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Are Canada’s hottest young couple calling it quits? That’s what reports are saying.  The two have been married for 2 years now and I actually thought they might be an example of young Hollywood getting married really early in life but who were so right for each other, it didn’t matter.  I hope they can work it out.  Can you imagine what their kids would be like!?
Oh well.  In the meantime, here’s a video montage of their wedding photos.

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Michael Bublé will be only the third man ever to grace the cover of Chatelaine magazine here in Canada.  The first two were former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, and hockey legend/current NHL coach, Wayne Gretzky. 
Michael seems to be taking it in stride.  Of being chosen for the cover, he said "I don’t see myself as someone who’s as important as Trudeau or as prolific as Wayne Gretzky."
Is it the crooner’s pouty lips?  His impish grin?  Maybe those soulful eyes?  Could be all of the above since the issue honors the "Men We Love."  Sounds great already!
So, does Michael subscribe …read more

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Jully Black performed her single “Queen” on the Canadian Idol finale last night.  She looked absolutely gorgeous!  I feel so lucky to have her in the Canadian music industry because we are sorely lacking in terms of having many great soul singers.  On the few occasions where I was fortunate enough to be in the same circles with her, she’s always been gracious and acts pretty much the same was she does on television.  Can ya tell I love her?

There’s a bit of footage about one of the Idol contestants before she performs but here’s a video of her from …read more

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Jully Black was spotted at eTalk’s party during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival on at the CTV headquarters.  The Canadian Idol contributor was looking gorgeous on the red carpet Friday night.  Anyone watching the Idol finale tonight?  I’m live blogging about it!

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Doesn’t Sarah McLachlan look beautiful at the BC 150 Festival???  I just love her!  Haven’t seen enough of her lately, though.  Again, I didn’t get to go to the event but I heard she was great!  Check out these pictures!

image credit via Flickr: Ianiv and Arieanna Schweber
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Canadian singer, Feist, was at the BC 150 Festival earlier this month and I was fortunate enough to have a friend who attended and gave me some pictures (click on any of them to enlarge).
Did any of you have a chance to go?  I was in California at the time (plus I live in Calgary and this was in Victoria) so I didn’t attend any of the festivities.

Here is a short video of some of her performance:

image via Flickr – Ianiv and Arieanna Schweber
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R&B singer, Estelle, was in Toronto, Ontario this past week for the MLS All-Star game.  It brought out other celebrities including Rachel McAdams and Drew Carey.  Have you ever heard Estelle’s duet “American Boy” with Kanye West.  Click here to watch the video on Hip Hop Roll.  I love the song because it’s really smooth and has a real European influence (she’s French, I believe) but it also has a touch of a Kanye-style hip hop groove.
More pictures after the jump!

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Jully Black was incredible last night at the Calgary Stampede.  Her show was earlier than most of the “big acts” I’ve seen this week and it was the first non-rock show on the Coca-Cola Stage but it didn’t matter.  Her dedicated audience was there waiting for her well before the show even began.  That was something else that was different also.  While acts like Hedley and Faber Drive and, well, basically every other band this week attracted mostly younger fans, Jully’s crowd consisted of all types of people – young, old, different cultural backgrounds, etc… It was so nice to …read more

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Natasha Bedingfield was great last night when she stepped on to the Coca-Cola Stage at the Calgary Stampede.  The audience showed some love as she began the set with some lesser-known songs but when she broke into hits like “These Words,” “Unwritten” and the new “Love Like This,” the crowd erupted into cheers.  It was a more subdued concert than I’ve seen all week at the Stampede since, unlike with bands like Finger Eleven and Lifehouse, there was no moshing and certainly no body surfing.  It was a nice change (even though I like the other stuff too).
She was really …read more

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Finger Eleven were amazing the other night at the Calgary Stampede.  I had forgotten how much I loved their music and it was a great trip down memory lane.  Lead singer, Scott Anderson, was really incredible – his voice was clear and even better live than recorded.  They gave a kick-ass performance of Paralyzer which, of course, drove the crowd insane. 
The only distraction were the body surfers.  Seriously, if you are going to body surf, don’t do it at the Calgary Stampede.  That’s just lame – the crowd isn’t really into it and then people get hurt.  I saw …read more

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