Donnie Yen
One of the actors getting next-leveled thanks to being in Star Wars: Rogue One is the martial arts movie star Donnie Yen.
Yen will be familiar to any avid follower of combat films like Ip Man and Shanghai Knights. But his storm trooper takedowns in the Rogue One should introduce him to a whole new audience.
Sarah wrote about Yen for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the story click here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Jared Keeso in Letterkenny
“How’re ye now?”
This simple phrase is both a greeting and secret code to identify devotees of the best Canadian show on television, Letterkenny.
In an alternate universe Letterkenny star and co-creator Jared Keeso might have never gotten to make his smalltown comedy about brawling and social cliques. That’s because a few years ago he got into a bigtown brawl that could have jeopardized his filming of a Don Cherry film as well as his career.
This winding exposition will all make sense if you head over to Fightland to read the interview Keeso did with Sarah about the punch-up in question.
To read it click here.
Filed under Comedy, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
The War Show
It’s pretty easy for most of us here in the western world to bury our heads in the sand and ignore what’s been happening in Syria.
Part of this is distance and another part is perceived difference — if you don’t know these people it makes it easier not to care about them, right?
A new documentary called The War Show is helping illuminate what it’s like for the Syrian people and it’s… awful.
I spoke to The War Show co-director Andreas Dalsgaard about this when he was in town for TIFF.
To read the full interview click here.
Filed under Films, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Against all of Sarah’s instincts to gravitate towards the weirdest things available to purchase via her patrons at Asian World Of Martial Arts, she created a holiday gift featuring a number of reasonably practical ideas for this year’s AWMA gift guide.
To see all of these suggestions click here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Tom Petty
I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff over at the music-ish charity ‘n’ good news website Samaritan Mag.
Here’s a batch of recent news pieces:
Tom Petty To Be Named MusiCares Person of the Year
Billy Talent Drum Kit Being Auctioned Off For MS Charity
Afghan Whigs to Perform Two Benefit Concerts For Guitarist with Inoperable Cancer
Stephen Colbert, Rob Lowe, Pearl Jam, and More Ramping Up #GoVote Campaign
Macklemore Talks ‘Drug Dealer’ And Opioid Addiction In WE Day Toronto Video
Eminem’s New Freestyle Has Social Justice Elements
Arnold Palmer’s Giving Legacy To Live On With Arnie’s Army Foundation
Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund To Further Reconciliation Efforts
International Day Of The Girl Theme Not Very Exciting but Crucial
Filed under Environment, Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 