Our favorite on-screen pregnant teen and upstart roller derby gals Ellen Page is taking a serious and possibly surprising turn in her next role.
The 23-year-old Nova Scotian will be playing a lesbian car mechanic in a film based on the Oscar-winning short documentary, “Freeheld,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The short doc won in 2008 and tells the story of “New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree, who’ll be played by Page, and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester, who both battled to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness,” THR reports.
The script is being written by Ron Nyswaner, who was nominated for an Oscar for writing “Philadelphia,” in which Tom Hanks played a gay lawyer who was fired by his conservative law firm after he was diagnosed with AIDS.
Hanks’ daring portrayal earned him his first Oscar win. Could Ellen’s be far behind?
Halifax native Sarah McLachlan turns 42 today, and what better way to celebrate than to showcase our five favorite videos from her nearly two-decade career?
Well, we’ll say these are our four favorites of all time, and her new theme for the 2010 Winter Olympics, “One Dream,” which is growing on us in that epic, sports-montage-of-dreams-coming-true kind of way.
This is going to be a big year for our favorite mystery builder, starting with the aforementioned Olympics theme and continuing with a Lilith Fair revival that will feature some old favorites and new acts this summer.http://canadianoftheweek.com/tag/lilith-fair/
After an 11-year absence, Lilith Fair is back — and we can thank Halifax, Nova Scotia’s own Sarah McLachlan.
We mentioned “Sarah’s” appearance on “Saturday Night Live” earlier this week — and she’s such a good sport she Tweeted a link to the video that pokes some fun at Sarah’s ASPCA commercials — but she earns slightly belated Canadian of the Week honors from bringing back girl power with Lilith Fair 2010, and for kicking off a contest for local female singers across the United States to get a chance to perform on the tour.
The announcement of Lilith Fair 2010 was made on Oct. 27, but none of the acts were announced at the time, and we’re still waiting for word on who will join Sarah on stage this time around. The tour, which, the story goes, McLachlan started after being frustrated by concert promoters and radio stations that were unwilling to play two female acts back to back. She took that motivation and booked a tour with Paula Cole. The next year, Lilith Fair was born and in its three years it drew more than 1.5 million fans and raised more than $10 million for women’s charities.
The tour’s three years included artists such as Sheryl Crow, Erykah Bady, The Dixie Chicks, Missy Elliot, The Pretenders, Nelly Furtado, Jewel, Queen Latifah, Indigo Girls and McLachlan, the only artist to play every date of every year.
What do you think about Lilith Fair’s return? Which new female acts would you like to see included? Comment below!
With all the fanfare about Taylor Swift, Kanye West and “Twilight,” it was easy to miss a bit of Canadian representation during the recent episode of “Saturday Night Live.” But “SNL” had a bit of fun with Halifax, Nova Scotia’s own Sarah McLachlan, who “visited” the Weekend Update news segment to talk about the return of Lilith Fair but her agenda quickly turned into a chance to make a little light of her famously heart-wrenching ASPCA ads.
Our favorite on-screen pregnant teen and upstart roller derby gals Ellen Page is taking a serious and possibly surprising turn in her next role.
After an 11-year absence, Lilith Fair is back — and we can thank Halifax, Nova Scotia’s own Sarah McLachlan.
With all the fanfare about Taylor Swift, Kanye West and “Twilight,” it was easy to miss a bit of Canadian representation during the recent episode of “Saturday Night Live.” But “SNL” had a bit of fun with Halifax, Nova Scotia’s own Sarah McLachlan, who “visited” the Weekend Update news segment to talk about the return of 
