http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/celeb ... ed-him-outJaden Smith says Four Seasons Toronto ‘spiked’ his pancakes with cheese, kicked him out
While Jaden Smith, son of Will, has been busy shooting the next great YA movie in Toronto with co-star Cara Delevingne, he’s been staying at the snazzy Four Seasons Hotel — except it hasn’t been going well.
On Saturday, the 18-year-old, who has a tendency to capitalize all of his tweets while delivering each random thing that enters his mind, revealed that the hotel had allegedly kicked him out after “Spiking” his pancakes with cheese, making him want to “Throw Up On Myself.”
He concluded with, we can only assume, no hyperbole whatsoever: “I’m Surprised I’m Still Alive.”
As are we!
Alas, with one simple Google, it becomes evident that on the Four Seasons’ menu, the only likely option that Smith ordered is the Lemon Ricotta Hot Cakes (with Ontario maple syrup, by the way). It seems worth noting here that, yes, for all intents and purposes, ricotta is cheese.
But let’s give Smith the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he was fully aware of this but requested that his hot cakes be made without said ricotta, and his demands were not met. He could have an allergy, an intolerance or be going through a vegan spell (he certainly seems the type). No one like that wants a cheesy surprise.
As for the matter of being unceremoniously “kicked out,” according to E! News, Smith had come to the end of his booked stay at the hotel but decided he was not ready to check out. Unfortunately, the Four Seasons was fully booked and could not accommodate the famous spawn with an extra room. Needless to say, Smith was not happy and decided to let it all out on Twitter, playing a little dirty by bringing the cheese into it.
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The Four Seasons has said it does not comment on its guests, but let’s be real: this mix-up would not have happened had the hotel provided Smith with an all-caps menu.
In the words of Jaden Smith himself, “When Life Gives You Big Problems, Just Be Happy You Forgot All Your Little Problems.”
Amen.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/d ... -1.4136222What the duck? Ontario paid $121K to festival bringing world's largest rubber duckie to Canada
Tourism Minister Eleanor McMahon notes the province has funded Redpath Waterfront Festival for 3 years
A six-storey rubber duck won't call Toronto waterfront home until this summer — but it's already making waves in the Ontario legislature.
The 13,600-kilogram rubber duckie drew criticism, and many puns, from the Progressive Conservative tourism critic as he questioned why the province would help pay to bring the Instagrammable bath toy to Canada for a visit.
"People are already treading water, trying to pay their bills, and you float this rubber ducky right in their faces?" Rick Nicholls said.
Funded festival for 3 years running
The province gave the Redpath Waterfront Festival a $121,000 grant toward its annual Canada Day celebrations, which will be magnified in keeping with the country's 150th birthday.
Rubber Ducky is being billed as the perfect selfie backdrop by the festival — and as a tourist attraction by the province.
"We're not ducking any of these questions," Tourism Minister Eleanor McMahon said during question period, noting that the funding is for the festival and not the duck specifically.
"We've actually been funding that festival for the past three years and we're funding them again ... because they create jobs, they do a fantastic job, and they bring in tourists," she told reporters later.
When asked how much of the funding went specifically to bringing the behemoth bath toy to Ontario, McMahon couldn't say. It will tour the province after its three-day-stint in Toronto, something the minister said would bring tourists to the smaller communities that it visits.
The Tories, however, maintained it was wasteful spending on something that had no connection to Canada's history.
"It's an absolute cluster duck," Nicholls said, ruffling the feathers of the speaker of the house.
McMahon, meanwhile, shot back that the duck is just one part of a much larger celebration — and said later that the opposition's "quacking" was "much ado about nothing".
Having trouble deciding which one amuses me more. Thoughts?
