As we get ready to ring in 2025 with a bottle (or two) of champagne, we reflect on the cover stories that defined our issues this year. Each of these Canadian artists (donning exclusive seasonal looks) shared their story with NUVO and dove deep into the exciting next steps in their respective paths.

This New Year’s Eve not only closes 2024, it closes the chapter of NUVO’s 25th anniversary year—a year of stories celebrating the exceptional in entertainment, fashion, art, architecture, design, wine, travel destinations, gastronomy, and more. As the countdown begins, we invite you to raise a glass with us as we look forward to celebrating the exceptional from Canada and beyond in 2025.

Gabriel Paul Caron coat; LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi shirt, available at Ssense. Photo by Malina Corpadean.

A New Season of Antoni Porowski

When Antoni Porowski arrived on the scene as Queer Eye’s food-and-drinks guy, he was the subject of mass adoration. The TV personality, former model, celebrity home cook, and cookbook author is branching out beyond Netflix’s Fab Five with a new docuseries for National Geographic, No Taste Like Home, in which Porowski guides celebrity guests on journeys and serves up food history along the way. —Josh Greenblatt

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Yellowjackets Star Sophie Nélisse Is on the Rise

These days, Nélisse is best known for her role as Shauna in the Showtime drama Yellowjackets. Set in 1996 and 2021 concurrently, it follows the lives of an American high school soccer team after their plane crashes in the Ontario wilderness. The series has received 10 Emmy Award nominations over its first two seasons. Filming for Season 3 started up again in Vancouver earlier this spring. “It feels like it’s been forever,” Nélisse says, of the interruption due to the writer’s strike, adding that she’s pumped to bunk with her best friend, Courtney Eaton, who plays Lottie on the show. “Ever since we got a start date, we’ve been calling each other, and we’re so excited to be back working and living together.” —Truc Nguyen

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Thom Browne look; Tiffany & Co. Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany Bird on a Rock brooch in yellow gold and platinum with citrine, diamonds, and pink sapphire. Photo by Luis Mora.

Manny Jacinto Wants to Be a Force for Change

He had a role in 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, but his lines were left on the cutting-room floor. If anything, it’s only reinforced his conviction to fight for more Asian male visibility in Hollywood. “There’s more to my acting career than just getting a good paycheque or buying a nice house. I find so much fulfilment in getting to inspire other people, in taking on roles that people haven’t seen before for a person that looks like me,” he says. “There’s more weight in the decisions I make in my career. It’s a shame we don’t see a lot of Asian males in lead roles, but that only means I get the opportunity to be a pioneer for that.” —Alex Nino Gheciu

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Bottega Veneta look. Photo by Brian Bowen Smith.

Scott Speedman Is Having a Renaissance on His Own Terms

Though Speedman boasts a CV spanning decades of memorable performances—from his breakout in the college drama Felicity in the late ’90s and early aughts to his powerful turns in 2008’s horror classic The Strangers and Netflix’s hit thriller You—he feels like he’s just starting to hit his stride. “I’m having more fun now than I have probably in my whole career,” he says in the gravelly, lived-in tone of someone who’s seen it all and finally learned to enjoy the ride. —Alex Nino Gheciu

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