto Pearson International Airport midday.  Fan reports indicate pushing and shoving, but alas all was safe and Gomez was spotted later in the day enjoying some Lunch at Hooters.  While we were at the Scotiabank Theatre Red Carpet Advance Screening of Now You See Me with Jesse Eisenberg, Gomez managed to sneak into the theatre almost unnoticed to enjoy a Movie on her Day Off!

Gomez was at it early today, doing a round of Radio Interviews including 104.5 CHUM FM, KISS 92.5 and 99.9 Virgin Radio and everywhere she went, she drew a huge crowd of her primarily female Fans.  Her Handler was awesome to keep order, having everyone line-up tidily in front of KISS 92.5 Studios after her appearance on the Roz & Mocha Show. No Fan left disappointed as quickly she made her way through the line, posing for Selfies with everyone.  Even Billy and I got a Snap with the Pop Princess and we’ve been longtime Supporters!  “Oh my God, he’s sooo cute!”, she says about Billy!

See our Snap below:

Gomez‘s first Solo Disc Stars Dance will get a Summer release via Universal Music Canada and we’re stoked from what we’ve heard.  First Single Come & Get It is a bit of a Top 40 Monster, already hitting reaching the Top Ten of both the Canadian and U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Charts!

Slow Down has been confirmed as the next Single from Stars Dance (Video shot in Paris).  The Disc is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23, 2013 via Universal Music Canada. Cannot wait to hear it!  Complete Tracklisting here.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Michelle Moon | Audio Content: Universal Music)

Ten-million-selling Rock Band Goo Goo Dolls currently are in Toronto promoting upcoming tenth Studio Disc Magnetic.  After shooting to Superstardom in the mid-90s, the Band has been a Mainstay ever since and particularly are known for their signature Track, Iris, nominated for multiple Grammy Awards including Record of the Year.  To this day, the Track remains a staple on Adult Contemporary Radio.

While out doing Press today for Magnetic, Frontman John Rzeznik was awesome to stop for Photos, greeting Human and Canine Fans alike after taping an Interview over at Global Television, just one of many Stop-offs scheduled throughout the day.

Goo Goo Dolls will be co-headlining with matchbox twenty this Summer as they tour North America, including a Toronto date at Molson Amphitheatre on June 27, 2013.

Check-out their catchy latest Single Rebel Beat below:

Warner Music Canada releases Magnetic on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Pre-order Magnetic here!

See our Snap:

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

One of Canada’s favourite Rock Bands, the Barenaked Ladies, are in promotional high gear right now in support of upcoming eleventh Studio Disc, Grinning Streak. All week long the now Quartet, have been doing various appearances around the City including performances at City‘s Breakfast Television, CTV‘s Marilyn Denis Show and today they made their way to Global Television‘s Bloor Street Studios to perform a Live Concert free for Fans, interspersed with interviews for both the Toronto and National Editions of The Morning Show.  Drawing a huge Crowd, the Band performed a mix of material – new and old – met with ecstatic reaction from Fans.  Watch the Set here!

After recording a series of lengthy interviews to air later, the Barenaked Ladies came out to greet Fans on the street, including one who was celebrating her Birthday today.

Check-out BNL‘s new Single, Boomerang below:

Raisin’ Records releases Grinning Streak on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.  Click here to pre-order.

See our Snap with Billy below!  As you can see, Kevin Hearn (Keyboardist) just loves him!

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong | Audio content: Raisin’ Records)

Centering on a group of Illusionists who are wanted after successfully pulling-off multiple Bank Heists, rewarding eventually their Audiences with the money, the latest from Director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter) looks  to be one of this Summer’s biggest Thrill Rides.  If you haven’t seen the first four minutes of the Film, I dare you not to bite your nails.  Intensity at its finest.

Featured in the Thriller’s Ensemble Cast are Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Mélanie Laurent and the outstanding Jesse Eisenberg, who garnered his first ever Oscar nomination in 2011 for an unforgettable portrayal of Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. The latter arrived in Toronto yesterday to promote Now You See Me, in which he stars as the charismatic J. Daniel Atlas. Tonight he walked the Red Carpet at Scotiabank Theatre, meeting with a mix of Television, Radio and Online Personalities.

Looking clean and casual in a V-Neck and Blazer, the Actor in speedy cadence zipped through the Media Line, managing at once to deliver genuine, thoughtful answers.  Having the pleasure of speaking with him, I pointed-out how some of his most recognizable roles to date see him actively pursued, whether it be  the Winklevoss Twins hot on his trail in The Social Network or him voicing a Macaw Bird avoiding capture in Animated-Feature Rio.  This time around, both the FBI and an Interpol Detective are out to get him.

Eisenberg tells me with a smile, “Thank you for your generous assessment. I like playing characters I can bring something in myself to. In this Movie, my Character is the greatest Stage Performer in the World.   It allowed me to exercise the part of me that wants to be good at something and does a lot of work to be an Expert.”.

Although being a self-admitted Skeptic as  a Child when it came to Magic, working on the visually-spectacular Now You See Me changed that.  “Right when I started learning the discipline it takes to be really good at Magic, I realized how great these guys are”, says the New York Native.  “Magic is about discipline, work and putting-in the the time to perfect something.”.

Also walking the Red Carpet tonight were handsome Canadian Actors Paul Greene and Steve Lund, who star alongside the beautiful Laura Vandervoort in 2014 Werewolf Series Bitten, set to air on Space.

See what they had to say about their new Series and Co-Star, as well as Eisenberg’s Chat with us below:

Many thanks to Christina Miguel for sending these Photos in of our Chat with Eisenberg. Lovely Guy and everything I’d imagined!

eOne Films releases Now You See Me on Friday, May 31, 2013.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Triple Grammy Award Winner Dave Matthews certainly rocked-out  before a jam-packed crowd at Molson Amphitheatre tonight on the Toronto leg of his Summer Tour. His 30-million-selling Dave Matthews Band had their eclectic Fanbase on their toes for much of the Show, fully mesmerized by their deep grooves, high energy and fantastic lighting.  But did you know Matthews has his own Wine?

While enjoying that remarkable voice, I also got to savour Matthews and Collaborator Steve Reeder‘s Dreaming Tree Wine for the first time and I was floored.   Crush, a Red Blend with flavourful and pronounced berry notes, is a delight to the palate and would be perfect at a Summer Picnic/Barbeque.  Without ever tasting overbearing, even non-Wine Drinkers sure can find something to love about this delicious Blend.  If that weren’t enticing enough, Dreaming Tree Wines are made with Sustainability in mind, everything conscious from the Bottle to the Cork.

I learned that there are three additional Blends available in the U.S., although officially Crush is available at The LCBO.

Click here to learn more.

See the Bottle below:

While we’re here, let’s enjoy Dave Matthews Band‘s performance of So Right earlier tonight below:

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong | Audio content: Sony Music/RCA Records)

In town starring in upcoming Nick Wernham RomCom, No Stranger than Love, Colin Hanks is turning heads around the City with that familiar face of his.  The Son of Tom, who himself has built a pretty impressive Résumé thus far including Orange County, The House Bunny, W. and King Kong.  Hanks arrived in Toronto the other night and like his Co-Star Alison Brie (Community), whom we met back in February, he has been out enjoying the City.  Although on the Series at different times, both Actors have appeared on AMC‘s hit Drama Mad Men.

Official Synopsis below:

NO STRANGER THAN LOVE follows Lucy Sherrington (Brie), a heart-breakingly attractive High Sschool art teacher in the small, secluded village of Spot Valley, where there is not a male in town who is not secretly or openly in love with her. And who can blame them? She is kind to everyone, and helplessly sympathetic, yet romantically she keeps them all at a polite distance…until tonight. Tonight she has agreed to a rendezvous with Clint Coburn (Hanks), the married High School Football Coach who’s been on a lustful quest in Lucy’s direction for the last five years. Just as they are about to begin their affair, Clint disappears down a hole that opens up in Lucy’s living room floor. But this is not just any hole. It is an inter-dimensional, one-way hole of infinite darkness that leaves Clint stranded and floating in oblivion.

Our Sources tell us Hanks was seen at Hey Lucy Cafe this weekend on King Street, an area where Kit Harington and Rachel McAdams also were seen Friday night! After heading-out with some Friends tonight for Dinner on the recommendation of a Staffer at his Hotel, the Actor was out for a bit of a break, stopping to pose for Photos graciously.

Hanks next can be seen in Parkland this Fall, a Drama set around Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day JFK was assassinated.  Zac Efron, James Badge Dale, Jacki Weaver, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, Jackie Earle Haley and more star, while Tom Hanks produces.

See our Snap:

No Stranger than Love continues filming till late June in Toronto.

(Photo credit: Paramount Pictures/Mr. Will Wong)