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Twilight
City News
Mommy Porn Goes Global: with 50 Shades of Grey and Gabriel’s Inferno, BDSM-tinged bodice-rippers are changing the way we read
In September 2009, a serialized novel called The University of Edward Masen debuted on Twilighted, an online fan fiction forum...
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Culture
QUOTED: David Cronenberg on what he really thinks about the Dark Knight movies
—D David Cronenberg in an interview with The Next Movie alongside Cosmopolis star Robert Pattinson. Later in the Q&A, the...
Culture
Metric announces it will score David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, and Emily Haines is excited about rat currency
Emily Haines , frontwoman for the band Metric , announced that the group will be scoring David Cronenberg’ s new film Cosmopolis...
Culture
Sarah Gadon to play Robert Pattinson’s wife in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis
Move over, Kristen Stewart . Twilight ’s Team Edward fans now have a new actress to obsessively hate . Toronto’s Sarah Gadon...
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Culture
Take that, Twilight! Rachelle Lefevre to star in ABC medical drama
Like Sandra Oh before them, Canadian actors Rachelle Lefevre (who also stars in the recent film adaptation of Barney's Version )...
Culture
Being Erica BS Detector: Season 3, Episode 10
Call us curmudgeons, but even in the realm of the supernatural, we here at the BEBSD appreciate rules of governance. (Like on...
Culture
Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald gets in on vampire trend
Bruce McDonald' s latest project is like the Canadian answer to Vampires Suck , the Twilight spoof film. He's sending up the teen...
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Food & Drink
Twilight-themed energy drinks thankfully banned in Canada
When it comes to following the vampire diet, local Twilight fans are being deprived. Canada Customs is holding up a proverbial...
Style
Hot Topic turns teenage angst into clothing
Most parents won't have heard of Hot Topic, that is, unless they went through a heavy-black-eyeliner phase in the late '90s. The...
Food & Drink
Jessi Cruickshank moves to L.A., MTV cancels the After Show
After our favourite fiery-haired MTV host, Jessi Cruickshank, confirmed that she was moving to L.A. for a still-secret job, MTV...
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Food & Drink
The Long Weekender: Drake’s music festival, Caribana and six other events on our to-do list
1. THE OVO FEST Lucky for us, Drake is over his fear of the mean streets of Toronto just in time to launch a new music fest, the...
City News
Tee hee: Toronto Star says Twilight stars James Pattinson
Sure, we all make mistakes, but when a paper runs a story about Twilight and says it stars James Pattinson, we are obliged to take...
Culture
The top-secret formula for decoding Toronto Star movie reviews, revealed
Everyone's a critic, right? Well, at the Toronto Star, even its film critics don't seem to be too, well, critical these...
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Culture
Metric has written the new Twilight theme song
Along with acclaimed Canadian film composer Howard Shore ( The Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence , Philadelphia —the list...
City News
Bloody hell: Brits complain Yanks are stealing their vampires
Vampires: too sparkly, too emo and now too American in the eyes of “vampire experts” (what a job title!) who congregated at a...
Culture
The Twilight brand may not be as immortal as its characters
For the past two years, we've been trying to develop a Twilight -related business. The brand is responsible for bringing in...
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City News
If elected, Mammoliti will propose 11 p.m. curfew for tweens
Following the brouhaha over bands dropping out of a Giorgio Mammoliti campaign concert, we decided to check out Mammoliti's...
Style
Christian Louboutin calls his customers ‘sluttish,’ Demi Moore denies Photoshop work, Toronto toy company takes on Barbie
• Christian Louboutin, the man who made six-inch heels the norm, describes his shoes as tarty, saying women sometimes buy them...
Style
My Edward Cullen Twilight make-over
Even non-Twihards know that associating oneself with the Twilight series is a wise move, so when my editor found out that Norma...
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Style
Brad and Angelina are jewellery designers, MC Hammer won’t discuss harem pants, man-gagement rings are the next wedding trend
• Zac Posen, beloved by stars for his red carpet numbers, is reaching out to Lower East Siders (read: hipsters) with Z Spoke, a...
Shopping
Sales roundup: 90 per cent off at William Ashley, 80 per cent off athletic wear, Rita Tesolin sample sale
FASHION AND BEAUTY ATHLETIC LOCKER OUTLET Find holiday presents for sporty family members at this 25th-anniversary warehouse sale...
Shopping
Sales roundup: Discounts on Lacoste, Linda Lundström, Alexander McQueen, Lanvin and more
FASHION AND BEAUTY ALYSSA AGENCY SAMPLE SALE This sample sale includes such must-have brands as Fidelity Denim, Snob and...
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Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Up in the Air premiere with George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey and Anna Kendrick
We went to the premiere of Up in the Air and spotted the film's stars George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey and Twilight' s Anna...
Culture
Paul Haggis closes the bar at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
The opportunity to walk on the set of an undisclosed major picture starring Russell Crowe was sold for $6,000, tea time with Diane...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand