The first time I met Rachel McAdams we were in the garden amphitheatre at Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario. I can’t remember exactly how old I was, but it was at least 15 years ago. It was the first day of the Original Kids Theatre Camp, a prestigious young people’s theatre company that held a recruitment camp every year in the summer. Divided into groups by age we were doing Shakespeare in the garden – Julius Caesar. Despite the fact that I am naturally good in front of people I had the most horrible stage fright as a child and, understandably, had only one line. Continue reading
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The Weekly Awesome: Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker is a movie putting a face on an Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit, specifically one man, Staff Sareant William James played by Jeremy Renner. After its world premiere last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, it has been garnering rave reviews from critics and its doesn’t look like these reviews are unwarranted. When I found out it was directed by a woman, Kathryn Bigelow specifically, I looked her up. Continue reading
