Rob Ford gets air time on The Daily Show

Jon Stewart spent 6 minutes and 30 seconds of The Daily Show on Tuesday night dedicated to making fun of Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford and his crack habit. That's probably Rob Ford's greatest achievement, is it not?

Think only the first few minutes are actually laughable - the whole "all Canadians smoke crack and give BJ's for drugs" is kind of repetitive and ridiculous. Where did our love of BJs come from? That was just f-cking random Stewart. Stop it.

In other Rob Ford news, as he doesn't deserve more than one post today - Gawker launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money so they can purchase and publish the mysterious video of Ford smoking from a crack pipe. Their goal is currently $200,000 of which they have raised (at last glance) just over $129,000.

First, seriously people - you are paying for this shit? Second, I thought the asking price was $100,000. These drug dealers who are in possession of this video have DOUBLED their price? That's insanity.

There is also a note in the campaign that says if they are not able to buy the video they will give the money to some "Canadian non-profit institution that helps people suffering from drug addiction and its various consequences." So basically you are spending a ton of money to donate money and not get a tax receipt. Score.

That's all in the Rob Ford news for this evening.

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Jes...

Coach to return to New Girl? Damon Wayans Jr. fans cross their fingers

There may be a silver lining for fans of Damon Wayans Jr.

As you may recall, Wayans played Coach in the pilot episode of New Girl, but then had to leave the show because Happy Endings got picked up for a surprise second season. Lamorne Morris then replaced him as the token black roommate and now we have the lovable Winston.

I always liked that Morris didn’t come in as Coach, which meant that maybe some time in the future Wayans could reprise his roll as the intense roommate with a little bit of a rage problem.

Now that Happy Endings may be at the end of the line (don’t worry fans…USA Network is still trying to work it out to save your show) after being axed by ABC, it’s possible that we may see a comeback of Coach. AMAZING.

TV Line stated that Jake Johnson, who plays Nick on New Girl, said he would be thrilled to see Coach return to the loft “There would be such funny episodes with the Coach seeing what’s happened in the past two years since he’s [been] gone.”

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Jes...

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

Stunning. I mean, Baz Luhrmann's films always are. Grandiose and visual crack on the eyes. The Great Gatsby was not the remarkable masterpiece that some optimists believed that it would be, but it was hardly the giant failure that some touted. It was a Baz Luhrmann film plain and simple...

Hanson date to release new album ANTHEM

There has been a lot of hype around the new Kanye West album that is dropping on June 18...but for those of you who think Kanye is a pretentious d-bag who is not, unbeknownst to him, Jesus Christ reincarnate - Hanson is also releasing an album on the same day. Hanson fans rejoice.

The new album titled ANTHEM and the trio will be doing a cross Canada tour starting in October. Fun.

• Wednesday Oct 2, 2013 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC
• Friday Oct 4, 2013 - Casino Regina - Regina, SK
• Saturday Oct 5, 2013 - Deerfoot Casino - Calgary, AB
• Monday Oct 7, 2013 - Festival Place - Sherwood Park, AB
• Tuesday Oct 8, 2013 - Odeon Event Center - Saskatoon, SK
• Wednesday Oct 9, 2013 - McPhillips Station Casino - Winnipeg, MB
• Thursday Oct 10, 2013 - McPhillips Station Casino - Winnipeg, MB
• Saturday Nov 9, 2013 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON
• Sunday Nov 10, 2013 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QC
• Tuesday Nov 12, 2013 - The Playhouse - Fredericton, NB
• Thursday Nov 14, 2013 - Casino Nova Scotia - Halifax, NS
• Friday Nov 15, 2013 - Casino Nova Scotia - Halifax, NS
• Saturday Nov 16, 2013 - Harbourfront Theatre - Summerside, PEI
• Sunday Nov 17, 2013 - Casino New Brunswick - Moncton, NB

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Jes...

Side Note: Did ANYTHING ever beat MmmmBop? I don't think they ever topped that.

Kanye West debuts music video on buildings in Toronto

Kanye West is releasing the video for his new single New Slaves in a very Kanye fashion. He will be projecting the video on 66 different buildings around the world in 10 different cities. From what you can see it is it just a video of Kanye's face singing his song. What were you expecting?

Toronto was one of the 10 cities chosen and has four different locations that the video will be projected to tonight.

9:00 - 10:00 PM The Royal Ontario Museum
10:15-11:15 PM The Bay and Marriot
11:30-12:30 AM TIFF Light Box
12:45-2:30 AM MuchMusic

Above is the tail end of the song from one of the New York locations. Unimpressed.

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Jes...

RECAP: Series finale of The Office and the end of Dunder Mifflin

It's over.

Tonight marked the end of an era with The Office airing its series finale after 9 seasons. That is nine years of pranks on Dwight, Jim and Pam drama and stupid boss insanity. I am not sure if there is another group of cast members that could have made the open office concept so hilarious as these ones.

I will be the first to admit that the last few seasons have been a drag. After the departure of Michael Scott there was gap that could not be filled by any of its predecessors. In the third to last episode of this season Dwight becomes Manager of the branch...and it was so brilliant it made you wonder why he wasn't made the lead sooner.

The season finale ended with the documentary being aired, Dwight and Angela getting married and the rest of the employees living after the exposure of their lives. So here is the take away...

Crowdsourcing becoming an easy shortcut for celebrities? Or not.

Kickstarter is one of a few crowdfunding platforms where individuals can become investors...without making any money. Paying for a possibility...and some sort of incentive based on how much you pay. Give $50 for a movie to be mad and get a free DVD, or something to that effect.

In the entertainment industry, crowdfunding platforms are great for independent artists who have some kind of fan base, but are lacking in a studio or label to get their idea off the ground.

When Kickstarter hosted a fundraiser for a Veronica Mars movie and raised over $2 million in a day, I was a little conflicted. Great that Veronica Mars fans are able to get their detective back, but how does this change the dynamics of what people pay money for on crowdsourcing platforms?

Kreayshawn doesn't like being pregs

Kreayshawn, the 23 year old Gucci Gucci rapper, is currently pregs...and not loving it. She posted a message on her Tumblr account about not liking the baby formation process.

"Yeah, I’m pregnant! It sucks...You have to pack away all your slutty crop tops and high waisted shorts. Your stressed all the time and in pain and bored on top of that because, at the end of the day if your friends cant smoke with you or even around you they will find something better to do..."

Her friends sound awesome, "You can't smoke with me, well screw you then."

Also, can we just ban crop tops all together? Then there wouldn't be pregnant people feeling like they are missing out on a trend that only 1% of the population can pull off, but 50% try to.

Seriously, who actually LIKES being pregnant? People who say "this is the best time of my life" or some similar statement are over compensating for their current lack of happiness. (Note: No, I have never been pregnant, but I did a poll and they all said yeah - it's lame.)

Happy labour pains Kreay.

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Jes...

Bill Hader to exit SNL

It was announced today that Bill Hader will leave Saturday Night Live after the finale episode this weekend.

We all know Saturday Night Live is the laughing (in an unfunny way) stock of comedy, but the sliver of hope was Weekend Update and the random appearances of Stefon. NO STEFON - NO SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE...as far as I'm concerned.

RIP Stefon - it's been enlightening.

And for fun...the first time we ever saw Stefon. Not to stereotype...but did anyone else think it was strange that a gay man never changed his clothes? That shit is crazy.

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Jes...

How we met the Mother! Ted's wife finally revealed.

We have finally met the mother!

Cristin Milioti was revealed as the mysterious woman with the yellow umbrella tonight during the last few seconds of the season 8 How I Met Your Mother finale. She requested a train ticket just as she put the yellow umbrella on the ticket counter.

And then it was over.

Kind of anti-climactic if you ask me. I think we were all interested to see if she was going to be someone well known, but the co-creators Carter Bay and Craig Thomas were very atimendt about getting someone who was unknown. No preconceived notions.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Ted will not be meeting his bride to be until later in the final season. Ugh, I hope that's not true. We waited 8 years just to get a look at her face!

One more season left of How I Met Your Mother, I am already planning ahead for my life without Barney Stinson. It is going to be a cold and lonely time.

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Jes...

Side note: She kind of looks like Lily. Just sayin.