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GENIES SAY NO TO VIOLENCE
C.R.A.Z.Y. (pictured here)
earned the most Genie
nods with 12
Valentino Dsquared2
The perennial argument about what makes
a work Canadian heats up with this year’s
Genie Awards, which take place on
Monday, March 13. (Check your local
listings for TV coverage.)
Relax Bryan Adams, this time it’s
David Cronenberg’s much-celebrated
A History of Violence that didn’t meet
the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
Television’s criteria for Canadian-ness.
Despite the fact that Cronenberg is
Canadian, the film was shot in Ontario and
many of the supporting actors are Canucks,
it was paid for by the American studio
New Line, so is considered a Hollywood film.
But there are lots of other good movies
on the list. Congratulations to all the
nominees, here are the contenders in the
major categories >>>
I wanna be a COWBOY
and you can be my cowboy
Director Ang Lee has good reason to yell “Yee-ha” these days. In addition to all the
awards his “gay cowboy movie” Brokeback Mountain has racked up, it has also
influenced some of the biggest fashion houses on the planet. The proof? At a show of his
Fall/Winter 2006/2007 collection in Milan a few weeks ago, Italian designer Valentino
marched two cowboys down the runway hand-in-hand. The two men, dressed simply in
jeans, leather vests and Stetsons, were two of today’s most famous male models, Tyson
Ballous and Will Chalkner, both known for being openly…heterosexual.
A few months before, world-renowned Canadian designers Dean and Dan Caton, better
known as Dsquared2, trotted models in cowboy hats, neckerchiefs and lanyards down the
runway as part of their Spring/Summer 2006 collection. You can check out the decidedly
homoerotic campaign for Dsquared2’s western-inspired line (that saddle horn was surely
made just for this shoot) at www.dsquared2.com.
—Jean-François Légaré
famous 10 | march 2006
Best Motion Picture:
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Familia
It’s all Gone Pete Tong
Saint Ralph
Water
Achievement in Direction:
Luc Picard � L’Audition
Jean-Marc Vallée � C.R.A.Z.Y.
Louise Archambault � Familia
Michael Dowse � It’s all Gone Pete Tong
Deepa Mehta � Water
Performance by an Actor
in a Leading Role:
Luc Picard � L’Audition
Michel Côté � C.R.A.Z.Y.
Marc-André Grondin � C.R.A.Z.Y.
Paul Kaye � It’s all Gone Pete Tong
Adam Butcher � Saint Ralph
Performance by an Actor in
a Supporting Role:
Denis Bernard � L’Audition
Rémy Girard � Aurore
Bernard Starlight � Hank Williams First Nation
Campbell Scott � Saint Ralph
Gordon Pinsent � Saint Ralph
Performance by an
Actress in a Leading Role:
Macha Grenon � Familia
Sylvie Moreau � Familia
Arsinée Khanjian � Sabah
Gina Chiarelli � See Grace Fly
Seema Biswas � Water
Paul Kaye in
It’s all Gone
Pete Tong
Performance by an Actress
in a Supporting Role:
Suzanne Clément � L’Audition
Marianne Fortier � Aurore
Danielle Proulx � C.R.A.Z.Y.
Micheline Lanctôt � Familia
Babz Chula � Seven Times Lucky —MW
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