Canadian PEN is taking a page from the movie Calendar Girls by recruiting authors who have agreed to pose nude or nearly nude for a 2014 calendar. Judging by their dustjackets, most writers are camera shy, but today, PEN released a list of 12 who have agreed to bare all in the interest of Canadian literature.
Category: Social Media
Anoushka Shankar's online admission that she had been abused as a girl was a shocking revelation. The One Billion Rising movement argues it shouldn't be. Too many women, including the powerful celebrities and world leaders who spoke out for the movement, have been touched in some way by violence against women. And Valentine's Day is the day to act.
Kroll Show parodies Degrassi with "Wheels, Ontario"
Categories: Social Media
Tags: Comedy Central, Degrassi, Ontario - Roll With It, parody, Wheels
In its new video "Wheels, Ontario - Roll With It," Comedy Central's Kroll Show delivers an over-the-top message generations of young Canadian TV viewers can really roll with. Have a laugh as the life lessons of Degrassi are taken too far.
Considering Chris Brown and Rihanna
Categories: Celebrities, Music, Social Media
Tags: celebrity, Chris Brown, domestic abuse, image, relationship, Rihanna
Their relationship status may be unclear, but celebrity-watchers couldn't help but notice the very public appearances of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna together over the holiday break. After their high-profile case of domestic abuse, what does it mean when the two parties seem to be getting cozy again?
South Korea's Psy and Burlington, Ont.'s Walk Off The Earth scored the top two viral hits of 2012 with, respectively, Gangnam Style and a cover of Somebody That I Used to Know. Now, they're making their next stab at viral fame.
5 top viral videos of 2012
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It was the year of Kony 2012 and Gangnam Style, of the cinnamon challenge and Lil Bub. There were bursts of sheer exuberance, such as actor Isaac Lumb's lip-dub proposal and small slices of life such as the crying toddler who could take no more election talk. Susan Noakes picks out five videos with impact from 2012.
Getting hands on with TSO's interactive symphony app
Categories: Live Performance, Music, Social Media
Tags: app, A Toronto Symphony, interactive, public, social, Tod Machover, TSO
Remixing a symphony for the TSO to perform? There's an app for that (sort of). Innovative composer Tod Machover is creating a brand new classical composition inspired by Toronto that incorporates actual sounds from the city and submissions by its residents.
Canadian ingenuity on YouTube
Categories: Social Media
Tags: Greg Brown, Kevin Cheung, math, science, YouTube
Meet some Canadians who are using online videos -- not for kitten tricks or playing air guitar -- but for educating others about math and science. YouTube was so impressed with the growth of education channels on the web, it set up a contest to groom the best creators and have them learn from one another.
Five days after his release from a Syrian prison, filmmaker and artistic director Orwa Nyrabia has sent a thank you to artists and supporters around the world who called for his freedom. Nyrabia disappeared Aug. 23, as he prepared to board a plane to Egypt, but walked free last Wednesday after being held at an undisclosed location. His letter is an impassioned plea for freedom in his homeland.
Blackbird, Caught in the Web explore risks of online expression
Categories: Movies, Social Media
Tags: Blackbird, Caught in the Web, consequences, cyber-bullying, internet, media, online
Coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival, a pair of thought-provoking dramas -- from opposite sides of the world and depicting completely different stories and styles -- stood out for web writer Jessica Wong because of a thread common to both movies: the serious consequences we face as we express ourselves online.
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