1. Roy Dupuis
2. William Shatner
3. Patrick Huard
4. Donald Sutherland
5. Elias Toufexis
6. Tristan D. Lalla
7. Dan Jeannotte
8. Kiefer Sutherland
9. Marc-André Grondin
10. Michel Côté

No surprise that hometown studs Dupuis and Shatner take the top spots, with father-son duo the Sutherlands also showing strong. But those venerable names have some competition: up-and-comer Toufexis has made his mark with the Montreal-based Untimely Ripped theatre company and roles in shows like Stargate: Atlantis and Smallville, while stage vet Lalla can be seen in the upcoming film adaptation of The Secret. Also look out for improv-er Dan Jeannotte when his Uncalled For comedy troupe take the Fringe this year with two shows and The 13th Hour, a live late-night talk show.

1. Elisha Cuthbert
2. Christine Ghawi
3. Victoria Sanchez
4. Karine Vanasse
5. Holly Gauthier-Frankel
6. Pascale Bussières
7. Ginette Reno
8. Claire Brosseau
9. Patricia Summersett
10. Magenta Baribeau

The second 24 star (after Kiefer Sutherland) to place in the BOM, smokin’ hot Cuthbert wins again, but newcomer Ghawi (see story) gives her a run for her money. Local luminary Sanchez is busy getting her own productions off the ground in between roles in 15/Love and Flirting With Danger, while Vanasse starred in this year’s hit Mon fille, mon ange. Other winners include Gauthier-Frankel, who is well-versed in both voice acting and the burlesque scene, as is Summersett, having starred in Johnny Canuck and the Last Burlesque. Meanwhile, actress/comedian Brosseau can be seen onstage this summer at Just for Laughs.

1. Denys Arcand
2. Kidnapper Films
3. Robert Lepage
4. Sv Bell
5. Torill Kove
6. Garry Beitel
7. Dave Cool
8. Robin Spry
9. Christos Sourligas
10. Denis Villeneuve

Arcand, whose hush-hush L’Âge des ténèbres opens this year, is a vet in this category, but fellow Oscar-winner Torill Kove (The Danish Poet) makes it on for the first time. Keep your eyes open for those rambunctious Kidnapper kids, presently completing work on their first feature, Who Is K.K. Downey?, while Garry Beitel’s (Chez Schwartz) latest is a profile of local musician Socalled (see story. p. 29), set on a klezmer cruise. Shlockmeister SV Bell (She-Demons of the Black Sun, Cold Blonded Murders) charts again, and the late Robin Spry (Action: The October Crisis of 1970) still makes the list.

Best Play

1. Heaven
2. Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
3. One Night
4. To the Green Fields Beyond
5. David
6. Much Ado About Nothing
7. Space Jail
8. Broue
9. I Am Yours
10. American Buffalo

Fallen Angels Productions’ Heaven takes first place, followed closely by Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, about a virgin sodomite sacrificed to a female vampire. At number 8 is Broue, a cult classic of Quebecois theatre that made it into the Guinness Book of World Records last year with their 2,726th performance for longest running play with the same cast. They’re still going strong and tickets are already on sale for their scheduled performance this winter at Théatre St-Denis (www.billets.ca).

1. Lydia Lockett
2. Catherine Kidd
3. Memo
4. Kalmunity
5. Coco Café
6. Alexis O’Hara
7. Kyra Shaughnessy
8. Ra’akone
9. Paula Belina
10. Euphrates

1. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2. Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
3. McCord Museum
4. Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
5. Pointe-à-Callière
6. Redpath Museum
7. Biodome
8. Ecomuseum
9. Insectarium
10. Montreal Planetarium

1. Zeke’s Gallery
2. VAV
3. Le Kop shop
4. Belgo Building
5. Art Mur
6. Galerie Gora
7. Parisian Laundry
8. Galerie Lamoureux Ritzenhoff
9. Galerie de l’Isle
10. Headquarters Galerie & Boutique

Zeke wins for the 50th straight year!!

1. Once Upon a Time Walt Disney (MMFA)
2. Art Matters (various locations)
3. Jean-Pierre Gauthier (MAC)
4. Brian Jungen (MAC)
5. Carlo Cosentino (Galerie Lamoureux Ritzenhoff)
6. Miklos Rogan (Galerie Lamoureux Ritzenhoff)
7. Glorification by Jennifer Schuler (Belgo Building)
8. Jack Dylan (Art Pop)
9. Julius Popp (Oboro)
10. Body Worlds 2 (Montreal Science Centre)

1. Mordecai Richler
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Yann Martel
4. Michel Tremblay
5. Bill Brownstein
6. Catherine Kidd
7. Heather O’Neill
8. Joel Fishbane
9. Marie Laberge
10. Robert Allen

A new addition to this list of literary greats is Heather O’Neill in seventh place. Her debut novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, was voted the 2007 Canada Reads winner. On a sad note, Robert Allen, a prolific author, teacher and editor of Matrix literary journal, passed away in November, 2006. Brownstein holds steady in the middle of the pack.

1. Vice
2. Nightlife
3. Worn Fashion Journal
4. Maisonneuve
5. Black Heart Magazine
6. Lickety Split
7. Strut
8. Elle
9. Urbania
10. Under Pressure Magazine

Montrealers like their smut. Seduce your dirty mind with Black Heart Magazine, at number five, or with equally racy Lickety Split, just below at number six. For something less erotic and naked, check out newcomer to the list Worn Fashion Journal (number three), a magazine that highlights fashion trends from the styles of the Weimar republic to the truth about dry cleaning to everything you ever needed to know about rayon.

1. Mirror
2. Gazette
3. La Presse
4. Journal de Montréal
5. Hour
6. Le Devoir
7. The Link
8. Voir
9. Montreal Community Contact
10. Metro

The Mirror wins again! Thank you dear readers!

Best Cartoonist

1. Aislin
2. Theodore Radomski
3. Serge Chapleau
4. Rick Trembles
5. Dave Rosen
6. DSTRBO
7. Billy Mavreas
8. Rupert Bottenberg
9. Alex Fellows
10. Memo

The Radomski family name is all over these polls—whether that’s a result of pure talent or many friends with time on their hands, we can’t be sure. Nonetheless the brothers are a comic force to be reckoned with. Peter Radomski was voted Best Stand-up Comedian, and his brother Theo has placed at number two in the Best Cartoonist category for his daily comics, which can be viewed on his blog (that just so happens to be number five in the Best Blog category).

BEST BLOG: Druken Stepfather

1. Drunken Stepfather (drunkenstepfather.com)
2. Midnight Poutine (midnightpoutine.ca)
3. Montreal City Weblog (w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog)
4. Black Sheep Reviews (blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com)
5. Hastily Put Together (hastilyputtogether.com)
6. OOG Gallery (00ggallery.com)
7. Said the Gramophone (saidthegramophone.com)
8. MTL Street (mtlst.blogspot.com)
9. Le Blog de Michard Ratirneau (ratirneau.blogspot.com)
10. Sophisticated Hokum (sophisticatedhokum.com)

Sleaze-meister Jesus Martinez takes top spot with his proudly gross celeb-oriented NDG-based muckfest, while Midnight Poutine, with its daily music/culture/news coverage, comes in at number two.

1. Katrin Leblond
2. Lydia Lukidis
3. Philippe Dubuc
4. Nevik
5. Complex Geometries
6. Andy The Ahn
7. Mackage
8. Travis Taddeo
9. Denis Gagnon
10. Renata Morales

1. Kops Crew
2. Omen
3. NME
4. Team Autobots
5. GSM
6. Trife Life
7. Urban Xpressions
8. Roadsworth
9. Sake
10. HYH

The cats from Kops aren’t doing as many walls these days, although the immediate area around their new gallery, le Kopshop, has a lot of nice, fresh burns to boast about. Omen’s likewise been focusing on the gallery side of things (he had a show at Kopshop earlier this year), but you never know when an ominous lil’ tag or piece might pop up. The NME crew continues to come up with clever ways to push the boundaries of the form, while the veterans in the Team Autobots consortium get a nice nod as well. Roadsworth has certainly made news in recent years; his legal hassles, while certainly an awful headache, have drawn plenty of attention to his thoughtful and inventive street art (in the truest sense of the term).

1. Jazz Fest
2. Just for Laughs
3. Fringe Festival
4. Pop Montreal
5. Montreal Beer Festival
6. Fantasia
7. Under Pressure
8. Divers/Cité
9. Osheaga
10. Reggae Festival