Some stories from today’s Montreal Gazette
- Dr Seus in Mississauga’s Square One
- Damon regrets passing on Avatar
- Axe used in The Shining is sold at auction
- Flashback: William Shatner, Oct 3, 1980
Fans can enter Dr. Seuss’ world
Montreal Gazette,
A new immersive experience inspired by the whimsical works of Dr. Seuss is opening in the Toronto area this fall. The 15,000-square-foot exhibit inside a Mississauga, Ont., mall runs from Oct. 26 to Jan. 5 before a U.S. tour. Highlights include a Grinch-themed room, a balloon-filled maze inspired by Oh, The Places You’ll Go, a room full of waist-high clovers as a nod to Horton Hears a Who!, and a mirrored room featuring the Sneetches. The interactive gallery is a collaboration between children’s entertainment company Dr. Seuss Enterprises and event company Kilburn Live.
Damon regrets passing on Avatar
Matt Damon missed his chance to be in one of the biggest movies of all time. Director James Cameron offered him the lead role in Avatar along with 10 per cent from the movie’s box office take, which would’ve earned him US$250 million, but he said no. Damon chose to stick with the Bourne films instead and still regrets missing the chance to work with Cameron. “I realized, in having to say no, that I was probably passing on the chance to ever work with him,” Damon said. Avatar 2 is due in December 2021.
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Shining axe slices off chunk of cash
The axe used by Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining to hack through a bathroom door has been sold at auction for the equivalent of C$276,667, according to Britain’s Independent. The prop from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name was sold for four times its estimate at the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction in London on Tuesday.
Oct. 3, 1980: Shatner discusses career
Jean Pierre Rivest caught William Shatner in a reflective mood when Rivest photographed the Montreal-born actor for an article published Oct. 3, 1980.
Shatner, then 41, was here to star in a horror movie whose working title was The Fright. Eleven years after the original Star Trek series had been cancelled, Shatner was still grappling with the career hangover of playing Capt. James T. Kirk, one of the most vivid TV characters of the 1960s.