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Olympics up and down for CBC
Opening ceremony down from Athens 2004, though pubcaster scores on weekend primetime coverage. Flashpoint gets major push from Dance finale
CW gets 4Real
Do-gooder doc series set for fall schedule on U.S. net following deal at Media Rights Capital
Stale? Or still sizzling?
Amal has had almost a full year for its TIFF buzz to fade, but director Richie Mehta has been busy courting Indo-Canadians ahead of its release through Seville
Nadda, Iron shoot ‘impossible’ movie
Writer/director Ruba Nadda instinctively knew Daniel Iron was the right man for the job when she approached him to produce her latest feature Cairo Time, a sweeping romantic tale set in the Egyptian capital.
Cruising Bar tops $3 million
Cult comedy sequel number one for fifth straight week, poised to surpass original
Breakthrough grows TV movie division
Sales veteran Marina Cordoni leads expansion into development and in-house production of movies for the small screen
Continent reaches English Canada
Donald Sutherland narrates English version of Jean Lemire’s adventure doc, which arrives in Toronto and Vancouver. ‘I wanted a cinematic voice,’ says the director
Maria a winner for CBC
Final performance of reality casting call passes one million viewers, though fewer came back Monday to see Elicia MacKenzie win. Judge arrested in Toronto
Music, fashion on tap for TIFF
Doc lineup includes look at life of Italian designer Valentino and the latest by An Inconvenient Truth‘s Davis Guggenheim
Nadda, Iron shoot ‘impossible’ movie
Warned by no less than Atom Egoyan about shooting in Egypt, second-time director took her Cairo Time romance there anyway
‘Not another art house movie’
Chaz Thorne and Seville look to ‘blockbuster fatigue’ to boost the dark comedy and festival fave Just Buried
CFL off to a solid start on TSN
Football ratings up 11% over last year for new exclusive rights holder TSN, thanks in part to higher-scoring games, says president Phil King
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