Degrassi star is learning her way around a new zip code

JOHN DOYLE From Tuesday's Globe and Mail According to Shenae Grimes, the 19-year Canadian actor who has leapt from Degrassi: The Next Generation to a lead role in 90210, "There's no such thing as celebrity back home." By "home" she means Canada. Her remark - made at a press conference for 90210 - will come as news to Don Cherry, Pastor Mansbridge, Celine Dion, that guy from Barenaked Ladies who got arrested, and many others. But, really, what Grimes means is that being famous in Canada is not like being a celebrity down here in La-La Land. Grimes, who looked every inch the young Hollywood celeb when I saw her tiny, stiletto-heeled frame get into a stretch limo the other day, is entering a very, very strange landscape. Few shows have caused speculation and excited as much press interest as the show that might be best called... [read full story]