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Was Bieber bullied?

Article printed in Us Weekly, week of October 20, 2010. Features reporting by myself. NOTE: There is a correction. Article should read the incident took place in Richmond, BC.

Justin Bieber superfans are legion – and they’re here

Printed in the Vancouver Sun on October 19, 2010. Article was also posted on Justin Bieber’s Facebook page on October 19, 2010: http://www.facebook.com/JustinBieber BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “If there was a Justin Bieber school, we could teach there,” Lyndsey Gavin says matter-of-factly. “It’s crazy. We know what he orders at Tim Hortons.” Gavin, a […]

Insider: Justin Bieber Was “Harassed” at Laser Tag Fight

Printed online at www.usmagazine.com on October 18, 2010. Article features reporting by myself. So what really happened when Justin Bieber visited a laser tag center on Friday? After weekend reports claim that Bieber is being investigated for possible assault, an eyewitness at a Richmond, British Columbia gaming facility tells UsMagazine.com what transpired between the pop […]

Did Justin Bieber Punch a Boy at a Laser Tag Center?

Published online at www.usmagazine.com. Features reporting by myself. Did an innocent night of laser tag in Canada turn into a nasty brawl for Justin Bieber? Canada’s CBC News reported late Saturday that the heartthrob, 16, was kicked out of a laser tag center in Richmond, British Columbia after punching a 12-year-old boy. According to the report, the […]

Alice In Chains rocks out at Rogers Arena

Published online in the Vancouver Sun on October 7, 2010. Don’t start mourning the classic Alice In Chains lineup quite yet. Some fans may be quick to pine for the days of Layne Staley, who headed the high-profile Seattle-based grunge band before overdosing in 2002. But after reinventing itself in 2005 with a brand-new lead […]

Brad Paisley takes Vancouver crowd out of the city-frame-of-mind

BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN There’s something comforting about country music. It’s a bit like taking a sonic holiday, except instead of white beaches and foamy oceans, you’ve got never-ending country roads, dusty boots and the powerful punch of a pickup truck on the highway. Country music superstar and Grammy Award winning artist Brad Paisley […]

Jack Johnson mellows out the crowd at Rogers Arena

Story published in the Vancouver Sun on October 2, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “He’s, like, The Mellow Guy. What’s he gonna do?” Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg pretty much sums up Jack Johnson’s pop-culture image. If you’ve seen the Hawaii-born musician’s latest music video for At or With Me, which features Samberg making […]

Tegan and Sara couldn’t stop the rain, but they made it worth braving

Published in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, September 25. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN Tegan and Sara are like twin human Bellagio fountains. They put on a comedic, synchronous ballet of song and banter that charms the pants off everyone from a seven-year-old Miley Cyrus fan to a 55-year-old jazz aficionado. That was […]

Summer’s ending, so why not party at the Olio Festival?

Published in the Vancouver Sun on September 23, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN For the second year in a row, Olio Festival organizers are shaking out their ceramic piggy banks and putting their hard-earned pennies toward nearly 50 different music, art, film and comedy acts. The Vancouver event, which features both local and international […]

Short Cuts

Article published in the Vancouver Sun on September 18, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN MISSION: VANCOUVER Tom Cruise fans, get ready to bounce on your sofas. According to B.C. production lists, Mission: Impossible IV is set to shoot in Vancouver this fall under the Blue Floor Productions label. The film is listed […]