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Hudson Williams is working on a new film and is “getting tripped up” over a “Heated Rivalry” parallel. Prior to the success of the Canadian queer hockey romance that catapulted the actor to fame over the past year, Williams wrote and directed several short films, including “Soakers,” “Buttons” and “Inside Augustine Mendoza’s Quotidian Apartment.” Now, […]

In addition to Season 2 of Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams is taking some inspiration from the ice for another future project. The actor recently admitted he’s “getting tripped up” on a script he’s writing, which includes a character who is an ex-hockey player, similar to his Montreal Metros player role Shane Hollander on Heated Rivalry. […]

A new collection of 62 letters shows the enormous emotional range of Irish emigrants’ experiences in the US – and complicates narratives of national loss and American opportunity

The Chinese-born writer on her new novel centred on Irish composer John Field, how she goes about writing exclusively in her second language, and coping with suicide

Hardgrave honoured for a knowledge of food and wine ‘as extensive as her passion for small producers and farmers’

The winners of annual awards given out by ASCAP for the year’s most outstanding music writing and broadcasts include biographies of film composers John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, as well as a documentary about cult R&B artist Swamp Dogg, liner notes for an archival release from Frank Zappa, Rick Beato’s YouTube podcasts, and books about […]

Rumor has it the 72-year-old star is contemplating an autobiography. But what happened to his never-published first one?

You may not know the name Sasha Alex Sloan, but chances are you've heard her work. She's become one of music's most sought-after songwriters, writing across pop, country, K-pop, and R&B. As Sloan prepares to release her new album of her own, she joined Geoff Bennett to talk about the craft of songwriting and to perform one of her own songs.