Brendan Kelly

Paramount’s Warner Bros. deal is a full-blown Hollywood inferno Viewers may find fewer choices - and fewer independent voices - on their screens if Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery

If the Netflix deal to swallow Warner Bros. felt like a five-alarm fire for the film industry, then the Paramount acquisition is a full-blown Hollywood inferno. If now isn't the time to panic, then when? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Le CH et son peuple L'histoire du Québec et celle des Canadiens de Montréal sont liées, beaucoup plus intimement qu'on ne le croit…

Mon livre Le CH et son peuple retrace l'histoire de la franchise la plus emblématique du hockey, dévoilant sa relation symbiotique avec le Québec. Il souligne que le CH a remporté le plus de victoires lorsque il était le plus québécois,
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Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens - Baraka Books Habs Nation is the story of how hockey's most winning team has always skated hand-in-hand with the people of Quebec and won 24 Stanley Cups.

My book Habs Nation: A People's History of the Montreal Canadiens chronicles the history of hockey's most iconic franchise, noting that the team won the most when its roster was at its most Québécois.
Order it here: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/ha...

There is more for dance focused stuff no?

Tate McRae, Lorde and Twenty One Pilots to headline Osheaga 2026 Canadian pop star Tate McRae, New Zealand artist Lorde and American rock duo Twenty One Pilots will headline the 2026 edition of Osheaga.

Gaz piece on Osheaga 26 by my pal @eleijon. Mentions that headliner Tate McRae was in hot water over her ad for Team USA at the Olympics. montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

Lots of fun stuff at Osheaga 26. Maybe the coolest thing is Wolf Parade strutting back into town to bask in their #HeatedRivalry glory. Oh and cue the old dudes saying, who the eff is Tate McRae?

And they told a good story well without over-hyping it.

Wings doc was really good because they made it part of the Beatles Cinematic Universe and they didn’t try to make the band bigger than they were.

It's a mentality.

Le Québec est l'endroit le plus socialiste (heureusement) au Canada.

L'accent sur le récréatif y est bien plus présent.

Les Québecois performent mieux par contre dans les sports individuels.

À l'exception du basket dans le microcosme à MTL-Nord.

Ça prend un changement de mentalité, plus de patinoires, des entraîneurs avec formation continue obligatoire et une saison allongée jusqu'à la fin mai pour avoir plus de match.
Joueurs de hockey pratiquent beaucoup moins que dans les autres sports.
Auger-Aliassime prenait pas 5 mois de break à 10ans

La saison de mon fils se termine à 7h30 ce soir.

Il fait -5 dehors. C'est complètement ridicule d'arrêter la saison 1 mois avant le printemps.

He’s my take as a guy who has spent a ton of time around young goaltenders over the last 10 years. Teams aren’t selecting the best athletes and teaching them technique. They’re taking the kids who pose the best, whether they have any ability to stop the puck at all, and Hope they grow talent.

Hockey has become a rich kid's sport. And, for whatever reason, rich kids in Quebec would rather ski than play hockey now.

L'ami Alain Brunet a raison. Il y a 2 problèmes flagrants dans le hockey canadien. Il n'y a pas de gardiens de but. Il n'y a pas de joueurs québécois. Cela doit changer. Comme l'écrivait hier Eric Andrew-Gee dans le Globe : « Où es-tu passé, Jean Béliveau ? »

My dear old friend Alain Brunet is right. Two glaring issues in Canadian hockey. No goalies. No Quebec players. This has to change. As Eric Andrew-Gee wrote in the Globe yesterday – Where have you gone, Jean Béliveau? And we might add – Where have you gone Roy/Brodeur/Flower?

Someone get me a shot of Jamie!

Here we go. Pal just told whole town is awake. I’m on the couch.

Barfly is opening at 8 for the game. So is Champs. This is so cool.

Absence of Quebec presence on men’s Olympic hockey team a sore spot for la belle province Canada’s hockey team at the Games (the men, anyway) has no Quebeckers for the first time since 1952

Article sur le manque de joueurs québécois avec Équipe Canada. Mon livre Habs Nation traite du fait que le CH n'a pas donné priorité aux joueurs québécois depuis 30 ans. L'article affirme que cela pourrait expliquer le manque des vedettes Qc dans le LNH. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Absence of Quebec presence on men’s Olympic hockey team a sore spot for la belle province Canada’s hockey team at the Games (the men, anyway) has no Quebeckers for the first time since 1952

Piece in @theglobeandmail.com on lack of Quebec players on Team Canada. My book Habs Nation is about how Habs have not prioritized Quebec players in 30 years. Piece says this might have had a negative influence on the development of hockey stars ici.

Interesting...Gretzky can wear the Canada pin on his suit jacket today, but couldn't wear the Team Canada jersey at the 4 Nations Face-Off last year...would he wear the pin if the Games were in the USA? Just wondering... #CANvsFIN #Olympics2026 #Womenshockey

Team Canada is gonna win gold because we're Canadian. Said the same thing at start of 4 Nations. Good guys finish first.

I need a cigarette. To quote someone.

Friday on My Mind: Kid Koala's Space Cadet, John Muirhead and veteran punks The Offspring The brilliant, beautiful story of a robot and his girl opens in cinemas this weekend.

Here is my Friday on My Mind column on cool things to do this weekend in Montreal. I chatted with Montreal scratch DJ turned filmmaker Kid Koala about his animated flick Space Cadet. Also The Offspring, Qc country singer Rick Duff, folk singer John Muirhead. montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

Canadiens are practicing at Confederation Park in NDG/CDN right now.

Oh of course. Cos he got Suze... by accident. haha

How is the ice at the rink in Laurier Parc? The rink at Bernard and Gaspé? Jeanne Mance Park? Need to do some shinny research tomorrow afternoon and need to know where people are likely to be playing in the Plateau?

I put all three on an equal footing but of course the one that means the most to us is SLICK NICK.

Suzuki and Marner goals were amazing but dame is Bennington clutch

Then it turns out that none other than Mitchy Marner was the overtime hero, just going through players right left and centre to score the biggest goal of his life, leaving Leafs fans with major-league mixed feelings. Okay back to writing that article. What was it about again? 5/ End of string