Superfan Nav is heading for Hollywood

Thanks to Obama’s buddy Kumar

Kal Penn @kalpenn

Lots of us are basketball fans, but there’s only one @superfan_nav! His story of perseverance & unity is incredible, & I’m super excited to bring his super fan story to the (super?) big screen. 🏀 deadline.com/2021/12/kal-pe…

deadline.comKal Penn To Produce & Star In Nav Bhatia Biopic ‘Superfan’ From Stampede VenturesEXCLUSIVE: Kal Penn (Designated Survivor, Harold & Kumar franchise) has signed on to produce and star in Stampede Ventures’ biopic Superfan, which will tell the story of Nav Bhatia, a decades long follower of the Toronto Raptors, who last year became the first fan inducted into the Naismith Basketba…

The idea of a Nav Bhatia biopic came to Kal Penn after he saw the Raptors superfan in action while shooting Designated Survivor in Toronto. But the only possible title for such a feature is shared by a Superfan documentary on the brink of a premiere from the CBC.

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Words worthy of Rob Ford

Jesus H Christ @FoolePeter

I'm guessing Michelle Ferreri, Conservative MP for Peterborough Kawartha and Shadow Minister of Tourism, is going to get this taken down, so enjoy while you can. #Canada @cdnpoli_memes @canadianpoli @CBCPitchbot @CBCNews @22_Minutes @TheBeaverton @CTVNews @770CHQR @globalnews

Before entering politics and unseating Liberal cabinet minister Mayram Monsef, the new Conservative MP from Peterborough-Kawartha spoke with a blue streak to her premium content supporters. Michelle Ferreri has apologized for it for some reason.

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“Meet Bernier’s Jenni, Emrys Graefe—’The guy people like to say bad things about’.” A piece from 2017 about the lead strategist for Maxime Bernier, when he was bidding to lead the Conservatives, was noticed for disappearing before reappearing at iPolitics. Graefe recently became the insider website’s chief technology officer.

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Artisanal approach to an app

New Year’s Eve parties are banned from Airbnb, as part of the effort to curb bad press, while the company works more closely with Toronto city hall after regulations cut rental listings in a period when the pandemic cut more. But since this short-term rental game won’t be going away, the group known as Fairbnb is launching a co-operative alternative in a hotspot:

Fairbnb Canada @Fairbnbcanada

In collaboration w/ @Fairbnb_coop, our platform co-op will launch in #Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood and 50% of all booking fees will benefit @kmcl, to help protect & expand affordable housing.

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Bell Media announced the retirement of Brian Williams. The 75-year-old sportscaster, a Canadian celebrity before his American namesake, will get a send-off during the Grey Cup on TSN. Meanwhile, the exits of two longtime Newstalk 1010 Toronto fixtures, Mike Bendixen and Ryan Doyle, recently occurred without explanation.

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Finally, the new one by Grimes