As you all know we’d be doing a big reveal on 11/1/18 and here it is! WE WON!! We are so thrilled to have been named by NOW Magazine as Best Blogger on their annual #NOWReadersChoice edition. This comes with great honour as we look-up so much to this influencial Publication which for as long as I remember has been defining tastes in the City long before others.  We couldn’t have done it without you and we had a few words to share:

It was amazing getting to meet some of this year’s hard-working and deserving winners including some of our favourites! We loved seeing Pet Instagram stars Iggy Joey and Miss Pickles The Pug there! Dad and Mom had to come as soon as they found-out that I won!

Congratulations to all who were nominated.

See who else won here.

Don’t forget to pick-up a copy, it’s out now!

We appreciate so much all your support and love and promise to be around for while more!

xMr. Will

Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT Blu-Ray Combo Pack!

Synopsis:
A “mission” two decades in the making. Tom Cruise is IMF Agent Ethan Hunt, one of the greatest action heroes of all time, in the adrenaline-pumping, suspense-filled blockbuster franchise MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Filmed in the most exotic locations around the world by the biggest directors in Hollywood, this must-have 6-film set will thrill any action fan. Your mission, should you choose to accept it – experience the most action-packed collection ever!

Features:
BONUS FEATURES ON 4K ULTRA HD COMBO, BLU-RAY COMBO & DIGITAL*
Behind the Fallout
Light the Fuse
Top of the World
The Big Swing: Deleted Scene Breakdown
Rendezvous in Paris
The Fall
The Hunt is On
Cliffside Clash
Deleted Scenes Montage with Optional Commentary by director Christopher McQuarrie and editor Eddie Hamilton
Foot Chase Musical Breakdown
The Ultimate Mission
Storyboards
Theatrical Trailer
Commentary by director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise
Commentary by director Christopher McQuarrie and editor Eddie Hamilton
Commentary by composer Lorne Balfe
Isolated Score Track
The MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—FALLOUT DVD includes the feature film in standard definition.

See the Trailer:

Artwork:

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Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment release MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT Tuesday, December 4, 2018.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures)

16-year-old music sensation Billie Eilish is back in Toronto, this time selling-out two back-to-work shows at The Phoenix! The L.A.-born and raised Singer, who consistently has been filling concert halls all her Tour, arrived at the venue prepped with barricades, making a big entrance, diving into her adoring fans only to get yanked away by her security as soon as fans began rushing her.

She played an hour-long set highlighting her understated repertoire and dynamic emotive voice, including viral hit ocean eyes, bitches broken hearts, you should see me in a crown, idontwannabeyouanymore, lovely (performed originally with Khalid) and her latest, when the party’s over. If you haven’t heard her Music, think an even more minimalist Lana Del Rey.

Despite not feeling well, she was kind enough to come out in the rain and hug fans after her Show. We were lucky to get a Snap, which upset her bodyguard. She told us to be good to ourselves! The pic doesn’t do the blue-haired Songstress with a maturity beyond her years, any justice. But it’s Halloween!🎃

See our Snap:

when the party’s over

lovely

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Kicking-off this Thursday, November 1, 2018 through January 1, 2019, the visual and sensory playland known as HAPPY PLACE is set to take over Toronto! Designed for this Instagram-obsessed generation this whimsical experience takes place at Harbourfront Centre with installations and activations filling our hearts and its 20,000 sq. ft. space.

As mentioned prior, visitors can expect:
-An all-new fully immersive Cookie Room, wrapped from floor to ceiling in chocolate chip cookie print and a six-foot-tall cookie ideal for snapping photos, bound to make your tummy rumble and delight all your senses
-Interactive canoe installation paying tribute to the great white north’s love of cottage country by local Toronto artist Jasmin Pannu
-A Candy Room featuring 63 gumball machines filled with 22,500 white and yellow gumballs and an all-new pink and yellow Candy Café, set the tone for the perfect sugary wonderland
-The X&O’s Room with thousands of lit up mirrors, featuring a lip-shaped couch and a heart shaped frame
-The new whimsical Happy Hallway where guests will interact with some HAPPY PLACE fan-favourite installations as well as new ones including a maple leaf-themed custom mural designed by Toronto artist Jasmin Pannu
-The HAPPY PLACE signature Yellow Bathtub Cubby, filled with rubber ducks
-Dancing on the Ceiling, an upside-down room where you can rock out like Lionel Ritchie
–Confetti Angels Room, where you can shake off the winter blues by making happy confetti angels
-A lemonade stand with all of the proceeds going to a local charity
-A snack bar featuring yummy treats like HAPPY PLACE staple Rainbow Grilled Cheese, “Fun”nel Cake and Happy Hot Chocolate by @foodstudioTO

We had the pleasure of being among the first in the City to check it all out.  It was a pure delight!  What makes the place so vibrant isn’t just the activations, it’s YOU! Loved seeing all the gleeful faces and positive vibes which are much needed in these not-so-happy times.

Our favourite activations include the Yellow Bathtub Cubby, Dancing on the Ceiling and of course the Bouncy Ball Pool! And believe me, we have PLENTY of snaps and video to prove exactly how fun this all was!

Check it all out:

A friendly welcome

Dancing on the Ceiling

 Bouncy Ball Pool

Yellow Bathtub Cubby

Flowers

X&Os

Chain Links

Cookie Room

Bulbs

Disco

Canoe, a bit of Canadiana by Jasmin Pannu

Confetti Angel

Butterflies (one of the more popular activations at Happy Place Los Angeles)

Giant Stilettos

Happy Delectables: Hot Chocolate, Pretzel Bites & Rainbow Grilled Cheese by @FoodStudioTO. See our Video for exactly how stringy the latter is!

Tickets are selling fast and the fixture did sell-out quickly in Los Angeles and Chicago! Do not miss out, expect huge turnouts!

Tickets here.

Photos taken on the Nikon D3400.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/S. Fernandez)

Those of you who know me, know I LOVE to cook. Cold weather means comfort food and I thought I’d share this with you after getting numerous requests for the Recipe after posting some snaps on Social Media last night!  Enjoy and make it your own!

Its creaminess reminds me a lot of the Mac and Cheese served at Toronto’s Thompson Diner, but I love an edge to things which the Bacon and Jalapeño add.

Ingredients:

2 cans Campbell’s Cream of Bacon Soup
1 1/2 cups (185 mL) Homo milk
1 300g block of Old Cheddar, grated
1 300g block of Jalapeño Monterey Jack, grated
6 cups cooked Macaroni
2 strips of finely chopped bacon, cooked
Jalapeños chopped, to taste
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
4 tbsp butter melted
Sea salt, to taste

Directions:

•Set oven to 425°F
•In large bowl, cream together milk and soup, add sea salt to taste.
•Fold in Bacon and Jalapeños, fold in grated cheeses
•Fold in Macaroni and mix gently until it fully is coated in cheese mixture
•Transfer to a large Casserole dish, pat even with spatula
•Mix melted better and breadcrumbs and spoon on top of Macaroni, covering entire surface
•Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
•Let stand minimum 30 minutes, makes 8 portions

*This is a take on Campbell’s Soup‘s Bacon Mac and Cheese Recipe here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

For a second week straight, HALLOWEEN takes the top of the Box Office again with $31.4 million from 3,990 theatres for Universal Pictures. In its domestic run thus far, it has made $126 million and last weekend got the distinction of second-highest opening ever in October.

Still shining bright is A STAR IS BORN is second finally toppling VENOM, that one being in third spot.  The former gets $14 million in its third week out, a total $148 million over three weeks for Warner Bros. The latter gets $10.2 million, with $182 million being its three week tally for Sony Pictures.

HUNTER KILLER starring Gerard Butler opens in fourth with $7 million for Lionsgate Films/VVS Films, playing at 2,720 theatres. Despite only 35% from Critics on the Tomatometer, it gets an A- CinemaScore from Audiences.

MID90s, the directorial debut of Jonah Hill is in ninth with $3.7 million for A24 Films/VVS Films, expanding to 1,206 theatres in its second week. It gets 78% on the Tomatometer.

NIGHT SCHOOL rounds-out the Top Ten with a respectable $3.2 million for Universal Pictures, a run of $71.4 million over five weeks.

Following its rousing reception at TIFF ’18, Universal Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto, Vancouver + Montreal a chance to attend an Advance Screening of Joel Edgerton‘s BOY ERASED. Screenings take place Thursday, November 1, 2018.

Synopsis:
“Boy Erased” tells the story of Jared (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.

Trailer:

Artwork:

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Universal Pictures Canada release BOY ERASED Friday, November 9, 2018.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

17-year-old Mackenzie Foy already has built an outstanding resume of work including starring roles in blockbusters Interstellar, The Conjuring and The Twilight Saga. She’s in Toronto for the first time ever today to promote her breakout starring role in Disney’s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and she even made time to meet some special young talents in celebration of the Film!

Donning her favourite colour purple, the Actress did the rounds today including CITY‘s Breakfast Television, Global‘s The Morning Show and CP24 Breakfast, Foy also stopped by at Union Station to visit an installation perfect for an Instagram-obsessed Toronto inspired by one of the Film’s four realms. We caught-up with Foy as she visited The National Ballet of Canada, meeting a group of students who will rotate the roles of Misha and Marie at the school’s holiday production of The Nutcracker.

Foy, herself an athlete learning Taekwondo, took her time chatting with the students asking for advice on dancing and stretching, kidding that the kids were the real deal when meanwhile she was just “the movie version”. She took a moment to hug the youngsters before heading-off to her next destination, making it a special moment for them.  They will be seeing the Film shortly!

Synopsis:
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale.

See the Trailer:

See some Snaps:

Don’t forget also to check-out while it lasts, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS Instagram experience. Details here.

Cardi B‘s already back like she never left! Produced by JWhiteDidIt who brought us Bodak Yellow, the repeat-streamable Track is a cut from that same cloth we keep wanting to wear and we love that it’s just Cardi solo this time.

Check-out new single, Money!

Stream/download here.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Music)

Toronto is certainly Instagram-obsessed and coming this winter is something fabulous for all of us. HAPPY PLACE is set to take place at the Harbourfront Centre November 1, 2018 through January 1, 2019 with over 20,000 sq. ft. of whimsical spaces and happy moments. It comes to our City after sold-out runs in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Check-out some of the planned installations:
-An all-new fully immersive Cookie Room, wrapped from floor to ceiling in chocolate chip cookie print and a six-foot-tall cookie ideal for snapping photos, bound to make your tummy rumble and delight all your senses
-Interactive canoe installation paying tribute to the great white north’s love of cottage country by local Toronto artist Jasmin Pannu
-A Candy Room featuring 63 gumball machines filled with 22,500 white and yellow gumballs and an all-new pink and yellow Candy Café, set the tone for the perfect sugary wonderland
-The X&O’s Room with thousands of lit up mirrors, featuring a lip-shaped couch and a heart shaped frame
-The new whimsical Happy Hallway where guests will interact with some HAPPY PLACE fan-favourite installations as well as new ones including a maple leaf-themed custom mural designed by Toronto artist Jasmin Pannu
-The HAPPY PLACE signature Yellow Bathtub Cubby, filled with rubber ducks
-Dancing on the Ceiling, an upside-down room where you can rock out like Lionel Ritchie
–Confetti Angels Room, where you can shake off the winter blues by making happy confetti angels
-A lemonade stand with all of the proceeds going to a local charity
-A snack bar featuring yummy treats like HAPPY PLACE staple Rainbow Grilled Cheese, “Fun”nel Cake and Happy Hot Chocolate by @foodstudioTO

Yes you read right! Rainbow Grilled Cheese!!!

More details on tickets, click here.

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(Photo credit: KWT Global)