I want you to know
one thing.

In addition to the normal (rather, abnormal) amount of media attention showered upon Kate Middleton throughout her courtship and marriage to Prince William, it seems the latest topic of discussion revolves around her choice to stay home and manage their small rented cottage in Wales while William continues his career as a RAF search and rescue pilot.

“Jo – such a small name, for such a person.”

Friedrich Bhaer’s quote above about the woman he loves represents one of the reasons why Jo March from Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women, is also beloved by women.  Born into a family of four girls, with tomboy desires and an open temperament, Jo isn’t exactly equipped with the ladylike qualities or ambitions that were expected of women in her time.

Canadian star Ryan Gosling has made a name for himself as a serious actor with serious talent. And his Best Actor nomination for the film Blue Valentine at last night's Golden Globes ceremony should leave no doubt in anyone's mind of his fine acting ability and future permanence on red carpets.

Did you know that the creator of one of TV’s most popular forensics series, Bones, was also the writer of several Road to Avonlea episodes?

We now know why Tyrone Savage (Fat Bailey in Wind at My Back) must have caught the acting bug.  The real life mother of the Wind at My Back star, Janet-Laine Green, is set to star in a brand new television series called She’s the Mayor.  Green will play the lead role in the Vision-TV series, which debuts this month.

The most innocent time in the lives of Hub and Fat Bailey took place in one of the harshest decades in the 20th century.  The Great Depression made all children grow up more quickly than they may have done in a later or earlier time period.   This is what Wind at my Back explores so wonderfully.

Fans of one of Canada’s fastest rising stars, rapper and actor Drake, may be surprised to learn that the artist is connected to Kevin Sullivan’s award-winning series Wind At My Back.

Historically, the idea of a patronage system involved a wealthy or connected adviser sponsoring the works of another artist.  Famous examples include the Medici family of Florence or the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches that commissioned great works of art for cathedrals.  However, the patronage system under which Mozart worked for a time was a system of employment that was both necessary for the maintenance of his career, but as the musician himself saw it, an evil.

If you’ve ever wondered how the actual idea for Anne of Green Gables was formed and whether it was easy for the author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, to create the piece that catapulted her career, we need only look at her journals.