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Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur It's hard not to love Michael Bublé. On top of having a voice that melts your mom's heart into a puddle and a family so cute it hurts, the 41-year-old "I Believe You" singer is a very interesting guy. Ever since Michael, who recently confirmed that his son Noah beat cancer, scammed his way into a music competition at the age of 17, his life and career have been full of truly fascinating tidbits. Whether you're a card-carrying member of the Bublé fan club, or you only know him from his "Baby, It's Cold Outside" cover, check out the coolest, most surprising facts about him below. Related:Take a Moment to Marvel at Michael Bublé's Supercute Family He was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, but he's also an Italian citizen. In 2005, Michael became a naturalized Italian citizen because of his grandfather, Demetrio Santanga, who...

Here is another new column I'm going to start. Every so often I am going to make a confession. Not about my personal life, don't get too excited. Instead I'll be making a confession about a movie. Either a movie I secretly hate or secretly love. I'm warning you, some of the things I say may shock and even appal you and I do expect backlash, but everything I write is the truth and are my honest opinions. I have a rather odd taste in film and don't usually agree with the general consensus on films. This week's edition is about a movie I actually liked. My confession is I secretly enjoyed... Battlefield Earth. Yes you heard me. I enjoyed Battlefield Earth! Now pick up your jaw off the floor and continue reading, just hear me out. For those of you unfamiliar with Battlefield Earth, it is widely regarded as...

Brendan Gleeson and Donald Sutherland are teaming for the Canadian outlaw true story "The McLean Boys" for Soapbox Prods. and Minds Eye Entertainment says The Hollywood Reporter.

Set in British Columbia in 1879, Sutherland plays the patriarch of the McLean family, one which consists of three sons all produced by his mixed-race marriage with a Shuswap native. A tragic chain of events leads to them going on the run and caught up in the fight for their lives. Their actions stir the native population into a possible revolt.

Gleeson plays a Justice of the Peace who leads the posse of 100 men in pursuit of the McLean's. Charles Martin Smith ("Air Bud," "The Snow Walker") will direct from a script by Nick Orchard and Ian Weir (who will also produce). Shooting kicks off on location in July.

VANCOUVER -- With an accent this year on homegrown movie galas, organizers of the Vancouver International Film Festival said Wednesday that the fest will open Sept. 25 with a screening of Denys Arcand's Cannes hit The Barbarian Invasions. The screening comes as the Quebec director's latest movie does the festival circuit ahead of a Nov. 21 theatrical release via Miramax and Odeon Films in Canada. The Vancouver festival also will unspool Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World as its anniversary gala before closing Oct. 10 with a gala screening of Charles Martin Smith's The Snow Walker. In all, the Vancouver festival -- Canada's second-largest film festival after the Toronto International Film Festival -- will screen 323 films, including 11 world premieres and 40 international premieres, during its 16-day run.