What makes an artist Canadian is the question Richard Crouse is putting to his new podcast Entertainment Is Broken after Justin Bieber and Tate McCrae skipped the Junos despite major nominations. His argument is that if your career is built entirely in the United States, maybe the Canadian identity claim needs examining. His co-host disagrees. Ryan Reynolds donating to Canadian charities is the model he is pointing to.

What does it feel like to learn that Ferris Bueller was almost cast with John Cryer instead of Matthew Broderick, and that Anthony Michael Hall says the part was actually written for him? A new book called Ferris Bueller, You're My Hero traces the casting decisions. Richard Crouse says he does not think we would still be talking about this movie 40 years later if either of them had got the part instead.

Taylor Swift is being sued by a Las Vegas showgirl who spent 12 years building a brand called Confessions of a Showgirl before Swift released an album called The Life of a Showgirl. And a Windsor, Ontario woman is selling all 2000 Harlequin Intrigue novels from 1984 to 2021 as one single lot. Her husband built her a room for them.

Topics: what makes an artist Canadian, Ferris Bueller alternate casting, Taylor Swift showgirl lawsuit, Harlequin collection Windsor, Junos Justin Bieber Tate McCrae

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Originally aired on 2026-04-02