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Vinay Menon

Entertainment Columnist

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Vinay Menon is a columnist and feature writer in the Entertainment department who has covered popular culture for the Star since 1999. He has been nominated for a Michener Award and, in 2014, won the National Newspaper Award for Arts and Entertainment writing. Menon, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto, is also the author of RUSH: An Oral History, Uncensored.

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Toronto

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Entertainment, Popular Culture, Columnist

Honours and Awards :

Nomination — National Newspaper Award, Arts and Entertainment (2015)Winner — National Newspaper Award, Critical Writing/Arts and Entertainment (2014)Nomination (Team) — Michener Award (1997)

Articles by Vinay Menon

The Statue of Liberty stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires.

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Blame Canada? Why the wildfires are fuelling some … pretty wild conspiracy theories

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 17: Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide, speaks onstage during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden arrivals on May 17, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Chris Licht is out at CNN. Here’s why no tears will be shed

In spring 2024, “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” will debut on Citytv.

‘Law and Order’ hits Toronto in 2024 — should it?

Kevin Maginnis, a 57-year-old Nashville man, told NBC’s “Today” he lost more than 50 pounds by eating nothing but McDonald’s for 100 days.

Forget Ozempic: Man says he lost more than 50 pounds by eating McDonald’s for 100 days

Robert De Niro, left, and Al Pacino are still fathering children despite having a combined age of 162.

Robert De Niro just had his seventh child at 79; Al Pacino is having his fourth at 83. Will these two legends ever stop competing?

Jacob Anthony Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, speaks to a crowd of Donald Trump supporters in November 2020. He was recently released from jail on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

The QAnon Shaman is free, but his remorse for the Jan. 6 riot may still be behind bars

School students in Texas were sent home with a new book in which Winnie-the-Pooh teaches them about active shooters.

Winnie-the-Pooh teaches kids about gun violence — while grown-ups stick their heads in a jar of honey