Stamos will be back dancing onstage for his Quentin-Crisp solo work in the spring. And there will be yet more nudity.  “Taking your clothes off is not normal,” Stamos says. “You’re putting your body on the line and giving away a certain amount of power when you become naked in our society. If you walk naked on the street, you’re vulnerable. It’s only something I am comfortable with when I feel safe, when it’s called for.
“But when I look at some contemporary dance art, performers make being nude look like it is normal. And it’s not. Look at nudity among professional dancers versus strippers. I love how strippers are able to be naked and sexual while also saying, ‘This isn’t the real me.’ There is a certain distance that is comforting, whereas in some contemporary dance,  nudity is like baring your soul. And I find that less effective.”

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… popée â LâÉtat du moment
Rating: 2 out of 5
Playing in French at Excentris cinema
Parentsâ guide: Drug use, sex, dark themes
MONTREAL – Following up on his powerful 2009 film Hommes à louer, a bleak documentary portrait of male prostitutes in downtown Montreal, filmmaker Rodrigue Jean continues in the same vein with Épopée â LâÉtat du moment.
His latest film mixes documentary elements with fiction to present another just-as-disturbing snapshot of male hustlers and drug addicts in the area around the gay village.
It isnât the easiest of films to watch â and that is partly the point.
The notion is to show part of our society that is almost never presented in the mainstream media and not shy away from the uglier aspects of this milieu.
There are endless scenes of men desperately sucking on crack pipes, panhandling on the streets, trying to score dope, selling their bodies and talking about their tough lives.

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Feb
01

… A man in his early 20s was shot twice in the back in the parking lot of a stripper bar in Laval early Wednesday. His condition was later listed as stable.Photograph by: Google StreetView, Gazette
MONTREAL â A man in his early 20s was shot twice in the back in the parking lot of a stripper bar in Laval early Wednesday. His condition was later listed as stable.
The victim was shot about 3 a.m. in the parking lot in front of the Sexpert Bar on Dagenais Blvd. near Montée Montrougeau, Laval police constable Nathalie Lorrain said.
âœHe didnât the see the shooter because he was shot in the back,â Lorrain said. Police do not yet know what led to the shooting. The victim was not previously known to police.

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Jan
31

A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released within days on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty – by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 – walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of his friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but returned a short while later with Jeanty.
Eight people were standing or seated less than two metres from the victim when Jeanty shot him; the man suffered superficial wounds despite being struck in the chest, neck and one ear.

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Self-described gangster convicted of attempted murder set for parole
32-year-old involved in shooting at Pierrefonds strip club
Paul CherryThe Gazette Tuesday, January 31, 2012
A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released within days on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty – by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 – walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of his friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but returned a short while later with Jeanty.

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… More Images »  A shooting involving street gang members in 2008 was among incidents that led the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux to suspend Cabaret Bazaz’s licence for 35 days.Photograph by: John Kenney, Gazette files
MONTREAL â A 31-year-old man who spent more than half his life in a Montreal street gang is set to be released on a sentence he received after shooting a rival inside a West Island strip club.
On March 3, 2008, Luders Jeanty â by his own admission, a member of a Montreal street gang since he was 14 â walked into Cabaret Bazaz on Gouin Blvd. W., near Sunnybrooke Blvd., in Pierrefonds, and opened fire on a man who had argued with three of Jeantyâs friends earlier that night.
The trio, including a prolific drug dealer in the West Island, had been ordered out of the bar after the argument but they returned a short while later with Jeanty.

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Lawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.”He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”In one recording, Shafia said: “May the devil shit on their graves.”Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.”We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice,” he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse.”Our community should be very proud of the quality investigation done by the Kingston police and police from various police organizations throughout Canada.”© Copyright (c) Postmedia News

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Jan
30
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All of the victims had drowned but examinations could not pinpoint where and how they drowned.
The three-month-long trial revealed that Shafia was enraged because he felt his daughters had violated strict cultural rules about sexual modesty, they dressed in revealing clothes and they were disobedient. Mohammad wanted a divorce and sup-ported the three girls in their pursuit of western lifestyles. She and Yahya clashed frequently and Mohammad wrote, in a diary entered as evidence, that she was abused, humiliated and isolated.
Lawyer Peter Kemp, who rep-resents Mohammad Shafia, said: “He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was over-heard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”

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Jan
30

POSSIBILITY OF APPEALLawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.”He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes” and “honourless girls.”In one recording, Shafia said: “May the devil shit on their graves.”Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.”We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice,” he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse.”It’s a very sad day because this jury found that four strong, vivacious and freedom-loving women w …

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Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, were found dead June 30, 2009, inside the family’s Nissan Sentra that was discovered submerged at the bottom of the Rideau Canal at Kingston Mills, a lock station on the Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario. Rona Amir Mohammad, 52, also was in the car. She was Shafia’s first wife, whom he married in his native Afghanistan before the polygamous family moved to Canada in 2007 and settled in Montreal.
All of the victims had drowned but examinations could not pinpoint where and how they drowned. At contention during the trial, was whether Mr Shafia’s actions and that of his son and second wife had actually led to the physical and direct death of the daughters and Mr Shafia’s first wife.
Maintains Mr Shafia’s lawyer, Peter Kemp who is considering whether to appeal the verdict:
“He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,”  in reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”

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