17 h. ago ‘Go to eleven’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie

Rob Reiner had a secret weapon on the set of “This Is Spinal Tap.” The dialogue in the mockumentary centred around a fictional British heavy metal band was almost entirely improvised. But before they started rolling, director Reiner (who also played documentarian Marty Di Bergi in the film) talked to the art department about funny […]

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63 h. ago «Spinal Tap II: The End Continues»: ça va prendre un douzième batteur!

La suite n’arrive pas à la cheville de l’original, mais les fans sauront apprécier le retour des sympathiques musiciens.

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64 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCarney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

64 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

64 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, Druids, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

65 h. ago 'It's good drama and that's all I care about,' says Spinal Tap II director Marty DiBergi

The new film has DiBergi chronicling the band's reunion after 15 years of estrangement for a final concert in New Orleans

Culture

8 d. ago Statement by Marty Warren, National Director of the United Steelworkers union on new federal measures to protect and support Canadian workers and industries

TORONTO, Sept. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Steelworkers union (USW) National Director Marty Warren issued the following statement in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of new measures to support Canadian workers and industries impacted by U.S. tariffs and global trade disruptions: “Steelworkers are clear: Canada cannot keep playing defence while our jobs […]

Society

8 d. ago Adventures in Streaming: Celebrity documentaries rarely give viewers the complete story

On Sept. 10, filmmaker Rob Reiner will première his 40-years-later sequel Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, catching up with the three would-be rock gods who made their hilarious debut in 1985. It is, of course, a fake documentary, what would later be coined “mockumentary,” a simultaneous takedown of showbiz boobs, and the filmmakers who […]

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2 w. ago USW criticizes removal of retaliatory tariffs, urges stronger, strategic measures that support Canadian economy

TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — USW National Director Marty Warren is voicing concern over the removal of Canadian retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on CUSMA-compliant goods. The move seeks to match the U.S. rules and appears to have been made as a bargaining chip, but Warren raised serious doubts of its efficacy and […]

Economics

4 w. ago The United Steelworkers union condemns federal government interference in flight attendants’ bargaining rights

TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Steelworkers union (USW) National Director, Marty Warren, issued the following statement on the federal government’s decision to intervene in the labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants: “By stepping in to shut down these negotiations and force workers back to work, the federal government is […]

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