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Heavyweights hoist honors at Playback party
Plummer, Arcand, Topalovich feted at annual Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame. Viggo Mortensen lauds Cronenberg
Summer box jumps 8%
‘Perfect storm’ of bad weather, bad economy and good movies sends summertime receipts to new record
Hefner ‘moved’ by Berman doc
Playboy patriarch praises Canuck filmmaker at the world premiere of documentary about his life
CFTPA kudos goes to Tierney
Producer of TIFF buzz-maker The Trotsky receives $10,000 producer’s award. ‘This is the happiest movie of my life.’
Polley set for Queen epic
Canuck thesp will play 17th century Swedish monarch in copro scripted by Quebec’s Michel Marc Bouchard
Bank boosts Talent Lab
$15,000 prize added to program for new filmmakers at TIFF. Danny Boyle, Don McKellar to mentor
CHEK lives to see another day
Eleventh-hour deal with Canwest and $2.5 million from staff and local investors buys new lease on life for Victoria station
Glee hits high note
Rerun of musical comedy’s pilot posts solid ratings for Global
D Films nabs Creation
Boutique distributor, recently launched by Jim Sherry and Tony Cianciotta, acquires rights to TIFF opener
Canucks want TV everywhere, says study
No surprise here. Most Canadians want to be able view their favorite cable programs on the web or mobile devices
Artists slam TIFF Tel Aviv spotlight
Open letter signed by actors such as Jane Fonda and award-winning author Alice Walker says festival has become ‘complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine’
Portfolio casts Spellz over Asia
Kids magic series headed to countries including Pakistan and Nepal
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