Entertainment

Artists-about-town lead way to Artwalk

All kinds of creative artistry will be demonstrated around the city leading up to the Artwalk Festival.

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Coming up in Wednesday’s Advocate

Advocate web producer Leo Paré gives a quick overview of tomorrow's top stories.

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Actor Ryan Reynolds arrives at the premiere of "The Proposal" in Los Angeles. Reynolds says he's "hugely passionate" about his upcoming movie based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool.

Deadpool given another life

Canadian Ryan Reynolds says he’s “hugely passionate” about his upcoming movie based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool.

Actor Ryan Reynolds arrives at the premiere of "The Proposal" in Los Angeles. Reynolds says he's "hugely passionate" about his upcoming movie based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool.

Sitcoms on the upswing

Procedural dramas are in, serials are out. Sitcoms are back, reality TV is fading fast.

Dana Wylie Band set to perform at The Matchbox

A roots group that’s making waves on three continents is coming to Red Deer’s The Matchbox this week.

Composer Elton John

Billy Elliot wins 10 Tonys; Montreal teen takes award

NEW YORK — “Billy Elliot,” the big British musical about a coal miner’s son who dreams to dance, bowled over Broadway on Sunday, winning 10 Tonys, including best musical and a unique best actor prize for a Canadian teen and two other young performers who share the title character.

Composer Elton John

Borat star sued by woman complaining of injuries in bingo scuffle

The lawyer for a woman suing actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen over a scuffle at a charity bingo tournament said Friday that his client suffered “life-altering injuries.”

Club dates – June 5

Kat Danser, Edmonton’s queen of the swamp blues, is at the Velvet Olice Lounge, June 19. Call the lounge at 403-340-3288.

Singer Bif Naked doesn’t mince words: Getting breast cancer sucks.

Bif Naked’s new tour features more tunes, energy

Bif Naked doesn’t mince words: Getting breast cancer sucks.

Singer Bif Naked doesn’t mince words: Getting breast cancer sucks.
Walter Ostanek jokes with reporters about buying a new tuxedo after unveiling his star at his induction into the Walk of Fame along King Street

Grammys drop polka category

Bad news for Canada’s polka kings. The Recording Academy, which puts on the Grammy Awards, has decided to eliminate the category for best polka album.

Walter Ostanek jokes with reporters about buying a new tuxedo after unveiling his star at his induction into the Walk of Fame along King Street
This May 17

Kill Bill’ star David Carradine found dead in Bangkok of possible suicide

Actor David Carradine, a born seeker and cult idol who broke through as the willing student called “grasshopper” in the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” and decades later as leader of an assassin squad in “Kill Bill,” was found dead Thursday in Thailand. Police said he appeared to have hanged himself.

This May 17
After having had words with the Queen of Hearts

A darker fall down the rabbit hole

When Alice tumbles down the rabbit hole at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre next week, she will enter a bizarre world that’s more Tim Burton than Walt Disney.

After having had words with the Queen of Hearts

On my ballot for this year’s Polaris Prize

Saskatoon’s Tim Vaughn takes over The Vat’s stage tonight and tomorrow. This nu-jazz and blues guitarist — and oddly-appealing vocalist — is on a brief Alberta swing promoting his debut disc, Two Tone Blue.

Zach Galifianakis

Three men and a chicken

Now this is what I’m talkin’ about. The Hangover is a funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny. Most of the dialogue is funny almost line-by-line.

Zach Galifianakis
Ashley Burdi

The world is still (mostly) flat

To hear the folks in Hollywood talk about it, improved 3-D technology and the quality films that are quickly lining up behind it represent nothing short of a revolution.

Ashley Burdi
Director of Photography Bill Wages looks through the viewfinder as he prepares to tape an episode of  'Burn Notice' in Miami.

City itself a character in Burn Notice

Every city has its own unique pulse of life. That’s what Jeff Freilich, executive producer of the USA network series Burn Notice, believes.

Director of Photography Bill Wages looks through the viewfinder as he prepares to tape an episode of  'Burn Notice' in Miami.
Craig Olejnik stars in The Listener.

The eyes, not the ears, attract in The Listener

Canadian actor Craig Olejnik sports choppy black hair and gazes with piercing blue eyes — the only standout attribute in NBC’s The Listener, an otherwise generic procedural drama.

Craig Olejnik stars in The Listener.
Koko Taylor sings at the Harold Washington Cultural Centre in Chicago in 1995.  Taylor

Blues queen Koko Taylor dies at 80

CHICAGO — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.

Koko Taylor sings at the Harold Washington Cultural Centre in Chicago in 1995.  Taylor
Harriet Walter as Elizabeth

Salinger sues over sequel to Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger is taking another fan to court.

Harriet Walter as Elizabeth
Actress Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus signs on for 4th season of ‘Hannah Montana’

Miley Cyrus still wants the best of both worlds.

Actress Miley Cyrus