Entertainment Today, June 16

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame invites you to meat Gaga’s dress [New Window] The infamous meat dress Lady Gaga was grilled for wearing at the MTV Video Music Awards last year will be unveiled Thursday as the main course in a sizzling new display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thu, 16 […]

Edmonton’s BioWare hit by hackers

Edmonton’s internet giant BioWare, maker of games like Mass Effect and Jade Empire, has been hit by hackers. Customer information regarding the roleplaying game Neverwinter Nights was accessed on a server. None of the information was financial, the company said, but personal information and passwords were accessed for some 18,000 customers. Here is the company’s […]

Entertainment Today, June 15

Here are some top national, U.S. and international showbiz headlines from around the web. Gig City updates story links at least twice per day, so check back later for the latest hot links: Inside Kate’s new royal life [New Window] What learning curve? Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:01:34 Oscars throw question mark into 10-movie best […]

STAGE: Cirque Du Soleil goes far out with the far east

There are few odder sights than a performance of Cirque Du Soleil in full flight and fewer odder success stories. When Le Cirque rolls into E-Town in July for its performance of of its new show Dralion at Rexall Place, it won’t be quite the rare spectacle a Cirque performance used to be, back in […]

Entertainment Today, June 13

Here are some top national, U.S. and international showbiz headlines from around the web. Gig City updates story links at least twice per day, so check back later for the latest hot links: QVC mainstay Jeanne Bice dies at 71 [New Window] Sweater queen and home-shopping doyenne Jeanne Bice died on Friday at age 71. […]

Entertainment Today, June 12

Here are the top national, U.S. and international showbiz headlines from around the web. Gig City updates story links at least twice per day, so check back later for the latest hot links: Mom blames Nicolas Cage for son’s troubles [New Window] Nicolas Cage’s son is scheduled to be released from a Los Angeles hospital […]

TV: The Daily Show visits Alberta’s Oil Sands

Alberta’s oil sands got some major visibility on the Thursday, June 9, 2011 edition of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart … replete with correspondent Wyatt Cenac drenched in fake blood. Watch it on the Comedy Network website here (about one minute into the second segment). But that was about the toughest question the energy […]

Entertainment Today, June 11

Here are the top national, U.S. and international showbiz headlines from around the web. Gig City updates story links at least twice per day, so check back later for the latest hot links: Loose Cannons misfires in several directions – Globe and Mail [New Window] The charms of Loose Cannons, a family dramedy from Turkish-born […]

FISHEYE: Skeeter Heaven

This stereoscopic image is not in Jasper or some far-off parkland, but in your own river valley, on an off-road bike path in the west end, where zillions of mosquitoes are waiting to devour you. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life […]

FISHEYE: Ooh-be-doo, I wanna be like Clue-bee-doo

The murder weapon was rope, obviously. And the motive? Bananas. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city. More FISHEYE photos HERE.

Edmonton Rock Music Festival turns back clock Aug. 12-13

Question: when does something classify as “Classic Rock”? On South Park, it was suggested it took 22.3 years for AIDS jokes to become acceptable and, therefore, funny. And we know the half-life of a McDonald’s french fry is 17.6 decades. So how long does it take for a band to be considered “classic”? If you […]

FISHEYE: Refinery Warhol gets the party jumping

The Factory Refinery party at AGA Saturday was at a new capacity – plenty of hotdogs available on the rainy balcony, though. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city. More FISHEYE photos HERE.