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Telefilm Names New Executive Director
(March 10, 2010) A
Telefilm Canada
veteran with a strong background in accounting has been named
the
new executive director of the Crown corporation by Canadian
Heritage Minister James Moore. The announcement was made Tuesday
in Ottawa.
Carolle Brabant,
a Montrealer, succeeds Torontonian Wayne Clarkson as the
day-to-day head of Telefilm which, with an annual budget of
about $107-million, is a major investor in Canada’s film,
television and new media industries. |
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Source: www.globeandmail.com -
James Adams and James Bradshaw |
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Don Cheadle : The ” Brooklyn ’s Finest” Interview
(March 9, 2010)
Donald Cheadle
might be the best actor around yet to win an Oscar.
In this spirited tête-à-tête, Don talks about his latest outing
as NYPD Detective Tango Butler in Brooklyn’s Finest, a gritty
cop saga directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-starring Wesley
Snipes, Richard Gere, Ellen Barkin and Ethan Hawke.
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Sandra Bullock Snags A Sweetheart Deal
(March 08, 2010)
Making
a big comeback is every fallen star’s dream. Well, that or
appearing on a
degrading reality show about their drug addiction, or a still
more degrading reality show about how they’re coping with being
turned away from Tony Danza’s parties.
This weekend,
Sandra Bullock
was on a rampage, having won every significant actress award
(including the Oscar) for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy, a
sweet-hearted, hard-as-nails Memphis mother, in The Blind
Side. And she won still two more Razzies for her wretched
work in All About Steve. |
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Lynn Crosbie |
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Polanski ‘Doesn’t Do Anything On A Whim’
(March 8, 2010) She hasn’t given up her role as uber-cougar –
this summer, she’ll reprise the part of
Samantha in a second Sex and the City film. But
Kim Cattrall
isn’t just a pop princess. She’s currently getting raves for her
performance in Noel Coward’s Private Lives on stage in
London’s West End. And then there’s her turn as what she
describes as a “Hitchcockian icy blonde” in
The Ghost Writer. |
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Source: www.globeandmail.com -
Martin Tsai |
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Why These Were The Worst Oscars Ever
(March 08, 2010) Worst.
Oscars.
Ever.
Yes, I know I’ve said this before. But the Academy keeps coming
up with new lows.
That scowl on George Clooney’s face during the Academy Awards
telecast Sunday night would have said it all, except for one
thing: it was completely fake. |
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Source:
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- Peter Howell |
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List
of Winners at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
(March
7, 2010) Scroll down for this year's winners *The Iraq
War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best
picture and five other prizes Sunday at the
Academy Awards,
its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars
to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers. |
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A Prophet: Bright Star Emerges From Bleak Prison Drama
(March 5, 2010) Anyone who believes in the corrective potential
of prison life is guaranteed to be plunged into despair by
A Prophet,
a commanding new film by genre master Jacques Audiard.
Corruption is as thick as the grime that covers the seedy French
prison where much of the movie's brisk 2 1/2 hours unfolds. The
place is so rife with collusion, with guards allowing favoured
criminals free reign, it's almost as comical as an old
Hogan's Heroes episode – except nobody's laughing. |
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Source: www.thestar.com -
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