Articles by Ben Okazawa
Show Me the Body Named Sled Island's 2024 Guest Curator
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
Calgary's Sled Island Music and Arts Festival has announced that New York hardcore trio Show Me the Body will be the 2024 edition's guest c...
Kaytranada Announces Standalone Show at Toronto's History
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
To cap off a busy year that included the release of the collaborative project and one of Exclaim!'s top 50 albums of 2023, KAYTRAMINÉ, Kayt...
Nicolas Cage Is Ready to Retire from Film: "I May Have Three or Four More Movies Left in Me"
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
Once you make a movie about a semi-fictional version of yourself, especially one as intentionally ridiculous as The Unbearable Weight of Ma...
An 'Oppenheimer' Producer Tried to Get Margot Robbie to Change the 'Barbie' Premiere Date
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
This summer's simultaneous releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer marked one of cinema's most successful opening weekends of all time, combinin...
Buddy Guy Announces 2024 Toronto Show at Massey Hall
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy has announced that he's gearing up for a return to Toronto in 2024, where he'll treat Massey Hall to an...
Witch Prophet Found a Benign Growth in Her Brain Causing Chronic Seizures: "I Truly Am a Witch"
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023
Witch Prophet has revealed that a non-cancerous growth in her brain was causing the frequent seizures and other symptoms of Temporal Lobe E...
Run-DMC Were Supposed to Be in the Car with Tupac When He Got Shot
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023
As the Tupac murder trial progresses, Run-DMC vocalist Darryl "DMC" McDaniels has revealed that the trio were supposed to be in the car wit...
"Swiftie" Named Word of the Year Runner-Up by Oxford University Press
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023
As if we needed any further proof that Swifties are not to be toyed with nor taken lightly, Taylor Swift's notorious fan base has mobilized...