#SCANDOVAL
How the Tom Sandoval cheating fiasco brought Bravo gossip once reserved for reality-TV superfans and obscure corners of the internet to a new level of mainstream attention.
Shinan Govani is Canada’s best-known social columnist, and currently pens the ‘Last Word’ page in Hello! Canada magazine. Previously, he was a columnist with the National Post for 12 years. The author of the novel Boldface Names, he has also written for such publications as Vanity Fair.
The lawyer Ronald Richards has a lot to say about “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi’s divorce, which he is feverishly relaying to fans on Twitter.
Image Conscious
Diane Arbus photographed the world around her with unflinching honesty, as a new exhibit of over 500 her pictures at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto reveals.
Suits Them
Meghan Markle has returned to Canada to reunite with baby Archie, with the expectation that Prince Harry will join her. They can expect a warm welcome, and some pointed questions.
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POINT SCORING
The author says the outrage over the Canadian PM’s use of blackface has turned out to be a Rorschach test to validate the way most people already think about Trudeau.
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IMPACT
They row, gaslight, and misbehave like any stars of a Bravo reality show. But from food to kinship, language to nostalgia, the cultural pulse of ‘Shahs of Sunset’ is meaningful.
WAY HARSH
In 2005, they were co-chairs of the American Museum of Natural History’s Winter Dance. Now one is an embattled first daughter, another a Real Housewife, and the third hates Trump.
ENTHRALLING DESIGN
Lunuganga is the late architect’s Sri Lankan estate and memorial, but it is also a mesmerizing testament to his ability to seamlessly blend design and landscape.
Smart
Theirs is the most notorious reality franchise on TV, and now the wealthy, well-dressed women who spend their time shopping, drinking, and fighting have an outpost in Canada’s largest city.
High Life
The rap star is building a luxury mansion in one of Toronto’s toniest areas, where the facades suggest the palaces of Europe, and the hum is of the hyperwealthy.