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The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of January 18, 2025
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Why the dreams of David Lynch will never die
Barry Hertz
National Arts Centre Orchestra to tour Japan, South Korea in spring
The National Arts Centre Orchestra will tour through South Korea and Japan this spring. The orchestra performs during the unveiling of upgrades to the NAC's Southam Hall, including a new orchestra shell for the performance venue, in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Simon & Schuster caught in brewing legal battle between Sum 41 frontman and ex-manager
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 performs during a concert in Quebec City on Friday, July 15, 2022. Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41 will split up following the release of their final album and a farewell world tour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP
film review
Wolf Man director struggles to marry emotional beats to schlocky thrills
(from left) Charlotte (Julia Garner) and Blake (Christopher Abbott) in Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell.
review
AGO’s hip-hop show investigates the music genre through pop culture, with a sprinkling of fine art
Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor
Get your fantasy fix with these 20 new-ish books
From doing laundry at Arsenal to becoming Canada coach, Casey Stoney paid her dues
Manchester United manager Casey Stoney talks to her players during their English Women's Super League soccer match with Aston Villa in Walsall, England, Dec. 5, 2020. From doing the laundry at Arsenal to working as a coach at the David Beckham Academy, Stoney has had to work hard to get where she is today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rui Vieira
screen time
Why the dreams of David Lynch will never die
Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
National Arts Centre Orchestra to tour Japan, South Korea in spring
The National Arts Centre Orchestra will tour through South Korea and Japan this spring. The orchestra performs during the unveiling of upgrades to the NAC's Southam Hall, including a new orchestra shell for the performance venue, in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Simon & Schuster caught in brewing legal battle between Sum 41 frontman and ex-manager
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 performs during a concert in Quebec City on Friday, July 15, 2022. Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41 will split up following the release of their final album and a farewell world tour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP
film review
Wolf Man director struggles to marry emotional beats to schlocky thrills
(from left) Charlotte (Julia Garner) and Blake (Christopher Abbott) in Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell.
opinion
No one is doing a better job of making Kendrick Lamar’s claims about Drake stick than Drake
Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee
Bob Uecker, beloved Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster, dies at 90
FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, Milwaukee Brewers sportscaster Bob Uecker speaks at a news conference before Game 1 of the National League Championship Series baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Milwaukee. Veteran Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcast Bob Uecker is touched that the team still considers him one of the boys. Last November, after the Brewers came within one game of going to the World Series, the players voted to give a full playoff share to Uecker, worth $123,000. Uecker donated the money to charity. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Dionne Irving and Jodan Abel among authors named to 2025 Giller Prize jury
Dionne Irving pauses for a photo as she arrives on the red carpet for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
New CBC documentary, Putin’s Journey, traces the authoritarian’s rise to power
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Adam Scott on the ‘innies’ and ‘outies’ of Severance Season 2
Episode 1. Adam Scott in "Severance," premiering January 17, 2025 on Apple TV+.
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Five things to watch this weekend: Netflix gets Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx Back in Action, plus Kieran Culkin is A Real Pain on Disney+
Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
Drake defamation lawsuit includes new details about shooting outside his Toronto home
Toronto Police investigate a crime scene outside the mansion of Canadian rap mogul Drake in Toronto's Bridle Path neighbourhood, May 7, 2024. A defamation lawsuit filed by Drake against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us" includes new details about a high-profile shooting that seriously injured a security guard outside the Canadian rapper's Toronto home last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan stabbed by an intruder at his Mumbai home
FILE - Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan attends the trailer launch of his film Tanhaji in Mumbai, India, Nov. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
With her seventh album out now, the Weather Station still has something to prove
Singer/songwriter Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station poses for a photo at her home in Toronto, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
Nightbitch director Marielle Heller: ‘Half our population menstruates, and we can’t talk about it?’
Marielle Heller, left, the writer/director of "Nightbitch," and the film's star Amy Adams pose for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Impossible Creatures author Katherine Rundell tries to find joy in a ‘world on fire’
Author Katherine Rundell
No cupcakes, no cosmos: ‘Sex and the City’ brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists
A view of the brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw lived in “Sex and the City”, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an application for a metal gate for the front staircase of the Manhattan brownstone to keep away tourists who endlessly trespass and pose for pictures. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Woman faces more charges in Taylor Swift ticket scam, 2nd person charged: police
Taylor Swift performs during the opening show of the Toronto dates for The Eras Tour on Nov.14, 2024. Toronto police say a woman from Burlington, Ont., is facing additional charges and a second person has been arrested in an alleged Taylor Swift ticket scam that saw 28 people purchase nearly $70,000 worth of fraudulent tickets.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Strategy and architecture helped L.A.’s storied Getty Museum survive the wildfires
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 8: Flames from the Palisades Fire reach the grounds of the Getty Villa Museum on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The fast-moving wildfire has grown to more than 2900-acres and is threatening homes in the coastal neighborhood amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry conditions in Southern California. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
Drake sues Universal Music Group for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us
Rapper Drake watches the Toronto Raptors play the Philadelphia 76ers during NBA playoff action in Toronto, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Toronto rapper Drake will be named songwriter of the year in the performer category at the SOCAN Awards, an industry celebration held Tuesday at Toronto's History venue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Danny DeVito talks bringing Matilda to the symphony nearly 30 years after its big-screen debut
Danny DeVito starred in the original Matilda movie in 1996 alongside Rhea Perlman and Mara Wilson.
Author Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations as more accusers come forward
FILE - Neil Gaiman arrives at the Art of Elysium Heaven Gala on Jan. 6, 2024, at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
In Mood Machine, author Liz Pelly tunes in to how Spotify has changed the music industry
Author Liz Pelly
Autistic artist Adam Wolfond recreates his world for others to experience
Adam Wolfond's show at the Koffler Centre, What if My Body is a Beacon for the World? Nos. 6, 8 or 9 give a good impression of the installation.
Mission to moon carries tiny, red Swedish home to space
This photo provide by The Moonhouse project and taken in September 2024 at the ispace facilities in Japan, shows a little red model house created by artist Mikael Genberg and scheduled to launched into space on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (ispace mission 2 via AP)
critic's notebook
Keith Urban ‘jam’ session at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern was a good night all around
Singer Keith Urban performs at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on Jan. 13, 2025.
Three postcard paintings by artist Maud Lewis stolen from Halifax home
The Maud Lewis house, where the late folk artist lived and painted for years in rural Nova Scotia, is one of the enduring displays at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Nov. 19, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
opinion
Nightmare at the dream factory: L.A. wildfires reveal ugly truth about how we value artists
Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation steps up with $500,000 donation for nomadic theatre company Outside the March
Photo: by Wade Muir Caption: Mitchell Cushman (first from left), Rosamund Small (sixth from left) and the Outside the March team test-driving portable production equipment at the venue for Performance Review.
Famed director Svitlana Oleshko was a pioneer of avant-garde theatre
Svitlana Oleshko the former artistic director of Kharkiv's Experimental Theater left Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. She works and lives at Teatr Polski in Warsaw where she has directed productions that touch on the themes of the war. She is standing amid the scenography for the play " Cherry Orchard", based on the book by Anton Chekhov. This was the first play she saw in Poland, and she considers it a symbolic sign.
When Canada and the U.S. went to war (in books, movies and comics)
MOVIE: South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut YEAR OF RELEASE: 1999 CREDIT: Paramount/Warner
Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of Los Angeles wildfires
FILE PHOTO: Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, U.S., January 25, 2018. Picture taken January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration
Carrie Underwood performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Theatre Calgary’s Maya Choldin to head up New York Theatre Workshop
Maya Choldin. Photo by Trudie Lee
Beyoncé donates $2.5-million to Los Angeles fire relief, Meghan delays show launch
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, right, speaks with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo, center, and Doug Goodwin, who's home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, Calif., Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
film review
The Last Showgirl observes the demise of old-world eroticism with warmth
This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Pamela Anderson in a scene from "The Last Showgirl." (Zoey Grossman/Roadside Attractions via AP)
Den of Thieves 2 opens at No. 1 as Better Man flops on quiet box office weekend
This image released by Lionsgate shows Gerard Butler, left, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in a scene from "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera." (Rico Torres/Lionsgate via AP)
With Conservatives promising to ‘defund,’ could the next election kill the CBC?
The CBC logo is projected onto a screen in Toronto on May 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Author James Chappel unravels the idea of retirement
Sisters at the Beach, 2000, from The Haddon Hall photography series by Naomi Harris.
Los Angeles fires displaces Ottawa rapper TwoTiime, among other Canadians
Ottawa-born rapper TwoTiime, in a photo from his Facebook page posted on November 2, 2024.