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Acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn has worked with everyone from the Backstreet Boys to Taylor Swift, but in 2004, he expanded into feature films. His new creature feature âIckâ is a horror-comedy that just had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Joseph joins Tom to talk about the movie, what inspired it, and his prolific career directing music videos.
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Forty years ago, director Mick Jackson released a film titled âThreadsâ thatâs been called the scariest movie ever made. But rather than featuring ghosts and monsters, it realistically and disturbingly portrays what would happen in the event of a nuclear apocalypse. Mick joins guest host Talia Schlanger to discuss the film's legacy, why he wanted to scare his audience with the truth, and how he went on to direct one of the biggest romances in movie history.
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After more than 20 years in the music business, country superstar Miranda Lambert is coming home. Her new record, âPostcards from Texas,â is a love letter to the state she grew up in. She joins Tom to talk about the album, her musical homecoming, and why losing the reality singing competition show âNashville Starâ was a blessing in disguise.
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T. Thomason is a singer-songwriter from Nova Scotia who has a lot to say about how the music industry treats trans artists. Now, heâs opening up with a new single called âTrueâ off his forthcoming album, âTenderness.â T. sits down with Tom to talk about the song, and how itâs opened up new conversations and made him feel empowered.
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Kathryn Hahn got her start in film playing memorable supporting roles in comedies like âAnchorman,â âStep Brothersâ and âHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.â Now, she stars in the new Marvel series âAgatha All Along,â which sees her reprise her role as the powerful witch Agatha Harkness from âWandaVision.â Kathryn sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger in the Q studio to talk about that role and her hilarious life as a performer.
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Twenty-five years after playing Little Victor in the 1998 coming-of-age drama âSmoke Signals,â Cody Lightning is all grown up and back with his directorial debut. It's a mockumentary, titled âHey, Viktor!,â which follows a fictionalized version of himself trying to make a sequel to the cult classic film he acted in as a child. Cody joins Tom from Edmonton to talk about his gritty new Indigenous comedy, how his idea for the film began as a running joke with his friends, and how he looks back on his time as a child actor.
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Kate Hudson was raised by Hollywood royalty: Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. When she was growing up, they told her that if she wanted to be an actor it had to be because of something deep inside her â not just for fame and fortune. Her latest role is in Max Minghellaâs âShell,â which is all about the extreme measures actors will take to stay young. Kate sits down with Tom for a conversation about that film, her Hollywood upbringing, her Oscar-nominated role in âAlmost Famous,â and why these days she's making music.
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The Canadian twin siblings Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn went from playing in the super successful band Courage My Love to moving in an entirely different direction as Softcult. They sit down with Tom to set up a song from their latest EP, âHeaven.â
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Whatâs the cost of being cool? Back in the â90s and early â00s there was no one cooler than ChloĂ« Sevigny, the ultimate It Girl. She was an in-demand model and actor who was known for her unique eye for fashion as well as for starring in indie films that are now considered cult classics. ChloĂ« sits down with Tom to talk about that time in her life and how being cool affected her career, plus her latest film, "Bonjour Tristesse,â which just had its world premiere at this yearâs Toronto International Film Festival.
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Matthew Rankin is a Canadian director whose new film âUniversal Languageâ has just been selected as Canada's pick for best international feature film at the 2025 Oscars. Itâs set in an alternate version of Winnipeg where Canadaâs two official languages are French and Farsi, not English. Matthew drops by the Q studio to chat with Tom about his vision for this film that he directed and starred in.
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The Tragically Hip have been called the most Canadian band in the world. Now, a new four-part documentary series called âThe Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsalâ gives the most extensive look into the band ever put on screen. Itâs directed by filmmaker Mike Downie, whoâs the older brother of The Hipâs late frontman, Gord Downie. The series kicked off the Toronto International Film Festival in advance of its Prime Video debut next week. Mike along with band members Johnny Fay and Gord Sinclair sit down with Tom to talk about it.
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Caity Gyorgy is a Juno-winning jazz singer whoâs originally from Calgary. Earlier this month, she released a new album, titled âHello! How Are You?â Caity joins Tom in the Q studio to talk about the record and her love of scatting, plus, she sets up a song for us.
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The Canadian jazz pianist Oliver Jones turns 90 today. Tom visits Oliver at his home in Montreal to talk about his legacy in Canadian music, his relationship with his hero and role model Oscar Peterson, the time he played for Nelson Mandela, and what the secret is to continuing to play music in your 90s.
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In the new film âOut Come the Wolves,â all of our greatest fears about being stranded â and hunted â in the wilderness come to life. The Canadian writer, director and actor Enuka Okuma wrote the screenplay. She joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about tapping into fear to create this movie.
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Yann Martelâs Booker Prize-winning novel âLife of Piâ has been adapted into a Tony award-winning play thatâs on stage now in Toronto. The bestselling Canadian author joins Tom to reflect on how the story came to be, his discovery about art and religion that brought him âback to life,â and why he wants to push you to be a bit less reasonable.
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Since releasing his critically acclaimed album âBoat Songsâ in 2022, the singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman, also known as Jake Lenderman, has been getting a lot of attention. Now, heâs back with his much-anticipated fourth solo album, âManning Fireworks.â MJ joins Tom to talk about the record and what itâs like to deal with the heightened expectations that come with success.
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In the late â80s, Paula Abdul helped define what a pop star could be, from dance to music to performance. If you were watching music videos at that time, you would have seen her on your screen. If you werenât around for that, you may remember her as one of the original judges on âAmerican Idolâ from 2002 to 2009. Paula sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger to reflect on how she was discovered by the Jackson family, what it was like choreographing for some of the biggest superstars in the world while she was still a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers, and her philosophy as a mentor.
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Though sheâs been called Canadaâs original cowboy punk, k.d. lang has had a long and complex relationship with country music. When she got her start as a singer in Edmonton, she didnât fit the mold of who people thought a country artist should be. Now, k.d. is being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. She sits down with guest host Talia Schlanger to reflect on her history with the genre, from her early days channelling Patsy Cline to her thoughts on country music today.
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As a visionary director and self-professed loner, Tim Burton has spent decades channelling the angst and loneliness he felt as a child into hit movies like âEdward Scissorhandsâ and âThe Nightmare Before Christmas.â But it was his outlandish 1988 movie âBeetlejuiceâ that set his career into motion and proved to Hollywood that being weird was an asset, not a problem. Now, 36 years after the original âBeetlejuice,â the filmâs long-awaited sequel, âBeetlejuice Beetlejuice,â has finally hit theatres. Tim joins guest host Talia Schlanger to discuss the new movie, how it helped him rediscover his love of filmmaking after a creative slump, and his on-again, off-again relationship with Disney.
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Thirty-six years ago, Catherine O'Hara stepped onto a movie set and fell in love with a production designer who would later become her future husband. The movie was a dark fantasy comedy called âBeetlejuice,â directed by a then-fledgling filmmaker named Tim Burton. After the filmâs release, both she and Burton became household names. Now, a sequel called âBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceâ has just hit theatres. Catherine joins guest host Talia Schlanger to reflect on how the original film changed her life, what it was like reprising her role as the eccentric Delia Deetz in the new sequel, and the similarities between Delia and her iconic âSchitt's Creekâ character Moira Rose.
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