Profiles

Ron James

By Rose Simpson Canadians need no introduction to comedian, actor and bestselling author Ron James. The indefatigable, multi-award-winning, Maritime-born Toronto transplant has been tickling our funny bones on stage and screen for more than 40 years. Ron began his comedy career in the early 1980s at Toronto’s iconic Second City...

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Matthew Perry’s Final Wish

  By Rose Simpson The late actor Matthew Perry once believed that all his troubles would go away if only he became famous. He remembered at 24 kneeling and praying, hoping to make his dream come true. “I prayed to God to make me famous,” he told the CBC’s Tom Power. “I told God he could do anything to me after that.” Three weeks...

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