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A Welcome Introduction: Julia Voth

Grady Mitchell — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:25 +0000

While modeling in Japan when she was 15, Saskatchwan prairie girl Julia Voth was cast as the face and body of Jill Valentine, the hero of the hugely popular Resident Evil video games. On the one hand, that meant at any given time, Voth is somewhere killing zombies. On the other hand, it opened up whole new worlds for sibling bullying. “Of course my brothers would walk me straight into a zombie,” she says. “They liked to kill me in really gross ways.” You’ll see her next in Package Deal, wherein Voth plays a beautiful woman who tries to wrest the love of her life away from his brothers, who are definitely deadbeats, but not, thankfully, undead. After years ratcheting up a pretty hefty body count in video games, comedy is a nice change. “The first show, I heard the audience laughing, and I realized, ‘They’re laughing at me,’ I was super validated in my career.” We’d call that moving up in the world.

A Welcome Introduction: Christie Peruso

Christopher McGoey — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:15:22 +0000

Some days you wake up and just wish you could run away; set a course for Italy with a beautiful woman on your arm and escape. A typical weekend, right? Christie Peruso is a longtime correspondent with Europe’s SKY Sports network and is well acquainted with travel. Her beauty, well, it speaks for itself.

Peruso is making a foray into the world of modelling and talks about the luxury of travelling for work; the mingling of worlds that comes with her career transition. She’s the girl that can hold her own chatting about sports with your buddies and has a cultured background that would impress everyone else. Maybe we aren’t working too hard after all.

A Welcome Introduction: Nazneen Contractor

Dan Rankin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:54:48 +0000

Born in Mumbai and raised in Nigeria, London and Toronto, Nazneen Contractor is very good at embracing new cultures. Naturally, the only place left for her to visit is space. Appearing in JJ Abrams’ highly anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness this summer, the actress (who you may remember from 24) opens up about how she landed the breakout role, growing up in India and being an ace in the kitchen.

Photography: Joe Deangelis Photography

A Welcome Introduction: Daniella Alonso

Grady Mitchell — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:15:37 +0000

Although Daniella Alonso surely looks like a woman you’d like to get close to, think twice: she’s the bomb-making bombshell from NBC’s Revolution, on which she plays a beautiful explosives expert who’s also pretty handy with a sword. Before making your approach, get to know her a little bit from a safe distance.

A Welcome Introduction: Stephanie Fantauzzi

Taylor Cordingley — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:46:23 +0000

For two seasons, Brazilian-Italian actress Stephanie Fantauzzi has played the feisty Estefania on Showtime’s critically-acclaimed series Shameless, and her role as the resident crazy Latina has endeared her to fans. We sat down with the stunning beauty to discuss on-set antics, her booty (we kid you not) and various sex scene props. Fear not, we also made sure to find out what she’s looking for in a mate (if you’re older and ambitious, you’re in luck!). Ahh, we might be in love… and we’re not ashamed to admit it!

Photography: Solmaz Saberi

A Welcome Introduction: Katie Cassidy

Greg Hudson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:05:08 +0000

We know very little about comic books, but we like that this woman is in a television show based on one. Mostly we just like her.

A Welcome Introduction: Jud Tylor

Taylor Cordingley — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:20:11 +0000

You may recognize Vancouver-born Jud Tylor. For years, her beautiful face has graced television screens with a string of guest-starring roles on such shows as That ’70s Show and Mad Men, preparing us for her inevitable move to the big screen. This spring she is set to appear in the biopic 42 about baseball icon Jackie Robinson as film actress Laraine Day. Having worked in the presence of such heavy-hitters as Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks, Tylor is ready to hit a home-run of her own and she’s sure to make us proud.

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A Welcome Introduction: Nadia G.

Grady Mitchell — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:41:21 +0000

There are those who look at food as a simple survival requirement. These guys are satisfied with freeze-dried army rations. Then there are those who see cooking not as a chore, but as an art, a craft to be mastered. If you’re one of those, Nadia G. is here for you.

She cooks in heels. She swears, she tells dirty jokes, she spits (nowhere near the food, don’t worry). Montreal-raised by an Italian family, she’s a born and bred culinary machine. Through her show Bitchin’ Kitchen she teaches people in America, Britain and Canada how to eat. And now she’s here to teach you. Read on and stop eating like an idiot.

A Welcome Introduction: Hannah Simone

Grady Mitchell — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:37:48 +0000

A few weeks ago Hannah Simone returned home to Toronto for Gillette’s Kiss and Tell, a social experiment testing whether women prefer their men clean-shaven or bushy-bearded. Not only did she make us re-evaluate our stance on that age-old dilemma, but she also discussed her co-starring role alongside Zooey Deschanel on New Girl and the single best quality she looks for in a man.

A Welcome Introduction: Kat Kelley

Grady Mitchell — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:53:14 +0000

Kat Kelley is the newest face of the World Series of Fighting, and when it comes to conversation she can handle herself as well as any heavyweight champion. Thankfully, she doesn’t look like one. And if her day job didn’t already make her a first-round knockout, she moonlights as a professional cigar roller. Gentlemen, enter the ring with Kat Kelley.