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Summer of Change Your Mind: Day 3

Editor’s note: Canadian of the Week has taken on the task of joining two massive and seemingly destined musical forces: “Glee” and Bryan Adams. The Kingston, Ont., native reportedly is the last major holdout among pop artists who have been asked to make their music available to the show. Can we make it happen? You can’t tell us it’s not worth fighting for. We can’t help it — there’s nothing we want more. Thus, this is the “Summer of Change Your Mind.”

It’s Day 3 of the “Summer of Change Your Mind” and it might be time to consider a new campaign name.

As we told you almost immediately after the first “Summer of Change Your Mind” post was published, Bryan Adams tweeted back in March that he’d never been contacted by the show.

And last night, Bryan took to Twitter again, and it appears we’ve ignited an all-out Twitter battle. Here is what Bryan posted last night:

“Message to Ryan Murphy / Glee: Please stop telling the press I rejected your show, when we’ve NEVER spoken. Be polite and pick up the phone.”

There you have it. The Twitter feud rages in true Canadian style, with a plea for politeness and an invitation to chat via telephone.

For starters, Canadian of the Week is going to choose to believe last night’s tweet was in response to the “Summer of Change Your Mind” campaign for two reasons.

1. Because Ryan Murphy’s quote about Bryan Adams’ alleged rejection came out last night and we’re pretty much the only site still talking about it, including a tweet from our @canadiansrule account Wednesday afternoon that mentioned @BryanAdams.

2. Because it makes us feel good.

So, it appears this could all just be a big misunderstanding. Adams clearly feels like “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy has been a bit reckless in his comments to the media. Let’s hope this hasn’t triggered any bad blood, because if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that we’d love to see Bryan’s songs performed by the “Glee” kids, and that’s what this is really all about.

Because, Bryan, the only thing that looks good on ‘Glee’ is you.

Could this be a moment to stop and consider a new name for the “Summer of Change Your Mind”? Perhaps not. It wouldn’t bode well, and we can’t stop this thing we started. But one possibility could be the “Summer of Who’s Been Lyin’?”

For our part, Canadian of the Week is leaning toward Team Bryan on this one, but we can’t think of a reason why Ryan Murphy would have pulled Bryan’s name out of the clear blue sky if there had never been an attempt to connect in the first place. Of course, this could be a case of someone’s “people” talked to someone else’s “people” and the message never got all the way to Bryan, himself.

We’re still trying to figure this thing out. Another update tomorrow…

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Axl, Montreal Together Again?

Axlrose595Board up les windows, Montreal.

Guns n Roses are heading back to town — sort of.

For the first time since inciting a riot back in 1992, Axl Rose is scheduled to take the stage at the Bell Centre on Jan. 27 as part of a 13-city Canadian tour. The word “scheduled” was chosen carefully, given the way things ended up last time.

A lot has changed in 17 years — although GNR has released just one new studio album in that time. Rose is pretty much flying solo these days, leading many to denounce his current lineup as something of a fraud. He’s also likely a bit hard up for cash, though it’s probably wishful thinking to expect that as his funds have dwindled, his humility has increased proportionally.

“I doubt it’s going to be a good show,” said Philippe Renaud, music critic for La Presse, in a story in Canada’s National Post. “But Axl Rose will make sure to be there. He’s getting old, and he needs the money.”


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‘Twilight’ Brood Shuts Out Canada

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Isn’t it just like a roving pack of vampires to suck up all the good stuff and slink away under the cover of night?

After spending months filming in the greater Vancouver area, there will be no “Twilight” love shown in Canada when the stars of the saga du jour set out on a 15-date mall tour to promote the second film in the series, “New Moon.”

The mall tour, which is certain to feature many a screaming teenage girl, starts in Los Angeles on Nov. 6 and concludes in New York on Nov. 19, but a stop in Seattle is the closest Canadians will get to the pack of vampires who will be roving North America (but apparently not all of it).

The tour might be a bit of a farce, anyway. The big trio (pictured above) — and, really, that’s who everyone wants to see — might not even be there. Details are sketchy, though. Find out more here.

Maybe this is the thanks Canada gets after the cast was hunted by “vultures” and “rogue tourists” while filming in and around Vancouver.


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Canadian of the Week: Paul Haggis

Paul Haggis (Photo by David Shankbone)

Paul Haggis (Photo by David Shankbone)

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and now you have Canadian-born, Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis cutting ties with the Church of Scientology.

Haggis took the bold step — and by “bold,” we mean he wrote a letter he thought was private and it found its way onto a Scientology-bashing blog — of lambasting the Church of Scientology.

The notoriously secretive yet high-profile religion landed squarely in the spotlight this week as Haggis blasted one of its leaders, Tommy Davis, for not taking a stand against a San Diego branch that backed California’s Proposition 8, an anti-gay-rights measure that voters approved last year. He also claimed that Davis lied about the Church’s so-called “disconnection” policy, which calls for members to sever ties with friends or family members who denounce or hold an antagonistic position toward the Church.

See Haggis’ full letter here.

Haggis was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and his writing credits include “The Facts of Life” and “Crash,” which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2006.


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