This coincided with Indigenous artists dominating both literature and visual art awards: the Sobey Art Award has been awarded to three Indigenous artists since 2013, and the Griffin Poetry Prize had three consecutive Indigenous winners from 2016 to 2018. Her look that evening leaves fashion observers shook, but its her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment later that month that confirms to the world that Dion is now a full-time meme. Darlene Naponses short story She is Water became a finalist for the 2017 Journey Prize after appearing in this issue. In the 2010s, Keanu Reeves graduated from brooding 90s action movie superstar to beloved cult hero. From Monkman to Margaret (Atwood), Bieber to ballet, Keanu to Come from Away, CBC Arts presents an unapologetic celebration of a decade of outsized achievements by Canadian artists. Alanis Nadine Morissette, where have you been? A few examples: The next time Tat and I were together on set was 10 years later, when I directed her in a short film I wrote called Apart From Everything. During her time on the show, Maslany miraculously made time to act in other projects, with a focus on indie films. And in the fall of 2012, NFY (accidentally?) ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. (At least, they sure seem genuine.) Hosted by Martin Short, the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards offered prizes for film, television and digital storytelling (which hadnt been covered by the Geminis or the Genies), and raked in 756,000 viewers, which is around double the number of people who watched the Geminis or Genies the previous year. Billy-Ray Belcourts poem Love is a Moontime Teaching appeared here before it ended up in his Griffin Poetry Prize-winning book This Wound is a World. Well, he nailed it. Both July Talk and Tagaq have more than proven their capacity to craft challenging, beautiful music and still reach the masses, and its about time they each get international recognition. And of course, we were in luck: two more mixtapes followed the same year, which completed a trilogy. When she was putting together the decades inarguably perfect pop album E MO TION, Carly Rae Jepsen decided one of the tracks shed recorded shouldnt make the cut because it felt too cinematic. That track was the equally inarguably perfect pop song Cut to the Feeling, and Jepsen decided to offer it to the soundtrack of animated film Ballerina (or Leap!, as it was titled in the U.S.). But I digress. The Fortress Mountain Resort in Kananaskis stands in for a snowy nightmare maze. ), Scott Thompson brings Aprs le Dluge: The Buddy Cole Monologues to Toronto. His character, Jason Mendoza, breaks away from another Asian stereotype of being sexless, shy and socially awkward. The outfit, put together by celebrity stylist Law Roach, was a radical move for Dion because it hinted that after years of tastemakers making fun of her, she might actually be in on the joke. These butt-covering details can turn a Byzantine act of deception into a Byzantine act of deception thats legal and over four seasons of semantic manipulation, Dumb Starbucks remains NFYs most celebrated moment. Altmejds The Flux and The Puddle, which appeared as part of his 2015 retrospective, reads like the lab of a madman, or maybe some sort of future version of an island Dr. Moreau lived on, or a cabinet of curiosities I never want to see again but also cant help but really want to see again. Once upon a time, your boomer aunt wasnt obsessed with building her personal brand on Instagram but social medias defined the decade, and as a result, weve all learned to sell ourselves (or at least feel very worried if we arent). Alanis Morissette releases her eighth studio album, 10 reasons you oughta know Alanis Morissette still mattered in the 2010s, Stories we told: Women were finally given space in Canadian film in the 2010s and we thrived, opted to trust Lees ability to tell the story, who theyd perform with later the same year, Sarah Manning and her many clones make their debut in, and you are aboard the International Space Station, some legal issues stemming from the tracks publishing rights, Margaret Atwood concludes a dystopian trilogy with the release of, 10 American TV shows that were obsessed with Canada in the 2010s, has written 14 collections of short stories, LGBTQ folks took a page from Elliot Page and took control of their own stories in the 2010s, LGBTQ representation had exploded into the mainstream. pulled it off when a YouTube video called Pig rescues baby goat became an international sensation. The Many Faces of Tatiana Maslany - The New York Times For the Season 3 finale, NFY takes that swindle to the extreme, with Nathan orchestrating a high-wire spectacle. He starred in the critically acclaimed play This Is Our Youth in 2014, and then earned a Tony nomination in 2018 for his role as Jeff in Lobby Hero. And it struck a chord: Montreals Xavier Dolan went on to adapt the play for cinema, premiering the film at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival. The series took home the Golden Globe for best television limited series and led to individual wins for stars Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgrd, as well as a plethora of Emmys. Well, obviously, she experienced a lot of personal growth, but also: Orphan Black ran for five seasons, winning her four consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for her performances. What made it even better was that BoJack himself was voiced by Toronto native Will Arnett, who brought serious weight to a role that necessitated it. (Maslany's legions of adoring fans call themselves #CloneClub on Twitter and contend that the credits on "Orphan Black" should say "Tatiana Maslany" nine or more times, once per clone . James Camerons Avatar becomes the highest grossing film of all time. She ended the aughts like she ended the 90s: telling the world how much being a mother was her real calling. He originated the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webbers 2010 musical Love Never Dies, and has played leading roles in the West End production of its long-running prequel, Phantom of the Opera. Follow the promenade at the bottom of the funicular, and youll reach a cantilevered lookout tower which stretches over the North Saskatchewan River. And since Indigenous peoples supposed lack of history, art, politics, science, medicine and culture was often used to excuse Canadas systematic attempts to wipe out our nations, this sort of erasure had concrete effects on our lives. (Sorry.) (In Season 2, theres a blip of a visual gag where Nathans seen writing a passion project called Looking For Susan. And directed by Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver), its a hyper-stylized rom-com blended with a few rounds of Street Fighter. Frankly, Toronto should always be depicted as exactly this cool. Trailblazers like Patricia Rozema and Mina Shum also collaborated with Ellen Page and Sandra Oh on their excellent features Into the Forest and Meditation Park. After many rumors and delays, Cline Dion closes the 2010s by launching her most hyped album in decades, Courage. From the outside, the museum is almost blinding. I would get to know this person, work with them sometimes on that very stage. As we approach the dawn of a new decade, I see the following future in my crystal ball/champagne flute: Canada is at the top of its onscreen game. (Float on down to 450 Pape Avenue if you dare to see it in person. The song is folk-pop perfection a gorgeous declaration of love with a percussive guitar backtrack and a soaring chorus. Dutchers victory was historic for a few reasons: a member of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, he was the first East Coast artist ever to take home the Polaris and he recorded the album using 100-year-old wax cylinder recordings of songs in traditional Wolastoq, which is a language spoken by fewer than 100 people. We leave behind the industrial room and theatrical costumes, and now its just Young and the five dancers in rehearsal sweats, offering a series of ravishing meditations-in-dance on trauma, hope, support and the painstaking, repetitive work of recovery. When did Justin Bieber, a wee baby maestro, evolve into a national treasure? Instead of relying on non-Indigenous editors, Barton made the smart decision to invite Philip Kevin Paul, Richard Van Camp and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson to edit the issue. ), A Tribe Called Red release their self-titled album, Four years after first forming, the Ottawa-based A Tribe Called Red made their full-length debut with the release of their self-titled album, which went on to be longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. Videos of Reeves interacting with his fellow stranded passengers picked up speed (get it?) Add to this the Leacock Medal, the Giller Prize and the Walter Scott Prize, and its no wonder deWitt continues to earn accolades for his dark humour and fiction work. Can Alanis hear me? This fall, the Guardian crowned Betroffenheit the best dance show of the 21st century so far. Youre going to freak people out, but youll probably connect with them too, and thats an amazing feeling to have. Im ready for a Domee Shiwritten and directed full-length feature any time. In every episode, clients react with a moment or two of slack-jawed silence and then, they invariably let him at it. I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.. (Evidently, Jason Wu is your go-to for moments of celebration and mourning. stands in for Washington as The Twilight Saga begins its two-part conclusion. It played proudly at parties, in cars and in our homes as we got ready, and then it morphed into what felt like an anthem for a decade, one that would become further defined by Canadian artists who were exciting and new and who made listening to their music feel like we were having the best time on Earth even when J-Biebs released a single called Sorry.. I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. Because sometimes life actually is beautiful, Owen Pallett joined forces with Arcade Fires Win Butler to compose the score for Her, the Spike Jonze futuristic drama about love and loneliness. They really, really, really, really, really, really like her: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Carly Rae Jepsen diehards the chance to compete for the title of her ultimate stan. Schitt's Creek: Created by Dan Levy, Eugene Levy. In November of 2014, Brampton, Ont.s Rupi Kaur released Milk and Honey, a collection of poems and prose that tackle subjects like sexual assault, violence, love and loss. But just because no one outside this country has been hearing our fabulous trees fall in the woods doesnt mean that Canadian drag hasnt been making all sorts of sounds for years. But if youve seen photos of the main building, youve likely had a pang of envy: Dang, I want to go to thereeven if it takes two connecting flights, a ferry trip, plus an overnighter in Gander. Swiss Chalet, the Ottawa Senators and the SNC-Lavalin scandal are all also mentioned (seriously). Is he accepting reality or holding on to his illusions, content to replay the memories of an old romance? Though most identify her as a New Zealander, Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and spent the first four years of her life there, so its more than fair that we claim her as our own especially since it allows us to take pride in one of the greatest cinematic performances of the decade: Paquins in Kenneth Lonergans 2011 masterpiece Margaret. Maybe you dont really know the mans story either. In the episode Kimmy Goes To School! the Montreal Expos are brought up multiple times, and in the following season, Titus threatens to abandon New York because he hears Montreal has a vibrant theatre scene. My favourite mention, though, is a line from Lillian after Kimmy once agains brings up the bunker (in case youre unaware, the initial premise of the series is that Kimmy has just emerged from a bunker where she has been held captive for 15 years). Nearly a decade later, Shraya is still a creative force to be reckoned with. ! Naturally, this led anybody who prided themselves on being well-versed in Canadian indie (see: me, nine years ago) to bask in a sense of superiority fuelled by the knowledge that theyd been Arcade Fire fans since Funeral came out back in 2004. When Everything, Everything was released on May 19, 2017, it made Canadian director Stella Meghie the only Black woman to have a wide release studio-backed feature film for the year. Not surprisingly, the comic/writers last show earned big ratings, and in the two-ish years since signing off, hes released a book, Rick Mercer Final Report, and still weighs in on Canadian politics. . It seems Carly Rae isnt always the type of girl for you, non-Canadians (and thats your loss). Were all for his relationship with Alexandra Grant, but its hard not to dream about a Sandanu. Ultimately, they get her address through some old-fashioned library research but in the episodes heartbreaking climax, Bill cant summon the courage to ring the doorbell. She . In short, Jamess star has been rising fast this decade, and it only seems poised to soar further in the 2020s. That I would be good even if I did nothing, she sang. In a bit of a twist, Canadas quirkiest screen star had quite the Broadway run this decade. Later stunts, like Summit Ice the worlds first outdoor apparel company to openly promote the true story of the holocaust might have had a more positive real-world outcome. Tatiana Maslany List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide (The winner of the contest, by the way, got the chance to visit both spots on a special Deadpool tour. Winner of best picture at the 90th Academy Awards, it was also the most-nominated film of the year. Because of non-U.S. residents ineligibility to compete on the show (which Brooke Lynn Hytes got around by moving to Nashville and becoming a U.S. resident), drag as an art form in other international scenes grew in a very different way. Tatiana Maslany Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Nathan pitches the client, Sue Stanford, on a rebrand: become a ghost realtor! Before he was the internets darling, Reeves was just a beloved actor in his own right. Upon seeing Barry Jenkinss emotional adaptation of James Baldwins 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a universal truth was known: Stephan James was a gift to cinema as we knew it. (One sure sign that impact will carry on the National Gallery of Canada recently acquired six of his underwear pieces. Like The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was created by Michael Schur, who is maybe the most Canada-obsessed American TV writer. Epilogue: Courage hits No. In 2018, her third feature film The Weekend premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being released in theatres earlier this year. Unzipped is more of a design installation, originally created by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels for his 2016 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Prisons are terrifying its hard for me to even watch the caricatured version you see in Orange is the New Black. The decade started with the birth of Instagram and the rise of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and it has ended with the word influencer worming its way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary. In this episode, Nathans preparing for a very real appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Although Tatiana . Keanu Reeves might be a roadside hero. She doubles down on that claim with a second iconic look that month when she performs My Heart Will Go On in a puffy white dress with a plunging neckline at the Billboard Music Awards a surprising nod to the reverse pantsuit (with a plunging back) that she wore to the 1999 Academy Awards. Just look at Sarah Polley, who made the Toronto romance Take This Waltz and NFB documentary Stories We Tell one year apart (2011 and 2012 respectively), and capped off the decade with the brilliant, multivalent CBC miniseries Alias Grace in 2017, tapping American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron to direct it. Though its polygonal shape is striking as can be, the dark colour scheme lets it fade into the trees, while the interior mimics the same dappled light as a forest canopy. As for local opinion, at least one thing is clear: Calgarians cant stop Instagramming the thing. Since her television debut, shes been praised for her interview style and evolving approach to monologues, and now the only barrier left is for viewers like me to learn how to stay up until 1:35 a.m. More women than ever before win Governor Generals Literary Awards. Only two years after directing Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Jean-Marc Valle became an even bigger mainstream sensation after the premiere and success of Big Little Lies, the HBO adaptation of the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty. In 2014, Karimloo made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Misrables, earning a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical representing Canada in one the most iconic roles in the history of the Great White Way. As for the colour, the dresss near-black/navy shade reflected the occasions sombre tone. According to Citadels artistic director Daryl Cloran, the set and overall look of the play evolved thanks to its run at the theatre, and Hadestowns success has been a real boost for the city. But BoJack Horseman, an animated show about a famous actor/horse and his peers, managed to evolve into a touchstone for anyone acquainted with unhappiness. Penghargaan Emmy Primetime ke-72 Chandler Levack is a writer and a filmmaker who is currently existing in Toronto. But Ryan Reynolds locked his superstar status on Deadpool. And rewatching NFY, nothings more important or flexible than Nathans understanding of the T-word. The series is packed with moments of human connection that are as unexpected as they are genuine. Instead, hes the cool, confident, hot one, and kind of a rebel and it is everything to see an Asian actor cast this way on a comedy show, unabashedly making mistakes and fumbling through life. Performers have been allowed to grow into exactly who they need to be not who they make think a television audience needs them to be. Although his appearance was limited to just a few scenes where he plays himself, Reeves stole the show for many on social media. The big secret is that all drag has always been alternative. Tatiana Maslany on taking Orphan Black back: 'It was surprising how Josh Gad, dan Tatiana Maslany. The rest of Canada is arguably more culturally open than Quebec (Im looking at you, Bill 21) but has yet to truly tap into its multitude of storytelling options and voices. She is credited for reinventing what was once a late career move into a lucrative and zeigeist-y affair (hello, Britney and Lady Gaga). It looks like something out of an Avengers flick: a steel double helix-like structure painted firetruck red. Just 26 years old at the time, Halifax-born Page became one of only a handful of folks at his level of celebrity to make the decision to come out publicly as gay. Incendies competes for best foreign language film at the Oscars. My essay A Mind Spread Out on the Ground won a Gold medal at the National Magazine Awards that year, which helped me land an agent, and that piece eventually became the title essay of my essay collection. But every now and then, there was still room for an original, standalone story to squeeze into blockbuster territory. Schitt's Creek Star Emily Hampshire Sings, Talks Finale (Watch The Canadian married couple wrote the lyrics, book and music for this show, which tells the story of a small Newfoundland town that becomes flooded with Americans after 38 planes make an emergency landing following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. If it was before June 15 the day Drizzys debut album dropped congratulations, you (for many reasons, I imagine) are better than me and most people. Following the benefit singles release on March 12, the song topped the Canadian charts for seven weeks. Interior. In a 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Reeves admitted that he had a schoolboy crush on co-star Sandra Bullock while they were filming the 1994 bus thriller. Insiders are starting to take notes. Even if the story of a woman falling in love with a water monster/fish-man wasnt entirely up your alley (full disclosure: Id be more interested in it if he wore jeans), The Shape of Water became a point of Canadian pride after the crew cleaned up at the Academy Awards. And by the time they recruit an exorcist (out, out, incubus!) But just two episodes into the series, the Petting Zoo bit proved the brilliance of NFYs marketing satire. Tatiana Maslany - IMDb Breathtaking. I like to picture him in it now, surveying his legacy (this artist was also my dear friend). Take, for example, Lius character Jung the furthest thing from a stereotypically academically-inclined and parent-pleasing Asian son. Artist and educator Jason Baerg discusses the impact abstract artist Alex Janvier has had on the art world in the past 10 years. She signed with Creative Artists Agency (a.k.a. After Meghie moved to London, England, and got her masters degree in screenwriting, she wrote the first draft of what would become her debut feature film Jean of the Joneses. It was born from the relatively new world of YouTube stars (of which Bieber was a pioneer), produced by industry heavyweights The-Dream and Tricky Stewart and performed alongside Ludacris. Ben Lewis is an actor/writer/director from Toronto, best known for his role on the hit CW series Arrow. Tatiana Maslany, Eugene and Dan Levy among presenters at Canadian - CBC Aaron Poole: Movies, TV, and Bio But in a decade of mega-powered blockbusters, Scott Pilgrim was always going to be the misfit. But the show went on: videos depicting Canadas glorious landscape and flawless performances by k.d. Where traditional drag can be viewed as a card in which one side says female and the other says male, many think drag is simply flipping that card. Darrel J. McLeods piece Maci Manitowi (Devils) was a precursor to his Governor Generals Literary Award-winning book Mamaskatch. Cheered on by the entire country, she would even be tweeted about by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Shes proved, by example, that we are all good and worthy and valuable even if we do less. Born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, Meghie always had a love for writing, but after graduating from Waterloo University, she couldnt find a direct way into the industry and ended up working as a fashion publicist in New York. Michel Marc Bouchards Tom la ferme debuts at Centre du Thtre dAujourdhui, Playwright Michel Marc Bouchards Tom on the Farm (Tom la ferme) made its debut at the Centre du Thtre dAujourdhui in Montreal in January, which clearly kicked the year off right. But until the call for representation isnt so tragically needed, Ill take Liu kicking ass and looking fine in a superhero outfit. The group had spent most of the summer on their Man Machine Poem tour, which kicked off in Victoria in July and ended in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., where the sold-out crowd was joined by more than 11 million fans who tuned in to join them. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. (A hero, a legend, a woman of the people.) For Loved Me Back to Life, her first album in six years, Dion arguably goes poppier than ever before. Magali Simard is the City of Torontos Film Sector Development Officer and spent years as a Canadian and International film programmer at TIFF. It probably started with a late morning after performing a farewell show on Dec. 31, 1999, in Montral. And one of the greatest examples happens on top of a mountain, where a vanload of people desperate for as little as a $10.91 rebate subject themselves to a six-hour hike, an overnight camping trip and Nathans endless riddles. Andrew DCruz is the executive producer of CBC Arts. Youll need a passport to visit this otherworldly temple, a Canadian-led project designed by Torontos Hariri Pontarini Architects. Birth Name: Tatiana Gabriele Maslany Birth Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession Actor Actor 35 Credits Perry Mason 2023 Orphan Black 2021 Drunk History 2018 Heartland 2018 Parks and.