I have often mentioned in this series that life inside the Fairmont Royal York Hotel is a swirling microcosm of activity and life, and the closer you look the more …
Christopher Heard
Christopher Heard
Christopher Heard built his career out of a lifetime love of movie history and culture. His first screenplay was optioned at 21, he wrote a twice weekly movie column in a local newspaper that lead to a long, Gemini Award winning stint on the CBC show On The Arts and the creation and co-hosting role on Reel to Real for nine years. Since then Christopher has written books on a number of filmmakers, including Johnny Depp.
A couple of months ago we featured an early interview and profile with Canadian author Ian Halperin about his explosive book Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson. Well, that …
Originally I was going to call this chapter of the series “The Fairmont Royal York Goes To The Movies,” but in essence it really should be called “The Movies Go …
In the last week I have been sitting in the mezzanine lounge of the Royal York Hotel, or sitting in Epic restaurant lounge – watching people make their way through …
There was a lot of hoopla and a lot of praise, and awards, heaped on Al Gore’s global warming film (and companion book) An Inconvenient Truth, but upon close examination …
I have always felt a magical, almost cosmic connection to the Fairmont Royal York, and for some time I wondered where that feeling came from. After all, I have been …
Living in the ever changing, exciting world of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel reminded me that, as familiar with a place you think you may be, it can and does …
In the latest instalment of the great Fairmont Royal York Writer In Residence adventure, Christopher Heard takes a look at life in the hotel this week, and then wanders down …
If there is one author out there that is living the surreal life it is Montreal-based investigative journalist Ian Halperin. Halperin is no stranger to controversy, some might even say …
Last night as I was writing notes for this book on the experience of living in the Fairmont Royal York, on hotel living and hotel culture, it occurred to me …