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Eye Weekly was a free weekly newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[1] It was owned by Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, and was published by their Star Media Group until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, The Grid.^[2]

History[link]

Eye Weekly began publishing on October 10, 1991. The content was first posted online via Usenet in March 1994, and its website launched in October 1994, becoming one of the first publications to put its content online. It had an audited circulation of 120,000 copies,^[3] as of a 2005-2007 report. However, total readership began to decline in 2003.

The founding managing editor was offbeat Toronto Star writer William Burrill. Burrill was replaced in 1993 by Bill Reynolds, previously the music editor, while Burrill stayed on as a columnist until returning to the Toronto Star in 1998. In 2002, after a series of resignations and dismissals, Catherine Tunnacliffe was named managing editor, and was later promoted to the position of publisher in 2005; former intern/music editor Stuart Berman was promoted to the senior editor position. However, following the hiring of former Eye Society columnist Alan Vernon to the newly created editorial director position, Tunnacliffe left in 2006 to work for the parent company. In late 2008, Berman moved to the new online editor position to oversee the eyeweekly.com website; former intern/city editor Edward Keenan was promoted to the senior editor position.

In its short time, the publication boasted three distinct logos. Eye Weekly has also made a transition from a mostly irreverent alternative newsweekly focused on acerbic commentary and rock and roll, to an emphasis on youthful gay and nightlife subcultures, then a renewed focus on cinema and municipal issues.

While the publication was officially referred to as EYE WEEKLY, logos have displayed names such as eYe WEEKLY, and just plain eye. The publication's final logo was formally displayed as EYE WEEKLY.

Past contributors[link]

Prominent contributors at various points through the newspaper's life included Jason Anderson, Bert Archer, Gregory Boyd Bell, Denise Benson, Alex Bozikovic, William Burrill, Jason Chiu, Andrew Clark, Tyler Clark-Burke, Nicole Cohen, Kevin Connolly, Peter Darbyshire, Gemma Files, Sky Gilbert, Kevin Hainey, Bob Hunter, Bruce LaBruce, Guy Leshinski, Laura Lind, Sarah Liss, Donna Lypchuk, Cindy McGlynn, Gord McLaughlin, Jim Munroe, C.J. O'Connor, Gord Perks, Sasha, John Sewell, Kamal al-Solaylee, Hannah Sung and Marc Weisblott.

References[link]

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Steve Edge (born 2 November 1972) is an English actor, writer and former stand-up comedian. He is most famous for his work on Phoenix Nights, The Cup, The Visit, Peep Show and the satirical magazine show Star Stories.

Early life and stand-up[link]

Steve attended Stafford College and the University of Salford. He began his career in 1997 and from then until 2004 worked as a Stand-up comedian. From March–November 2004 Steve, Patrick McGuinness, Archie Kelly and Janice Connolly toured a live stand-up show "Jumping on the Bandwagon" in reference to the success of Phoenix Nights. The final show of the tour and the last time he did stand-up was at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

Selected filmography[link]

Writing and other work[link]

Steve has been a program associate/writer on 8 out of 10 Cats since 2007.

He was script editor the BBC2 comedy "The Cup" in which he also starred as the lead, Terry McConnell.

In 2009 He wrote the BBC1 show Walk on the Wild Side along with Jason Manford as well as adding the voices to the show; most notably the Marmot repeatedly shouting "Alan".^[1]

In 2009 he wrote and narrated BBC3's "Almost Famous III" and returned in 2010 with the much revered sequel "Almost Famous IV".

In 2002 he starred in a series of improvised adverts directed by Graham Linehan, for the now defunct ITV sport Channel ^[2]

He starred as a hapless undertaker in the Elbow promo for the song "Not a Job" ^[3]

Steve is a co-writer of the series Starlings with Matt King (comedian) on Sky1.^[4]

Awards and nominations[link]

• Finalist in the 1998 BBC New Comedy Awards competition at the Edinburgh Festival
• Nominated in 2004 for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards - Best Comedy for the "Jumping on the Bandwagon" Tour
• Nominated in 2005 North West Comedy Awards - Best Comedic Performance on Film & TV for I'm with Stupid
• Nominated in 2007 RTS Awards Best Performance in a Comedy for The Visit
• Nominated in 2008 British Comedy Awards Best Male Comedy Newcomer for The Cup

Personal life[link]

Steve has lived in Manchester since 1995 and revealed on Soccer AM that he is a Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder who sits in the Stan Cullis Stand.^[5]

Steve Edge is godfather to Jason Manford's twin daughters.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Steve Edge at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Edge on Myspace
• Steve's CV and credits at Curtis Brown (literary agents)

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Marcel Mouly (February 6, 1918 – January 7, 2008) was a French artist who painted in an abstract style.

Early life[link]

Mouly was born in Paris France on February 6, 1918. His Interest in art developed in grade school. A precocious, mischievous child, Mouly was first sent to drawing class as a form of punishment. However, Mouly loved learning to draw, and exhibited a natural artistic talent, though his path to a career as an artist proved not to be a linear one. At age 13 he left school to work, first as a beach vendor, then as an apprentice to a local dentist and later worked for a wine merchant caring heavy baskets of wine to make his deliveries before pursuing a career of painting. In 1935, while still employed by the wine merchant, Mouly began taking night classes in the arts at French Academies, the Cours Montparnasse 80, where he remained until his military duty begain in 1938. After France fell to Germany in June 1940, Mouly became a civilian again, and eked out a living during these difficult economic times working odd jobs. Mouly befriended a fellow artist named Bernard la Fourcade, and the two of them established a studio in Auteuil. During a trip to Normandy in 1942, the pair was stopped by German officials, and were questioned for their lack of travel documentation, which was then required by the Vichy government. Mouly and la Fourcade were arrested shortly after their return to Paris, and mistakenly imprisoned as spies . During his solitary confinement, Mouly solidified his plans to make a name for himself as an artist.

Career[link]

Shortly after being released from prison, Mouly, along with fellow artists Édouard Pignon, rented the Boulogne studio of famed modernist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973). Mouly learned a great deal from Lipchitz, particularly about the style of Cubism. By the mid-1940s, Mouly's art began to gain notoriety from his peers and collectors; in 1945 his paintings were exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in Paris, and the following year at the Salon du Mai. Mouly's first one-person exhibition was held in 1949 at the Libraire Bergamasque.

Mouly's style was influenced by the deep, bold colors typically used in Matisse's fauvist works, and by the cubism of Picasso. Beginning in the mid-1950s, Mouly created many lithographs. And his works received great interests globally.

Fame and honors[link]

Marcel Mouly's work has been exhibited all over the world, including in the permanent collections of more than 20 museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in Japan, the Museum of Geneva, the Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki, and Paris' Bibliotheque Nationale. He has also been the subject of numerous books, and recognized by such honors as the Chevalier de L'Orde des Arts et Lettres (1957) and the Premier Prix de Lithographie (1973).

Though Marcel Mouly died on January 7, 2008, weeks shy of his 90th birthday, his art and his legacy live on. "His art is pure and direct in its message," art historian and writer Joseph Jacobs said, "it is an art about beauty and life, an art roots firmly planted in the School of Paris, Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Roault, Vlaminck, Chagall, Vuillard and Dufy are his patrimony, and he has carried their mantel with unflagging dedication." At his death in 2008, he was the last living protégé of Picasso.

Recent exhibitions[link]

• 1990 - Atelier Gourdon, Palm Springs
• 1996 - Musee de Changhai, China
• 1997 - Kwai Fung Hip Gallery, Hong Kong
• 1997 - Park West Gallery, Michigan
• 1997 - Le Domaine Perdu Galerie Meyral Perigerd with his son Pierre, a sculptor
• 1998 - Philipps Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
• 1999 - Opera Gallery, Paris
• 1999 - University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois with Pierre Mouly
• 1999 - Galerie Nolan Rankin, Houston, Texas with Pierre Mouly
• 2000 - Galerie du Chateau, Noirmoutier, France
• 2000 - Park West Gallery, Michigan
• 2001-Typicahoe Casino,California
• 2005 - Chok Som Bo Kum Pao Gallery, Guangzhou
• 2006 - Opera Gallery, Paris
• 2007 - Marcel Mouly

References[link]

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