Articles by Alex Hudson

Barbenheimer Is Coming Back to Canadian Theatres

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

Remember Barbenheimer? Damn, that was fun! The big cinematic event of 2023 is coming back, as Cineplex has announced plans to bring back...

Ingrid Andress Checks into Rehab, Says She Was Drunk for MLB National Anthem

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

Cursive singing is the trend that simply refuses to die. Two decades on from CocoRosie, weird vowel sounds are still absolutely everywhere...

Future Star's Nostalgia Hits Home on 'It's About Time!'

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PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

For reasons that are difficult for me to fully articulate, there's something so quintessentially Vancouver about Future Star, whose...

Edmonton's JONNY Goes Widescreen on "I Guess I Forgot How to Dream"

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

Prolific Edmonton songwriter and producer Jonny Dylan Hughes (a.k.a. BRANCHES, JDH, DJ SLOWSTART) has released his latest single as JONNY...

Low's Alan Sparhawk Goes Solo for 'White Roses, My God,' Shares "Can U Hear" Video

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

Following the tragic death of Low's Mimi Parker in 2022, her husband and bandmate Alan Sparhawk has announced his debut solo album...

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Is Becoming a Global Anti-Canada Anthem

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" has emerged as something of an anti-Canada anthem. It dealt the knockout blow in Kendrick's feud with Drake...

Seth Meyers Hates the 'Lord of the Rings' Movies, Thinks Everyone Should Watch 'In Bruges' Instead

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

More than 20 years later, it's still a touchy subject: is Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy too long, or is it just right?...

Conan O'Brien Explains How 'SCTV' "Had All These Levels That 'SNL' Could Never Have"

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

Conan O'Brien sure loves Canada. He fantasizes about his ghost haunting Toronto because of how much we enjoy comedy — and now he's...