In advance of the long-awaited release of Arrested Development Season Four, these new Character Posters have just been released by Netflix.  Check ’em out.  Can you guess who’s who?

Netflix releases the complete fourth season of Arrested Development on Sunday, May, 26, 2013.

(Photo credit: Netflix)

Hilarious Nia Vardalos has returned to Toronto, this time to promote her new Book, Instant Mom.  Many of us know her from her unforgettable performance in self-written, Oscar-nominated My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Vardalos‘ Book details the Writer/Director/Actress’ experience as a Mother after adopting her Daughter Ilaria together with Husband Ian Gomez.  It includes innovative tips to take-on the challenges of becoming a Mom and also a How-to-Adopt section.

In addition to a busy morning of appearances including a visit to CTV‘s Marilyn Denis Show, City‘s Breakfast Television, she also will be co-hosting for two days straight on Global Television‘s The Morning Show.  She even learned how to make Sake Cocktails today, joking with the Mixologist, “You’re just making this up as you go, aren’t you?”.

I caught-up with the beautiful Vardalos as she was waiting on her ride away from the rain, next outfit in-hand.  In addition to snapping an awesome Photo together, we chat about my Blog quickly and she was excited for me to spread the word for her.   It’s always amazing seeing one of our v. own go on to do well abroad and returning home just as humble and genuine!

Those of you hoping to meet Vardalos have your chance tonight as she signs copies of Instant Mom at Indigo – Yonge & Eglinton tonight at 7:00 PM.  Have fun!

Our Snap below:

Order Instant Mom right here.

UPDATE: Look who Re-Tweeted this Post!

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Fabulous news! Beyoncé has just been named Honourary Chairperson at next month’s Costume Institute Gala (also known as the Met Ball) at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.  The annual Affair which sees Fashion and Hollywood’s A-List collide in an array of innovative outfits.

Last year, Mrs. Carter herself donned a stunning blue and black sequined, lace and feathery Givenchy Haute Couture Gown and this year joins the likes of Vogue‘s Anna Wintour as Co-Chair.  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Star Rooney Mara Co-Hosts with Designer Riccardo Tisci.

I’ll definitely be out and about snapping some Photos at the Event and am terribly excited about returning to my second favourite City in the World!

The Met Ball takes place on Monday, May 6, 2013.  We’ll have a ball!

In the meantime, let’s enjoy this brand new, fericous Snippet of Queen B‘s new Track Grown Woman below:

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Demi Lovato really has some fun with body paint in this long awaited new Video for her latest Hit, Heart Attack.  Combining Fashion, Art and some Light Trickery, this perhaps is Lovato‘s most sophisticated to date and something about this really is Kelly Clarkson-esque about this, especially the parts with her singing against the wind machine, before of her four-piece Band.

Watch the Video below:

Universal Music releases Lovato‘s fourth Album Demi on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music)

They absolutely nail it in this softly-focussed Trailer for Behind the Candelabra, the upcoming HBO Film about World-renowned Pianist/Vocalist Liberace and his young Lover Scott Thorson. I must admit I am obsessed with Michael Douglas’ prosthetics and cannot erase the sight of Matt Damon in a bikini, coming out of a pool!

Now at long last you too can be mesmerized!

Watch below:

HBO airs Behind the Candelabra on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:00 PM EST.

(Photo/video credit: HBO)

Tell me, who isn’t excited for The Great Gatsby 3-D?  These scintillating new Art Deco-inspired Posters have just been released and as usual, this Baz Luhrmann Film looks to delight visually. 

See the Posters below:

Watch the brand Trailer in full below featuring Music from the Jay-Z-produced Soundtrack:

And yes, that was Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Florence + The Machine  you heard.

Tracklisting as follows:

Warner Bros. releases The Great Gatsby 3-D on Friday, May 10, 2013, preceeded by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros.)

We all know Guillermo del Toro loves Toronto, but he really walks the walk in a recent Chat with Collider where he confirms that his next couple Projects are slated to Film in Toronto. Call this City del Toronto if you will. With his epic Pacific Rim, filmed here last Winter, recently greenlit for a Sequel we learned that both his upcoming FX TV Series, based upon his and Chuck Hogan‘s Trilogy of the same name The Strain, begins filming later this year throughout early next year. It is set in a World where Vampires rule and Humans are enslaved. Following that, the likes of Jessica Chastain, Emma Stone Mia Wasikowska, Benedict Cumberbatch Tom Hiddleston and again Charlie Hunnam (who stars in Pacific Rim also) may be here as early as next Spring to begin Production on Crimson Peak.

del Toro tells Collider:

“We’re shooting The Strain in Toronto, Crimson Peak in Toronto, and I love Toronto so much. We’re basically moving there for a couple of years at least. It also has the best cinematheque in the world, the Lightbox. TIFF is amazing, and I’m doing a Hitchcock series every December there. We’re going to do it every December for films by Hitchcock, talking to the audience about them, and doing a little class if you would. It’s a great community.”.

About Crimson Peak, del Toro is v. vague, but does reveal to Total Film:

“It’s the turn of the century. So it’s at the turn of the century and half of the movie takes place in America, and the other half takes place in a crumbling mansion in Cumbria (Northwest England). And basically it’s a ghost story and gothic romance, trying to subvert the rules of the usual gothic romance.”.

Not only did I get to work on Pacific Rim for a week last year doing Background Work, I caught-up with del Toro last Winter as he hosted one of those mentioned Alfred Hitchock Master Classes at TIFF Bell Lightbox.  Here’s a  hint, he quite literally loves that Building and adores Luma, dining there frequently.

Although some finishing touches were applied early March in Toronto with Re-shoots, Warner Bros. at long last releases Pacific Rim on July 12, 2013. I’ll be posting a Post about my week on-set following the release – stay tuned!

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We all love Holt Renfrew, right? Brand new iTV/PBS Series Mr. Selfridge in soapy, juicy fashion tells about American-born British Retail Magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge‘s rise to success in the early 1900s. For those Canadian Fashionistas who didn’t know, our Holt Renfrew actually is controlled by the UK’s Selfridges Group.

The ten-episode first Season of the Series stars Jeremy Piven in the titular role as a flamboyant Businessman, Retail Visionary, Father, Husband and Lover and I must say zipping through it was a rather easy task.   Glamour, Affairs,  Love and Ambition fuel much of  Mr. Selfridge and we learn about the Story of a Man (adapted from Lindy Woodhead‘s Biography Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge) who changed the face of how the Public access Fashion.

Frances O’Connor is fantastic as Mrs. Rose Selfridge – oddly reminiscent of a younger Sally Field, as is a fresh-faced 22-year-old Aisling Loftus as Visual Merchandiser Agnes Towler, caught in a Love Triangle between Waiter and aspiring Restauranteur Victor Colleano and Colleague Henry Leclair (Grégory Fitoussi).  Basically, everyone’s having an Affair and you won’t be able to keep your eyes off the screen. The Women are delicate yet strong-willed, in an ever-changing political landscape; the Men are well… irresistible.  Something for everyone. Reception has been positive overall for the Series and a second Season is forthcoming in 2014.

PBS airs Mr. Selfridge on Sunday nights at 9:00 PM.

Click here for more.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/PBS)

After a tease three weeks ago, Avril Lavigne unleashes her new Single Here’s to Never Growing Up from her as-yet-untitled fifth Studio Disc from Sony Music. The Track, produced by Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls is sonically a bit along the lines of Taylor Swift‘s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Sounds an awful lot like Spring, yes?

Growing-up perhaps a bit too much on her last Disc Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne has some fun again here, revealing that the upcoming Disc will be the complete opposite of that mellow 2010 Effort.

Inviting Fans to participate on the fun by uploading clips of themselves, the Lyric Video for the Track also has just surfaced below:

Collective Concerts and Mr. Will Wong want to give Toronto Readers a chance to win Passes to see Mercury Prize-winning, BRIT Award-nominated Act The xx. After gaining widespread exposure recently in these parts producing for Drake, getting sampled by Rihanna and even remixing for Adele, this Electronic-Indie Pop Trio now are touring in support of their Club-inspired latest Disc, Coexist.

The xx will be touring with Supporting Act Grizzly Bear in Toronto on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at TD Echo Beach and we’re taking Readers to the Show for free!

To enter, simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will Wong on Facebook before May 1, 2013. Double your chances by sharing this Post on Facebook or Re-Tweeting the below:

http://www.mrwillwong.com/thexx @MRWILLW wants me to #win Passes to see #THExx live in #Toronto on 6/6/13! #concert #giveaway

Good luck!

Watch The xx perform their Single Angels at CBC‘s Studio Q below:

(Photo credit: XL Recordings | Video credit: CBC)