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Toronto’s Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, has unveiled the full lineup of films that will screen in its Special Presentations program. The festival runs April 25 to May 5.

World premieres include “Red Fever,” which sees Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond travel to the four corners of Turtle Island and across Europe to explore the world’s fascination with Native Americans; “American Cats: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly,” in which “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” correspondent Amy Hoggart explores the controversial practice of declawing cats; “The Ride Ahead,” an expansion of co-director Samuel Habib’s short film “My Disability Roadmap” (which got an Honorable Mention in the International Shorts section of Hot Docs in 2022), exploring a typical 21-year-old itching to move out, start a career and find love—all while navigating life with a disability; “Lost in the Shuffle,” which follows world champion magician Shawn Farquhar as...

Justin Bieber has a dog named Todd and it's undeniably the cutest fuzz-head we've seen in a while. The fact that Justin named his dog Todd is equally as fantastic as the pup himself. Todd Bieber. Just let that sink in for a minute. Todd. Bieber. People giving pets human names never gets old, you know?  Todd is such a popular chunk that he's got his very own Instagram account. Literally, he only has one photo, but the Internet does not seem to mind. He's already got over 18,000 followers. His first pic is casually captioned, "Hey. It's me, Todd." It sure is, buddy. It sure is. His account is under @ToddTheStud, and we couldn't think of a better handle. Despite being so popular, Todd is...

In this edition of "Pop Culture Memory Lane," a Vulture and Ucb Comedy joint, Todd Bieber tells the story of what happens when you (inadvertently) dress up as George Lucas for a "Star Wars" costume contest. Keep in mind, this was directly before a screening of "The Phantom Menace." See if you can guess the difference between the crowd's reaction before and after the movie.