TORONTO – “Anna Magnani was always a reflection of her people, where she came from. And so we’re missing a figure like Magnani: so strong, so authentic, so true and so professional” – Actress Monica Guerritore. Anna Magnani, the now iconic Italian actress, was a matured woman [by Hollywood standards] by the time she had finally broken out with Rossellini’s Rome: Open City (1945). Impressively, ten years and almost twenty movies later she would eventually win an Oscar playing Serafina Delle Rose in the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play The Rose Tattoo. But a new biopic, just announced, will focus on the autumn of Magnani’s career, leaning into her role as a mother on and off screen.
OTTAWA – Could Jagmeet Singh ever deny himself? Assuming the answer to that question is “no,” the Conservatives have decided to table a non-confidence motion against Justin Trudeau’s government next week, using the words of the NDP leader in an attempt to convince the New Democrats to bring down the minority Liberal government. →
TORONTO – The “tax holiday” is coming for the Christmas season: today, in fact, the House of Commons approved the Liberal bill (C-78) that provides for a two-month suspension of the goods and services tax or harmonized sales tax on dozens of items, including some food, alcoholic beverages, children’s clothing.
TORONTO – When Aristotle was stating his law of non-contradiction in the work Gamma of Metaphysics, it wasn’t likely that he imagined a society [in the West at least] as polarized as today’s. “It is impossible for the same thing to belong and not to belong at the same time to the same thing and in the same respect”, wrote the 4th century B.C. Greek Philosopher. In others words, two opposing ideas cannot be true at the same time. But the extreme ideological divides permeating politics and society in the 21st century has created somewhat of a “cancel culture”, a concept that Aristotle would likely not have supported – at least not in the name of his law. And nowhere has this cancel culture been more practiced than within show business.
TORONTO – More Canadians are taking on additional debt due to the high cost of living, resulting in more delinquencies on loans and credit cards: according to new reports from Equifax and TransUnion, consumer debt in the third quarter of 2024 hit a record $2.5 trillion, up 4.1% from a year ago. “Serious delinquencies,” or payments that are 90 days or more late, are also on the rise, up nearly 2% from a year ago. →
