Danielle Ng See Quan

Dani is Playback's associate editor, and on the lookout for news tips and updates.

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Eggplant TV takes Hollywood Death Trip to U.S. E! channel

The Toronto-based media production company has sold the one-hour celeb death special to the entertainment channel.

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Telefilm renews and expands Micro-budget Program

The organization has added a new component to support and boost visibility of Aboriginal creators.

Semi Chellas, Margaret O’Brien to receive Crystal Awards

The WIFT-T awards, which recognize achievements of Canadian women and men in film, TV and digital media, will be presented on Dec. 3 in Toronto.

CBC’s Sally Catto on scripted division restructure

The executive director of commissioned and scripted programming (pictured) talks to Playback about how the division’s reorganization will affect indie producers.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Oct. 11 to Oct. 17, 2013

Jeremiah Chechik’s The Right Kind of Wrong is the top Canadian film in its first week of release, while Stefan Miljevic’s suspense thriller Amsterdam is #2.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Oct. 11 to Oct. 17, 2013

Jeremiah Chechik’s The Right Kind of Wrong breaks into the top 10 in its first week of release.

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Hot Sheet: Top 5 Canadian films Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, 2013

Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle is the top Canadian film for another week.

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Hot Sheet: Top 10 films Oct. 4 to Oct. 10, 2013

Sci-fi space drama Gravity rises to the top of the box office, while Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners holds a spot in the top 10 for another week.

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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013

The Croods is the top-selling DVD for the week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2013.

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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2013

The Big Bang Theory tops TV for another week, while the Hockey Night in Canada east coast broadcast is #3, west coast broadcast is #22 and Murdoch Mysteries is #26.

CBC restructures scripted primetime division (again)

Under executive director Sally Catto (pictured), the division is again being split by genre, with two internal hires replacing outgoing department head Jenny Hacker.

Jackie Chan backs Gambling on Extinction

The actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador (pictured) is getting behind the Canada-Germany copro that uncovers the illegal global trade of wildlife products.