Archives for the ‘The GATE’ Category

A peek at CHUM Fanfest 2010

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Festivals & Events, Photography

Before I run out to check out the Indie Awards for this year’s Canadian Music Week, I wanted to drop a couple of photos from last night’s CHUM Fanfest at the Masonic Temple.



Canadian Music Fest 2010 kicks off in Toronto

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Festivals & Events

This is a pretty big year for The GATE; 2010 represents our tenth year writing about entertainment, and maybe most importantly, music.



Video: Classified’s “Oh Canada”

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Music & CDs

Hey, Canada, you actually need to check this out. I’m not normally a fan of Classified, but you really need to watch his video for “Oh Canada” from his album Self Explanatory.



My predictions for the 2010 Academy Awards

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards hits the air tomorrow night, so I thought, why not post my predictions? Better late than never, right?



Sarcasm: The Documentary with Michael Moore

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Right now I’m finally watching Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story. I like his movies for what they are, but it is hard to call one of them a “documentary”. Compared to a film like Food, Inc. Moore’s films aren’t exactly “balanced”.



Riddle me this, ‘Alice’ fans

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

For those of you who’ve seen Tim Burton’s remake of Alice In Wonderland, I’m wondering if anyone else thought they knew the answer to the riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?”



Video: “King of Wishful Thinking” acoustic cover

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Music & CDs

Check out this brilliant cover of the day that started circulating on Tumblr tonight. The video features singer Lauren Zettler with her musician friends Cameron Mizell, Kait Lawson, Allison Weiss, and Danielle Owens-Reid performing Go West’s “King of Wishful Thinking” and played on mandolin, ukulele and banjo.



“We Are The World: 25 For Haiti”

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: Music & CDs

Bringing together some of the music industry’s biggest names, “We Are The World: 25 For Haiti” debuted last night during NBC’s Olympic broadcast in the U.S.



‘Mass Effect 2′ can’t arrive fast enough

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Gaming & Electronics

It’s been well over a week now since Mass Effect 2 came out and I still don’t have my copy yet, and as you may have guessed, it’s killing me. I loved the first title and I can’t wait to get my hands on the new one, but a little snafu has kept a review copy out of my hands, at least for now.



Jeff Bridges in ‘Tron: Legacy’

By W. Andrew Powell • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Disney has released a new photo from Tron: Legacy, giving fans another peek at Jeff Bridges’ role in the upcoming sequel.

While no new details have emerged about the film, it’s interesting to note that Bridges’ is wearing an “Identity Disc”.