Strawberry Fields Forever

Doesn't matter what time of year it is, you will always find people from all over the world who have come to pay their respects and to remember...

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one

The 2012 Oscar Nominations

The Hollywood award season continued today with the announcement of the nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards.

I think there were a few surprises, but looking over the nominees here, I think they went pretty much as expected...at least how I expected anyways. I now have 33 days to get all caught up on the nominated films that I have yet to see. Last year, I didn't see The King's Speech until the afternoon of the Oscars! Hopefully, I won't cut it as close this year! 

The Nominees are:

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demián Bichir - A Better Life 

George Clooney - The Descendants 

Jean Dujardin - The Artist 

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn 

Jonah Hill - Moneyball 

Nick Nolte - Warrior 

Christopher Plummer - Beginners 

Maxvon Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Rooney Mara -The Girl with th e Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots

Rango

DIRECTING
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Descendants - Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Hugo - Screenplay by John Logan
The Ides of March - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Artist - Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call - Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris - Written by Woody Allen
A Separation - Written by Asghar Farhadi

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo - Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Hugo - Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
Real Steel - Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

As always, a full list of nominees can be found on Oscar.com 

The 84th Academy Awards will be held on February 26th on abc.

2012 People's Choice Awards Recap

I like lighthearted award shows, and that's exactly what the People's Choice Awards are. It doesn't take itself too seriously. 

Things I liked from last night: 

• I think choosing Kaley Cuoco as the host was a great idea! She's funny, beaming with confidence and absolutely gorgeous! I liked the Big Bang Theory opening scene. 
• Neil Patrick Harris being part of the live opening; all ready to go with a song and dance number complete with a tearaway tux! Too bad Kaley had him dragged away by "security" lol! 
• The Bridesmaids acceptance speech! Breaking out into "Hold On" was awesome...as was thanking CVS Pharmacy for some reason? 
• Everything Betty White! I heart her so much. Can't believe she's 90 this week! Congrats to Hot in Cleveland for winning Fave Comedy on Cable. 
• Morgan Freeman accepting his Icon award. Short and sweet.
• Emma Stone being all cute and tongue tied accepting her 2 well deserved awards! But did they seriously have to give her the count down so quickly? 
• Nathan Fillion winning Fave TV Drama Actor! His speech was brilliant! Looking at the Twitter feeds, people were either happy he won or literally crying and cursing that Ian Somerhalder didn't win. I am also happy that Castle won Fave TV Crime Drama!
• Jane Lynch as the Seat Coordinator.
• Something not seen on TV; Miley Cyrus being sneaky and taking over the @peopleschoice Twitter with this tweet: "its miley! i just found a computer with this account open haha! =]]] im hacking PCA bout to watch my boo go on stage xx love yall"
• How I Met your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris & 2 Broke Girls all winning awards! 

Things that I didn't like so much: 

• Adam's Sandler's acceptance speech. Good effort, and I laughed a couple of times, BUT it went on way too long, and I don't think it was as deserved as others in his category of Fave Comedic Movie Actor. 
• Demi Lovato's performance was...horrendous. I do admire her for being a good role model for young girls and being brave enough to share her struggles. Just not a good performance last night. Faith Hill's wasn't all that spectacular either. 
• A lot of the banter between the presenters. Sharon O and Cuba Gooding Jr. being the worst.
• Revenge not winning Fave New TV Drama.
• Finally, not enough celebs were present at the show and not enough awards were given out during the live 2 hour broadcast.

A full list of winners can be found here on the People's Choice Awards site. 

Congrats to all of the winners! 
 

Walk Off the Earth's Cover of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Goes Viral!

This right here is another example of the power of social media! 

Ever heard of the band "Walk Off the Earth"? I hadn't until this YouTube video of the Burlington Ontario band doing a cover of Gotye's song "Somebody That I Used to Know" went viral this past weekend. 

On Saturday Russell Crowe tweeted: "Check out Walk Off the Earth's cover of Somebody I used to know. Brilliant"...and now they have over 4.5 million views on YouTube! They have made news in North America, Germany, the UK and Australia and they were even featured on Good Morning America today! 

Check out the video below! It's pretty incredible! 

My Fave Viral Video of 2011

These twins are so freaking cute! This vid can always put a smile on my face! 

Regis Philbin: How I Got This Way

Just the other day, I made a dream of mine come true: I met the one and only Regis Philbin. He was in town promoting his new book, "How I Got This Way". I waited in line for hours (was 4th in line) and had some good conversations with other Regis fans. I guess it's not surprising that I was most definitely one of the youngest people there. He was so warm and gracious. I am so happy the experience was everything I had hoped it would be. In fact, it was more than I had hoped it would be! 

Go out and pick up a copy of "How I Got This Way" today! 


xoxo

Michael Stagliano: Find You

Photo courtesy of The Stirling Room 

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Bachelor Pad 2 hotties Michael Stagliano and Graham Bunn at The Stirling Room in Toronto. I didn't have long with them of course, but it was a lot of fun. 

The next day Michael did an Acoustic set at the Drake Underground, which I was sadly not able to attend. Lucky for me he posted a video on YouTube from the show!!! Here is one of his songs titled "Find You". Give it a look, its just beautiful! 

PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive is Bradley Cooper!

Heck yes! Bradley Cooper has been named this years "Sexiest Man Alive" by PEOPLE magazine!!! He just might be the only dude on the planet that I think is sexier with a little facial hair! 

Other Hollywood hunks making the list this year? Ryan Gosling, Liam Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Tim McGraw, Justin Theroux and many more! Check out all of the sexiness in this issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now!

Photo from people.com

WhosArmy Wins Cover Me Canada!

I know I'm a little late, but a HUGE congrats goes out to WhosArmy for winning Cover Me Canada this past Sunday! I've been a fan of these guys for a few years now, so I'm pretty proud to say the least! I wish them much success! 

Here is a video of their song "Alive". 



And this one is a personal fave: Hallelujah


Go to iTunes to download their single "Alive"! 

xoxo

2012 People's Choice Awards Nominations

On January 11, 2012 catch the People's Choice Awards hosted by the fabulous and funny Kaley Cuoco! 

My personal faves will be highlighted...and I may pick more than one :)

And the nominees are...

Favorite Movie 

• Bridesmaids
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Help
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Favorite Movie Actor 

• Daniel Radcliffe
• Hugh Jackman
• Johnny Depp
• Robert Pattinson
• Ryan Reynolds

Favorite Movie Actress 

• Anne Hathaway
• Emma Stone
• Jennifer Aniston
• Julia Roberts
• Reese Witherspoon

Favorite Movie Icon

• George Clooney
• Harrison Ford
• Morgan Freeman
• Robert DeNiro
• Tom Hanks

 Favorite Action Movie 

• Fast Five
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Thor
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• X-Men: First Class

Favorite Action Movie Star

• Hugh Jackman
• Ryan Reynolds
• Shia LaBeouf
• Taylor Lautner
• Vin Diesel

Favorite Drama Movie

• The Adjustment Bureau
• The Help
• Limitless
• Moneyball
• Water for Elephants

Favorite Comedy Movie 

• Bad Teacher
• Bridesmaids
• Crazy Stupid Love
• Friends With Benefits
• The Hangover Part II

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor 

• Adam Sandler
• Ashton Kutcher
• Bradley Cooper
• Ryan Reynolds
• Steve Carell

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

• Cameron Diaz
• Emma Stone
• Jennifer Aniston
• Mila Kunis
• Natalie Portman

Favorite Movie Star Under 25

• Chloe Moretz
• Daniel Radcliffe
• Emma Watson
• Rupert Grint
• Tom Felton

Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast 

• Bridesmaids
• The Hangover Part II
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• X-Men: First Class

Favorite Network TV Drama

• The Good Wife
• Grey's Anatomy
• House
• Supernatural
• The Vampire Diaries

Favorite TV Drama Actor

• David Boreanz
• Hugh Laurie
• Ian Somerhalder
• Nathan Fillion
• Patrick Dempsey

Favorite TV Drama Actress 

• Blake Lively
• Ellen Pompeo
• Emily Deschanel
• Eva Longoria
• Nina Dobrev

Favorite Network TV Comedy

• The Big Bang Theory
• Glee
• How I Met Your Mother
• Modern Family
• Two and a Half Men

Favorite TV Comedy Actor 

• Alec Baldwin
• Chris Colfer
• Cory Monteith
• Jim Parsons
• Neil Patrick Harris

Favorite TV Comedy Actress

• Courteney Cox
• Jane Lynch
• Kaley Cuoco
• Lea Michele
• Tina Fey

Favorite TV Crime Drama 

• Bones
• Criminal Minds
• Castle
• CSI
• NCIS

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

• Fringe
• Supernatural
• True Blood
• The Vampire Diaries
• The Walking Dead

Favorite New TV Drama 

• A Gifted Man
• Grimm
• Hart of Dixie
• Once Upon A Time
• Pan Am
• Person of Interest
• Prime Suspect
• Revenge
• Ringer
• The Secret Circle
• Terra Nova
• Unforgettable

Favorite New TV Comedy

• 2 Broke Girls
• Allen Gregory
• Last Man Standing
• Man Up!
• New Girl
• Suburgatory
• Up All Night
• Whitney

Favorite Male Artist 

• Blake Shelton
• Bruno Mars
• Eminem
• Enrique Iglesias
• Justin Bieber

Favorite Female Artist 

• Adele
• Beyoncé
• Katy Perry
• Lady Gaga
• Taylor Swift

Favorite Song Of The Year 

• The Edge Of Glory
  Lady Gaga
• E.T
  Katy Perry featuring Kanye West
• Moves Like Jagger
  Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
• Party Rock Anthem
  LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennet & GoonRock
• Rolling in the Deep
  Adele

Favorite Album Of The Year

• 21
  Adele
• 4
  Beyoncé
• Born This Way
  Lady Gaga
• Femme Fatale
  Britney Spears
• Own The Night
  Lady Antebellum

Favorite Band 

• Coldplay
• Foo Fighters
• Linkin Park
• Maroon 5
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite Tour Headliner 

• Bon Jovi
• Katy Perry
• Taylor Swift
• U2
• Usher

For a complete list of nominees, and to VOTE visit PeoplesChoice.Com 

Vote for Whosarmy on Cover Me Canada

Check out Whosarmy performing "These Eyes" by The Guess Who on Cover Me Canada last night!




VOTE HERE!

Queen with Adam Lambert at the EMAs

This is amazing!!!

David French: Writing Home

Attention all Canadian Theatre lovers out there! 

Canada's National Arts Centre in association with Theatre Museum Canada is presenting a retrospective exhibit of one of Canada's most prominent Playwrights, my great uncle, David French (1939-2010). This exhibit is running now through November 6th along with the production of Salt Water Moon. If you would like tickets, you had better act fast because last time I checked it was almost entirely sold out! 

A little info about the exhibit as seen on the NAC website: "Focusing on his five semi-autobiographical plays about the fictional Mercer family of Newfoundland, the exhibit combines rare artifacts, images and text to examine the history of French’s darkly humorous slice-of-life dramas, and his far-reaching influence in the development of English Canadian theatre"  

If you can't make it all the way to Ottawa to check out the exhibit, you can check out an online version by clicking here.

From what I know about my great uncle, he really had no idea what an impact he had on Canadian Theatre, and just how respected and loved he was. I think he would absolutely love this! 

I'll be heading to Ottawa in a few weeks to check this out in person. I can't wait! 

Its Season Finale Time!

May Sweeps is here, so I've put together a list of when all your favorite TV shows say goodbye to us until the Fall. I'm a little behind as some finales have already aired, but there's tons more to come! 

May 12th 

CSI

Community 

Nikita  

May 15th 

Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Desperate Housewives - 2 Hours 

Survivor 

May 16th

How I Met Your Mother 

90210 (or catch it on Global May 20th)

Gossip Girl

Mad Love

Mike & Molly

Castle 

May 17th 

Raising Hope 

One Tree Hill

Hellcats

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

May 18th

Criminal Minds

Law & Order: SVU  

Breaking In

America's Next Top Model 

May 19th 
Big Bang Theory 
Rules of Engagement 
Grey's 
The Mentalist 
Parks and Recreation 
Private Practice 
The Office 

May 21st

SNL

May 22nd 

Celebrity Apprentice

May 23rd

House

The Event

May 24th

Biggest Loser 

American Idol: Pt 1 

Dancing With The Stars 

Glee 

May 25th

American Idol: Pt 2

Modern Family 

Cougar Town 

The Middle

(For the life of me I can't get May 19th to change to Blue...kinda funny that May 19th is my Bday and Pink is my colour...just sayin')

Wanna Meet Shania Twain?

My idol, the stunningly beautiful Shania Twain will be signing copies of her autobiography "From This Moment On", on May 9th at the Indigo Manulife Centre in Toronto at 7pm. 
For more information you can visit their website at: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/storeevents/

Britney Spears 'Till The World Ends' Video Premiere

Britney is looking HOT in this video! 

My Music Picks: Foster the People & Young the Giant

I am completely in love with these two bands and the current singles. It just so happens that both bands were in town this week, and I missed them! I reallllly need to get my ass back down to Toronto ASAP!

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks


Young the Giant - My Body

 

New Hangover Part ll Trailer!

Now I am officially excited for this movie!!!

Juno Performers Update

It was announced today that Tokyo Police Club will be the final performance of the 2011 Juno Awards! Heck yes! That should be awesome! Also making news is that Serena Ryder along with Barenaked Ladies member Kevin Hearn have been added to the 40th Anniversary tribute performance. Unfortunately, Garth Hudson had to drop out due to illness. One other piece of info that was announced today is that Juno nominated Chilly Gonzales will make a special appearance with host Drake during the show! Sunday can't come soon enough!

CMW Day 4

Where: Supermarket

When: Saturday March 12th

Who: Nikki Lang

Genre: Pop/Alternative Country

I went into the Supermarket for the 8pm set on day 4 of CMW and was blown away by the big voice coming from the petite girl up on stage. Her name was Nikki Lang, an LA based singer-songwriter. Aside from her amazing voice, I loved her songs as they always tell a story. Her stories. Two of my favorite tunes were "Lost Angeles" and "Monster". I was a little bummed those songs were not included on her 5 song album titled "Feel Better". Nonetheless "Feel Better" is awesome and is available for download on itunes.

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9pm
Who: Morgan Cameron Ross

Genre: Folk Pop

I don't know how many more good things I can say about Morgan. I've been supporting him and his music for so many years now that I've lost count. I look forward to every time I see him live whether he's with his band Birds of Wales or if he's doing his solo thing, like tonight. I have to say though, this was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time, which is great considering he had very limited time to practice with this new band. Like I told him, you would never have known. His band members that night really added to the show, all super talented. Mike Slute took over the vocals on what is Holly McNarland's part in one of his songs, and I was just blown away! Also, I'm not gonna lie all the musicians up on that stage were rather handsome! Can't wait until the next show!
Morgan Cameron Ross' debut solo album will be available May 3rd!

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10pm
Who: Pat Robitaille

Genre: Folk Pop Rock

I was just about ready to leave the Supermarket....until Pat Robitaille started to play. I had no idea who this guy was but man does he have some serious talent. The sound was amazing that evening and his voice just filled the room! He brought a band up on stage with him for several songs, but admittedly he was new to having a band, and it was a little awkward at times. Checking out his bio, I see that by 24 he has released 4 full length albums and countless EPs and has opened for bands like The Beach Boys, Gordon Lightfoot, The Tragically Hip, Peter Frampton & Matthew Good. Amazing! I think I'll be checking out this guy live again sometime.

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My final thoughts:

You know, this is what I love about CMW. I went to the Supermarket to see Morgan Cameron Ross and came out a fan of both Nikki Lang and Pat Robitaille. Showcases like these are the best way to expose you to musicians you may never have crossed paths with otherwise. I couldn't be happier with how CMW 2011 ended. What a great night!

Sammy Hagar CMW Keynote

Last Saturday afternoon during Canadian Music Week, I had an awesome couple hours of being able to listen to some music legends speak at the Fairmont Royal York. After an hour plus of Melissa Etheridge (see my post below) it was Sammy Hagar's turn. The Red Rocker.

The first thing I noticed about him was how friendly he comes across. I guess I was a little surprised, but at the same time I had heard only good things about him from people I know who have met him. Just like Melissa, Sammy was very open, honest and funny. It was a fantastic interview.

Things I took away from this interview:

1) He made me want to go and listen to some Van Halen

2) Talked so highly about his Cabo Wabo Tequila that I actually wanted to try it. (As if that's gonna happen though! haha)

3) I decided that I'm gonna go to "Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill" in the Las Vegas airport next time I'm there. All profit made is donated to a local charity. He has other locations across the country.

4) I learned that "Chickenfoot IV" is in the works with his fellow band members, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, solo guitarist Joe Satriani, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith. They are currently shopping around for a record deal.

5) "Chickenfoot IV" came about after they decided that they were just going to skip over numbers 2 and 3 as those numbers just weren't working for them. 4 just seemed to stick!

6) Interviewer Tommy Nast asked Hagar who the best lead guitarist he ever played with was. His answer? Joe Satriani. No hesitation there.

7) I should buy his book. "Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock". You should too.

(photo from cmw.net)

Melissa Etheridge CMW Keynote

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the "celebrity interview" with Melissa Etheridge at the Royal York last Saturday afternoon. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from this, like would she be a good interviewee? Could they keep it interesting for a whole hour? The answer is yes, and yes!

I would say interviewer Ralph Simon had a good chemistry going with Ms. Etheridge and it was very entertaining! Melissa was honest and funny and had a lot of stories to share. I was just soaking it all in. I mean, all I could really do was listen as I couldn't see anything from where I was seated! I just kept my eyes on the big screens at the front.

One of my favorite moments was when the floor was opened up to questions from the audience. Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder pulled a little prank on her. Serena had just wrapped up a 3 week Canadian tour with Melissa that ended the night before at Massey Hall and Melissa had spoken very highly of her earlier in the interview. Anyhow, Serena stands up to ask a question that went something like this, "My name’s Serena. I was just wondering what the inspiration for Black Velvet was?" Everyone cracked up! As I'm sure we all know, Alannah Myles is the one who sang Black Velvet.

Melissa responded with "Sister, I didn't know you were here!" She was just chillin' in the audience like the rest of us. I met Serena once, she's a pretty cool chick. We bonded over having the same name! haha

Another thing I really liked was that Melissa had some great things to say about the Canadian music industry. She loves how Canada supports its artists and she's pretty envious of that. She went on to say that they are like our national treasures, and she's right, they are.

(Photo from cmw.net)

Courage My Love

Alright, so I didn't actually get to see these guys live during CMW as their showcase was 3am at Cherry Cola's (It was past my bedtime...I'm old haha). What I did get to see was them being rolled around on a little acoustic tour of the Royal York on Friday afternoon. This pop-punk group consists of twin sisters Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn along with David Blake-Dickson. I gotta tell ya, there was some killer vocals coming out of these girls! On their Facebook page you can see a photo and a video of that little acoustic tour. Check them out if you ever get the chance, I know I will.

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(Photo via Facebook)

Age Of The Enemy

Where: Velvet Underground

When: Friday March 11th

Genre: Hard Rock/Metal

Toronto based band Age Of The Enemy took the stage at the Velvet Underground for their Friday night CMW showcase and they nailed it! It may have been a little too early (8pm) to pack the house but all of their loyal followers didn't seem to mind and neither did they. If you like Metal and you like to rock, then definitely check out Age Of The Enemy.

Catch them live: April 2nd @the Mod Club -$15 at the door, 6-9pm

Check them out online:
www.myspace.com/ageoftheenemy
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CMW 2011 Kickoff: Finger Eleven

Where: Mod Club

When: Wednesday March 9th

Finger Eleven

I have been a huge fan of Finger Eleven for years! The best show I have ever seen from them was CMW three years ago when they played Massey Hall during a huge snow storm! I can remember how excited they were to be playing in that historic venue. The sound was absolutely incredible! A few months ago when I found out they would be playing the Canadian Music Week kickoff party at the Mod Club, I knew I wouldn't miss it for the world! CMW is just not the same without these boys.

Last year, I was lucky enough to be able do a brief interview with guitarist Rick Jackett where he talked all about what we could expect from the new album...I couldn't believe I had to wait months before I could hear it! I was not disappointed! Needless to say, I was pumped to finally be able to hear some of their new tunes live. What a fantastic show! They played the perfect mix of new and old tunes, including crowd pleasers like 'One Thing' and 'Paralyzer'. I wonder what they will have in store for us next year?

Check out 'One Thing' Live below

CMW 2011 Kickoff Show

(Note: This is not an actual review because reviews are simply not my thing :)

Where: Mod Club

When: Wednesday March 9th

Genre: Rock

Who: Frankie Whyte And The Dead Idols

I was pretty excited when I saw that Frankie Whyte And The Dead Idols were going to be performing before Finger Eleven at the kickoff show. I have known about them for quite some time and I definitely wanted to check them out at some point. Back in February they had the opportunity of lifetime when they opened for Bon Jovi here in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. If I had any musical talent myself, opening for Bon Jovi would have been a lifelong dream of mine! Anyhow, if you love hot rocker chicks, you're going to love Frankie! Her energy is through the roof and her vocals are fantastic! This girl knows how to rock! Definitely check them out if you ever get a chance.

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http://www.frankiewhyteandthedeadidols.com

Need a laugh?

A friend of mine has created a series of silly and hilarious videos. My personal fave is "Paramore - The Only Exception (the true story)".

Check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/bipolarsock

xoxo

2011 Juno Award Presenters

CTV and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences have announced the first round of presenters for the 2011 Juno Awards.

Appearing on the special two-and-a-half hour 10th anniversary CTV broadcast and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Juno Awards will be:

Bryan Adams, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Daniel Lanois, Robbie Robertson, and Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee. Joining them will be Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, deadmau5, James Moore, K’Naan, Shad, Tokyo Police Club and the hosts of CTV’s first JUNO broadcast in 2002, Barenaked Ladies.

Even more amazing presenters will be announced soon!

The 2011 Juno Awards will take place on Sunday March 27th at 8pm live from the Air Canada Centre here in Toronto and will be hosted by Drake.

Up and Coming: Steve Major

My friend Steve Major's debut single 'Checkmate' will be available for digital download on March 16th!!!

The ringtone will be available tomorrow, March 9th for iPhone via iTunes.

Wanna know more about Steve Major? Of course you do! You can check out his website right here!

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Canadian Music Week

CMW 2011 kicks off tomorrow! Its the best week of the year for me! Stay tuned for all my updates!

xoxo