Chuck Norris
When the Toronto International Film Festival was on Sarah had the chance to speak with Mark Hartley, the man behind the documentary film, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.
If “Cannon Films” doesn’t ring a bell, the company’s imprint on pop culture certainly does. They’re the people who brought Chuck Norris, breakdancing movies, ninjas and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 to the masses a few decades ago.
To read her interview with Hartley for Fightland go here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino
It may be unfurling with the deliberate pace of a Carnivale story arc, but a clash between toughest-woman-on-Earth Ronda Rousey and pretty much her only perceived challenger Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino is slowly, inevitably, inching closer to happening.
There remains only one problem: Cyborg is too big.
Justino isn’t in Rousey’s weight class. And if she wants to compete with the much smaller Rousey she’s going to have to shrink down to the champ’s size.
She’s apparently going to attempt this now and Sarah wrote about it for Fightland.
Go here to red the story.
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U2
Did you get that new U2 album? Did you like it? Did you want it?
I got to talk about some of these questions on CJAD 800 AM’s Viewpoints With Todd van der Heyden program on the weekend.
I won’t spoil how the conversation went, but someone referred to the Irish band as the “McDonald’s of rock music.”
You can listen to the whole three-hour episode below. My segment is right near the end of the show.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Neil Young
Classic rocker and film dabbler recently presented a director’s cut of his rather weird 1982 film Human Highway at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Young, who was in attendance for the premiere, told the audience at the screening about working with Devo for the film as well as a special behind the scenes role played by future star Kevin Costner. To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.
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Reese Witherspoon and Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal’s life path has taken him from Sudanese child soldier to rapper to, now, an acting role with Reese Witherspoon in the film The Good Lie.
While Jal was at TIFF Sarah spoke to Jal about his journey as well as his collaboration with Nelly Furtado.
To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 