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Second choice, better job

Saw and Guns star Lyriq Bent on the downside of service work and the upside of getting a small role in the Toronto-shot horror franchise, which is back in theaters Friday

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Grads come together at Film Summit

When filmmakers from AFI and CFC compared notes about the U.S. and Canada, Hollywood got respect but Telefilm took it on the chin

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Lewis upped at IATSE

Takes over as international VP at the technicians union following the departure of Mimi Wolch

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Mandel joins Gemini party

The host of Deal or No Deal, up for a viewers’ choice award, joins a slew of celebrities being flown to Regina courtesy of Dragon’s Den‘s Jim Treliving

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Grey’s number one

CTV surgeons top a repeat episode of House, preempted because of baseball playoffs on Fox. Meanwhile, Corner Gas squeaks past Heroes, and Pushing Daisies hits one million

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Christensen named to NFB

Director of Six Figures takes over as exec producer of North West Centre

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Insight rebrands Casino channel

Newly overhauled GameTV arrives Friday with renewed focus on game shows, reality and ‘non-sports gaming.’ Good news for poker faces and die-hard fans of The Mad Dash

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Daisies bloom on ABC

U.S. network orders full season of critical darling, extending the life of the back-from-the-dead series to 22 episodes

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Strike threat by U.S. writers puts cloud over Canada

Service work and the U.S. programming on CTV and Global could dry up faster than expected following the sudden strike vote by the WGA

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Rogers moving Citytv and OMNI

New owner will pull the former CHUM flagship out of its famous digs and move it into a new complex in downtown Toronto

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NFB reaches out to Acadia

New e-cinema effort to provide French-speaking communities in New Brunswick with shorts, features and docs

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B.C. in spotlight at enviro-festival

Chef Michael Statlander stepped behind the camera for The Islands Project, a doc about his loves of organic cooking and the B.C. coast, which plays this week in Toronto at Planet in Focus