My Entertainment World

The Toronto Screenwriting Conference (TSC) is a yearly event that brings together professional screenwriters from across Canada and the US for a weekend of networking, workshops and lectures covering topics from “Maximizing Your Software with Final Draft” to “The ‘Unlikeable’ Female Protagonist” to “Breaking into Video Game Writing”. Founded by Canad...

Nico Tortorella is the resident hot guy on TVLand’s winning comedy Younger . He’s cool, he’s charming, his character Josh owns a tattoo parlour called “Inkburg” and spends most of his time worrying that he falls in love too easily and fending off the advances of basically everyone in Brooklyn. Josh is sensitive and kind despite his bro-y demeanour but he’s ultim...

At the ATX Television Festival, we got the chance to talk to lots of great TV-makers. One of our favourite experiences was with the people who make Genius for National Geographic. The anthology show is wrapping up its Picasso season tonight and the team is about to embark on their third go-round, this time exploring the world of groundbreaking novelist Mary Shelley. For the first of two Live at AT...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s  IV  &  VI  only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series, I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have guests lined...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s IV & VI only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series , I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have gue...

Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   When you see upwards of 200 plays a year, it feels like a godsend when a company comes along that you can rely on to always make good theatre. That’s Unit 102 Actor’s Company for me. Since I first tuned into them in early 2015, they haven’t put up a sing...

Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   32 Short Sketches About Bees was one of the great delights of the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. Half of the twice-previously-nominated sketch troupe Dame Judy Dench (Jessica Greco, Chris Leveille, and Shannon Lahaie) teamed up with other great sketch/imp...

The 2018 Oscars are just days away and, whether you’re a hardcore prognosticator who’s seen every movie on the list or a workaholic who lives under a rock and hasn’t managed to see anything, we’ve got you covered. To look back on the awesomeness that was 2017 and make some predictions about who’s going to take home the biggest prize of the year, I turned once again to Clay Keller, one of our contr...

Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   Squad Goals is the ultimate all-star female improv troupe. Assembled by Sarah Hillier with the sole criteria of ‘get the best of the best’, Squad Goals is basically the definition of its name- a group of smart, awesome, hilarious women you&#8...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s IV & VI only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series, I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have gues...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s IV & VI only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series, I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have gues...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s IV & VI only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series, I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have gues...

With the help of some of the best and brightest Shakespeare fans in the world, we’re diving deep into 38 plays in 35 episodes ( Henry s IV & VI only get one episode a piece; sorry, Bill). In every episode of The Shakespeare Series, I’ll be joined by a different guest (or guests) to discuss a different play in the canon- from the big picture to the tiniest nerdy detail. We have gues...

American Football season kicks off tonight with the Chiefs vs. the Patriots. To get you ready for the season, we’ve assembled a great panel of sports enthusiasts; not statisticians and historians but rather just good old fashioned football fans- all of them artists because that’s who we know- to talk about everything from why the Pats are so dominant to the state of the sport in terms...

Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   This is our third audio interview of the year and the reason it’s audio really comes down to the fact that playwright/ Outstanding Solo Performance nominee Thomas McKechnie and Outstanding Direction nominee Michael Reinhart wanted to come in together to talk abou...

After an off-season the seemed to stretch for millennia, Blue Jays Baseball is back with the Toronto Home Opener set for this coming Tuesday at the SkyDome (Rogers Centre, but SkyDome). After three games on the road, our boys are sitting in last place in the ALE with an uncomfortable 1-2 record but a rough start just makes ultimate triumph that much sweeter, right? *nervous laughter*   Everyt...

Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   Daren A. Herbert is a two-time MyTheatre Award winner for his musical work with Acting Up Stage Company (now The Musical Stage Company). He took home 2011’s Outstanding Supporting Actor trophy for his performance in Jason Robert Brown’s Parade (co-produced...

The Oscars are this Sunday and are sure to be full of political fireworks and upset victories (or maybe predictable landslides, we’ll see). In anticipation of the 89th Academy Awards, I decided a preview podcast was in order. None of our staff writers have seen the full slate of films this year so I found myself on the hunt for a guest host who would have interesting insights into what might...

Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards , we’re proud to present our annual  Nominee Interview Series .   We’re doing most of our interviews in person this year (as evidenced by the branded portraits). Talking in person means we get to adjust on the fly, ask follow-up questions, dive deeper and have more of a recognizable human conversation with the interview subject...

I had so much fun recording last year’s Force Awakens podcast with my Star Wars -obsessed friend Andrew Patti that I invited him back to talk Rogue One . Just a few hours before recording, we learned of the passing of Carrie Fisher, an icon in so many ways but mostly an icon of the Star Wars universe. We attempt to pay her tribute but it isn’t close to enough. I do think, though, that...

The  My Entertainment World Podcast  is back with an all-new episode dissecting the trailer for the latest instalment of the X-Men film franchise. Coming to theatres on March 3rd, Logan promises to be a low-fi, character-driven solo adventure for Wolverine. It’s also likely to be the last appearance of Hugh Jackman in the role he’s played for nearly 20 years, arguably the defining perf...

We’re back with another episode of the My Entertainment World Podcast , this one all about Canada’s first-ever Bachelorette . To help me sort out the good (Kyle!), the bad (Drew) and the ugly (Drew’s soul) of Jasmine’s search for love, I recruited Soulpepper actress Katherine Gauthier whose regular schedule of Ibsen and Molière is well balanced by plenty of reality TV. Gear...

“Successful” Canadian comedians Colin Munch and Chris Wilson discuss the season premiere of Season 28 of The Simpsons , how weird The Simpsons is now, what shows are similar to but better than The Simpsons , and how old they are/feel. Colin Munch can be found on Twitter @ColinMunch and Instagram @ceemunch , he writes the weekly video game column ‘Skinner Box Storytelling’ f...

The MyEntertainmentWorld Podcast returns with its first theatre-centric episode. Managing Editor Kelly is joined by the editor of MyTheatre’s New York branch Theresa Perkins to discuss the just-announced Tony Award nominations. Hamilton ‘s domination (a record breaking 16 nods!), the show’s legacy, diversity on the stage vs. the screen, the best of Broadway’s non-musical pr...

It’s been almost a month since Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit theatres and the money just keeps rolling in. The film made a billion dollars in its first 12 days and is set to overtake Titanic to become the second-highest grossing film of all time.   More importantly, though, it’s actually a good movie! Well, it’s a pretty good movie. A noteworthy movie, in any case.  ...