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A Canadian first: actors’ training program launched (The Globe and Mail)

Canadian Film Centre announces creation of a new actor’s conservatory

September 8, 2008   Comments Off

TIFF ‘08 Reporter’s Notebook: Kevin Smith on Canadian Critics, Brad & Jen’s Avoidance Techniques (E! Online)

• Kevin Smith figures there’s one thing wrong with bringing a movie to the Toronto Film Fest: The audiences are way too polite. “In Toronto, nobody turns their nose up at…

September 8, 2008   Comments Off

Fox stars on Canada’s Walk of Fame (Stuff)

Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded Walk of Fame, and its biggest red carpet yet has been rolled out for this year’s Canadian inductees.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

TIFF ‘08 Reporter’s Notebook: Kevin Smith on Canadian Critics, Brad & Jen’s Avoidance Techniques (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

• Kevin Smith figures there’s one thing wrong with bringing a movie to the Toronto Film Fest: The audiences are way too polite.

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TIFF ‘08 Reporter’s Notebook: Kevin Smith on Canadian Critics, Brad & Jen’s Avoidance Techniques (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

• Kevin Smith figures there’s one thing wrong with bringing a movie to the Toronto Film Fest: The audiences are way too polite.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

TIFF ‘08 Reporter’s Notebook: Kevin Smith on Canadian Critics, Brad & Jen’s Avoidance Techniques (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

• Kevin Smith figures there’s one thing wrong with bringing a movie to the Toronto Film Fest: The audiences are way too polite.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Fox stars on Canada’s Walk of Fame (Stuff)

Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded Walk of Fame, and its biggest red carpet yet has been rolled out for this year’s Canadian inductees.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

`Bangkok Dangerous’ Tops Box Office With $7.8 Million (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) — “Bangkok Dangerous,” starring Nicolas Cage , opened as the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, making $7.8 million for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

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`Bangkok Dangerous’ Tops Box Office With $7.8 Million (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) — “Bangkok Dangerous,” starring Nicolas Cage , opened as the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, making $7.8 million for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

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Canwest donates $1.5 million to actor training at Canadian Film Centre (Ottawa Citizen)

Canwest has pledged $1.5 million toward the creation of Canada’s first professional training program for onscreen acting.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Toronto Film Fest: Wipers and tears (Entertainment Weekly)

Adam B. Vary on ”Flash of Genius” starring Greg Kinnear, and a moving performance by Peter O’Toole

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Reuters Entertainment Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron on Canada’s Walk of Fame TORONTO – Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded “Walk of Fame,” and its biggest red carpet yet was rolled out on Saturday for this year’s Canadian inductees. Actor Michael J. Fox and director James Cameron were among those honored in front of …

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Reuters Entertainment Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron on Canada’s Walk of Fame TORONTO – Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded “Walk of Fame,” and its biggest red carpet yet was rolled out on Saturday for this year’s Canadian inductees. Actor Michael J. Fox and director James Cameron were among those honored in front of …

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Film directors add magic to L.A. Opera’s season (Louisville Courier-Journal)

In director David Cronenberg’s 1986 movie “The Fly,” a scientist commits a fatal error when he combines his own genes with those of a common housefly. At Los Angeles Opera, another dicey blending of species is taking place: Film directors are mutating into opera directors.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

In this section (St Albans Observer)

The world premiere of Canadian First World War saga Passchendaele has taken place at the Toronto Film Festival.

September 7, 2008   Comments Off

Reuters Entertainment Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron on Canada’s Walk of Fame TORONTO – Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded “Walk of Fame,” and its biggest red carpet yet was rolled out on Saturday for this year’s Canadian inductees. Actor Michael J. Fox and director James Cameron were among those honored in front of …

September 6, 2008   Comments Off

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron on Canada’s Walk of Fame (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded “Walk of Fame,” and its biggest red carpet yet was rolled out on Saturday for this year’s Canadian inductees.

September 6, 2008   Comments Off

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron on Canada’s Walk of Fame (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Step aside Tinsletown. Toronto, dubbed “Hollywood North” for its active film industry, has its own star-studded “Walk of Fame,” and its biggest red carpet yet was rolled out on Saturday for this year’s Canadian inductees.

September 6, 2008   Comments Off

Columbia calls up a third Ghostbusters film (CBC)

A third Ghostbusters film, reuniting original cast members such as Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, is in the works according to Hollywood trade paper Variety.

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No cheap stunts here

When Alicia Turner of Toronto was at work one August, she ended her day by outrunning an exploding ball of flames. For her troubles she …

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Film critic calls TIFF a farce (Jam! Showbiz)

TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival is no longer the people’s film festival. Co-founder Dusty Cohl would be appalled. His widow, Joan Cohl, is certainly unhappy about this breach of trust.

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Toronto film festivals romantic start (TVNZ)

The curtain rose on the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night with romance “Passchendaele” playing to a packed theater and starting a 10-day parade of films and stars at one of the world’s top movie gatherings.

September 6, 2008   Comments Off

No cheap stunts here – Financial Post

No cheap stunts here
Financial Post, Canada - 1 hour ago
Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and the associations representing Canada's and Quebec's film and television production companies.

September 6, 2008   Comments Off

Toronto Film Fest opens with Canadian war drama (Whistler Question)

TORONTO-The Toronto International Film Festival got underway Thursday night with a gala screening of Paul Gross’ First World War epic, “Passchendaele.” The film is based on the real-life experiences of Gross’ grandfather.

September 5, 2008   Comments Off

Film ignores NZ heroes in bloody battle (The New Zealand Herald)

New Zealand’s part in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 is dismissed in a new film from Canada that paints that country’s soldiers as heroes. Released this week, Passchendaele shows how the Belgian town was captured by the Canadian Corps during World War I.

September 5, 2008   Comments Off