Blog Posts by Soraya Roberts

Canadian playwright and actor Greg Kramer has passed away at the age of 51.

Canadian playwright Greg Kramer has died. The 51-year-old renaissance man (he was an actor, director, songwriter, and magician, according to the Globe and Mail) passed away on Monday, the day before his most high-profile play yet was set to start rehearsals.

Kramer was reportedly discovered at his apartment in Montreal after he failed to show up to rehearsals for "Sherlock Holmes," starring local actor Jay Baruchel in the titular role. Kramer was set to play Inspector Lestrade and rehearsals were shut down the day he was found.

"RIP Greg Kramer," tweeted Baruchel on Tuesday. "You will be missed and I will do my best to pay tribute to your words and the wonderful characters you put on the page."

Montreal police have reportedly ruled out foul play -- Kramer was HIV positive, had already fought cancer twice and had had one lung removed. He worked until the very end.

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Oprah Winfrey may be the most influential celebrity of the year, but some Canadians are intent on swaying popular opinion.

The 59-year-old media mogul is set to speak to 14,000 fans on Thursday at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place as part of her "An Evening with Oprah Winfrey" tour, and the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project will be there in opposing force, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

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Yep, you heard right: CAN-FAP, which opposes baby circumcision, is protesting Winfrey's appearance. The reason? The talk show host's endorsement of SkinMedica -- namely, TNS Essential Serum, an anti-aging product that Winfrey calls her "fountain of youth" and allegedly uses skin cells sourced from baby foreskin. The product sells for a whopping $260 per ounce.

Years after starring in "The Family Stone," Rachel McAdams got stoned for real in Toronto.

In a new interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the 34-year-old "To the Wonder" star debuted a new red 'do and a fiery new side to her famously sweet personality: McAdams admitted she had a "crazy" hallucination after taking cannabis to treat insomnia.

The Canadian actress was extolling the virtues of living in Toronto and praised her local grocer for always having special treats for her. Apparently, one of those treats was a bottle of marijuana.

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Debbie Reynolds may be 81, but when it comes to romancing good looking men, she has no problems holding back.

The screen legend appeared at The Grove yesterday in Los Angeles to promote her new memoir on Extra. She and host Mario Lopez not only shared a little waltz, but Reynolds also gave the 39-year-old hunk's tush a squeeze to remember her by. The married father of one didn't seem to mind one bit.

"Pleasure to a little dance with the legendary @DebbieReynolds1!" Lopez tweeted on Monday following his interviewee's naughty move. "Such an amazing lady."

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Estella Warren wasn't displaying particularly model behaviour this weekend, according to a report in Us Weekly.

The 34-year-old Canadian model and actress, best known for her performance in the 2001 film "Planet of the Apes," got into a minor kerfuffle with actress Jaime Pressly at a birthday party on Friday at a private L.A. residence.

The cops got involved after Pressly reportedly discovered, with the help of a "find my phone" app, that her assistant's missing phone was in Warren's possession.

"Jaime was trying to get it back," an insider told the gossip magazine. "She wasn't agressive, but she was forceful."

Aishwarya Rai-Bachnan and husband Abhishek Bachnan. (Jag Gundu/Getty Images)

After winning Miss World nearly 20 years ago, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan became Miss TOIFA this weekend.

In her first appearance abroad since giving birth in 2011, the 39-year-old Bollywood superstar became the belle of the ball when she performed at Vancouver's inaugural Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) on Saturday.

Some of India's biggest stars (including Bollywood's Brad Pitt Shah Rukh Khan) populated B.C. Place, along with Premier Christy Clark in local dress, while Rai-Bachchan descended onto the stage.

According to IBNLive.com, the actress's performance of songs from the blockbuster flick "Dhoom 2" and the film "Devdas" was "one of the highlights of the gala night." Though Rai-Bachchan arrived in gold and green, she transformed into a sparkly black show stopping dress for her stage show.

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Brad Pitt is on his way to Vancouver. Well, not the real Brad Pitt. Bollywood's Brad Pitt.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan, whom one Bollywood fan has described to CTV as "like Brad Pitt," left for Vancouver this morning to attend the inaugural Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA), a three-day event to be held at BC Place Stadium starting on Saturday.

"I'm extremely thrilled to be part of this," the actor told Digital Spy last month. "This is going to be a defining moment in the history of Indian cinema and TOIFA, as this will lovingly be called, will truly be a game changer."

So, who is Khan?

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Jeremy Irons has found himself in some hot water, thanks to recent comments he made about gay marriage. The actor is being trashed over an interview with HuffPost Live, during which he questioned whether same-sex marriage advocates "somehow debase what marriage is."

While speaking with host Josh Zepps, in reference to the subject of marriage and tax, 64-year-old Irons said, "Could a father not marry his son?"