January 2010
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Submit Your Music →
The GATE has officially opened the floodgates and is looking for – dare we say it – talented musicians. Starting immediately, we’re encouraging musicians, bands, and all those gifted singers out there to submit their work for a chance to be featured in a new weekly web series.
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Film Friday: 'Edge of Darkness' and 'When in Rome' →
Coming out this week at a theatre near you, Mel Gibson stars in the action thriller, Edge of Darkness, and Kristen Bell looks for a little love in the romantic comedy, When In Rome.
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“…I’m not going to make any more albums… I think we’re...”
– k-os, in an interview with MuchMusic at the LG Life’s Good FilmFest.
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Toronto: Win passes to 'From Paris With Love'
Last chance, Torontonians:
Maple Pictures and The GATE are giving away a stack of double passes to see director Pierre Morel’s new film, From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
The screening will take place in downtown Toronto on February 4th at 9:30 PM. Contest closes on Friday, January 29 at 12:00 PM and winners will be selected from a random draw. You must...
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“Salinger was the first writer I read about whom I made up my own mind about how...”
– Malcolm Jones, with a really nice Salinger piece (via newsweek)
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And you thought 'Avatar' was a big deal
Avatar’s box office take is pretty amazing, but how does it stand up to the all time box office if you adjust for inflation? According to Box Office Mojo James Cameron’s epic 3D film would only come in at #26. (Keep in mind this is based on U.S. domestic ticket sales.) The number one film is MGM’s epic Gone With The Wind.
Even more impressive though is looking at the estimated...
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The New iPad Looks Like a Big iPhone
The New York Times’ Bits Blog has been liveblogging the Apple unveiling of the Apple iPad.
Here’s what they had to say after it was first shown:
1:10 p.m. All of us use laptops and smartphones now. The question has arisen lately: is there room for a third category of device in the middle?
The new device will have to be far better than the laptop and smartphone at doing important...
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“[Ian Halperin’s book ‘Brangelina’] also suggests that the...”
– Christopher Heard from the article “Ian Halperin unravels ‘Brangelina’”
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DVD reviews: 'Invention Of Lying' and '50 Dead Men... →
New this week on DVD and Blu-ray, Ricky Gervais stars in the comedy The Invention Of Lying, Jim Sturgess plays a double-agent in the drama 50 Dead Men Walking, plus a look at Gamer, starring Gerard Butler, and Whiteout with Kate Beckinsale.
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Babes of Tumblr
Want a few more followers? The GATE is putting together our list of the hottest, cutest, and coolest babes of Tumblr and we’re looking for submissions.
It’s pretty simple - we’re looking for active Tumblrs who have a few nice photos of themselves. Only requirement is that you must be over 18 years old.
Submit a photo on our Tumblr submission page or head over to The GATE.
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'The Book of Eli' reads like post-apocalyptic... →
Today felt like a very long day, made all the longer by what I can only call an exasperating movie.
At 7:30 tonight I was at Warner’s public screening for The Book of Eli, which stars Denzel Washington as a religious wanderer with a crazy kung fu grip. The story falls under the usual “post-apocalyptic America” plot where a long-forgotten war has left the country, and most likely the world,...
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Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' no more
Damn. So, apparently ‘Spider-Man 4’ is toast. Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and all the gang won’t be back - or at least, that’s the way it looks right now. Sony’s new route with the project? Reboot it, of course.
Yeah, forget about it. Either bury it, or wait 10 years, but don’t try and reboot it already.
As I’ve said before though, a company like Sony...
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“This box is full of stuff that almost killed me.”
“What’s...”
– Jeremy Renner as bomb squad Staff Sergeant William James in ‘The Hurt Locker’
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Barenaked Ladies' "You Run Away"
Check out the latest song from The Barenaked Ladies, “You Run Away”. Looove it.
P.S. The audio player doesn’t work on the dashboard so either click the link above, or listen to the track on our page.
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Film Friday: 'Daybreakers' and 'Leap Year' →
Happy 2010, everyone, and welcome to a brand new year at the movies. New this week in theatres, Ethan Hawke stars as a remorseful vampire in the action-horror hybrid, ‘Daybreakers’. Also in theatres, Michael Cera stars in the adaptation of C. D. Payne’s famed novel, ‘Youth In Revolt’; while Amy Adams and Matthew Goode lead the romantic comedy, ‘Leap Year’.
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Obama better not postpone the 'Lost' premier →
I have a potentially sad update for the ‘Lost’ fans out there. Try not to get too upset just yet, but apparently President Barack Obama is planning another State of the Union address and one of the potential dates is… Thursday, February 2, the same day ‘Lost’ is set to have its final season premier.
Since the address could potentially be at the same time as...
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Ian Halperin unravels 'Brangelina' →
Montreal author Ian Halperin is back with a new book called ‘Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’, whichs delves into the lives lived behind the shiny, glossy image set forth by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Halperin has knocked his last two books out of the park – first with his fascinating look at the life of Cirque du Soleil creator Guy Laliberte and then...
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'The Final Destination' is one ridiculous ride →
Don’t judge me too harshly (I’m reviewing it after all), but I’m currently watching the hilariously awful ‘The Final Destination’ on Blu-ray, which reaches a whole new level of ridiculousness after the last three films. And yet somehow, I still have to admit, it’s pretty entertaining.
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Best of 2009
Currently I’m toiling away at my list of the best Blu-ray and DVD releases for 2009. It was really an incredible year for movies and re-releases onto Blu-ray. Having a hard time narrowing it down though, and deciding if I can somehow list them in some kind of order.
It’s safe to say though that ‘Gone With The Wind’, ‘District 9’, ‘Watchmen’ and...