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‘Big Brother Canada’ Season 11 contestants: Meet the houseguests | Globalnews.ca
Filled with secrets, twists and turns and plenty of drama, each #BBCAN11 houseguest will be painted a suspect in a diabolical game of whodunit.
And, of course, there’s a new cast of 16 eager Canadians getting set to enter the Big Brother House Manor.
Premiering March 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Global and STACKTV, Big Brother Canada will surveil the houseguests as they live and compete alongside each other in an effort to secure the $100,000 grand prize.
But it looks like there could be some fresh surprises in store for the guests, with the show teasing mysteries hidden behind secret passageways and devious twists designed to stoke paranoia throughout the house.
This year’s houseguests (manorguests?) include a glamourous 911 operator from British Columbia, a driven mom of four and yoga instructor from Alberta, a determined investment adviser from Saskatchewan, a boisterous graphic designer from Ontario, an optimistic marketing coordinator from Prince Edward Island, a charming father and fisherman from Newfoundland and more.
Who has what it takes to uncover the mysteries of the Big Brother Canada Manor and come out on top? Check out Season 11’s houseguests below.
Amal Bashir
Age: 28
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Toronto
Occupation: Superfan
About: This superfan has a big personality and an even bigger heart. Staying focused on the grand prize, Amal plans to outwit her house mates and stay true to herself.
Anika Mysha
Age: 28
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Saskatoon
Occupation: Investment Adviser
About: Typically the loudest person in the room, Anika is a force to be reckoned with. Her strategy is to win people over by building tight bonds and playing a fair game. But be careful, she isn’t afraid to stir the pot!
Claudia Campbell
Age: 25
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Kensington, P.E.I.
Occupation: Marketing Coordinator
About: Representing P.E.I to the fullest, Claudia is a great example of good things that come in small packages! But don’t underestimate her strength, as she plans to dominate in competitions and bring a strong social game.
Daniel Clarke
Age: 33
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Toronto
Occupation: Graphic Designer
About: This loud and proud superfan plans to play between alliances to help further his game. Although he can’t keep a secret to himself and loves to gossip, Daniel will use his cheerful outlook and fierce determination to bring home the big win.
Dan Szabo
Age: 28
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Niagara Falls, Ont.
Occupation: DJ
About: With a carefree attitude and good looks to match, Dan plans to charm everyone in the #BBCAN11 house. His strategy involves being part of a large alliance that allows him to make big moves without getting dirt on his hands.
Hope Agbolosoo
Age: 23
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Milton, Ont.
Occupation: Skills Coach
About: It’s always good vibes when Hope steps into a room. His megawatt smile and captivating energy will draw the houseguests in without a doubt. He’s calm, cool and collected when he needs to be, but when it’s show time, he plans to turn into a comp beast.
Jonathan Leonard
Age: 33
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Paradise, Nfld.
Occupation: Fisherman
About: Being a dad and fisherman has taught this small town Newfoundlander patience, which he will need to bring home the biggest catch of the year — the title of #BBCAN11 Winner.
John Michael Sosa
Age: 28
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Bradford, Ont.
Occupation: Project Manager
About: John Michael is bright, extroverted and a happy-go-lucky guy. While appearing unthreatening, he will mask his competitive nature behind a colourful charm to deceive all the houseguests and to take himself to the end.
Kuzivakwashe “Kuzie” Mujakachi
Age: 29
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Victoria, B.C.
Occupation: 911 operator
About: Kuzie is a master manipulator. She knows how to read a room and will align herself with the strongest players in the house. Her social game will influence the vote to her liking and she has no problem twisting the truth to suit her best.
Roberto Lopez
Age: 30
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Toronto
Occupation: Gym Manager
About: Beauty, brains and brawn, Roberto has the three main ingredients to win the game. More than just a pretty face, throwing comps will sway the houseguests to underestimate his intelligence and athletic abilities, keeping him under the radar and off the block.
Renee Mior
Age: 24
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Vaughan, Ont.
Occupation: Law Student
About: Renee believes her goofy and bubbly personality will either land her an alliance with the other women in the house or a flirty showmance. Either way, her innocent appearance and sharp tongue will make her presence known in the game.
Santina Carlson
Age: 29
Pronouns: She/her
Hometown: Edmonton
Occupation: Aesthetician
About: Santina is determined and motivated to win big as a comp beast. Her strategy is to stay low-key when it comes to her competitive side until it’s time to make her move.
Shanaya Carter
Age: 27Pronouns: She/HerHometown: Victoria, B.C.Occupation: BartenderAbout: Shanaya will use her witty humour and no-holds-barred attitude as a distraction to manipulate the houseguests from the sidelines. Being vulnerable and authentic will win everyone over in no time and carry her to the end.
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Terrell “Ty” McDonald
Age: 28
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Toronto
Occupation: Personal Trainer
About: Ty knows he comes off as a physical threat and has a feeling his intelligence will be underestimated. Once this personal trainer’s cover is blown as the comp beast, Ty plans to dominate the game by making alliances with the outcasts. Plus, a showmance or bromance along the way couldn’t hurt!
Vanessa MacTavish
Age: 42
Pronouns: She/Her
Hometown: Calgary
Occupation: Yoga Instructor
About: This driven mom, wife and yoga instructor is unapologetic and always authentically herself. She will be the shoulder to cry on in the #BBCAN11 house, yet also will keep the houseguests in line.
Zach Neilson
Age: 34
Pronouns: He/Him
Hometown: Ottawa, Ont.
Occupation: Startup Senior Vice President
About: Zach is a man with a calculated plan. With tricks up his sleeves he hopes to rule the #BBCAN11 house by dominating comps and building strong connections with his housemates.
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This season, ‘Big Brother Canada’ will air three nights a week featuring new episodes every Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET/PT (Head of Household), Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT (Power of Veto) and Thursday at 7 p.m. ET/PT (Eviction).
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Gwyneth Paltrow not liable in Utah ski collision, jury says – National | Globalnews.ca
A jury dismissed the complaint of a retired optometrist who sued Paltrow over injuries he sustained when the two crashed on a beginner run at Deer Valley ski resort, siding with Paltrow after eight days of live-streamed courtroom testimony that made the case a pop culture fixation.
Paltrow, an actor who in recent years has refashioned herself into a celebrity wellness entrepreneur, looked to her attorneys with a pursed lips smile when the judge read the eight-member jury’s verdict in the Park City courtroom. She sat intently through two weeks of testimony in what became the biggest celebrity court case since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.
The dismissal concludes two weeks of courtroom proceedings that hinged largely on reputation rather than the monetary damages at stake in the case. Paltrow’s attorneys described the complaint against her as “utter B.S.” and painted the Goop founder-CEO as uniquely vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits due to her celebrity.
Paltrow took the witness stand during the trial to insist the collision wasn’t her fault, and to describe how she was stunned when she felt “a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise.”
Throughout the trial, the word “uphill” became synonymous with “guilty, ” as attorneys focused on a largely unknown skiing code of conduct that stipulates that the skier who is downhill or ahead on the slope has the right of way.
Worldwide audiences followed the celebrity trial as if it were episodic television. Viewers scrutinized both Paltrow and Sanderson’s motives while attorneys directed questions to witnesses that often had less to do with the collision and more to do with their client’s reputations.
The trial took place in Park City, a resort town known for hosting the annual Sundance Film Festival, where early in her career Paltrow would appear for the premieres of her movies including 1998’s “Sliding Doors,” at a time when she was known primarily as an actor, not a lifestyle influencer. Paltrow is also known for her roles in “Shakespeare in Love,” which won her an Academy Award, and the “Iron Man” movies.
The jury’s decision marks a painful court defeat for Terry Sanderson, the man who sued Paltrow for more than $300,000 over injuries he sustained when they crashed on a beginner run. Both parties blamed the other for the collision. Sanderson, 76, broke four ribs and sustained a concussion after the two tumbled down the slope, with Paltrow landing on top of him.
He filed an amended complaint after an earlier $3.1 million lawsuit was dismissed. Paltrow in response countersued for $1 and attorney fees, a symbolic action that mirrors Taylor Swift’s response to a radio host’s defamation lawsuit. Swift was awarded $1 in 2017.
Paltrow’s defense team tried to paint Sanderson as an angry, aging and unsympathetic man who had over the years become “obsessed” with his lawsuit against Paltrow. They argued that Paltrow wasn’t at fault in the crash and also said, regardless of blame, that Sanderson was overstating the extent of his injuries.
AP writer Anna Furman contributed from Los Angeles.
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Jennifer Aniston says ‘Friends’ offensive to ‘a whole generation of kids’ – National | Globalnews.ca
Aniston, who has been working in film and comedy for nearly three decades, told the French news agency AFP that it’s become “a little tricky” to produce comedies because you have to be “very careful.” She said this is especially troubling because “the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life.”
Aniston, 54, lamented the past when she said: “You could joke about a bigot and have a laugh — that was hysterical. And it was about educating people on how ridiculous people were.”
She used her role as Rachel Green in the 1990s sitcom Friends as an example of how audiences have evolved over the years.
“There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of Friends and find them offensive,” she said.
Aniston blamed the offensiveness on a combination of “things that were never intentional” and elements of the program that just lacked thought.
Friends, a comedy about six young people in New York, has long since been criticized for a lack of diversity. All of the show’s main characters are white. While actors of colour appeared sparsely in short cameo roles, the most prominent, non-white actor on the show, Aisha Tyler (who played Charlie Wheeler), appeared in only nine episodes.
Some of the jokes in friends have also been labelled transphobic or homophobic.
Co-creator of the sitcom, Marta Kauffman, said last year she was “embarrassed” and felt “guilt” over the lack of diversity in Friends.
“It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago,” Kauffman told the Los Angeles Times.
Friends ran from 1994 to 2004. It is one of the most profitable sitcoms ever created, bringing in reportedly US$1.4 billion since its initial debut.
As a result of increased sensitivity, Aniston said less comedies are being made today than in decades prior. Not having comedies, she said, is a tragedy.
“Everybody needs funny! The world needs humour!” she said. “We can’t take ourselves too seriously. Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided.”
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Numerous popular comedians have already complained about producing comedy in the post-woke age. In particular, Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock have been especially outspoken about cancel culture and comedy.
Still, Aniston charges on. In her latest comedy, Murder Mystery 2, Aniston plays Audrey Spitz, a detective solving the case of a kidnapped billionaire alongside her partner Nick (played by Adam Sandler). Murder Mystery 2 is available to stream on Netflix on Friday.
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‘Ducks,’ Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir about Alberta’s oilsands, wins Canada Reads | Globalnews.ca
The graphic memoir published last year by Drawn & Quarterly traces Beaton’s two years working in Alberta’s oilsands.
Jeopardy! super-champion Mattea Roach defended the book during the four-day competition that aired live on CBC Radio.
“Ducks” won the competition Thursday, beating out Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven,” which was championed by actor-director Michael Greyeyes.
“Hotline” by Dimitri Nasrallah, championed by bhangra dancer Gurdeep Pandher, was voted off Wednesday; “Greenwood” by Michael Christie, championed by actress Keegan Connor Tracy, was eliminated Tuesday; and “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, championed by TikToker Tasnim Geedi, didn’t make it past the first day, Monday.
This year’s competition sought to find “one book to shift your perspective.”
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