ON THE COVER
NOW talked to Jeff Bridges, star of The Big Lebowski, in which he played the pot-smoking Dude. It was his defining role – until 2010, that is, when he won an Academy Award for his performance in Crazy Heart. He missed out on Oscar number two last week after being nominated for another Coen brothers pic, True Grit. (Pages 36 and 37 of the issue.)
IN THE NEWS
As Ontario preps for an election and pundits weigh in on right-wing Tory leader Tim Hudak, we check back on a Tory caucus retreat in the Mike Harris years, where frightened Conservatives ruminated on the growing power of the Liberals. (Page 23 of the issue.)
ON STAGE
Then city councillor, now MP Olivia Chow appeared in Nightwood Theatre’s Five-Minute Feminist Cabaret alongside Sandra Shamas, who’s still going strong in Wit’s End III: Love Life, and Ann-Marie MacDonald, currently set to open in More Fine Girls. (Page 70 of the issue.)
IN THE ADS
Bay Bloor Radio was advertising state-of-the-art technology for listening to music: a portable CD player selling for $199. (Page 5 of the issue.)
