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Nerd Prayers Up: My Pal Sammy is rooted in the Theology of Fandom. The glorious idea that the culture we're devoted to isn't trivial — it's how we fashion meaning. Starting with My Summer Lair: NPR's Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith.
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A GEN X POSTCARD FROM 1428 ELM STREET (opens the original)
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Yo…Who was it that said making movies is turning money into light?Last week, I took a break during TIFF for a different light.I visited The Image Centre on the Ryerson campus (not far from the SkyDome…) whose latest exhibition recognizes Richard Avedon’s immortal work.If you don’t know…Richard was an influential American fashion and portrait photographer who shot for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and The New Yorker. He died (ironically) on October 1, 2004. Dude’s work is dope.
#PantsWorthy: TIFF 2026 Recommendations (opens the original)
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Yo…Welcome to the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.I know this dispatch arrives late as the first movie going weekend is wrapping up. We had technical difficulties recording our annual Three Musketeers TIFF special.Which still doesn’t have a proper name.Hah, we just jump into all the films and recommendations and we never bothered to call this TIFF Special…something special.The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival takes place September 10–20, 2026.This
#SetTheVCR for September 2026 (opens the original)
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Yo…TIFF’s madness descends on Toronto this week.I’ll have a longer #TIFF-#PantsWorthy dispatch shortly but for now…I wanna focus on TV.TIFF’s 2026 lineup has a number of TV offerings under the Primetime banner:Below: Limited Series – NetflixSlow Horses: Season 6 – Apple TVLove of Your Life – Prime VideoCarrie: Season
#PantsWorthy: Fan Expo Canada 2026 (opens the original)
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Yo…Fan Expo is this weekend! August 27-30, 2026 in downtown Toronto.Fan Expo is your basic comic con but bigger. If you’re a pop culture fan (comic books, TV shows, horror movies, anime, science-fiction…oh video games!) you can gather with nerds, geeks, gamers, dorks, friends…oh and foes in downtown Toronto.So many foes.A snapshot from a simpler time…I was flipping TV channels and came across Parenthood: Ron Howard’s 1989 movie with Steve Martin.Steve Martin’s &#
Inside The Lair... (opens the original)
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Yo…The CN Tower is now as old as Hip Hop…which is wild.<img alt="A black-and-white silhouette of Sammy Younan looking out an AGO window at the Toronto skyline featuring the CN Tower in the distance." class=
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