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MURDER AT THE ROM - A MURDER MYSTERY SCAVENGER HUNT FOR ADULTS
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Jan. 11, 1pm Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park urbancapers.com A curator has been murdered and a trail of clues left behind, connected to secrets in the collections. As you solve clues, you’ll begin to piece together a tale of greed, lust, pride and revenge. There are multiple suspects, one victim and participants get to crack a cryptic code left in the curator’s appointment book to solve the mystery!
Jan. 16, 6pm - 9:30pm William Doo Auditorium New College (University of Toronto), 45 Willcocks St. facebook.com/malaysianbazaartoronto A one-night cultural event promoting Malaysian cultures in Toronto. The Bazaar will feature various cultural activities such as stage performances, Malaysian food and souvenirs. Free admission. Items purchased using coupons booklets, sold at entrance for $10 per booklet.
Jan. 16 - Jan. 18 Harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance Theatre 207 Queens Quay W., harbourfrontcentre.com Dance Ontario’s showcase of 25 globally inspired, professional dance companies. From traditional styles to edgy works, from new dance creations and world premieres - this is a weekend to inspire every dancegoer! $10+
SNACK MUSIC Runs until Jan. 18 Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St., fringetoronto.com Share your personal true stories while professional animators replay them using phantasmagorical puppetry. Free snacks & live music. Part of the Next Stage Festival 12 days of the best indie theatre in Canada. Tickets; $10
SAM SMITH Jan. 20, 8pm Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St. Sam Smith is back for a makeup performance after previously canceling his concert at Kool Haus due to tonsillitis. And it comes just in time. Smith is the frontrunner to win big at this year’s Grammys Awards.
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The Royal Ontario Museum is such a gem! We are so lucky here in Toronto to have one of North America’s great museums. And while most of us likely associate the ROM with archaeology, art and natural science, it turns out there is so much more to discover. On now and until January 25th is Izzy Camilleri’s wonderful fashion exhibition featuring beautiful and innovative fashion for people who use wheelchairs.
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ashion Follows Form: Designs for Sitting displays pieces from Izzy’s IZ Adaptive line and speaks to her true craftsmanship and vision as a designer.
Seated Suit. June 2010, IZ Adaptive Clothing. © Chris Chapman
Izzi Camilleri is a world-renowned Canadian designer based in Toronto. Izzy began her career in the 1980’s in the world of high fashion, having created memorable and highly successful runway collections. Subsequently choosing to transition to the film and television industry Izzy dressed an impressive list of A-list celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Kidman, Mila Kunis, and Angelina Jolie. If you’ve seen The Devil Wears Prada you are sure to recognize the iconic red fur coat worn by Meryl Streep. I was delighted to find out that it was designed by none other than our own Izzy Camilleri! This coat can currently be found at the ROM as part of Izzy’s collection. Her style is refined and sophisticated, making use of leathers and furs and combining materials for a high end yet functional and affordable look. More impressively though is the fact that Izzy is a problem solver. Her designs fill in important yet often overlooked niches. IZ Adaptive is an ingeniously well thought out collection which not only looks great but is designed specifically for the seated body.
Separating Leather Jacket. April 2014, IZ Adaptive Clothing. © Adrienne Mountain
Seated Wedding Dress. June 2010, IZ Adaptive Clothing. © Chris Chapman
Rather than design for an “I” shape this collection examined the needs of the “L” shaped body. If you stop to think about your own experience with clothes I’m sure you can think of a few instances when you sat down and the hem was no longer long enough, or the fabric of your dress or trench coat all of a sudden was too bulky and bunched up. And I’m sure you’ve experience the discomfort of your jeans sliding down as you sit down. If you have the ability to quickly stand up and adjust your clothing, pull up your pants etc. these problems are nothing more than small nuisances. But if you require assistance to stand up and rely on others for help, Izzy’s collection offers a new sense of independence and freedom! I was thoroughly impressed with the amount of thought put into each garment, and shocked that this is something that hasn’t been done before. Everyone should be able to feel beautiful - be it at work, on the weekend, or on their wedding day. Feeling beautiful shouldn’t be limited to any shape - seated or standing. I highly encourage you to check out the ROM and view this one-of-a-kind exhibit.
Paisley Dress with leather detail and beaded yoke. Fall 2006, Izzy Camilleri. © Chris Chapman
Denim Maxi Skirt. June 2010, IZ Adaptive Clothing. © Chris Chapman
Fanny Pozin blogs about the joy of fashion, living in Toronto and frugal shopping. Visit her online: splattershare.com | @splattershare
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CANADA’S HIT POP DUO TALK NEW MUSIC, GIVING BACK AND THEIR LIVES BEHIND THE BLING Their philosophy is simple. ‘Wish it, dream it, don’t let anything stop you from doing it.’ And Catina and Angela Duscio, the Toronto based dancing-singing sister act known as HighDiamond follow this logic to the T.
he duo has been recognized for creating music that combines modern dance beats, club raves and soulful ballads, each of which stand on their own as individual statements. Simply put, they’re Fabulous – which is aptly the name of their new single, a catchy pop tune to be dropped Jan. 13th in advance of their album. Looking back at the year and a half since HighDiamond released their debut single Broken and the girls have generated impressive hype throughout the Canadian and international music scenes. Broken was not only added to the playlists of MTV, MuchMusic and JuiceBox – in the first month of its release it cracked the top 100 on Canadian CHR radio charts, while their dance hit Fairytale became a favourite on radio stations and dance clubs around the world. The duo has since gone on to perform before thousands of fans, or Diamonds as they are called, at Youth Day in Toronto and were featured performers at the TeenFavz Awards. “Performing for our audience or fans, we’re going to be energized and excited and pumped up and we just want everybody else who’s watching us to feel the exact same way as we do,” says Angela. Growing up in a musical family, Catina, 23, and Angela, 20, natives of Kitchener, Ontario, were first recognized at a young age for their singing and dance abilities at competitions across North America. “I remember writing my first song when I was about 8-years-old and my sister and I still sing it once in a while for fun,” says Catina. Always being surrounded by music & entertainers has enriched Cat and Ang to the point that they could never imagine not performing and sharing their love for music.
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It wasn’t long before they were cast in several music videos and TV shows - you might recognize them from the Monster High Fright Song music video to promote the fashion doll franchise by Mattel. Both sisters have lead roles in the video: Angela as Hero Zombie Girl and Catina as Ghost Girl. “The makeup the hair - all of it has been awesome,” says Angela of her filming experience. he sister act plans to perform in a T USO tour called Collaborating with Courage to encourage and support military
personnel living away from their families. The vision for this tour came while recording their upcoming album in Miami - Cat and Ang found themselves crossing paths with personnel stationed in the area and were exposed to stories of soldiers who often felt neglected by their country. The girls are also actively involved in anti-bullying campaigns, regularly hosting web chats to speak to young fans locally and internationally about self-esteem and staying true to themselves. “We have been very blessed and think it’s important for people to give back to their community in any way they can,” says Angela. HighDiamond’s new single & video Fabulous will be distributed through AMG and Bungalo/Universal Music Group Distribution on January 13th, with their accompanying album to be released in late spring 2015. For more HighDiamond awesomeness, check them out online: www.high-diamond.com Facebook: Facebook.com/HighDiamond Twitter: @RealHighDiamond Youtube: 1HighDiamond Instagram: @RealHighDiamond
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Jennifer Lopez Talks Being a Love Addict -- Is She Being Dramatic?
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her fall so hard and very fast for the men in her life. One minute she’s single, the next she’s spending every minute with her new guy. I can’t necessarily say that she’s being dramatic on this one. But it isn’t the dates that she goes on that make her the love addict. Truly, it’s the hot and heavy relationships that move at lightning speed. In my blog, I frequently tell the newly single woman to start dating as soon as possible after a break-up. No sense in being miserable if there are eligible men who want to date. Some could argue that this advice fosters love addicts. In my mind, though, it keeps women from pining over men who don’t want them or failed relationships in general. Remember, the love addict is someone who jumps from one relationship to the next -- heart, body, mind, all of it! Going out on dates that you end first and don’t result in spilling your life story and sleeping with a man does not make you a love addict. Great for JLo that she’s coming to terms with who she is, but don’t mistake this for you if you’re a happily dating single woman! Until next time... Shine like Platinum! Vanessa
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Simpson and Evan Ross have filed legal paperwork to change their last names. Ashlee, who is Jessica Simpson’s younger sister wed Evan, the son of superstar Diana Ross, in August and took on her new husband’s legal last name of Naess. However, the couple is now seeking to amend its surname to Ross-Naess, according to TMZ. The motion will be addressed in court at the end of this month, but it is unclear why Simpson and Ross, who are reportedly expecting their first child together, want to change their surnames. (KG/WNWCZM/MT) 8 POPNEWS.CA
USSELL BRAND has his sights set on romancing newswoman TAMRON HALL after discovering she has a crush on him. Brand, who was formerly married to KATY PERRY, made no secret of the fact he’s attracted to the Today show regular and now that he knows the feeling is mutual he’s keen to romance her this year. He recently told Access Hollywood, “She’s beautiful... I met her and my mate Nicholas said, ‘That woman fancies you’, and I thought, ‘Does she?’ I like her. She’s pretty.” (KL//KG)
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on his music. The former Jonas Brothers singer revealed that despite being "flattered" by attention for his looks, he wants his music to take "centre stage" so he has vowed to stop posing topless He tells Kode magazine, "I'm not sure if I'm the only (heartthrob), but it is definitely flattering to get this kind of attention... Moving forward, I think I'm going to keep my shirt on for a little while and let my music take centre stage." (CMR/WNWC/ZN)
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AITH EVANS is open to recording a song with her one-time rival LIL KIM, despite their long-standing feud. The Love Like This hitmaker and Kim had a falling out after Evans discovered her late husband, rapper The Notorious B.I.G., was having an affair with Kim, but now she insists she has put the past behind her and would be willing to work with her man’s mistress.
She says, “I’ve reached out to Kim to do a song together some years ago when she was, I guess, dating the producer Scott Storch; my exhusband kind of tried to make that happen. “I can’t really tell you why it didn’t happen at the time, but it’s really not about money... At this point, it would be about doing the right song and it making sense for both of us to do it.”
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ADONNA has recently posted a message on Instagram to dismiss rumours of a feud with Lady Gaga amid speculation she took a swipe at her pop rival in the lyrics of a leaked track. The track called Two Steps Behind is rumoured to be a sly jab at Lady Gaga. It features lyrics such as: “You’re a copycat, get back/I’m always on your mind” and fans have speculated the star is taking aim at Gaga over her track Born This Way, which prompted comparisons with Madonna’s 1989 hit Express Yourself. However, Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary took to Twitter to silence the rumours, writing, “That song is NOT about Gaga or anyone in particular. The song is an unfinished demo she had no intention of finishing or releasing along with many others. She has NO ill will towards Gaga. It’s nonsense. She was listening to Gaga’s Tony Bennett duet album last week and appreciating it.” Madonna herself later went on Instagram to clear the air, explaining, “There are those who want to shut me up but they cannot! We still live in a world that discriminates against women. Their (sic) are people that are so hateful. They want to create feuds between strong women that do not exist! I do not wish ill will towards any other female artist and I never have! “The world is big enough for all of us! I will fight for my rights as an artist, a human and a woman till the end of my days! Because I am a #rebelheart and I walk in the footsteps of giants and I will not apologise or defend my unpublished, unfinished, stolen work. “If you don’t like who I am or what I have to say then why are you reading this? #unapologeticb**ch.” Rebel Heart is slated for release this March. (TD/WNWCGC&WNWCBB/LR)
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ENNIFER ANISTON has lashed out at constant speculation suggesting she chose her career over motherhood, insisting the unfounded reports are “rude, insulting and ignorant”. The former Friends star, 45, tells Allure magazine, “I don’t like (the pressure) that people put on me, on women - that you’ve failed yourself as a female because you haven’t procreated. “I don’t think it’s fair. You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t mothering - dogs, friends, friends’ children. “This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself that I don’t want to be a mother, and how selfish that is. “I have a lot of friends who decided not to have children, who can’t have children, or are trying but are having a difficult time. There’s all sorts of reasons why children aren’t in people’s lives, and no one has the right to assume. “It’s quite rude, insulting and ignorant.” Aniston is currently engaged to wed actor Justin Theroux. (MT/ALL/TD)
I’m a little terrified... Here’s the thing, if you’re working on the Warner Bros. lot, if there’s “~ Ashton sirens, come (and) save me... and if you smell something I wasn’t smoking it!” Kutcher plays coy when asked if Charlie Sheen will be returning to
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Late Night Jimmy Fallon Laughs!
”Graceland is going to auction off Elvis Presley’s first-ever recordings from 1953 — or as people now coming to America from Cuba put it, “Whoa! What’s that hot new sound?”
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1. IAN SOMERHALDER MAKING DIRECTORIAL DEBUT ON THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Actor Ian Somerhalder is set to make his directorial debut on an upcoming episode of his hit show The Vampire Diaries. The TV star will take charge of the 16th episode in season six this year, according to TVLine.com. Somerhalder is excited about his upcoming duties. In a recent message on Instagram, the former Lost star wrote, “Thank you to all involved in the decision-making process for giving me the opportunity to do this - I am so grateful. I’ll do my very verry (sic) very best not to screw it up.” (KG/WNWC/KL)
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Pharrell Williams is having another crack at writing a movie tune hit after announcing he has reformed his band N.E.R.D. to record a track for the upcoming Spongebob film soundtrack. Williams, who scored a massive international hit with Happy from Despicable Me 2, is back in the studio with Chad Hugo and Shay Haley working on new music, and one of the trio’s latest offerings is Squeeze Me for the new family film. N.E.R.D. released their last album together in 2010. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water hits cinemas in February. (KL/WNWCBB/LR)
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3. SELMA STAR TESSA THOMPSON JOINS ROCKY MOVIE SPIN-OFF
Actress Tessa Thompson has landed the female lead in the upcoming Rocky spin-off, Creed. Thompson joins Sylvester Stallone as he reprises his iconic character, Rocky Balboa, who is now a trainer and mentor to the grandson of his boxing best friend Apollo Creed. Michael B. Jordan is set to play Creed’s grandson, with his Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler due to helm the film. Thompson has had a successful career, thanks to indie hit Dear White People, for which she won the Breakthrough Actor honour at the Gotham Independent Film Awards last month and also nabbed a Best Actress nomination for the upcoming NAAACP Image Awards. She also appears in acclaimed civil rights film Selma. (TD/DL/ZN)
4. BEN STILLER EYES CARA DELEVINGNE FOR ZOOLANDER 2
Actor Ben Stiller wants supermodel Cara Delevingne to feature in the sequel to Zoolander. The first film, released in 2001, featured cameos from fashion heavyweights including Victoria Beckham, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Karl Lagerfeld and Donatella Versace, and it is unknown what role Delevingne is being lined up for in the sequel. Stiller tells MTV, “There is a script, I won’t deny there’s a script, and there’s been a reading of the script... but it hasn’t yet been fully formulated... (I) definitely would (like Delevingne to feature).”
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5. SNOOP DOGG AND SON REALITY SERIES DEBUTS THIS MONTH
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Rapper Snoop Dogg is heading back to reality TV for a five-part series with his son. Snoop & Son: A Dad’s Dream will chronicle the Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker’s life as the father of a high school football star. The project will also feature his son, Cordell Broadus, and the team he plays for, the Bishop Gorman High School Gaels. The series will debut on January 14th. Snoop and his family previously appeared on Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood from 2007 to 2009. (KG/WNWCU/KL)
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man washes his feet before bathing in A the Hooghly River, part of the Holi Ganges River in the early morning in Kolkata, India. The morning ritual of bathing oneself in the Ganges is a tradition of most Hindus, paying homage to their ancestors. This photo is one of the entries into the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards, which invited amateur or enthusiast photographers of any age to submit their most creative photos. Visit popnews.ca for our list of some of the coolest entries submitted into the open category.
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BEAT THE FLU!
The Canadian Health Food Association
(CHFA) has simple suggestions to minimize all the aches and pains and get you back to feeling healthy sooner.
ZINC
Taking a zinc supplement is a great way to speed up recovery from a cold. This essential nutrient has been shown to prevent rhinovirus (the most common cause of a cold) from reproducing, stopping the affliction in its tracks. For best results, and even to help prevent catching a cold at all, try including a zinc supplement as part of your regular regime.
VITAMIN C
This nutrient, readily available in many foods, helps to prevent immune deficiencies so getting enough throughout the year is an effective preventative measure. Consuming plenty of vitamin C-rich foods like bell peppers, dark leafy greens and citrus fruits is an important way to get your daily recommended dose. Higher concentrations of vitamin C, found in natural supplements, can also help to minimize the duration of a cold that has already afflicted you.
ECHINACEA
This helpful herb comes in many forms, including teas, juices, tinctures, and a wide variety of solid tablets. Time is of the essence however. It is important to begin using echinacea as soon as cold or flu symptoms appear. Additional tips about natural health are available online at chfa.ca. Speak to your health care provider about products that are right for you.
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In his most famous role, this actor played a man who needed a little help from Red and a Rita Hayworth poster to escape from prison.
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1. Rihanna 2. Catherine Zeta Jones 3. Eminem, at four-years-old 4. Kate Moss 5. Tyra Banks 6. Tobey Maguire 7. Tim Robbins 8. Gwen Stefani 9. Samuel L. Jackson 10. Jamie Foxx
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LIAM HEMSWORTH TURNS 25! BIRTHDAY: JANUARY 13, 1990
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BIRTHPLACE: AUSTRALIA MOST POPULAR FOR: His role as Gale Hawthorne in the Hunger Games and previously dating Miley Cyrus.
CELEB BIRTHDAY OF THE WEEK
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