Hulkamania In Town: 'He's So Big!'

Hulk Hogan signis copies of his new book, My Life Outside The Ring, at Indigo bookstore in downtown Montreal on Thursday. Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – Hulkamania, it would appear, is still running wild after all these years.

Hundreds of fans of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan descended Thursday afternoon on the Indigo store in Place Montreal Trust – the lineup snaked through every section of the store’s top floor, from cookbooks all the way back to mystery paperbacks – to catch a glimpse of the still massively muscled Hogan and to have signed their copies of his new biography, My Life Outside the Ring.

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My Comment: It is good to see the former wrestler still active in life. But what a lousy day to be in Montreal.

Public Visitation For Arturo Gatti

Boxer Arturo Gatti poses during a photo shoot at the World Boxing and Fitness Center in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 9, 2006. Gatti, aged 37, has been found dead in a hotel room in Brazil. His wife was formally accused in his death by Brazilian police. Photograph by: Al Bello/Getty Images, National Post

From CTV:

The public has been invited to pay their final respects to former Montreal boxing champion Arturo Gatti on Sunday.

A visitation for Gatti will be held in Montreal North at the Magnus Poirier Funeral Complex, located at 10 300 Pie IX Blvd., from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Gatti's family members attended a private visitation on Saturday.

His funeral will be held in Little Italy on Monday at 11 a.m. at the Notre Dame de la Défense church, located at 6800 Henri J

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Update: Did Arturo Gatti kill himself? -- Montreal Gazette

Dan Aykroyd: Vintner, Actor, Autograph Lover

Dan Aykroyd. Photograph by: Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits/Toronto

From The Montreal Gazette:

Blowing through town this week, Canadian acting and blues legend Dan Aykroyd expects to do more than shill for Mexican tequila and Ontario wine.

He’ll also meet fans of his work as TV icon (Saturday Night Live), musician (The Blues Brothers), Oscar-nominated movie star (Driving Miss Daisy) and 3-D character (the new Ghostbusters: The Video Game).

There might even be some who admire Aykroyd as a spiritualist who believes in UFOs.

“The signings are a lot of fun, because the full range of humanity passes in front of the desk, and I feel like the judge who has one second to judge each case,” the 56-year-old said from his ancestral home in Sydenham, Ont., north of Kingston.

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Halle Buys Lake-Side House Near Gabriel's Montreal Home Town

The couple are putting down roots in Gabriel's home country - Halle has snapped up a $1.6 million property in the town of Saint-Hippolyte in the Laurentians region, 40 miles north of Montreal Photo: © Getty Images

From Hello Magazine:

While Halle Berry's daughter Nahla Ariela was welcomed into the world beneath the bright lights of Los Angeles, the little girl will be growing up in a very different setting. The Catwoman actress is to move her family to one of the most tranquil areas of Canada after buying a lake-side property near the home town of her model beau Gabriel Aubry.

Halle, who became a first-time mum seven months ago, is understood to have closed a deal on a $1.6 million home in the town of Saint-Hippolyte in the Laurentians region, 40 miles north of Montreal. The house comes with 62 acres of land and overlooks a private lake.

The area surrounding 42-year-old Halle's new home is hailed as one of the most beautiful in the Laurentians with more than 62 lakes, mountains and cross-country ski trails. On a clear night the Oscar-winner should be able to see the lights of Montreal from her porch.

And there's also the added bonus of Gabriel's parents being close at hand – they still live in the Montreal suburb of Laval, where the 32-year-old model grew up.