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Academy Awards
Culture
The best Toronto-centric moments from last night’s Academy Awards
Including Stephan James's Oscar debut, a win for Toronto's Domee Shi and a
Wayne's World
reunion
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Culture
Where to watch the 2017 Oscars in Toronto
Trivia at the Gladstone, drag at the Royal and plenty of prizes at U of T
Culture
Where to watch the 2016 Oscars in Toronto
The five best spots in the city to watch the Academy Awards
Culture
TIFF Oscar Scorecard: what this year’s fest tells us about next year’s Academy Awards
It’s still far too early for Oscar pools, but now that the big TIFF movies have screened, it’s high time to get in on the...
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Culture
Canadians at the Oscars: Christopher Plummer and Justin Bieber edition
Last night at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, the Canadian quotient was at an impressive low (seriously, Rachel McAdams and Ryan...
Food & Drink
Drink the Oscars: just the right drink for each of the best picture nominees
As a companion to our 2012 Academy Awards drinking game, which tells you when to take a swig, we here at the Dish thought we’d...
Culture
Oscar night 2012: the Drinking Game
The Oscars are this Sunday, which means there are just two more days to stock up on spirits, beer and wine for the big night...
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Culture
TIFF to Tinseltown: a tour of the 16 Oscar-nominated features that screened at TIFF
Now that Oscar campaigns involve a full five months of press events, splashy parties and ukulele deliveries, the Toronto...
Culture
Photos from the Vanity Fair Oscar party: George Pimentel takes us through his shots of Bieber, Gwyneth and many more
Toronto’s top celebrity shutterbug, George Pimentel , spent last week—Oscar week—stargazing in Tinseltown. His tour included...
Culture
Oscar watch: 10 questions about the Academy Awards with Canada’s gossip girl Lainey
Elaine Lui is Canada’s gossipmonger extraordinaire, with a master's in Gaga and a black belt in Brangelina. This week, the...
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Culture
TIFF to Tinseltown: a tour of the 14 Oscar-nominated films that screened at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival may not have the glamour of Cannes, the street cred of Berlin or the skiing of...
Culture
Best Actress Oscar Curse: a U of T study shows there’s some truth to it, but can it predict this Sunday’s winner?
Our ears perked up last month when we heard about a study out of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management that...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Sandra Shamas, Brothel #9 and six other can’t-miss events
1. SANDRA SHAMAS’ WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFE Comedy queen Sandra Shamas started making audiences laugh back in the ’80s—her...
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Genie nominations no big surprise, with Barney’s Version and Incendies in the lead
We’ve already watched the Golden Globes. And Oscar nominations were announced last week. But that doesn’t mean we can forget...
Culture
TIFF names best Canadian films of 2010 to be screened at Lightbox
While all of Hollywood fires up its engines for the self-love fest that is awards season, the Toronto International Film Festival...
Culture
Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter and 11 other chick flicks that dudes like
Yesterday, TIFF announced that Clint Eastwood' s Hereafter would have its world premiere at this year's film festival. The...
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Toronto cult film favourite is the world’s worst movie
Here's a new way to spend Friday night: watching the worst movie of all time. Leave it to Toronto to embrace a film lambasted by...
Culture
Oscar-winning film successfully mimics walking through Dundas Square
One of our current obsessions is Logorama , the bright and brash winner last Sunday of the Oscar for best animated short film. The...
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Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions