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We're Funny That Way!
''We're Funny That Way'' began as an annual charity comedy festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1996. Launched in 1996 by Maggie Cassella, the festival featured stand-up and sketch comedy shows by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender comedians. It ran until 2012 when it took a five-year hiatus, returning in 2017 (produced by Ford Cassella Productions). The festival has grown to a broader performance festival and now includes musicians, story-tellers, burlesque artists, plays, drag performances, generally following the genres associated with live cabaret. The inaugural festival was held in April 1997 at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times theatre. Proceeds from the festival support the We're Funny That Way Foundation, aimed at making transformational donations to LGBTQ charities across Canada. The festival was the subject of the 1998 documentary ''We're Funny That Way!'', a film by David Adkin,"Laughing out loud: Gay and lesbian comics go the extra comedic mile on TV specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Smith (comedian)
Bob Smith (December 24, 1958 – January 20, 2018) was an American comedian and author. Born in Buffalo, New York, Smith was the first openly gay comedian to appear on ''The Tonight Show'' and the first openly gay comedian to have his own HBO half-hour comedy special. Smith, along with fellow comedians Jaffe Cohen and Danny McWilliams, formed the comedy troupe Funny Gay Males in 1988. Career Smith performed at the inaugural ''We're Funny That Way!'' comedy festival in 1997, and appeared in the festival's documentary film in 1998. In the same year he was part of '' In Thru the Out Door'', an LGBT sketch comedy special.Alan Conter, "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 20, 1998. With Funny Gay Males, Smith is the co-author of ''Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out'' (1995). Smith is also the author of two books of biographical essays. ''Openly Bob'' (1997) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Taylor
Carolyn Taylor is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series '' Baroness von Sketch Show''. An alumna of The Second City's Toronto company, she was a writer for '' This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' before launching ''Baroness von Sketch'' with her castmates Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen. At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the troupe were nominated for Best Ensemble Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series, and won the award for Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series; at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, the troupe won the awards in both of the same categories. She has also had acting roles in the television series '' Queer as Folk'', '' Zoe Busiek: Wild Card'', '' Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye'', ''Ghosts'' season 2, episode 4 "The Tree" as June and the films ''19 Months'' and '' Portrait of a Serial Monogamist'', and wrote for the television series ''That's So Weird!'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashion (magazine)
''FASHION'' is a Canadian fashion magazine published by St. Joseph Communications. Established in 1977, it is currently based in Toronto with satellite offices in Vancouver and Montreal. It publishes 7 issues a year, and has a total readership of 800,000 (Vividata Fall 2022). The magazine covers international, national, local fashion, beauty trends and news. Notable cover subjects have included Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Zendaya, Hailey Bieber, Sydney Sweeney, Sadie Sink and Olivia Culpo. In February 2020, ''FASHION'' transitioned from a traditional women’s magazine to a brand of all ages, sizes, genders, ethnicities, and orientations. The magazine's first editor-in-chief was John MacKay, who had previously been responsible for ''Toronto Life''s men's fashion supplements. The current editor-in-chief is Bernadette Morra. Before joining ''FASHION'', Morra spent 23 years at the ''Toronto Star'', first as a fashion writer, then (since 1993) as fashion editor. She left ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Gem
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952, with its main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers, and live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment, and children's programming; in most cases, it feeds the same programming at the exact local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes "late". On October 9, 2006, at 6:00 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Ontario, COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Quebec, COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, British Columbia and COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Alberta. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's provinces and territories. The virus was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 25, 2020, after an individual who had returned to Toronto from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive. The first case of community transmission in Canada was confirmed in British Columbia on March 5. In March 2020, as cases of community transmission were confirmed, all of Canada's provinces and territories declared states of emergency. Provinces and territories implemented, to varying degrees, school and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Boris
Trevor Boris (born September 10, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, writer and television producer. Television work Boris is one of the stars of MuchMusic's '' Video on Trial'', and is also a star of '' Stars Gone Wild''. He has appeared on many other MuchMusic specials, including '' Stars on Trial'', '' LOL!'', ''Spring Break '07'', ''Totally 80s Video on Trial'', ''Video on Trial: Holiday Crap'', ''Overrated in 06'', and wrote the special ''Famous Fallouts''. He was a producer of ''Video on Trial'' at one point, as well as a presenter at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards and a spokesperson for Sunsilk, which aired numerous ''Hair on Trial'' commercials on MuchMusic. He also made an appearance on The Latest Buzz on Family Channel. In 2007, Boris had his very own '' Comedy Now!'' standup special air on CTV and The Comedy Network, was the runner-up in the 2006 ''Great Canadian Laugh Off'' (the winner received $25,000) that aired on The Comedy Network, and was the host of the same-sex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Martina
Dina Martina is the stage name of Grady West, a drag performer who has also been described as a comedian, dancer, performance artist, and singer. Career Dina Martina's shows have included ''Chariots of Failure'', ''Fine Avec Me'', and an annual Christmas production sometimes called ''Dina Martina Christmas Show''. Personal life West "splits time" between Seattle and Provincetown, Massachusetts Provincetown () is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Provi ..., as of 2020. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American comedians American dancers American drag queens American performance artists Comedians from Massachusetts Comedians from Seattle People from Provincetown, Massachusetts {{US-comedian-stub Drag performers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Rigg
Kate Siahaan-Rigg (known as Kate Rigg or Katie Rigg) is a Queer Asian Canadian, Australian, American actress, comedian, writer and activist, best known for her performance as a comedy correspondent for ''The Dr Phil Show'', and her "NuyorAsian" standup comedy shows, focusing on her experience as a New York based Queer Asian woman. She has created and produced multiple comedy shows for Television, such as ''Dance Your Ass Off'' for NBC Universal, YTV's '' Cache Craze'', and the online show ''Gonzo Girls''. Biography Rigg was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. At the age of 17, she ran away from her home to study at the University of Melbourne. She moved to New York and was graduated from the Juilliard School. After graduation from Juilliard, Rigg co-founded the comedy rock band ''Slanty Eyed Mama'' along with fellow Juilliard alum violinist Lyris Hung. The band has continued to perform shows that challenge Asian American stereotypes through comedy and punk rock. Rigg h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OutTV
OUTtv is a Canadian English language specialty channel and streaming network that was launched in September 2001. The brand focuses on general entertainment and lifestyle programming serving Canadian and international LGBT+ communities. The network is owned by OUTtv Media Global Inc., majority owned (51%) by Ronald N. Stern through OM Acquisitions. History As PrideVision The channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as PrideVision TV. Owned by Headline Media Group, it was Canada's first 24-hour cable television channel targeted at LGBT audiences. It was also the second LGBT-focused channel to be established in the world, after the Gay Cable Network in the U.S., which shut down in 2001. PrideVision TV was one of 21 digital specialty services that were granted a Category 1 license by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000; all digital cable and direct-broadcast satellite providers would be obliged to carry the network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax Daily News
''The Daily News'' was a tabloid newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that was published from 1974 until ceasing operations in February 2008. History ''The Daily News'' owed its existence to David Bentley, who, along with his wife Diana and Patrick and Joyce Sims, founded The Great Eastern News Company Ltd. in 1974 and started publishing a weekly broadsheet named ''The Bedford-Sackville News''. This paper focused on the suburban communities of Bedford and Lower Sackville within the Halifax-Dartmouth metropolitan area. The Great Eastern News Company Ltd. was initially published out of Bentley's home but a press was acquired in 1978 and the company moved into a new building. A year later the format changed to a tabloid and began publishing six days a week as ''The Bedford-Sackville Daily News''. The paper gained a reputation for printing stories not covered by its competition, ''The Chronicle Herald'', some of which were considered sensational. In 1981, Bentley's company moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citytv
Citytv (sometimes shortened to City, which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is a Television in Canada, Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The network consists of six owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated (O&O) television stations located in the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, a cable-only service that serves the province of Saskatchewan, and three independently owned affiliates serving smaller cities in Alberta and British Columbia. There is also one station using the brand name serving Bogotá, Colombia. The Citytv brand name originates from its flagship station, CITY-DT, CITY-TV in Toronto, a station that went on the air in September 28, 1972, in the former Electric Circus nightclub, and which became known for an intensely local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
