Michael Fassbender‘s back in a big way! Today we get the official Trailer for David Fincher‘s THE KILLER, out November 10, 2023 on Netflix.

ABOUT THE KILLER:
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
SCREENPLAY BY: Andrew Kevin Walker, based on the graphic novel series “The Killer” written by Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, originally published in the French language by Editions Casterman
PRODUCER: Ceán Chaffin, p.g.a.
CAST: Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton
LOGLINE: After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

The lovely Kathryn Newton stars in LISA FRANKENSTEIN. Today we get a Teaser Trailer! Focus Features and Universal Pictures Canada will release LISA FRANKENSTEIN In Theatres Nationwide on February 9, 2024

Synopsis:

A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts along the way.

Director: Zelda Williams
Writer: Diablo Cody
Producers: Mason Novick, Diablo Cody
Executive Producer: Jeffrey Lampert
Cast: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest and Carla Gugino

In celebration of YTV’s 35th anniversary shop exclusive apparel from your favourite childhood shows including Stickin’ Around, Nanalan and a limited edition print of every YTV logo since 1988! YTV x Retrokid’s ’35 Years of Weird’ Collection launches TONIGHT at 9 p.m. ET.

“We’re thrilled to celebrate 35 years of weird at YTV with one of our largest collections ever capturing several generations of our childhood,” said Steve Gaskin, Co-founder of Retrokid.

The new collection follows Retrokid’s record-breaking launch of its first YTV x Retrokid ‘Keep It Weird’ Collection in November 2021. Designed for millennial Canadians who cherished YTV-filled childhoods, the collaboration evoked memories of their favourite television shows. Retrokid’s social media platforms witnessed an outpouring of positive comments and engagement during the campaign, a powerful testament to the connection the YTV brand holds for Canadians.

As Canada’s first dedicated network for kids, YTV embraces its role as a trailblazer in all things funny for families. YTV’s signature style features made-up words, irreverent jokes and random acts of kidness, making it the best-in-class destination for everything #funexpected, year over year.

The YTV x Retrokid clothing line was brought to life by Nelvana, a division of Corus Entertainment, serving as the licensing agent for YTV and Retrokid.

The YTV x Retrokid ‘35 Years of Weird’ collection is available exclusively on retrokid.ca, with shipping across Canada and the U.S. Fans can view and purchase the full collection here after 9 p.m. ET on October 26.

Straight from the streets of New York, the iconic Prince Street Pizza has arrived in Toronto, marking its 10th location and the pizzeria’s first international location. Today, its doors open to the public serving up its famous square slices at The Well, the city’s newest mixed-use hub.

Lawrence Longo, who moved to California from Toronto in the early 2000s, is an entrepreneur with a passion for food and a desire to bring quality, delicious bites to consumers. In 2020, Canadian entrepreneur Longo – whose portfolio also includes Off the Menu and Irv’s Burger – became owner and CEO of Prince Street Pizza. At this time, Longo saw an opportunity to not only expand his business internationally, but bring his passion for food to his hometown by opening a New York institution in the newly constructed, The Well.

“Prince Street Pizza has been serving slices for more than a decade in New York and across the U.S, and our visitors from Toronto keep asking for a location here. Well, the wait is over – we’re here,” said Longo. “I grew up in Toronto, my family is here, so opening in this city is extra special to me. We know the pizza scene is thriving in the city and we’re excited to bring our Sicilian squares to the fold.”

To ensure any pizza made in locations outside of New York City tastes the same as the original, Longo insists on using the same ingredients – and that includes NYC water, which is made possible by the New York water filtration system installed in the kitchen. The pizzeria also features brick walls, high ceilings, and a variety of menu options, including Original SOHO Squares: SPICY SPRING™, PRINCE PERFECTION, MERCER MARGHERITA, SPICY VODKA, FOUR CHEESE, VEGAN SQUARE, MEAT LOVERS, and the newest crowd favourite, NAUGHTY PIE.

The delectable fare doesn’t end there – customers can also enjoy round NEAPOLITAN STYLE PIZZAS including the ORIGINAL PRINCE, THE FANCY PRINCE, BOOZY BROOME, GREEN MACHINE, OAKEY SMOKEY, and VEGGIE ORIGINAL.

We had the joy of visiting already! Check-out our experience!

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Following the announcement earlier today of The Beatles’ forthcoming single “Now and Then,” CBC today announced the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song, a short documentary film that explores the story behind the last Beatles song, with exclusive footage and commentary from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson. Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song will broadcast exclusively in Canada on CBC TV at 3:30 p.m. ET, with an encore broadcast at 11:30 p.m. local time, and will be available to stream for free on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 on CBC Gem as of 3:30 p.m. ET. In addition to the premiere of the Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song documentary film, CBC’s broadcast special will feature additional exclusive content and conversation around the momentous Beatles release.

Now and Then – The Last Beatles Song documentary film is written and directed by Oliver Murray and tells the story behind the new single, which was written and sung by John Lennon, developed and worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and now finally finished by McCartney and Starr more than four decades later. The short film will be available to stream on CBC Gem for 30 days following the November 1 premiere.

The story of “Now And Then” begins in the late 1970s, when John Lennon recorded a demo with vocals and piano at his home in New York’s Dakota Building. In 1994, his wife, Yoko Ono Lennon, gave the recording to McCartney, Harrison and Starr, along with Lennon’s demos for “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love”, which were both completed as new Beatles songs and respectively released as singles in 1995 and 1996, as part of The Beatles Anthology project. At the same time, McCartney, Harrison and Starr also recorded new parts and completed a rough mix for “Now And Then” with producer Jeff Lynne. At that point, technological limitations prevented Lennon’s vocals and piano from being separated to achieve the clear, unclouded mix needed to finish the song. “Now And Then” was shelved, with a hope that one day it would be revisited.

Cut to 2021, and the release of “The Beatles: Get Back” docuseries, directed by Peter Jackson, which astonished viewers with its award-winning film and audio restoration. Using WingNut Films’ MAL audio technology, Jackson’s team had de-mixed the film’s mono soundtrack, managing to isolate instruments and vocals, and all the individual voices within The Beatles conversations. This achievement opened the way to 2022’s new mix of Revolver, sourced directly from the four-track master tapes. This led to a question: what could be done with the “Now And Then” demo? Peter Jackson and his sound team, led by Emile de la Rey, applied the same technique to Lennon’s original home recording, preserving the clarity and integrity of his original vocal performance by separating it from the piano.

In 2022, McCartney and Starr set about completing the song. Besides Lennon’s vocal, “Now And Then” includes electric and acoustic guitar recorded in 1995 by Harrison, Starr’s new drum part, and bass, guitar and piano from McCartney, which matches Lennon’s original playing. McCartney added a slide guitar solo inspired by Harrison; he and Starr also contributed backing vocals to the chorus.

In Los Angeles, McCartney oversaw a Capitol Studios recording session for the song’s wistful, quintessentially Beatles string arrangement, written by Giles Martin, McCartney and Ben Foster. McCartney and Martin also added one last, subtle touch: backing vocals from the original recordings of “Here, There And Everywhere”, “Eleanor Rigby” and “Because”, woven into the new song using the techniques perfected during the making of the LOVE show and album. The finished track was produced by McCartney and Martin, and mixed by Spike Stent.

Season 6 Part 1 premieres on Netflix on November 16, 2023 and today we get some new images! These first four episodes of the final season depict a relationship blossoming between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences.

Today we get a new Trailer:

New stills:

Speaking about her starring role in this season, Elizabeth Debicki (Princess Diana) said: “I think it’s a really unique challenge as an actor, to portray those days. I really just trusted in Peter’s emotional blueprint that he created for us to follow. It’s his interpretation and I think it made emotional sense to me, so I clung to that. Because, obviously, it’s devastating and it’s fraught and we can never know.”

For both Dominic West (Prince Charles) and Imelda Staunton (Queen Elizabeth II) there is an ease and an understanding to taking on these characters for a second season.

Imelda Staunton says “I’ve been living with her for a long time so, if anything, I felt more comfortable this time. I love her stillness and her ability to not be thrown by everything that must have constantly – throughout her whole life – gone on around her.”

Dominic West says of Prince Charles: “I think he’s got real sadness to him and real compassion and what’s great about The Crown is that you see these public figures in private. I suspect in private he’s quite emotional, well that’s the way I played him anyway… I think, hopefully, what comes out is compassionate but relatively well-balanced.

“I talked to a lot of people who have met him because he’s met a lot of people, he’s met probably more than anyone except the Queen and Prince Philip. Almost everyone has extremely warm, kind things to say about him.”

Salim Daw feels strongly about playing Mohamed Al Fayed: “I adore this character. I love him so much and I enjoy portraying him because I love him. In this huge series, he is so human and he’s so colourful. He’s hard sometimes, very hard, funny, like a child – with his son he’s sometimes very, very hard but he has plenty of love for his son and the audience will see that and will feel exactly what I’m talking about.”

And Khalid Abdalla on playing his son, Dodi Fayed says: “It’s been the honour of my life to be part of this project, to be part of The Crown, and to play Dodi”

The 6th season of THE CROWN will close out the genre-defining prestige royal saga that has been on screens since 2016. The Crown’s final season will premiere in two parts: Part 1 on November 16th and Part 2 on December 14th.

Since premiering on Netflix in 2016, THE CROWN has been nominated for and won multiple awards, including 69 Emmy Nominations across 5 seasons (with 21 wins including Best Drama across 4 seasons), 10 Golden Globe Nominations (including 4 wins), 15 BAFTA nominations, and more.

This final season will draw to a conclusion sixty hours of television that have introduced stars such as Claire Foy, Vanessa Kirby, Emma Corrin, Josh O’Connor and more.

We wholeheartedly cannot wait for Bradley Cooper‘s MAESTRO. A new official Trailer has been released. This just looks outstanding!

DIRECTED BY: Bradley Cooper
WRITTEN BY: Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
PRODUCERS: Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Mackso Krieger, Fred Burner, Amy Durning, Martin Scorsese
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton, Tracey Landon
CAST: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor

LOGLINE: Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

In select theatres December 1, 2023
On Netflix December 20, 2023.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Matt Rife is taking the world of Comedy by storm and today we get a new Teaser for his upcoming Netflix special, MATT RIFE: NATURAL SELECTION. This premieres November 15, 2023.

About Matt Rife: Natural Selection

Logline: After having amassed a large social following through his viral content showcasing his quick wit and crowd work, Matt embarked on a sold-out world tour. Now in his first Netflix comedy special, Matt leaves no topic untouched – from crystals to social media trolls – and no audience member spared.

Executive Producers: Matt Rife, Christina Shams

Production Company: Irony Point

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the 2023 finalists in the Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks). These prestigious awards celebrate works published in Canada, in both official languages, across seven categories, and include books for readers of all ages.

“Announcing the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists is exciting for everyone involved because we get to celebrate and help draw attention to some of this year’s most remarkable literary works. On behalf of the Canada Council for the Arts, I congratulate this year’s 70 finalists and I also thank the broader community of authors, illustrators, translators, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers, whose combined enthusiasm for books contributes to the growing vitality and diversity of literature in Canada.” – Michelle Chawla, Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts

Following a rigorous process, the peer assessment committees convened by the Canada Council have selected 70 books published in Canada in 2023, as this year’s finalists.

About the GGBooks

Founded in 1936, the Governor General’s Literary Awards are some of the oldest and most prestigious prizes in Canada, with a total annual prize value of $450,000.
The Canada Council for the Arts has funded, administered and promoted these awards since 1959.
Finalists are selected by category-specific, language-based peer assessment committees (seven in English and seven in French), who consider eligible books published between August 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022.
Each writer, translator, or illustrator whose book is selected as winner in its category receives a $25,000 prize. Publishers receive $3,000 to promote the winning book; finalists receive $1,000 each.

English-language finalists for 2023 (seven categories)

Fiction

• A History of Burning – Janika Oza (Toronto, Ontario) McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada
• Chrysalis – Anuja Varghese (Hamilton, Ontario) House of Anansi Press
• In the Upper Country – Kai Thomas (Petersburgh, USA) Viking, Penguin Random House Canada          
• The Sleeping Car Porter – Suzette Mayr (Calgary, Alberta) Coach House Books
• We Spread – Iain Reid (Kingston, Ontario) Scribner, Simon & Schuster Canada

Poetry

• Baby Book – Amy Ching-Yan Lam (Toronto, Ontario) Brick Books 
• Exculpatory Lilies – Susan Musgrave (Masset, British Columbia) McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada
• Old Gods – Conor Kerr (Edmonton, Alberta) Nightwood Editions
• The Ridge – Robert Bringhurst (Heriot Bay, British Columbia) Harbour Publishing
• Xanax Cowboy – Hannah Green (Winnipeg, Manitoba) House of Anansi Press

Drama

• Forgiveness – Hiro Kanagawa (Port Moody, British Columbia) Playwrights Canada Press
• Is My Microphone On? – Jordan Tannahill (London, UK) Playwrights Canada Press
• The Enchanted Loom – Suvendrini Lena (Toronto, Ontario) Playwrights Canada Press
• The War Being Waged – Darla Contois (Winnipeg, Manitoba) Scirocco Drama, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
• William Shakespeareʼs As You Like It: A Radical Retelling – Cliff Cardinal (Toronto, Ontario Playwrights Canada Press

Non-fiction

• Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey With a Scar(f) – Monia Mazigh (Ottawa, Ontario) Mawenzi House Publishers 
• Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery – Harrison Mooney (Vancouver, British Columbia) HarperCollins Canada
• Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist – Holly Hogan (St. Johnʼs, Newfoundland and Labrador) Knopf, Penguin Random House Canada
• Unbroken –  Angela Sterritt (British Columbia) Greystone Books
• Unearthing –  Kyo Maclear (Toronto, Ontario) Knopf, Penguin Random House Canada 

Young People’s Literature – Text

• As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow – Zoulfa Katouh (Zurich, Switzerland) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hachette Book Group
• Berani – Michelle Kadarusman (Toronto, Ontario) Pajama Press
• Fire on Headless Mountain – Iain Lawrence (Gabriola Island, British Columbia) Margaret Ferguson Books, Penguin Random House Canada
• The Probability of Everything – Sarah Everett (Edmonton, Alberta) Clarion Books, HarperCollins
• Weird Rules to Follow – Kim Spencer (British Columbia) Orca Book Publishers

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books

• Boobies –  Nancy Vo (British Columbia) Groundwood Books
• Mr. S – Monica Arnaldo (Sainte-Julie, Quebec) Katherine Tegen Books, HarperCollins 
• Still This Love Goes On – Buffy Sainte-Marie (Kapaa, USA) and Julie Flett (Victoria, British Columbia) Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
• The Skull – Jon Klassen (Los Angeles, USA) Candlewick Press
• When You Can Swim – Jack Wong (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Scholastic Canada 

Translation (from French to English)

• Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees – Arielle Aaronson (Montréal, Quebec) Groundwood Books Ltd. A translation of Seuls, by Paul Tom.
• House Within a House – D.M. Bradford (Verdun, Quebec) Brick Books. A translation of Désormais, ma demeure, by Nicholas Dawson.
• Kukum – Susan Ouriou (Calgary, Alberta) Arachnide, House of Anansi Press Inc. A translation of Kukum, by Michel Jean.
• Okinum –  Émilie Monnet (Chelsea, Quebec) Scirocco Drama, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing. A translation of Okinum, by Émilie Monnet.
• Rosaʼs Very Own Personal Revolution – Peter McCambridge (Québec City, Quebec) QC Fiction, Baraka Books. A translation of La logeuse, by Éric Dupont  

French-language finalists for 2023 (seven categories)

Fiction

• Galumpf – Marie Hélène Poitras (Montréal, Quebec) Éditions Alto
• Lʼor des mélèzes – Carole Labarre (Sept-Îles, Québec) Mémoire dʼencrier
• Mon fils ne revint que sept jours – David Clerson (Montréal, Québec) Héliotrope
• Sombre est la nuit – Brigitte Haentjens (Montréal, Québec) Les Éditions du Boréal
• Une carte postale de lʼocéan – Stéfani Meunier (Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Québec) Leméac Éditeur

Poetry

• À terre ouverte – Sebastián Ibarra Gutiérrez (Québec City, Quebec) Éditions Hamac
• Atikᵁ utei. Le coeur du caribou – Rita Mestokosho (Ekuanitshit, Quebec) Mémoire dʼencrier
• Exercices de joie – Louise Dupré (Montréal, Quebec) Le Noroît
• La fabrique du noir – Virginie Chaloux-Gendron (Québec City, Quebec) Le Noroît
• Les deuils transparents – Virginie Savard (Montréal, Quebec) Triptyque

Drama

• Akuteu – Soleil Launière (Montréal, Québec) Éditions du remue-ménage
• Charlie, du vent derrière le nombril – Martin Bellemare (Montréal, Québec) Dramaturges Éditeurs
•  Gros gars – Mathieu Gosselin (Montréal, Québec) Éditions Somme toute
• Les glaces – Rébecca Déraspe (Montréal, Québec) Éditions de Ta Mère
• Mama – Nathalie Doummar (Montréal, Québec) Éditions du remue-ménage

Non-fiction

• Faux rebelles. Les dérives du politiquement incorrect – Philippe Bernier Arcand (Ottawa, Ontario) Éditions Poètes de brousse
• Jʼaccuse les tortionnaires dʼOmar Khadr – Frédéric Bérard (Montréal, Quebec) Saint-Jean Éditeur
• La société de provocation – Dahlia Namian (Montréal, Quebec) Lux Éditeur
• Mégaptère – Martine Béland (Pointe-de-l’Église, Nova Scotia) Leméac Éditeur
• Panique à lʼUniversité – Francis Dupuis-Déri (Montréal, Quebec) Lux Éditeur

Young People’s Literature – Text

• Escarpolette – Sylvie Drapeau (Montréal, Québec) Dominique et compagnie / Les éditions Héritage
• Le plancher de la lune – Jean-Christophe Réhel (Repentigny, Québec) la courte échelle
• Linoubliable – Lou Beauchesne (Montréal, Québec) la courte échelle
• Mélie quelque part au milieu – Mylène Goupil (Blainville, Québec) Éditions Québec Amérique
• Zipolaris Tome 3 : La malédiction de Zangra – J.L. Blanchard (Laval, Quebec) Éditions Fides

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books

• La fin des poux? – Orbie (Percé, Quebec) Éditions Les 400 coups
• Trèfle – Nadine Robert (Varennes, Quebec) and Qin Leng (Toronto, Ontario) Comme des géants
• Truffe – Fanny Britt (Montréal, Quebec) and Isabelle Arsenault (Montréal, Québec) Les Éditions de la Pastèque
• Seuls – Paul Tom (Montréal, Quebec) and Mélanie Baillairgé (Montréal, Québec) la courte échelle
• Un rhume de cheval – Pierrette Dubé (Saint-Lambert, Quebec) and Enzo (Montréal, Québec) Fonfon

Translation (from English to French)

• Dans lʼombre du soleil : Réflexions sur la race et les récits – Catherine Ego (Montréal, Québec) Les Éditions du Boréal. A translation of Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling, by Esi Edugyan.
• Nʼayons pas peur du ciel – Dominique Fortier (Montréal, Québec) Éditions Alto. A translation of We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky, by Emma Hooper.
• Père fictif – Luba Markovskaia (Montréal, Quebec) Éditions de la Pastèque. A translation of Fictional Father, by Joe Ollmann. 
• soufrelangue – Madeleine Stratford (Ottawa, Ontario) Éditions Prise de parole. A translation of sulphurtongue, by Rebecca Salazar.
• Tout est bien – Marie Frankland (Montréal, Québec) Éditions Québec Amérique. A translation of Allʼs Well, by Mona Awad.

Makeup of the 2023 English-language peer assessment committees

Fiction: Carleigh Baker, Neil Bissoondath and Jessica Westhead

Poetry: Mary Dalton, Moez Surani and Gillian Sze

Drama: Aaron Bushkowsky, Tai Amy Grauman and Julie Tamiko Manning

Non-fiction: KatłĮà Lafferty, Lorri Neilsen Glenn and Rinaldo Walcott

Young People’s Literature – Text: Cheryl Foggo, June Hur and Tom Ryan

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books: Marianne Ferrer, Lee Edward Födi and Mahak Jain

Translation (from French to English): Bilal Hashmi, Melissa Bull and Pablo Strauss

Makeup of the 2023 French-language peer assessment committees

Fiction: Edem Awumey, Danielle Dussaultand Tassia Trifiatis-Tezgel

Poetry: Mimi Haddam, Gabriel Osson and Judy Quinn

Drama: Katrine Deniset, Isabelle Hubert and Gabriel Léger-Savard

Non-fiction: Karim Akouche, Martine Jacquot and Julie Kurtness

Young People’s Literature – Text: Cheyda Haramein, Jean-François Sénéchal and Danièle Simpson

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books: Julien Chung and Andrée Lévesque-Sioui

Translation (from English to French): Rose Després, Benoit Laflamme and Marie-Thé Morin

Mark your calendars. The 14 winners will be announced on ggbooks.ca on November 8, 2023.

Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts star in LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. Today we get a new Official Trailer for this feature, premiering at the AFI Fest tomorrow night.

Synopsis:
In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Amanda (Academy Award winner Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world. Based on the National Book Award-nominated novel by Rumaan Alam, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND is produced by Esmail Corp, Red Om Films, and executive produced by Higher Ground Productions.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)