Am I the only one who thought SANTA CLARITA DIET was a new Docu-Series with Drew Barrymore about nutrition?  After zipping quickly this weekend through the first even episodes, I quickly learned I was umm… WRONG.

Check out this hilarious spoof with BODYBREAK‘s Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod for the daring, bloody and hilarious new Netflix Series.

 Hal and Joanne know what’s going on…

And just in case you still don’t know what this is all about, here’s the Trailer for the Series:

Too much. Netflix Canada stream SANTA CLARITA DIET, out now.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix Canada)

That was hands-down the best Super Bowl Halftime Show of all time.  Looking at you too Beyoncé!  Lady Gaga proves all the accolades and then some with a daring, spirited and umm flawless 13-minute medley of hits.  Other than that there were expectations of a major political statement, she kept it all on business.

Exact Setlist:

God Bless America
This Land is Your Land
Poker Face
Born this Way
Telephone
Just Dance
Million Reasons
Bad Romance

Watch below:

…and yes, she ended with a mic drop and a football catch at the end. A football! *hut*

We will never forget, Queen Gaga.

(Photo/video credit: NFL)

Let’s face it! Not all of us are Football experts, but every year the Super Bowl rolls around, there’s plenty for us to look at and be excited. We for one are thrilled about Lady Gaga‘s Pepsi Halftime Show which we’re predicting her to make a real statement!   While the funny commercials usually are a given with the likes of KIA stepping it up and then some with Funnywoman Melissa McCarthy in a big-budget starring role, others like AUDI and BUDWEISER went a more political route with a pro-equal pay and immigrant message in their spots, making good use of their position and voice.

Check out some of our favourite TV Spots from this year’s SuperBowl:

It’s #SuperBowl Sunday! I have no clue but know this. New England have the better outfits and are going to kill it. Byeeeee…. 🏈

A video posted by Mr. Will Wong 📸 (@mrwillwong) on Feb 5, 2017 at 8:35am PST

Hello Pritches! It’s been a while since we’ve checked-in with “Princess“.  After an amazing holiday thanks to the wonderful people at Hunter Hill Stables, Princess shipped to Ocala, Florida to being her winter training back in December.  Our girl packed on a few pounds during her break, but already has worked herself into fighting form. And my, how she continues to grow!

Yesterday was Princess’ first serious workout of 2017 and together with some of her stablemates from the John Ross barn, we hear she was pure fire without being asked. In fact, her workout time was quicker than the boys! She very much is confirming our collective suspicion that perhaps she was meant to be a better three-year-old on the track.  Even Woodbine’s very own Dawn Lupul has said this on-air about her and she’s usually right!

We miss Princess lots and thanks to her caretaker Tedston, we are getting updates on her progress.  We’ve been lucky enough to get some snaps of her even.  We last saw her before the Holidays looking plump and furry and in just under two months, she’s looking a sleek vision!

See for yourself:

Princess during her holiday, December 2016

I got so ‘curvy’ on the farm! Gonna splurge over the Holidays and get fit in the New Year. Do you have a New Year’s Resolution yet? 🎉

A photo posted by Princess 🍎 (@apicbymrwill) on Dec 10, 2016 at 6:33pm PST

A photo posted by Princess 🍎 (@apicbymrwill) on Nov 26, 2016 at 6:14pm PST

Princess (front) with stablemates Saturday Dancer and Deputy Minister Stakes winner, Ultraflame (middle) who also is the tallest horse in the barn! She’s catching-up…

A photo posted by Princess 🍎 (@apicbymrwill) on Jan 6, 2017 at 1:21pm PST

Ted who is taking care of me, says I am a ham. Does this mean I am prilicious?!? 🍖 How is my Florida tan looking??

A video posted by Princess 🍎 (@apicbymrwill) on Jan 3, 2017 at 12:21pm PST

Florida Fridays…☉

Princess’ mom Cathy is Florida-bound in a couple weeks and will be providing us more updates.  We’re thrilled!

Did you know also that Princess has a full sister named MISS G NOTE who should make her way to the track this year too?

It’s hard to believe we’re just two months away from Woodbine‘s 2017 season, which begins Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Today is Princess’ third birthday.  Send her a birthday greeting on Twitter or Instagram! 🎂

(Photo/video credit: Tedston Holder/Mr. Will Wong)

For a third straight week, SPLIT takes the top of the Box Office for Universal Pictures with $14.3 million from 3,373 theatres.  It nears the $100-million-mark, with a tally of $98.3 million domestically thus far.

RINGS debuts in second spot with $13.3 million for Paramount Pictures, from 2,931 theatres. The third Film in the Japanese-adapted Horror franchise, it also ranks third in highest opening after 2005’s THE RING 2 ($35 million) and 2002’s THE RING ($15 million) respectively. It gets a C- CinemaScore from Audiences and a paltry 6% on the Tomatometer.

HIDDEN FIGURES still is going strong in third with $10.2 million for 20th Century Fox. In seven weeks it is just shy of $120 million in North America.

A DOG’S PURPOSE is in fourth with $10.1 million for Universal Pictures, a total $32 million in two weeks.

LA LA LAND is in fifth with $7.4 million for eOne Films/Lionsgate Films, a total $118 million over nine weeks.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER is in sixth with $4.1 million for Sony Pictures, a two-week total of $21.5 million.

THE SPACE BETWEEN US opens in ninth with $3.5 million from 2,812 theatres for STX Entertainment/VVS Films. It gets 16% on the Tomatometer from Critics, while Audiences loved it with an A- CinemaScore.

xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE rounds-out the Top Ten with $3.4 million, a total $39 million over three weeks earned for Paramount Pictures.

Let’s be real – R&B just isn’t what it used to be. Hence when we were told by a friend to check out Kehlani‘s debut disc SweetSexySavage, we were expecting it to sound like every other Neo-Soul/Alternative-R&B album out in the past decade. But really it isn’t. Lead single Distraction‘s TLC influence is an unavoidable comparison. Even the album’s title itself rings of that Trio’s 1994 Grammy-winning disc CrazySexyCool. Many Millennials however won’t know that.  Kehlani‘s debut disc possesses sensuality, soul and an understated Gen Z confidence that keeps us wanting to re-examine it. It’s fresh.

The 21-year-old Singer/Songwriter from Oakland, California originally aspired to be a dancer, curtailed by injury, but has managed plenty fine as a musician, making a critical splash with her 2014 Mixtape You Should be Here. SweetSexySavage however, is considered technically Kehlani‘s debut.

Check-out Distraction below:

Kehlani is definitely one to keep a tab on. She’s in Toronto early June for a show at Rebel.

Warner Music Canada release SWEETSEXYSAVAGE, downloadable here.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Music)

Right in time for the BIG GAME Sunday comes this brand new Trailer for Sci-Fi Thriller LIFE!

Synopsis:
Life is a terrifying sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth. LIFE stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds.

 See it below:

In advance of Sunday’s Big Game, see first this new Trailer for TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT.

Synopsis:
The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone.  The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.  Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

See the Spot:

Paramount Pictures Canada release TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Friday, June 23, 2017.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

At age 19, Asa Butterfield already has stamped himself as a real force to be reckoned with. The English actor, who hails from London, has built a concise, quality-packed résumé working with the likes Martin Scorcese in the titular role of 2011’s 11-time Oscar-nominated Hugo. Additional prominent roles had him in Box Office successes like Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Ender’s Game and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

Although he’s visited Toronto prior for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival with X+Y, he makes a rare return to the city in support of his latest Film, the Sci-Fi/Romance, THE SPACE BETWEEN US. The Film which also stars Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino and Britt Robertson, centers on the first ever human born on Mars and his journey to earth. His existence very much is kept a secret following his astronaut mother’s premature death.  He meets a girl named Tulsa (Robertson) online and makes it a mission to find her, and also his birth father.  Time is of the essence as it is learned he has a medical condition which requires him to return back to Mars, leaving behind some important things at stake for him back on earth including Tulsa.

We had the pleasure of chatting with the brilliant Butterfield, who despite being under the weather after a rigorous press tour, still was a great sport. He tells us about his experience working on Peter Chelsom‘s THE SPACE BETWEEN US – what was required getting into his character Gardner’s mindset and the wonderment of discovering earth for the first time.

In preparing for the role, he also tells us what was involved in being physically convincing as Gardner, visiting earth for the first time. Butterfield says, “The change of gravity affects the way he’s walking. I had to practice and tie-on ankle weights and sandbags around my feet to weigh twice as much and walk around in that state.”. “We would film it, look at the footage and break down what works and looks interesting.”.

On working with the equally up-and-coming Robertson, he reveals “She started working two weeks into the shoot. She hit the ground running, she was great and took it in her stride and it really worked.”.

His greatest challenge? He tells us, “We had to shoot in very little time (seven to eight weeks). Every day we had to bring it. Everybody had to come with all their energy and know their parts – this Film more than others I have done.”.

Watch our interview with Butterfield here:

Butterfield next can be seen in World War I Drama JOURNEY’S END late 2017.

Lovely chat with star of #TheSpaceBetweenUs, the well-spoken #AsaButterfield. You know him for his brilliant work in Scorcese’s #Hugo and #EndersGame. Out this Friday! He is fighting a cold for us in Toronto. Interview coming shortly.

A photo posted by Mr. Will Wong 📸 (@mrwillwong) on Jan 30, 2017 at 7:07am PST

VVS Films release THE SPACE BETWEEN US Friday, February 3, 2017.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong | Video editing: Marty Paler)

Everything they told her was a lie.

Check out this first look at the new Trailer for GHOST IN THE SHELL, to premiere in the Big Game this Sunday!

Trailer:

Paramount Pictures Canada release GHOST IN THE SHELL Friday, March 31, 2017 in REALD 3D and IMAX.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)