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Popping off at the premier of Quebec

Movies are back without a snack

Feb 19, 2021
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Vincenzo Guzzo “MrSunshine” @Guzzo_Vincenzo
Closed 8 mths?  ✅ Limit # customers?  ✅ No movies @ night?  ✅ Invest $ to meet new sanitary rules?  ✅ Restrict 50% of revenue?  ❌ I’m 💯% with y’all to end the Pandemic! But not if it means to lose what took 50 yrs to build. montrealgazette.com/opinion/column… #Popcorngate
montrealgazette.comAllison Hanes: Bon Cop, Bad Cop playing out over pandemic March breakWith compensation for lost popcorn sales and police watching out for every misstep, Quebec’s March Break plan has descended into farce.
1:26 PM ∙ Feb 19, 2021
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François Legault may not have believed a “Popcorngate” could come to Quebec, but the premier was challenged by cinema scion Vincenzo Guzzo over the plan to allow theatres to reopen at half capacity, without concessions or evening screenings. As for Cineplex, the chain is willing to turn theatres into mass vaccination sites to stay alive.


The clamshell is now a car

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"It's illegal!" "I'm not holding the phone!" There was a bizarre moment near the end of Thursday's city council meeting where councillor Paula Fletcher was called out for voting on motions while driving.
680news.com‘I’m not holding the phone!;’ Toronto city councillor gets flack for voting on budget while driving - 680 NEWSDuring a city council meeting, Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher was called out by others for voting on motions while driving.
1:19 PM ∙ Feb 19, 2021
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Perhaps getting too comfortable with virtual meetings was to blame for Toronto city councillor Paula Fletcher ending up chastised by colleagues as she voted behind an automobile wheel as her assistant held the phone. The meeting involved what the mayor called the most difficult budget ever, including a property tax hike of 0.7 per cent.


“I think what Facebook is doing in Australia is highly irresponsible and compromises the safety of many Australian people.” Heritage minister Steven Guilbeault vows that Canada will make tech giants pay for journalism, something Facebook has shown it’s willing and able to block. Polling backed by newspapers sides with Guilbeault.


Take two at The Second City

A wave of accusations of racism at the Second City improv theatres led to the promise of changes, including the exit of CEO and co-owner Andrew Alexander—who also has yet to deliver a Martin Scorsese documentary on SCTV. The comedy educators are currently unionizing, as the company has now officially changed hands:

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Chicago's Second City comedy business has been sold to a New York investment firm ran by the CEO of the company behind the Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K video game franchises, @RoederDavid reports.
bit.lySecond City acquired by New York private equity firmThe buyer is a firm run by private equity investor Strauss Zelnick, whose interests include the Grand Theft Auto game franchise.
6:01 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2021
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The Strumbellas singer is trying to heal and get better. Simon Ward reveals that his own mental health crisis led the Toronto group to postpone and later cancel a cross-country tour before the pandemic. But the band is looking to add to the Canadian radio staple status attained by the singles “Spirits” and “Salvation” with “Greatest Enemy.”


Finally, the armpits of history

Junk Filter is a podcast recently launched by Jesse Hawken, largely inspired by his interactions with Film Twitter, which has recently meant adding a dimension of absurdity to the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. But the discourse is also inspired by an era when the artistic mindset of filmmakers wasn’t influenced by fandom:

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Junk Filter Podcast @JunkFilterPod
New episode! @amuredda and I discuss David Cronenberg’s RABID, a film that features such horrors as a raging plague, a harsh state response that includes shoot to kill orders, and Potato Man & Ketchup Man! Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/7evWvr…
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