JJ organizers a Halloween party that challenges the group’s friendship. Meanwhile, as acting principal, Billy must stop the South Crenshaw Halloween Vandal. Here’s our All American season 4 episode 19 recap. After his breakup with Simone, Jordan is back to being a player, hooking up with a random girl named Tessa. Coop is excited about her new job with Laura, but Patience wonders why Coop changed for Skye and not her. As acting principal, Billy must stop the South Crenshaw Halloween Vandal from vandalizing the school. He enlists Preach to join him after promising him a new mini fridge. Billy…
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Kevin Bourne
Kevin Bourne, also known as "KB The Boss" or simply "KB", is a Toronto-based host/on-air personality, arts & entertainment journalist, TV/film producer, and communications and content strategist. As a commentator and freelancer, he has appeared nationally as a correspondent on CBC News Network and host on CBC Music. He has also appeared locally on CTV, CBC Radio, CityNews, Newstalk 1010, and ByBlacks.com, and in the United States on Fox’s Black digital TV network, Fox Soul. He has covered some of Canada’s top red-carpet events, from the Toronto International Film Festival to the Canadian Screen Awards, and has interviewed everyone from Kevin Hart and "Fast and the Furious" star Tyrese Gibson to Ziggy Marley, Ava DuVernay, Dascha Polanco, Lilly Singh, and Howie Mandel. His years of work as an entertainment journalist led to him being named a Golden Globe® Awards voter and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-Approved critic and being quoted as a critic in national ad campaigns for Black films and TV shows, both in Canada and the United States. Pivoting into the world of film and television, Kevin co-founded the film, TV, digital content, and live experiences company, SHIFTER Entertainment, alongside his wife and business partner, Koliah. Through SHIFTER he has produced a number of projects, including the Bell Fibe TV1 unscripted reality series A Date In The Life, serving as showrunner, executive producer, writer and co-director. Now, with a number of pilot and feature film scripts written and projects in development, KB is poised to continue to be a champion for Black entertainment and culture alongside his wife and business partner, Koliah.
The Juno Awards took over the Budweiser Stage on Toronto’s Lakeshore. Shawn Mendes, Haviah Mighty and Charlotte Cardin were among the winners. Tonight, the Canadian music industry once again came together for the biggest night in Canadian music, the 2022 Juno Awards. While most of the awards were handed out on Saturday, six awards were presented on Sunday night. The winners included Haviah Mighty for Rap Album of the Year for Stock Exchange, Arkells for Group of the Year, Shawn Mendes for the International Achievement Award and TikTok Juno Fan Choice, Jessia for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Canadian Music…
The JUNO Opening Night Awards 2022 touched down at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in downtown Toronto. Here are all your winners. Tonight, the Canadian music industry gathered in downtown Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the JUNO Opening Night Awards Presented by Ontario Creates. Hosted by Ann Pornel and CBC Music’s Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe, this year’s festivities were once again an in-person celebration after two years of going virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The evening began with opening remarks from Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president, Allan Reid, followed by a performance by Valley, fresh…
In the next article in our Industry Insights series, SHIFTER’s Kevin Bourne says that as a talent in the entertainment industry, you’re only as strong as your team. Last Monday, Koliah and I went to a listening session at Universal Music Canada for their artist Boslen. Aside from the quality of his music and his attention to detail, what stood out was the quality of his team. When going over his upcoming project, he couldn’t stop talking about how important his team has been to his success. He not only bounces ideas off of his team, but he mentioned how…
While a number of characters land new jobs, this episode is a little messy, including a big breakup. Here’s our All American season 4 episode 18 recap. After getting closure and making peace with Carrie, Layla looks to make amends with the people in her life, including Coop, by writing them letters. Unfortunately, one person―Clay―can’t accept her apology. Spencer is hosting his apparel launch, but there’s some trouble brewing. The bromance between Spencer and Wade is in jeopardy as Spencer confronts Wade about the derogatory post circulating about Liv. Another player takes responsibility for the stunt, but is Wade completely…
There’s friction between Spencer and Asher as their schools get ready to go head-to-head. Meanwhile, Spelivia continue to drift apart. Here’s our All American season 4 episode 17 recap. After Spencer is moved from special teams to receiver and the focus of Golden Angeles’ offence, Wade tries to get all “buddy buddy” with Spencer. After Spencer calls Wade “the best quarterback in the country” it causes some tension with Jordan. Speaking of tension, this episode also saw some rare friction between Spencer and Asher. As Coastal California gets ready to play Golden Angeles at homecoming, Coach Montez asks Asher to…
Shang-Chi star Simu Liu is about to drop his new book. Here’s Kevin Bourne with his Simu Liu book review for “We Were Dreamers”. The release of Canadian actor, Simu Liu’s book “We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story” is just around the corner. The book tells the story of his family’s journey from China to Toronto and ultimately Hollywood. Let me say right off the bat, this book impacted me. Reviews are supposed to be impersonable and objective, but let’s throw that out the window for a second. A few pages into the prologue I found myself getting…
Toronto rappers NorthSideBenji and Houdini are back together again on their new posthumous track and music video “Repeat”. Almost two years after his passing, fans are still getting new music from the late rapper Houdini. Today, fellow Toronto artist NorthSideBenji dropped a new single titled “Repeat” featuring Houdini, delivering another smash from the pair. They previously teamed up on “Too Soft” and “Levels” which currently sit at 5.2 million and 1.4 million views respectively on YouTube. Northsidebenji took to Instagram recently to tease the upcoming track posting, “Due to unforeseen circumstances we couldn’t get this out when we first made…
SHIFTER’s Kevin Bourne shares four reasons even successful artists and talent get tempted to give up on their dream. Being in a talent in any area of media and entertainment has its ups and downs, highs and lows. There will be moments when you feel like you’re the most talented person in the world and others when you doubt whether you have what it takes to make it. There will even be moments when you feel like you want to quit. But one myth is that the temptation to quit is only for those who aren’t making it. The reality…
HGTV Canada’s Gut Job, hosted by Sebastian Clovis, premiered tonight. Find out why Kevin Bourne calls it “the show we always needed, but just didn’t know it.” Tonight, my plan was to put the kids to bed and watch the premiere of the new HGTV Canada series Gut Job. I wasn’t even planning to write a review, but when the show started, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I ran upstairs to see if my wife was watching and she had the same look on her face―partly proud and partly shocked and amazed. There were two things we both…
HGTV Canada has added a number of new Black hosts and shows to its roster. Here’s our HGTV Canada Spring preview. For years HGTV has been the channel Canadians turned to for everything from design inspiration to helping them dream of a better life. There’s something aspirational about the channel. When you watch the HGTV you get the feeling that nothing is impossible; if you can think it, it can be done. But one of the knocks on both the American and Canadian versions of the station is that they’re very…white. HGTV Canada has responded by releasing a trio of…
Liv and Wade. Jordan and Layla. Dillon and Spencer. Coop and Patience. So much drama on tonight’s episode of All American. Here’s our All American season 4 episode 16 recap. Our All American season 4 episode 16 recap begins with Wade who is still salty about Jordan getting the win in the last game. Jordan tries to clear the air, but Wade makes it clear they’re not friends. As Layla and Patience are working on the album, both Sabine and Sky each show up at the door setting the stage for a messy love triangle (or square). Billy has trouble…
