SCENE STEALER Belated recognition for a producer who helped bring scores of Canadian movies to the screen, from Quest for Fire to The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, E3 ON ON0 ON ON0 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012 SECTION E THE MOS T MA GI CAL GI FT OF THEM ALL For each ticket purchased by Dec 31 a $5 donation will be made to The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund 416-872-1212 MIRVISH.COM 1-800-461-3333 Use promo code SANTAFUND to make your donation count BEGINS DEC 20 244 Victoria Street, Toronto FORMERLY THE CANON THEATRE The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund has been sending holiday gift boxes to needy kids in the GTA since 1906. This year, $1.6 million is needed to provide a Christmas to 45,000 kids on Santa’s list. MirvSanta_11305_8406 Trying to corral designers into a cohe- sive and co-ordinated fashion week can be like herding cats. As soon as a rhythm is established, designers, being independent-minded creative types, find fresh ways of opting out. But on Thursday night, Greta Con- stantine, the designer duo of Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill, will take showing off-schedule to a new extreme, debuting their spring-summer 2013 col- lection in the Distillery District just a few weeks before it lands in store. Another established design star, David Dixon, is planning his spring-summer show for Dec. 6 at the new development sales office in the lobby of the old Sutton Place Hotel. The timing of fashion shows in Canada is already out of whack. The runway season is already tremendously pro- longed. Timing the fashion market Greta Constantine designers Stephen Wong, left, and Kirk Pickersgill, right, get ready for Thursday’s fashion show in the Distillery District. AARON HARRIS/FOR THE TORONTO STAR Designers show new collections weeks before clothes go on sale DESIGNERS continued on E11 LEANNE DELAP SPECIAL TO THE STAR ENTERTAINMENT LIFE & The original cast of Two and a Half Men could soon be down a man and a half. Questions were reverberating on Tuesday about the appearance of An- gus T. Jones, the 19-year-old half man of the TV show’s title, in a video in which he described the long-running CBS sitcom as “filth.” “If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop,” Jones said in a 14-minute video clip posted on YouTube on an apocalyptic religious channel called Forerunner Chronicles. “I don’t want to be on it. Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth.” Jones’s mother, Casey, has said that she fears her son is being “exploited” by the church. Accompanying the young actor in the video is his evident religious mentor, Christopher Hudson, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and conspiracy theo- rist who refers to himself as “The Fore- runner.” Hudson’s stated beliefs char- acterize the re-election of Barack Oba- ma as a sign of the End of Days, rapper Jay-Z as a Satan-worshipping Freema- son and cannibalism as an inevitable outcome of New York’s post-hurricane gas-rationing. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Hudson said Jones was “cool and calm” and “doing very well.” “I’m impressed that this young man has the ability to deal with this situa- tion in a responsible way,” Hudson said. “This young man is a noble young man. Because he is not just professing Christ with his words and saying that he’s a Christian, but he’s showing the proof.” Two and a Half Men actor sees the light, but will CBS? THE HALF MAN continued on E4 Nancy Harper calls herself the “Trav- ellin’ Mama” and for good reason — six years ago she packed up her young family and took them on a one-year, 80,000-plus kilometre adventure. Now’s she’s gearing for another odys- sey. This weekend, Harper, 48, her hus- band Doog Farquhar, 49, and their daughters, Molly, 12, and Annie, 13, set off on a two-month back-packing ex- cursion through Central America. Is she nuts? Maybe. Is she prepared? For sure. Herewith, the journey-ob- sessed mom — Harper is the author of Travellin’ Mama: A Parent’s Guide to Ditching the Routine, Seeing the World and Taking the Kids Along for the Ride — explains her rationale for boldly go- ing where most parents would never dare. Q: What is the motivation behind leaving your Elora, Ontario farm to “schlep” your children and husband on such a lengthy, possibly draining excursion? A: A lot of people ask me this. Like anything in life travelling with kids can be a pain. But there are lots of chal- lenges in parenting no matter where you are. Travellin’ Mama set for next adventure Ontario mom who took family on year-long trip bound for Central America MICHELE HENRY LIFE REPORTER TRAVELLING continued on E8 ROB SALEM
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SCENE STEALER Belated recognition for a producer who helped bring scores of Canadian movies to the screen, from Quest for Fire to The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, E3
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012 SECTION E
THE MOST MAGICAL GIFT OF THEM ALLFor each ticket purchased by Dec 31 a
$5 donationwill be made toThe Toronto StarSanta Claus Fund
416-872-1212MIRVISH.COM
1-800-461-3333Use promo code SANTAFUNDto make your donation count
BEGINS DEC 20244 Victoria Street, Toronto
FORMERLY THE CANON THEATRE
The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund has been sending holiday gift boxes to needy kids in the GTA since 1906. This year, $1.6 million is needed to provide a Christmas to 45,000 kids on Santa’s list.
MirvSanta_11305_8406
Trying to corral designers into a cohe-sive and co-ordinated fashion week canbe like herding cats.
As soon as a rhythm is established,designers, being independent-mindedcreative types, find fresh ways of optingout.
But on Thursday night, Greta Con-stantine, the designer duo of StephenWong and Kirk Pickersgill, will takeshowing off-schedule to a new extreme,debuting their spring-summer 2013 col-lection in the Distillery District just afew weeks before it lands in store.
Another established design star, DavidDixon, is planning his spring-summershow for Dec. 6 at the new developmentsales office in the lobby of the old SuttonPlace Hotel.
The timing of fashion shows in Canadais already out of whack. The runwayseason is already tremendously pro-longed.
Timing the fashion market
Greta Constantine designers Stephen Wong, left, and Kirk Pickersgill, right, get ready for Thursday’s fashion show in the Distillery District.AARON HARRIS/FOR THE TORONTO STAR
Designers shownew collectionsweeks beforeclothes go on sale
DESIGNERS continued on E11
LEANNE DELAP SPECIAL TO THE STAR
ENTERTAINMENTLIFE &
The original cast of Two and a HalfMen could soon be down a man and ahalf.
Questions were reverberating onTuesday about the appearance of An-gus T. Jones, the 19-year-old half manof the TV show’s title, in a video inwhich he described the long-runningCBS sitcom as “filth.”
“If you watch Two and a Half Men,please stop,” Jones said in a 14-minutevideo clip posted on YouTube on anapocalyptic religious channel calledForerunner Chronicles.
“I don’t want to be on it. Please stopwatching it and filling your head withfilth.”
Jones’s mother, Casey, has said thatshe fears her son is being “exploited” bythe church.
Accompanying the young actor in thevideo is his evident religious mentor,
Christopher Hudson, a Seventh-dayAdventist pastor and conspiracy theo-rist who refers to himself as “The Fore-runner.” Hudson’s stated beliefs char-acterize the re-election of Barack Oba-ma as a sign of the End of Days, rapperJay-Z as a Satan-worshipping Freema-son and cannibalism as an inevitableoutcome of New York’s post-hurricanegas-rationing.
In a statement released Tuesdayafternoon, Hudson said Jones was“cool and calm” and “doing very well.”
“I’m impressed that this young manhas the ability to deal with this situa-tion in a responsible way,” Hudson said.“This young man is a noble young man.Because he is not just professing Christwith his words and saying that he’s aChristian, but he’s showing the proof.”
Two and a Half Men actor sees the light, but will CBS?
THE HALF MAN continued on E4
Nancy Harper calls herself the “Trav-ellin’ Mama” and for good reason — sixyears ago she packed up her youngfamily and took them on a one-year,80,000-plus kilometre adventure.Now’s she’s gearing for another odys-sey.
This weekend, Harper, 48, her hus-band Doog Farquhar, 49, and theirdaughters, Molly, 12, and Annie, 13, setoff on a two-month back-packing ex-cursion through Central America.
Is she nuts? Maybe. Is she prepared?
For sure. Herewith, the journey-ob-sessed mom — Harper is the author ofTravellin’ Mama: A Parent’s Guide toDitching the Routine, Seeing the Worldand Taking the Kids Along for the Ride— explains her rationale for boldly go-ing where most parents would neverdare.
Q: What is the motivation behindleaving your Elora, Ontario farm to“schlep” your children and husbandon such a lengthy, possibly drainingexcursion?
A: A lot of people ask me this. Likeanything in life travelling with kids canbe a pain. But there are lots of chal-lenges in parenting no matter whereyou are.
Travellin’ Mama setfor next adventureOntario mom who tookfamily on year-long tripbound for Central America
MICHELE HENRY LIFE REPORTER
TRAVELLING continued on E8
ROBSALEM
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