Accomplished and acclaimed, top celebrity chef and mixologist Kathy Casey is a true pioneer in the bar chef movement. As one of the first female executive chefs in the United States, she played a key role in bringing Northwest cuisine and women chefs to prominence, earning the honor early on of being named one of Food & Wine’s “hot new...
Taylor Made: Interview with Copper’s Dylan Taylor
Back in 2009, Canadian-born actor Dylan Taylor followed in the footsteps of many real-life heroes and took one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind as Steve Wassenfelder, a theoretical physicist and member of an international team of astronauts who set out to explore Earth’s solar system in the short-lived sci-fi drama Defying Gravity. Fast forward to...
The Turning Point for Princess Diana
This is the moment when Diana starts to slip away into history; the tipping point after which the public’s experiences of her as a living Princess will be outweighed by the time without her. Diana was the future Queen Consort of the United Kingdom for 15 years, from 1981 until her divorce in 1996. She died in Paris 15 years...
Book Review: The Dark Knight Manual by Brandon T. Snider
Designed by Jon Glick and featuring text by Brandon T. Snider, Insight Editions’ The Dark Knight Manual is a scrapbook-like hardcover book featuring tons of photos, inserts, character files, diagrams, case notes and more—all of it pertaining to the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy. Loaded with reproductions of blueprints, maps, “handwritten” Post-It notes, and stickers, this is billed as an...
Interview: Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt on Tour with American Idol LIVE!
At age 29 and 26, respectively, Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt are the senior members of the American Idol season 11 finalists. While they brought a great deal of performing experience to the Idol stage, both of them had a difficult time establishing a loyal enough fan base to carry them into the final weeks of the competition. Testone...
This Week in Film: The Batman, The Bad, and The Woody
This week in film is predictably and understandably defined by one guy in a rubber suit. Yep, I’m talkin’ ’bout Batman. After weeks of feverish anticipation, the epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s dark and brooding superhero trilogy is finally here. It’s a movie set to break records and even though The Avengers had the 3D ticket-hike boost on its side,...
Sex, Scientology, and Celebrity Centre
Dumped on the streets of Los Angeles in December of 1973 with nowhere to go by the Scientology Celebrity Centre, after being forced to stay up for three days doing “amends” to the great and powerful Sea Organization because of a kangaroo court known as a Committee of Evidence, I realized I knew no one but Scientologists. And they wouldn’t...
Royal Blind Item: Who Is This “Pendulum Prince”?
The Royal Husband was already a man of a certain reputation when his naïve bride married him. She wanted to believe the romantic best about a man she adored, and so ignored the society rumours that swirled in more than one country. Although he is still attractive to ladies, some in high places whisper that he is gay, which is...
New Music for Old People: My Musical Foundations, Part Four – R&B
What can I say? Fortunately, getting strong doses of doo-wop and gospel music early in life, I immediately gravitated to R&B music. There was something there that instantly reached me; the singing for sure, and the cleverness of the arrangements. Whatever it was, I was hooked at a young age and this music has stayed with me all my life....
Lost in Time: Interview with Continuum’s Rachel Nichols
When you work as a police officer, you never know what dangers might be awaiting you when you walk out your front door every morning and head for work. Continuum’s Kiera Cameron knows that only too well. A wife and mother, she is also a Vancouver CPS (City Protective Services) officer who is responsible for maintaining law and order in...