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Did you buy this painting? Please return it!
An artwork was sold at the historic Bar U Ranch's gift shop last week. However, this one-of-a-kind painting was not supposed to be for sale. (Photo credit: Facebook/baruranchfriends)
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'It was super hurtful': Simple Plan on enduring early 2000s pop-punk hate
Social Sharing Growing up in Montreal, Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau were drawn together by their mutual love of punk rock music. For Bouvier, it all started when he discovered skateboarding at eight years old. He and his family would regularly visit his snowbird grandparents in Daytona Beach, Fla., where there were plenty of skate parks and shops. "I would idolize that style, that counterculture," Bouvier says in an interview with Q 's Tom Power alongside Comeau. "That was my whole identity…. It felt badass. I listen to stuff that's fast and aggressive, and I grind off sidewalks and I'm rolling on my skateboard, and it's loud, and it's who I am." WATCH | Simple Plan's full interview with Tom Power: But even though Bouvier and Comeau came up in the punk rock scene — and their worldwide success was built on a DIY punk rock ethos — Simple Plan endured a lot of hate in the early 2000s for sounding too pop or mainstream. For example, Bouvier says I'd Do Anything (the second single off Simple Plan's debut album, No Pads, No Balls) is "a straight-up love song" that's actually quite tender. Inspired by Blink-182's 1999 album Enema of the State, Bouvier wanted to try writing a "refreshing new take on pop-punk" that felt positive. "Back in those days … you were either punk or you were not," he explains. "We came up from the punk rock community, but our music was way more poppy…. People felt they had to slam us for that and it was super hurtful, but luckily we were building an amazing fan base one fan at a time, and it was growing." WATCH | Official video for I'd Do Anything: Comeau adds that rather than creating tension in the band, the hate actually brought them closer together. "It became a bit of an us against the world," he says. "I think it's always good for a band to have a common enemy. It bonds you together…. If nobody cares about your band — whether it's positive or negative — that's bad. If people love you or hate you, it's because you're creating this reaction. It's polarized, and that's a good sign. It means that you're actually moving the needle." But the negativity Simple Plan faced wasn't just criticism of their music. A new documentary, Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd, shows how people would throw bottles at them on stage, threaten them or try to start fights with them. "Still, to this day, there's a little bit of PTSD," Comeau says. "People would come up at the time and they would be like, 'Hey, you're in Simple Plan.' And I had no idea what was coming next. Was it like, 'I love you guys!' Or like, 'You guys are terrible.'" WATCH | Official video for Welcome to My Life: On the positive side, a lot of people, particularly young people, have really connected to Simple Plan's music over the years. One fan told Bouvier and Comeau that their song Welcome to My Life actually stopped them from taking their own life when they were going through a dark time. The band still receives emotional messages like that to this day. "That's why we call the movie The Kids in the Crowd, because we are these kids in the crowd that had that profound love for music, and reaction to music, and now, somehow, we became this band that gets to write these songs that have that same similar impact for a new generation of people," Comeau says. "I mean, that was what we wanted all along: to be that band." Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd is streaming now on Amazon Prime. Interview with Simple Plan produced by Vanessa Nigro.
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Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara among Canadians earning multiple Emmy nominations
Catherine O'Hara, a cast member in "The Studio," arrives at the premiere of the Apple TV+ series on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Pizzello Seth Rogen and Catherine O'Hara are among the Canadians racking up multiple Emmy nominations this year. Both received nods for Rogen's Apple TV Plus cringe comedy 'The Studio,' which broke records Tuesday with 23 Emmy nominations — the most ever for a comedy series in its first season. That beats the record set in 2021 by 'Ted Lasso,' also from Apple, which scored 20 nominations in its debut year. Rogen earned nominations for best lead actor in a comedy series, best directing and best writing. The satire stars the B.C. native as the boss of a struggling Hollywood studio, juggling corporate pressures with his dream of making genuinely good movies. Toronto's O'Hara, meanwhile, earned two nominations — one as best supporting actress in 'The Studio,' and another for a guest role in HBO zombie drama 'The Last of Us.' Rogen will compete in the lead actor category against Martin Short, who snagged a nomination for his role in 'Only Murders in the Building.' The Hamilton, Ont. native plays frazzled theatre director Oliver Putnam in the Hulu comedy, starring opposite Steve Martin and Selena Gomez. This is the fourth time he's received an Emmy nod for the role. Quebec City's Jessica Lee Gagné collected two nominations for her work on Apple TV Plus' series 'Severance,' which has a leading 27 nominations. Gagné is up for best cinematography for an hour-long series, and best directing for a drama series. The Apple TV Plus thriller revolves around employees at enigmatic company Lumon Industries who undergo a procedure splitting their consciousness between their work selves and personal lives. Gagné directed the episode 'Chikhai Bardo,' in which the show's lead character Mark, played by Adam Scott, drifts in and out of disorienting memories of his late wife, Gemma, whose mysterious connection to Lumon lies at the heart of the show's larger conspiracy. Meanwhile, Toronto-born 'Saturday Night Live' boss Lorne Michaels received six nominations for several incarnations of the sketch comedy series, including best writing for a variety series and best scripted variety series for NBC's 'Saturday Night Live.' 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special' is also in the running for best writing for a variety special and best live variety special. Michaels also scored nominations for best live variety special for Peacock's 'SNL50: The Homecoming Concert' and best emerging media program for Meta Quest's 'SNL 50th The Anniversary Special: Immersive Experience.' Other Canadian nominees include Graham Yost, who earned a nod for best drama series as executive producer of spy thriller 'Slow Horses,' and comic Robby Hoffman, who's competing for outstanding guest actress in a comedy for her breakout role as an office manager in 'Hacks.' The 77th Emmy Awards will broadcast live from Los Angeles on CTV on Sept. 14. Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press
