LOS ANGELES -- Still looking for holiday gifts for your kids or siblings who love Canadian pop music; your BFF who has a secret crush on a hunky blonde Canadian actor with the initials RG -- or even you're dad who's into trivia?
Why not shop Canadian?
Here's a quick look at some of the niftiest holiday items being offered by our home-grown celebrities.
- Rocker Avril Lavigne is becoming known more for her fashion than her music. Her Abbey Dawn collection of hoodies and Ts is as teenage hip as you can get and all of it is available on her site, abbeydawn.com.
We especially love the Abbey Dawn split-end bootie for $80. If you don't like ordering shoes sight unseen (shoes are the trickiest things to fit), Stance shoes in Ontario, Alberta and B.C. carry Lavigne's footwear directly in their stores.
The National's doc director Tom Berninger:"ťA star is born."ť Canadian fans of The National have two reasons to rejoice. The Brooklyn-based indie rockers will release their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 21 following that up with three dates in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. As an added bonus in Toronto ... Read more
Crank up the bass - it's almost summer By now, you've removed your winter tires, dusted off your spring jacket and glimpsed at that elusive orange orb in the sky. Remember summer? It's almost back. When warm weather makes a comeback each year, there's nothing like that first drive. That first ... Read more