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Who’s afraid of Miley Cyrus?
Miley Cyrus visited Canada to protest the wolf cull and riled up the B.C. premier. But why do people get so annoyed at celebrities with causes?
Scott Feschuk’s best celebrity sandwich recipes of 2014
In which the year’s biggest personalities make a PB&J sandwich in their own special way
Writing the stars: 28 years covering showbiz
Brian D. Johnson on the nature of celebrity from Meryl to the Bieb
How 8 prominent Canadian couples met
1. Authors Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson: Atwood had just been passed over for the Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1970 when she attended a party for another slighted poet, Milton Acorn, at Grossman’s Tavern in Toronto. Acorn received the first People’s Poet award that night from supportive peers—including Atwood and Graeme Gibson. Gibson was another loser that year, in the fiction category, and Atwood reportedly said to him, “I thought your book should have won the Governor General’s Award.” In the ensuing years, he would photograph and interview her; they became lovers and partners after his marriage to Shirley Gibson had ended.
Arrested Development’s elephant in the room
Jessica Allen on what’s shaping up to be Hollywood’s new standard of beauty
6 of Canada’s richest celebrities
James Cameron is the King of the World, when it comes to money and fame
Ryan Gosling attended McMaster convocation
Why was the Oscar-nominated actor there?
Oprah reclaims top spot on Forbes Celebrity Power List
Twilight Star Robert Pattinson makes his debut
Is the Prime Minister turning into a giddy celebrity hound?
How Stephen Harper ended up hobnobbing with the world’s megastars