Like Schitts Creek, Orphan Black was a Canadian critical darling-turned-social media phenomenon-turned-international awards contender. After his time with Spider-Man, Epstein went on to originate the lead role of Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Today, Canadian libraries and museums even a pedestrian bridge are earning international attention. And rewatching NFY, nothings more important or flexible than Nathans understanding of the T-word. Canadians Paul Austerberry, Jeffrey Melvin and Shane Vieau also nabbed the Oscar for best production design thanks to their work making Ontario stand in for 1960s-era Baltimore. In 2014, Karimloo made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Misrables, earning a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical representing Canada in one the most iconic roles in the history of the Great White Way. My essay A Mind Spread Out on the Ground won a Gold medal at the National Magazine Awards that year, which helped me land an agent, and that piece eventually became the title essay of my essay collection. I love drag. Its trickier still when it comes to Quebec filmmakers. It takes time and money to develop writers and filmmakers, and it takes bold greenlighting decisions to birth projects that can cut through the noise. Its incredibly challenging to be a filmmaker in Canada where, other than in Quebec, we havent nurtured a culture that has audiences enthusiastic to support Canadian cinema. So how can I argue that Alanis matters as much now, at the end of this decade, as she did in the 90s? (The winner of the contest, by the way, got the chance to visit both spots on a special Deadpool tour. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. Though most identify her as a New Zealander, Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and spent the first four years of her life there, so its more than fair that we claim her as our own especially since it allows us to take pride in one of the greatest cinematic performances of the decade: Paquins in Kenneth Lonergans 2011 masterpiece Margaret. Anne T. Donahue is a writer, person and author of Nobody Cares: Essays, and her favourite song is Al Pacino's "Dunkaccino" commercial. But parallel to this momentous business-model transformation, Canadian films were busy solidifying their indisputable place in the arthouse world. He originated the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webbers 2010 musical Love Never Dies, and has played leading roles in the West End production of its long-running prequel, Phantom of the Opera. Furthering the lasting mark of Offreds dystopian nightmare, the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwoods novel cleaned up at the 2017 Emmys, earning trophies for outstanding drama series, supporting actress (drama), lead actress (drama) and writing (drama). Margaret Atwood concludes a dystopian trilogy with the release of MaddAddam. Industry heavyweights like DallasK (Fifth Harmony), Lauv (Charli XCX), Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele) and Jrgen Elofsson (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson) are on board to help Dion sound as cool as her newfound fashion sense, while not alienating her base (a tall order). And all three of those were shot in B.C. Back in 1998, Alanis gave us a song called That I Would Be Good, which became a mantra. Her ability to share so transparently and vulnerably about self-worth, confidence and self-image in our current culture one thats so obsessed with supposed perfection is revolutionary. Three of the five premiered in the 2010s: Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2. But much like Speed protagonist Jack Traven, Reeves kept a cool head. Thats nearly double the 38 we managed in the previous decade (though in terms of wins, its even, at 11 each) and representative of some incredible work both in front of the camera (including Christopher Plummer, who became the first Canadian male to win an acting Oscar in 64 years when he won for Beginners) and behind it (10 of those nominations came from the best production design category). Thats the bigger, think-ier and way more 2010s question that underpins the whole series. The Birdcage, Brokeback Mountain, The Imitation Game, Dallas Buyers Club and Philadelphia were all directed by straight men, while Modern Family and even Will & Grace definitely catered to straight audiences. It was such an easy song to like. It evoked emotions many of us hadnt felt since junior high and tapped into a nostalgia that ended up defining the decade in its own way. And after debuting at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, it found its way to the top of the charts and became Caras first top-five single (marking the beginning of her ascension through the pop ranks). (In unrelated news, space seems terrifying. Here are 10 Canadians who couldnt help but kill it on the Great White Way this decade. Tragedy strikes the Dion family, Team Cline and her global fandom. Queer Eyes Antoni Porowski talks about how much he loves TV host, author, restaurateur and Iron Chef America winner Chuck Hughes. The Handmaids Tale wins big at the Emmys. Even though her hosting the awards was a big deal, Oh acknowledged something important about representation: that change is excruciatingly slow. And the supernatural mystery of the plot ultimately crescendos into a finale thats pure horror and ecstasy all at once. Insiders are starting to take notes. lang and Sarah McLachlan were heralded as ceremonial triumphs. So, he invents a Bachelor-style reality show. True Blood, The Vampire Diaries: softbois with fangs were bloody everywhere and The Twilight Saga started the frenzy. Was he still controversial? From the outside, the museum is almost blinding. ; Elvis Stojko; Manitoba Sauce Cake; suburban Ottawa; and, of course, maple syrup and poutine. In the 2010s, it isnt that we earned the right to voice our opinion, stand up for our work and stop saying sorry its that we realized wed had that right all along. Though there are many, many examples Id be happy to vouch for (justice for the criminally underrated Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Night Before, please), the pinnacle of Rogens decade is his greatest collaboration with childhood BFF Evan Goldberg: 2013s This Is the End, which they wrote, directed, produced and acted in (though Goldberg just made a cameo). On Conversation with Alanis Morissette, she gives us access to some of the greatest minds in the worlds of wellness, healing and recovery. Tat was sweet. Hadestown begins its pre-Broadway run in Edmonton, Prior to earning 14 Tony nominations, Hadestown grew into itself at Edmontons Citadel Theatre, where the retelling of the Greek myth (in which Orpheus attempts to regain the favour of his love, Eurydice) was staged for three weeks in November 2017. Baroness von Sketch Shows Aurora Browne talks about how Tanya Talagas investigative book Seven Fallen Feathers opened her eyes to Thunder Bays past and present treatment of Indigenous communities. Crushingly, Richard Wagamese passed away in March of that year. She also went on to win the Juno Award for Aboriginal album of the year. Seven Tony Award nominations later, its still playing in Toronto, New York City and London, and notably surpassed The Drowsy Chaperones record to become the longest-running Canadian musical on Broadway in October 2018. Tatiana Maslany Height Weight Bra Size Body Measurements Age Facts. Plus, where the movies only scored Razzies, their soundtracks were winners. Its just bananas. Jan Versweyveld Starring Dolans muses Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clment as the mother and tutor of a troubled teen with violent tendencies (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), its Dolans magnum opus: hilarious, heartbreaking and extremely well acted. Most excitingly, the 2010s have seen a shift of consciousness that empowered Indigenous women to tell their own stories. Jean-Marc Valles Big Little Lies premieres. Both July Talk and Tagaq have more than proven their capacity to craft challenging, beautiful music and still reach the masses, and its about time they each get international recognition. CBC Artss own Peter Knegt honoured the milestone by lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, while the theatre kicked off its 40th year with a remount of Gertrude and Alice in which Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas are reimagined through the efforts of director Karin Randoja and performers/writers Evalyn Parry and Anna Chatterton. Here are a few of the many, many examples. She was choked, she says. Glass walls, etched in the pattern of a mashrabiya screen (a common feature in Arabic architecture), cast latticed shadows when the light is just right. He might not say it out loud, but the characters real KPI is friendship, and what, besides money, is a bigger motivation than the power of love? We met on the set of my very first acting job a film whose title Ill omit to spare us both the embarrassment and we played boyfriend and girlfriend. For anyone who doubted whether the CBCs Peter Mansbridge (or Uncle Peter, as he deserves to be called) would find his way into the Disney canon: how dare you/I wont forget it. Like Saskatoon before it, Calgary found itself on the Timess 52 places list in 2019, but the star attraction downtowns new Central Library has earned more than the sweet, sweet international attention of the Gray Lady. Schitt's Creek: Created by Dan Levy, Eugene Levy. Where theres a loophole, theres a way. The dream of the artists residency is that it can take you somewhere youve never been (while paying you). Well, anyone who tuned into the pilot on Jan. 13, 2015, TBH. typically makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. This year alone, Canadian female filmmakers Alexandra Lazarowich and Grace Glowicki won top prizes at Sundance and SXSW respectively. When architect Fumihiko Maki got the assignment to build North Americas first museum of Islamic art and culture, capturing the concept of light was apparently the brief. These can be observed from the filmmakers first features all the way to the largest American studio projects theyve worked on. (It was so intense, as you remember, that it was split into two sub-seasons and officially wrapped in the fall of 2013.) Geoffrey Jamess chilling look inside Kingston Pen opens 2 km away from the prison at Queens Universitys Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Geoffrey James Armed guard outside Tower 3 (TrpanierBaer Gallery). (Raves one woman after the show: Its so nothing in a way, but incredibly profound. Superheroes, reboots, blockbuster franchises: that was the 2000s. The record took risks, aligned itself with strange, unique visuals and featured lyrics that were introspective, angry and unafraid of what anybody might think. Martin is currently working on musical adaptations of The Princess Bride and Night at the Museum, a sequel to The Drowsy Chaperone, as well as the Netflix film adaptation of The Prom starring Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. Live from New York, its Saturday night! Chris James, banner years, dominating the Billboard charts, How 94 calls to action finally allowed Indigenous artists the space to cultivate a renaissance, Rachel McAdams gets an Oscar nomination for, 10 Canadians who should have been nominated for Oscars in the 2010s, another Canadian-directed film that doesnt need to be named, leading my former employer Indiewire to demand the Academy reconsider its rules, the first comic book movie ever to score a nomination, convinced him that Mansbridge was (is) the Canadian Walter Cronkite., William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill opted to close Videofag, Having hosted several hundred performances, more than 11 million fans who tuned in to join them, Asian-Canadian representation exploded on the world stage in the 2010sand that's a very big deal, you can catch it at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until Feb. 22, 2020, Stella Meghie breaks barriers with the major studio release of, In the 2010s, Stella Meghie proved that Canadian women of colour can take over Hollywood, debuted at No. Die Besetzungsangaben basieren auf unterschiedlichen Quellen und bieten insbesondere vor der Erstauffhrung keinerlei Garantie auf Vollstndigkeit oder Korrektheit. government was telling the arts community they wouldnt get as much funding if they didnt try harder to include us.) She graduated from Dr. Martin LeBoldus High school in 2003. And whats even cooler (to me) is that it was eventually used as a Jeopardy! Beck + Call, featuring celebrated throat singer Tanya Tagaq, helped cement their staying power on Canadas alternative charts. Before he was the internets darling, Reeves was just a beloved actor in his own right. Lorne Michaels debuts the 40th season of SNL. His work is ambitious and uncanny, and I find it terrifying and sort of brittle, like the first time you see one of those anatomy books in your uncles basement that has the layered pages that show you an increasingly flayed version of the human body. Thankfully, Page ended up being far from alone in his quest to try and make a difference through the work that he did. Frankly, Toronto should always be depicted as exactly this cool. Think of Ari Asters Hereditary and Midsommar both, incidentally, produced by A24, the same company that distributed The Witch. While there are artists who emerged from the wreckage of these schools, I mourn the loss of the artists who may have been if theyd had the support, and the Indigenous artistic movements that could have flourished if only Canada hadnt marked our nations for destruction. But on Nathans advice, she teams up with a psychic, and on a routine home inspection, the guy claims to sense a malevolent presence. She is credited for reinventing what was once a late career move into a lucrative and zeigeist-y affair (hello, Britney and Lady Gaga). This freaks me out. And his exhibit took full advantage of the interstitial state of the pavilion there was no roof, few walls and a definite feeling that the structure was about to take a new shape. This had a remarkable impact: once Indigenous artists were in charge of curating and editing Indigenous pieces once Indigenous art was allowed to be truly Indigenous the issue sold out completely and went into a second pressing. After wrapping her 16-year on/off Vegas gig this past June (a fact: the residency was only supposed to last three years), shes gone on to embark on a 50-plus city tour across North America in support of her new album, Courage, and win the affections of anyone with an affinity for couture fashion, eccentricity and stirring renditions of My Heart Will Go On (in other words, anybody with a pulse). Say hello to art, culture and a metric truckload of eye candy in our newsletter. I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. Alessia Caras debut single, released on both her debut EP Four Pink Walls and debut full-length Know-It-All, Here is a song about wanting to leave parties and the splendour of doing just that. But starting with The Witch in 2015, another trend emerged. On NFY, truth is a lie you have the confidence to believe. The painting is an indictment and in 2018, a reminder of the truth thats supposed to precede any reconciliation. Somewhere, Do They Know Its Christmas weeps. The series took home the Golden Globe for best television limited series and led to individual wins for stars Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgrd, as well as a plethora of Emmys. With each birth, Alanis experienced postpartum depression (PPD) and over the course of these 10 years, she has never shied away from publicly sharing those experiences and what shes learned in the hopes of helping other people in the same situation. Obviously, anyone with a beating heart prefers the latter, especially since with the release of her debut single in September, we were introduced to Mission, B.C.s pop heroine, who quickly rose to international stardom following the U.S. release of Call Me Maybe in 2012 thanks, blessedly, to the help of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who stumbled upon the track and made their own lip dub video. Soon after the show premiered at Panamania, the arts and culture festival attached to the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, rumours of its remarkable transmutation of grief into art spread far and wide. While the #MeToo movement served as a dramatic trigger in the latter portion of the 2010s, highlighting the desperate need women have to tell our own stories, the entire decade was an embarrassment of riches in terms of high-quality work made by Canadian women. This summer, I did a show called Dear Alanis, where I performed a stripped-down piano version of the song; I had never realized how devastating the lyric Just make sure you dont tell on me, especially to members of your family was until I sung it myself. So the work of Vancouver-based artist Kelly Richardson has always spoken to me. First trailer for Schitt's Creek star's new movie. So what happened to Tat in that decade between sets? And while the client (a moving company) was ultimately reluctant to use Nathans idea, the book he published for the episode The Movement: How I Got This Body by Never Going to the Gym in My Life was an Amazon bestseller. It felt like a chance to relive the 90s and the young generation of pop stars it produced (Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys), but under an updated, improved Canadian lens. (So dont ever let anyone tell you Canadian music is exclusively indie rock or dudes in plaid. On top of being the first person of Asian descent to host the awards, she was also the first person of Asian descent to win multiple Globes. With the decade coming to a close, I couldnt be prouder of this nation of queer artists and performers continuing to constantly push the boundaries of art and gender. A change.org petition to name Reeves Time magazines 2019 Person of the Year was launched midway through the year an honour that has previously been bestowed on Barack Obama and Pope John Paul II. You can make good money having people smoke here, he tells the owner. (Lets all go there. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava (who does not, to my knowledge, work for Stark Industries), both Azure and Designboom praised this downtown pedestrian/cyclist bridge as one of the worlds top architectural moments of 2012. Canadians played a major role in this critical turning point in Broadway history both onstage and off. She has a passion for romance and seems intrigued by the way it ignites vulnerability and inspires transformation. In a world where opinions on styles of drag were often clashing among scenes, we had a new great divider in Drag Race. And earlier this year, he starred alongside a slew of other queer actors in the Netflix reboot of Tales of the City, developed by lesbian writer Lauren Morelli. Understandably, it made a mark. Now finished, the temples curved wings fold together to create a dome of glass, marble and steel and it glows from within come nightfall. Cline, thank you for the moments of gold and the flashes of light. Through vivid storytelling at the hands of his gender-fluid, time-travelling alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Monkmans work used historical events to celebrate the resilience of Indigenous people despite the onslaught of colonialism. Featuring half of Hollywood including their fellow Canadians Jay Baruchel and Michael Cera the apocalypse-themed film is audacious, fearless and endlessly hilarious. It was only the latest of countless accolades for the Grammy-winning Waverley, N.S.-born singer, who has become a singular force in classical music, the rare soprano to also take on the male-dominated world of conducting (and yes, she sometimes does both at the same time). Dobson never quite reached the same echelon of stardom outside of Canada that these songs brought her here, but they remain carved into this decades Canadian pop consciousness. Tatiana Maslany, the star of "Orphan Black," talks about creating different body movements for the myrid of characters she plays and not getting a moment to reset between gear shifts. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. The commission gave 94 calls to action that would help Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada move toward reconciliation for these atrocities, and number 83 called on the Canada Council for the Arts to establish, as a funding priority, a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that contribute to the reconciliation process. The Canada Council for the Arts responded by creating the {Re}conciliation Initiative in 2015, which funded collaborative arts projects between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and communities. She also got a jump-start on 2016s mannequin challenge via the corresponding video, where she worked her way through a party chock-full of attendees standing completely still or, as I like to call it, an ideal party if I have to stay past nine. (This is hardly an exhaustive list, but 2019 alone saw the likes of Tales of the City, Pose, Schitts Creek, Vida, Killing Eve, The Politician, and of course, 100 or so editions of RuPauls Drag Race.) Since her television debut, shes been praised for her interview style and evolving approach to monologues, and now the only barrier left is for viewers like me to learn how to stay up until 1:35 a.m. More women than ever before win Governor Generals Literary Awards. What can you believe, period? Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany in Network. Although Reeves has never officially confirmed this story, it seems so Keanu-esque that we might as well believe it. Suddenly there were two groups of drag queens in the world: the ones who could get on TV, and the ones who couldnt or, more accurately in many circles, the ones who wanted to get on, and the ones who didnt. Breathtaking. A terrible business plan a literal joke can draw international publicity. As we enter the 2020s, one can only hope the best is yet to come. While the cast of Kims Convenience gives Canada a comedic look at one familys life, actor Manny Jacinto plays one of the many characters navigating the afterlife on the sitcom The Good Place. Catharsis, Im telling ya. Five days before turning 35, Dion opened A New Day, a live residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a specially built venue attached to Anglils natural habitat: a casino (he was a notorious poker player). But in the 2010s, Stella Meghie proved that it was indeed possible. pulled it off when a YouTube video called Pig rescues baby goat became an international sensation. Who knows how many times Canada has been referenced along the way at this point, but a 2019 episode co-written by Canadian Tim Long probably takes the cake for the most times weve been mentioned in a single shot. Follow the promenade at the bottom of the funicular, and youll reach a cantilevered lookout tower which stretches over the North Saskatchewan River.