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Biography

Mike Devlin has been a member of the Times Colonist arts and entertainment section since 1997. Mike graduated shortly afterward from Camosun College�s Applied Communication Program, where he specialized in broadcasting. He spent three years in commercial radio, before working full-time for the Times Colonist.

Mike writes a weekly pop-culture column, 10 Things, which is published each Monday, and also recaps the week�s new CD releases with a column that appears Wednesdays. In case you�re wondering, Mike really does listen to the CDs piled on his desk. His favourites quite often have something to do with the gone but not forgotten Uncle Tupelo.

Arts

 

Fresh Prince is the popcorn-movie king

 
Will Smith is one of just a handful of cinematic sure things, the type of performer whose presence alone results in a box-office bonanza.
 
 
 

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Relations strained for Seaspan, Liberals

Considering the number of pinkhardhat media moments (three) Premier Christy Clark has staged at Seaspan shipyards, you'd think her government would be getting along fine with the firm.