Sad news about Philip Seymour Hoffman…
“Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in “Capote” and created a gallery of other vivid characters…was found…
Matt Guerin
HBO’s new ‘Looking’: Link to Full Episode on YouTube
I’m hooked! HBO has posted the first episode of its new 30-minute gay drama, ‘Looking’, set in beautiful San Francisco, on YouTube. Genius marketing. I’ll be watching this one all…
Putin resembles Hitler as he suggests Russia needs to "cleanse" itself of homosexuality
How horrible it must be to be LGBT in Russia these days. My heart truly goes out to all LGBT people living in Russia and their allies. Next month’s Sochi…
‘My Prairie Home’ documentary about transgender musician from Alberta makes it to Sundance Film Festival
I’m excited about seeing this documentary this year, the only Canadian feature to make it to the Sundance Film Festival, which opened this past week. ‘My Prairie Home’ follows a…
NOW Magazine’s movie critics simply suck! (With the exception of Norm Wilner perhaps…)
Filmmakers (including myself on occasion) struggle greatly for years to get their stories on the big screen, from writing dozens of screenplay drafts, to finding money, to shooting, to post-production,…
Winter by-elections force Wynne’s Liberals into tough spot ahead of spring budget and possible election
The Niagara Falls result in the 2011 Ontario provincial election was one of the narrowest wins by a Liberal incumbent in that election. Former MPP Kim Craitor, the incumbent since…
My sincere condolences to George Smitherman and his family at this tragic time…
It was startling late last night hearing the news that Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, was missing again, just a few short months after a similar incident that ended…
My Top Films of 2013
As an avid cinema lover, it was a great year in film viewing. I haven’t shared a list of my favourites in a few years, so I thought I’d do…
Hurray!: U.K. diving star Tom Daley says he’s "dating a man"
U.K. diving star and Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley has confirmed what many gay men around the world had hoped. In a frank, five-minute YouTube video he posted today to…
Toronto LGBT theatre’s Rhubarb Festival inexplicably loses funding from the Harper government
After many years of support from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage for the annual Rhubarb Festival, which will celebrate its 35th year in February, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre…
Chrystia Freeland: The Best Candidate for MP of Toronto Centre
Monday’s by-election day in Toronto Centre, and three other federal ridings in Canada. I’ll be out pulling the vote all day in Toronto Centre, where I live. If you’re a…
Xenophobic NDP by-election tactics in Toronto Centre remind me of 2001 Beaches by-election
It sucks when lefties so desperately want to win that they toss out their basic principles or judgment in order to try to do it. Such is the case with…
Fighting for truth through Xtra’s biased political coverage
In January 2013, Xtra Toronto had hoped to get more videographers accredited to attend the Ontario Liberal leadership convention, but unfortunately the party wasn’t able to accommodate them and many…
Federal Liberals have proud record supporting LGBTTQ equality.
All political parties have checkered histories when it comes to supporting LGBTTQ rights. Some individuals in all parties have shown great leadership in promoting equality. Yes there has been some…
Desperate Dippers getting nasty in Toronto Centre
With less than two weeks to go until by-election day on November 25th in Toronto Centre, federal New Democrats supporting candidate Linda McQuaig are ramping up their nasty sides, shamefully…
Indiegogo campaign to fund new Leon Le film – DONATE
Dear Friends & Readers — Please allow me to put aside politics for today and instead write about a new short film project being undertaken by my friend, director Leon…
Message to Ford Nation enablers: It’s time to give your own children some crack cocaine!
What a day! I was supposed to get some creative writing work done, but instead the circus that is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford overwhelmed me. Ford’s lunch hour confession that…
Well, Ford Nation, how to explain away this one?
The Toronto Star and Gawker were right. The video does exist. The police have it and it will be used as evidence in an extortion trial against Alexander Lisi, a…
Behold: Rob Ford thug David Price’s destruction of public property
When you reward a thug psychopath who likes to hang out with criminals by electing him mayor, low and behold said thug recruits his thug friends and their destructive, impulsive,…
Federal party fortunes put to the test in four federal byelections called for November 25th
Federal byelections will be held in four vacant ridings on November 25th, 2013: my own riding of Toronto Centre (my very first byelection as a voter!), as well as Bourassa…