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JUN 20-Faze was checking out the MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
again this year. Watch for a full section with Exclusive photos
and event notes! Faze Covergirls Hilary Duff (Spring04) and Avril
Lavigne (Summer04) were both there, as were Kanye West, Evanesence,
FingerEleven , Sum41 and multiple award winners Billy Talent.
Afterwards it was off to the Revolver afterparty (were we also
ckecked out the newest NGage handheld gamer/cellphone from NOKIA.)
JUN 18-Jayne leaves for Italy!!! She'll
be in Rome and Venice and a few places in between for the next
two weeks. Have fun girl...watch out for those Italian boys....
JUN 12- Oh yeah....check out the hottest contest
you could imagine...the California Spa Getaway sponsored by L'Oreal
Paris PureZone. We take you and your best friend to a luxury resort
near San Diego, in southern California for a long weekend of surfing,
chilling, pampering and being a TV STAR!!! You'll cohost one of
two great TV shows, either GirlzTV or TeensDating. Also win great
Nokia cellphone for you & your friend.
Check it out
HERE!!!
JUN 10-At the annual EMI rooftop party to celebrate the
arrival of Summer!
JUN 3-Another Back-to-School photoshoot, shot on location
at a York Mills CI in North York, run by Jayne and our teen intern
Ashley.
JUN 2-Scott and Kelly checked out the LG Electronics
event.
MAY
30-A large Faze contingent was in Ottawa for the weekend
for the National Capital Marathon, Lorraine, KellyAnn, Jen, Rob
and Paul ran in the half marathon and Jayne, Alana and Sabrina
ran in the 5km. The weather was beautiful and once again we agreed
that Ottawa is a fantastic town.
MAY 29-To wrap up a 6 month promotion/contest, the winners
Meaghan and Jo-Jo co-hosted a hot episode of Teens Dating during
their trip to the Caribbean Island of Tobago. The episode airs
Saturday May 29th at 11:30 am on GlobalTV across Canada.
MAY 28-A screening party for the Tobago episode of TeensDating
on Global at host Rob Brunner's Toronto swank pad.
MAY 26-Surya and Paul checked out the VANS skateboard
demo event in Woodbridge, ON, interviewed a few of the stars.
MAY 22-Faze's initial photoshoot for Back-to-School,
run by Jayne and Surya.
MAY 21-Happy Long Weekend!!!!
MAY 21-Here's a look at the new summer issue!!! 
MAY 19-Paul is in Germany for the launch of Nike Free,
a new training shoe that lets an athlete's foot move as if were
barefoot...gaining the benefits of barefoot training that many
trainers and doctors highly recommend. Paul had a chance to test
out the new shoes on the University of Cologne indoor track.
MAY 17-Publisher Paul is off to Germany to report on
the global launch of a major new running shoe technology from
Nike. Taking place at the University of Cologne, Paul's report
will be featured on the website and in the Back-to-School issue
of Faze.
MAY 16-Paid a visit to the set of audition for GlobalTV's
Teen Dating. Catherine Ryan, the new host was gently grilling
prospective teen daters to be featured on the show that airs 11:30
am every Saturday.
MAY 15-Lorraine and Jayne got the royal treatment at
Marc Anthony Salon and were transformed into movie stars with
complete hair colour and style makeovers.
MAY 12-Surya interviewed New Zealand pop-punk band Steriogram
in Toronto.
MAY 12-Launch party for a new Garnier line of hair colouring.
A very hip event with part of the entertainment featuring a very
talented girl DJ.
MAY 12-Photoshoot down at DF Salon on funky hair styles.
Thanks to Daniel Fung, and to our models (or should we say guinea
pigs?) Stephanie, Maya, Holly & Melissa.
MAY 9-TVO was filming Faze at work in our offices featuring
our teen editor Maya and new intern Ashley hard and work. The
footage was for an episode of Planet Parent airing in the fall.
MAY 6-A surprise b-day party and all-star jam session
at the El Mocambo in Toronto for Mike. Mike's one of the nicest
guys in the music industry (prez of EMI) and a big crowd was out
to wish him the best. Many of us took to the stage to jam throughout
the night. Notable performers included the guys from Billy Talent,
the girls from Shaye, Marc Contanzo from Len, Alan Frew from Glass
Tiger, Esthero, Orrin Isaacs, Zack from Canadian Idol on guitar
and many others.
MAY 2-A Faze team runs in the Sporting Life 10K race,
helping a charity to fund Camp Oochigaes, a camp for children
and teens with cancer (www.ooch.org).
Everyone completed the race in under an hour with a notable run
from our team's Rob Warden at 39:36, finishing in the top 4%.
MAY 2 -Faze's Jayne Rae, not to be outtravelled...also
flew to New York for the weekend. But catch this...she went to
attend premiere showing of a movie she starred in!!!! It was a
short film screened at a New York film festival. Jane lived in
NYC for several years training and acting on stage getting ready
for her future stardom. (Way to go Jayne!!!)
APR
29-Surya, our associate editor is off to New York for
a press event for Biore skicare!!! She had a great time and we'll
get some photos up soon from her visit.
APR 20-Interview with Olympic diver Brent Hayden.
APR 19-Welcome to our new teen intern Ashley. 
APR 18-Jayne, our assistant publisher and a part-time
actress was down in Niagara on the Lake checking out plays at
the Shaw Festival which is opening with Shaw's Pygmalion and Oscar
Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"
APR 13-Faze was at the Face of Fashion charity fashion
show sponsed by Alberto Europeen. A wonderful show, with an Moroccan
theme for the entire evening, belly dancers included. Alberto
has been sponsoring some exciting style events lately, this one
raised money to help women victims of domestic violence.
APR 12-Editor Lorraine is off to Beaverton, Oregon, home
of Nike to check out the science behind their latest shoe and
clothing breakthroughs.
APR 9-Have a Good Friday and a Great Weekend!
APR
7-At the Panasonic 2004 Consumer Electronics Show,
some very sweet toys. In particular we loved the hi-definition
widescreen TVs...the image and colours were breathtaking. Some
cool portable MP3/CD players as well from the Shockwave line.
Apr 6-Everyone from Faze is now back in the office
after a wonderful two weeks in Tobago, our favourite island
in the Caribbean! We had great summer fashion photoshoots while
down there, featuring Faze's Maya and GirlzTV hosts Joy and
Sara and Rob Brunner from TeensDating.
Thanks to everyone in Tobago who helped make this an
amazing experience for everyone. Special thanks to Joan Applewaithe.
Lots of Tobago trip coverage in the upcoming issue of Faze Magazine
(250,000 copies) and on TeensDatingTV (May 29th) and on GirlzTV
(June) and Planet Parent in the fall.
APR
4 -HAPPY PASSOVER to all our Jewish friends!
MAR
29-The Gonser girls (Meaghan, Jordanna, Liz)
are off to Tobago for their Ultimate Island Adventure! They safely
left for Tobago with the cast and crew of Teens Dating and GirlzTV
and Faze's Maya. Have fun everyone and wear that sunscreen!
MAR
23-Faze's Lorraine, Jayne and Alana are
off to get things ready in Tobago for the three winners of the
Lady Speed Stick Island Adventure. Our winner Meaghan and Jordanna
Gonser (and their mom Liz) will be heading down on the 29th
with the hosts and crews from Teens Dating and GirlzTV to film
a week living on a tropical island!
MAR 22-An exciting
new Spring Issue is here! Pick it up on newsstands around the
country! Or subscribe online right here!
MAR
21-The First Option Model Search was put on by Peace Management
this afternoon in Toronto. A stunning collection of teens
and young women strutted their stuff for the judges. Included
among the judges were Faze's own style editor/consultant Alana
(who also is a designer of evening wear and swimsuits) and
Assistant Publisher Jayne, a former model and now a part-time
actress. Good luck to all the potential supermodels. Watch
out for more First Option Talent searches that will include
Actors/Singers/Dancers.
MAR
19-Checked out Bob Dylan's performance in Toronto...the
guy is definitely a legend worthy of a lot of adulation. But...these
days it's virtually impossible to understand what the man is
saying/singing. Needed subtitles for the show, perhaps even
banners on the big screen telling the audience what song is
being sung. Thanks to Rob and Caro for the invite.
Mar
19-Running around Toronto getting things ready for the Faze
fashion photoshoot taking place on the beaches of the sunny
island of Tobago in early April.
Mar 18-A couple of Faze girls were out getting complimentary
pedicures at a Spa day hosted by Jergens. They'll be showing
off their toes when they head down to Tobago next week to coordinate
Faze's contest winners' trip down at the end of the month with
TV crews from GirlzTV and TeensDating.
MAR
16-Paul and Jayne checked out the launch of the newest edition
of Splinter Cell (Pandora Tomorrow) featuring Michael Ironside,
the voice of the game's here. Hosted by the lovely and talented
Tali Fischer.
MAR 13-Birthday party for Jim, one of our many photographers.
MAR 11-Faze was out on the town as retailer Bluenotes and
skate-culture clothing co. Third Rail hosted an evening featuring
bands such as Flashlight Brown (Faze's choice for #1 emo-punk
release of 2003).
MAR
11-Busy day...Faze was at an event hosted by (Winter2001)
Faze coverguy George Strompomboulous for (Winter2002) Faze covergirl
Avril Lavigne! Avril put on a brief acoustic set for her fans
at Fairview Mall.
MAR
11-Lorraine and Jayne were off to the launch of Swedish
clothing retailer, H&M at Toronto's Fairview mall...very
cool European styling, affordable price....kinda like the IKEA
of clothing store. Jatte kul, eller hur? (That's Swedish for
"Pretty cool, huh?")
MAR
9-John Frieda hair products event.
MAR 9-Checked out the latest cellphone technology from Sony
Ericsson, the Japanese-Swedish joint venture merging cellphones
with digital camera with lots of other hi-tech gadgetry.
MAR
5-Faze is sponsoring the Canadian Squash Championship held
in Toronto this weekend!
MAR
4-Faze's Jayne is off to New York City for the weekend! Whoo-hoo...
MAR 1-The Winter Contests have closed...now the grueling
task of compiling all the entries and randomly selecting the winners.
In total we had about 30,000 entries in the contest, a new monstrous
record!
MAR 1-New records in visitors on the Faze website...Jan &
Feb saw 112,000 visitors to the site.
FEB
29-Happy Leap Year Day!
FEB
26-A launch for Pupa cosmetics in Toronto, attended by Jayne
and Lorraine.
FEB 28-Very cool style photoshoot for the Spring issue.
Featuring Maya and Joy (from GirlzTV on YTV)
FEB
22-Wow...what a colourful day...for the upcoming Spring Issue
we've gathered some of the top colourists and hairstylists in
Toronto to show us their artistry! Our four teens, Holly, Rebecca,
Berkley and Melissa looked absolutely stunning. A long day but
some great photos for the feature spread. Thanks to everyone involved.
FEB 21-Hilary Duff will be featured in the upcoming issue!!!
FEB 14-Happy Valentine's Day...check out Teens Dating on Global
at 11:30 am. Watch for the Ultimate Island Adventure commercials---and
sign up to win an awesome trip to the Caribbean with Faze Magazine,
Teens Dating and GirlzTV! Sign
Up Here!
FEB 13-Jayne did a phone interview with JC from N'Sync.
FEB 10-Lorraine & Jayne interviewing Champion Hairstylist
Marc Anthony at his salon.
FEB 9-Maya interviewed Simple Plan again to round out an upcoming
article.
FEB 6-Lorraine,
Jayne and Alana hit the Red and White Ball in Toronto, a happening
party supporting Breast Cancer.
FEB 1-Wow! December was a record month for web activity and
now January has beat that record! Had 54,495 visitors. February
already is looking to beat that. The Caribbean contest has been
getting promoted on GlobalTV these days so that's helping steer
a bunch of new people to the site as well.
JAN
30-Faze's Jayne
Rae just wrapped up a few days of shooting her
scenes for a new movie coming out later this year called Institutionalized.
She played the star's girlfriend. Go, Jayne, Go!
JAN 23-Editor Surya is off to India for three
weeks! Have a great trip girl!
JAN 14-Faze interviewed UK retro rock phenomenon,
The Darkness!
JAN 9-Faze has a new section online to start
the new year!!! Check out the Creative
Writing Section featuring teen short stories, poems, lyrics,
essays, etc. You're all invited to submit your writing! We'll
be featuring writers from all over the world! Happy writing
& reading.
JAN 2-Here a link to an Earth Day scholarship program...15
awards of $5,000!
JAN
1-HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! HAVE A GREAT 2004!
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