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“We were all very much trying to prove to our dads that we were men… by dressing up as women!”

Alexisonfire have announced their first studio album in 13 years, ‘Otherness’ – listen to new track ‘Sweet Dreams Of Otherness’ below.The Canadian post-hardcore band’s most recent full-length effort, ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’, came out back in 2009 – two years before they announced that they were separating.They reunited for a number of live shows in 2015 and shared their first track in nine years, ‘Familiar Drugs’, in 2019.Having been announced as part of the Slam Dunk Festival 2022 line-up, Alexisonfire have returned today (March 10) with news of their long-awaited fifth record. ‘Otherness’ is due to arrive on June 24 via Dine Alone – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.Speaking of the group’s explosive new single, lead singer George Pettit explained: “This song was largely Dallas’ [Green] brainchild, but over the course of writing this record it became more of a mission statement for the band.“It’s kind of about performance and embracing a newfound confidence in a state of peculiarity.”An animated accompanying video by actor/director Jay Baruchel (This Is The End, Random Acts Of Violence, How To Train Your Dragon) will premiere on Alexisonfire’s official YouTube channel at 11:15pm GMT tonight – check out the clip above.The forthcoming ‘Otherness’ contains 10 new songs in total, including ‘Committed To The Con’, ‘Conditional Love’, Dark Night Of The Soul and ‘Reverse The Curse’.

Get ready to bust a gut while 10 of Canada’s funniest comedians try not to.

What happens when you put 10 of Canada’s funniest people in a single room together, “Big Brother”-style?

Jay Baruchel is launching “Highly Legal”, a new Canadian Audible Original podcast with a focus on marijuana.

The Tragically Hip are back with their first single in years, along with a star-studded music video featuring some homegrown talent.

Amazon has greenlit a Canadian version of LOL, to be hosted by Jay Baruchel and based on the Japanese format Hitoshi Matsumoto Presents Documental, in which comics compete to try and get each other to laugh while keeping a straight face themselves. Baruchel, the Canadian-born star of Goon and How to Train Your Dragon, will present the new Amazon original series, LOL: Last One Laughing Canada.

Rebecca-Jo Dunham Baruchel, who he married in 2019. “We each cracked open our laptops and sat on either side of the kitchen table and read them simultaneously and were both laughing a whole bunch. That made it easy.”Season 2 of “The Moodys” premieres Thursday, April 1 (9 p.m.).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJay Baruchel doesn’t give up easily.The actor spent a decade trying to get “Random Acts of Violence,” his twisty look at a serial killer whose murder spree is inspired by comic books, made.

Jay Baruchel would gladly just write and direct movies for the rest of his life — just don’t ask him to act in them too.

Most of you know Jay Baruchel from his comedy work. Sure, he’s a very talented comedic actor, but his talents run far deeper than that.

Horror movies can easily get lost going down a path of just being a gore-fest or just being one big metaphor. The most successful efforts in the genre manage to do more than one thing, or at least aren’t completely simple to pin down.

Jay Baruchel is probably best known for his comedic roles in films such as “She’s Out of My League,” “Knocked Up,” and “This is the End.” But for his latest directorial effort, “Random Acts of Violence.” the actor-turned-filmmaker is venturing into the world of horror. As seen in the trailer for “Random Acts of Violence,” the film tells the story of a comic book creator and his crew of friends that find themselves on a bloody trip from Toronto to the New York Comic Con event.

Some homegrown talent are celebrating Canadian cinema on National Film Day.

Jay Baruchel is using the month of April to acknowledge Canadian content creators.