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When the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series became official and not just a long-wished-for fan project, part of the excitement for the show revolved around the idea of Ewan McGregor returning to his portrayal of the titular, famed master Jedi. Enthusiasm over the project grew exponentially when LucasFilm and Disney announced Hayden Christensen would also return—but as […]
Considering how entrenched Somalis have been in enclaves throughout the city of Toronto since our arrival en masse, I’m regularly met with experiencing ‘firsts’ within my community. This time, it was the debut musical created by Fatuma Adar that featured a familiar tale of displacement and a search for self-fulfillment that I’ve come to know […]
Rich Paul is relentless in his pursuit of excellence. That’s evident in his rise from the tough east Cleveland neighborhood of Glenville to building an empire, solidifying himself as a power player in the world of professional sports, as he’s the founder and CEO of Klutch Sports. An agency with a roster that bolsters all-world […]
It’s only right that The Greatest Mixtape Ever, a documentary on the AND1 movement, came from a young Black creator gettin’ it out the mud. In 2017, documentary co-creator Brian Mickens was looking for a story to tell. He had previously pitched a 30 for 30 on the 2000 Michigan State Spartans team that went […]
Tim Anderson has never been one to hold his tongue. He’s never been one to stick to traditional rules. He’s never been one to care about your opinion on him. You may have been introduced to him when he received a ridiculous suspension in 2019 or when he broke the internet and riled up the […]
The first time Iman Vellani grabbed an issue of Ms. Marvel at her local comic book shop in Markham, Ontario, she was floored. It wasn’t just that the titular superhero was a Muslim Pakistani girl, like herself. It’s that the character was a Muslim Pakistani girl she could actually vibe with. “It felt like she […]
After the worst of COVID-19, Strawberries & Creem made a triumphant return last year with Burna Boy, PartyNextDoor, Little Simz, Koffee and more. It was a trying time and not without its challenges, but the festival’s co-founders, Chris Jammer and Preye Crooks, managed to pull it off. This year brings its own challenges, but it has […]
After a slew of cancellations, Purity Ring are on their first tour since 2017. It helps that the North American tour coincides with their newest release, Graves, out tomorrow. Despite Megan James and Corin Roddick having three albums under their belts, this is the Edmonton electronic duo’s first EP—born so they could let go of a […]
It’s hard to ignore the meteoric rise of Black Sherif when his choruses and hooks have swiftly become some of the most shared and repurposed globally. From TikTok to Shazam and Instagram reels, short snippets of his anthems have topped ‘viral sound’ lists all over the world this past year, and in this new era […]
Of all the long-awaited spin-offs in the Star Wars universe, few hold a candle to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Not long after George Lucas finished his prequel trilogy—The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith—fans already started clamoring for some sort of movie focused on the master Jedi’s adventures between the end of […]
