Interviews with the stars of film, television, music, gaming, and other cultural icons

How Christopher Heard became a biographer to some of Hollywood’s elite

October 18, 2011

Sitting in a downtown Toronto hotel's health club, dressed in a casual blue top, jeans and flip flops, Christopher Heard looks every bit as comfortable in this surroundings as he would in his own house. This should come as no surprise, as he has recently spent 2 years living in The Royal York hotel as a "Writer in Residence" while completing his latest book The Suite Life - The Magic and Mystery of Hotel Living.

Video interview: Singer Jann Arden judges ‘Canada Sings’

W. Andrew Powell

August 10, 2011

Interviews, Television

The Glee-ks will inherit the Earth, and in a new competition on Global Television, offices across Canada are getting their chance to prove what they can do on stage, all in the name of charity.

Emily Rose searches for Audrey Parker in TV’s ‘Haven’

W. Andrew Powell

July 11, 2011

Interviews, Television

In the supernatural drama Haven, actress Emily Rose stars as FBI agent Audrey Parker, a woman with a strange past who finds herself taking on unnatural forces in the town of Haven, Maine.

Elias Koteas in a scene from Combat Hospital

Video Interview: ‘Combat Hospital’ star Elias Koteas

W. Andrew Powell

June 21, 2011

Interviews, Television

On a warm day earlier this month, I toured through the dusty crossroads of a medical facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and I didn't even have to leave the streets of Toronto.

Blue Crush 2 stars Ben Milliken and Sasha Jackson

Video Interview: The stars of ‘Blue Crush 2’

W. Andrew Powell

June 8, 2011

Film, Interviews

Director Mike Elliott hits the beach for Blue Crush 2, a sequel that follows the original surfing film nearly a decade later, taking a new direction on the topic of champion-level female surfers with an angle that aims a lot closer to home.

Rdio’s Carter Adamson talks music in the cloud

W. Andrew Powell

May 26, 2011

Interviews, Music

Looking into the future of music distribution offers a pretty clear vision of the next trend that will change the face of the industry--and how we listen to music--and it's called music in the cloud, or cloud music.

Hot Docs interview: Mia Donovan, director of ‘Inside Lara Roxx’

Christine Estima

May 8, 2011

Film, Interviews

In the spring of 2004, 21-year-old Lara Roxx left her hometown of Montreal and headed to L.A to try to make tons of cash in the adult entertainment industry. Within two months of working in this industry she contracted the most virulent form of HIV while performing sex in front of the camera. Inside Lara Roxx, a documentary premiering at this year's Hot Docs film festival in Toronto, is about the adult movie industry and its impact on a young life.

CTV correspondent Sheri Block on covering The Royal Wedding

W. Andrew Powell

April 28, 2011

Interviews, Television

The buzz has been tremendous, and tomorrow is the big day when Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton get married at Westminster Abbey.

Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson

‘Workaholics’ star Adam Devine: playing confidently dumb

W. Andrew Powell

April 14, 2011

Interviews, Television

What happens when three guys live together, work together, and party as much as possible the whole time? That's the premise behind the stoner comedy Workaholics from the comedy troupe Mail Order Comedy and Scrubs executive producer Kevin Etten.

The hosts of Wipeout Canada: Ennis Esmer, Jessica Phillips and Jonathan Torrens

Video Interview: Jessica Phillips and Ennis Esmer from ‘Wipeout Canada’

W. Andrew Powell

April 3, 2011

Interviews, Television

If bravery is judged by a person's sheer willingness to go up against any obstacle and fall flat on their face, then the contestants of Wipeout Canada must be some of the bravest people in the country. Either that, or they simply haven't watched Wipeout before.