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Marise Strauss
Ware joins TVA
Former Warner Bros. manager now in charge of marketing in English Canada for the film distributor
Hughson re-ups with CBC
Over at the pubcaster, veteran play-by-play announcer signs new six-year agreement. Meanwhile, Ceeb programming boss Kirstine Layfield named Young Global Leader
Englishman weathers Oprah
Despite tough competition from Oprah’s Big Give, the two-part CBC miniseries held its own, beating recent minis including St. Urbain’s Horseman and CTV’s Would Be Kings
Conference looks at games
The rise of gaming on social media sites — Scrabulous, for one — will be the focus of this month’s ICE08
New training program at Banff
Festival calling for applications from digital content creators for new fellowship
Bank Job faces 10,000 B.C.
Maple Pictures and Lionsgate put Jason Statham on screens again this Friday in The Bank Job. Will the heist picture reverse the British star’s downward trend? Or crumble under 10,000 B.C.?
Samuda takes $100,000 prize
New prize from the MPPIA and the Creative Women Workshops Association spotlights women filmmakers in B.C.
Music industry honors Brunton
Canadian Idol producer reflects on his near-30-year career upon induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame
NBC picks up Global’s Templar
Mini from Muse Entertainment will debut simultaneously on both sides of the border in December
Away from Her wins big at Genies
Polley’s debut collects seven awards, including best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Eastern Promises also collects seven, while speeches put Bill C-10 under fire
Sportscasters set online records
Ramped-up web coverage of the NHL’s trade deadline day pays off for TSN, RDS and Sportsnet, which saw soaring numbers on the busiest sports day of the year
Infinity waiting on Gilliam
The Vancouver shoot for the feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will go forward after director Terry Gilliam rewrites the script, according to a spokesperson, though the official word has stopped short of confirming reports that thesps Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp have been tapped to replace the late Heath Ledger.
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