#chanelle chouinard

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The librarian and Chanelle Chouinard — Simon Boulerice and Evelyne Brochu on the set of CHOUCHOU  ❤️

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Books I Read in 2019:

***Favorites will be marked with an asterisk. If you’re looking for a book recommendation, let me know what you like to read and I’ll try to steer you in the right direction. 2019 was such a good year for literature! 

Self-Help/Feel Good/Business

Moment of Lift - Melinda Gates

*Traction - Gino Wickman

*The Deepest Well - Nadine Burke Harris

Girl Stop Apologizing - Rachel Hollis

Present Over Perfect - Shauna Niequist

Non-Fiction (Memoirs, etc.)

Educated - Tara Westover 

Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck - Mark Manson

***Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe

*Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered - Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

Chase Darkness With Me - Billy Jensen

Becoming - Michelle Obama

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit - John E. Douglas

Kick - Paula Byrne

The Other Wes Moore - Wes Moore

Know My Name - Chanel Miller

*Conversations with RBG - Jeff Rosen

*Women Who Run with the Wolves - Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes 

Shrill - Lindy West

*An Unquiet Mind - Kay Jemison

Only Plane in the Sky - Garrett Graff

Fiction

Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris

Cilka’s Journey - Heather Morris

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

The Guest Book - Leigh Black

*How Not To Die Alone - Richard Roper

The Girls - Emma Cline

*The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert

*Red White and Royal Blue - Casey mcquiston 

The Only Woman In The Room - Heather Terrell

Turtles All The Way Down - John Green

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

Crime/Thriller (Fiction)

*Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

The Wives - Tarryn Fisher

The Guardians - John Grisham

*I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll 

The Dancing Girls - MM Chouinard

When We Believed in Mermaids - Barbara O’Neal

Girl Last Seen - Nina Laurin

Political (Non-Fiction)

Blowout - Rachel Maddow

A Warning - Anonymous

Fear: Trump in the White House - Bob Woodward

All The Single Ladies - Rebecca Traister

Poetry

*Fierce Fairytales - Nikita Gill

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Good things I read lately

Blue Light from screens can steadily blind us, Aileen Kwun, Fast Company. We're all going blind. Stop staring at this screen.

Yvon Chouinard talks about the sustainability myth, the problem with Amazon - and why it's not too late to save the planet, Jeff Beer, Fast Company. The fact that there is someone like him in the world and that he is successful gives me hope.

The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature, William Cronon. This essay was challenging and confronting, forcing me to re-examine my relationship with and ideas about nature. 

I Tried the Wim Hof Method to Find Happiness Through Suffering, Rachel Sugar, Bon Appetit. “I never felt profound joy, but as the days went on I began to emerge with an invigorating sense of accomplishment. I may do nothing else today, I’d think, but at least I have suffered! It is nice to check something off the list.“ Ha!

I Became Vegan to Hide the Fact That I’m Gay, Chanelle Smith, Self. I’m starting to think veganism is rarely about the ethics of eating.

I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb, Allie Conti, Vice. I prefer hotels anyway, here’s another reason to avoid Airbnb.

Alison Roman Is More Than #TheStew, Megan Reynolds, Jezebel. I’ve never heard of #TheStew, I feel so out of the loop, but now I want to try all her recipes.

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Angelina Gotti Talks WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FASHION FORWARD IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CRISIS

All images are examples of eco friendly designs by other artist, not that of the Editor. Listed are a few of Angelina Gotti’s favorite designers that inspire her.

Prior to launching her career at Coco Chanel respectively, Angelina Gotti was raising the bar of industry standards with her environmentally-ethical approach to design and dedication to creating clothing that honors the natural world. Working with eco-friendly fabrics and fair-trade practicing . Her current goal within the company is to try and address our carbon footprint and see about the possibility of becoming fully carbon neutral,” the designer says. “I have a 5 page checklist of stuff to ask when I meet with potential factories. Packaging, shipping, labels, post-consumer issues. That’s not even getting started on the day-to-day issues like the actual office management, office supplies, etc. There’s an amazing book by Yvon Chouinard called The Responsible Company that I think can be very helpful for any business interested in improving their practices. What you see are my favorites from designers I’ve gotten a chance to know and love who are geared to caring for fashion and the world around us” -Angelina Gotti

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[FIRST LOOK] Evelyne Brochu on the set of CHOUCHOU (2022) 🥰

CHOUCHOU is a story about Chanelle Chouinard (Evelyne Brochu), a 37-year-old French teacher, who falls in love with Sandrick (Lévi Doré), a confident and magnetic but vulnerable 17-year-old student. The series paints a nuanced portrait of two characters who lose their bearings and run straight into a wall, hiding behind the illusion of a great love story.

CHOUCHOU will be featured on Noovo in the fall of 2022.

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EVELYNE BROCHU back in Quebec for CHOUCHOU

✒️ Vincent Marcelin / La Presse

Evelyne Brochu is officially back in the country after living in France for several months. On the occasion of the shooting of Chouchou, a series expected on Novoo in the fall, the actress told La Presse about her joy to find the warm atmosphere of Quebec.

Evelyne Brochu is not the type to laze around. Earlier this year, while she was shooting the sequel to Paris Police 1900 in France, she was preparing the shooting of Chouchou, a series written by Simon Boulerice. “I’ve been doing the in and out since January," says the Quebec actress, who has been seen in Trop.

Her stay in Paris allowed her to open up to new perspectives. “When we travel, we try to break our reference points, to break the routine, to renew our view of the world,” she explains. “To learn, to be turned upside down, to experience something else and therefore be different, because we are in another context and that reveals something else about us.”

For this second season produced by Canal+, aptly titled Paris Police 1905, Evelyne Brochu reprised her role as Marguerite Steinheil, this courtesan reconverted to espionage during what is known as the Belle Époque.

LIKE A RETURN TO THE ROOTS

After this new experience abroad, returning to Quebec was an obvious choice for Evelyne Brochu.

“There is a real pleasure in being in a kind of family feeling: the referents are common, the sense of humor is already embodied, because it is the same since our childhood.”

— Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu has therefore launched this new challenge, which she approached by a preparation provided before the shooting. “I still had a month here to make meetings, fittings. We had a lot of discussions, so we felt in familiar territory.”

In Chouchou, the actress plays Chanelle, a French teacher consumed by an illicit passion for one of her students. She shares the stage with a prestigious trio made up of Lévi Doré (Sandrick, the student in question), Steve Laplante (Jeff, Chanelle’s partner) and Sophie Cadieux (Sandrick’s mother).

The 39-year-old actress is pleased to have formed a bond of affection with the production team of Chouchou. “On set, there's a kind of familiarity, like when you go home and say, ‘This is our home.’” “Caring,” “tender” and “magical” are the three words she remembers to describe her co-workers.

A climate of trust that puts her in the best conditions for the rest of the shoot. "I feel so protected, welcomed and supported, I feel that we want to protect, love and cherish each other. It gives the feeling that everything is cushioned, that we just have to go for it," explains the actress.

A NECESSARY MATURITY

Directed by Marie-Claude Blouin and Félix Tétreault, the series written by Simon Boulerice tackles difficult themes such as adultery, poverty and drug addiction. “I think it was great that there was this sense of security and comfort, because there were going to be sensitive and uncomfortable things to talk about,” says Evelyne Brochu.

The role of Chanelle, which involves “challenges from an emotional and physical commitment standpoint,” led the actress to enter a phase of introspection.

“There are certain characters where it's best to get away from that. My big job for this role was to get as close to myself as possible. Of my fragility, of my vulnerability.” 

— Evelyne Brochu

More than her sense of interpretation, her life experiences helped her embody her character. “Having more life experience sometimes prepares you for a role without having to intellectualize it. Evelyne Brochu cites the birth of her two twins in November 2021, which helped her better understand her character's fears about the consequences of her adultery.

“When Chanelle feels the danger of losing her family, it’s an emotion I can imagine,” she emphasizes. The 39-year-old actress is also looking forward to the projects that await her, especially in the cinema. She mentions a romantic comedy with a “cool American actor”, which will begin shooting in August.

“It’s very exciting. And I think it will be good to change universe after this great dive for Chouchou”, she concludes with a smile.

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[March 2022 News] A new drama series CHOUCHOU by Simon Boulerice, coming to Noovo next fall, will explore the theme of illicit relationships, specifically those between teens and teachers… Evelyne Brochu will star as Chanelle Chouinard, a 37-year-old teacher who “falls in love” with Sandrick, her “confident and vulnerable” 17-year-old student played by Lévi Doré. The show with 8 episodes of 60 minutes each, is going to start filming from the end of April.