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Star! Daily cancelled

Twenty-two staffers let go at entertainment magazine as new bosses at CTVgm continue to tighten belts

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Four Sheets opens imagineNATIVE

Local talent and Sundance darling Tamara Podemski stars with Edmonton’s Cody Lightning in Four Sheets to the Wind, which opens the Toronto festival on Wednesday

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PR chief exits CanWest

Two years and one rejuvenated department later, Sandra Puglielli is stepping down as the company’s director of TV publicity

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Peace Arch picks four from Insight

Theatrical and DVD releases starring Matthew Perry, Sharon Stone and others due from Toronto shop starting next year

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The Establishing Shot: Ceeb finds right balance with fall launch

CBC has had its fall-launch liftoff, offering up a balanced mix of shows of generally strong quality. That much is not surprising. What is especially heartening to Ceeb folks is that a number of these shows are drawing solid ratings, with a couple of excellent tallies.

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The Small Screen: Spinning in a time of layoffs

Let’s face it. With all of this consolidation going on, we’ve known for some time that a whack of restructuring was in the works, and hey – news alert! – the whacking is well underway.

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Editors association slated to launch

Just as YouTube amateurs are cutting their own movies digitally, Canada’s professional editors are circling the wagons to protect their turf.

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Filmmaker of Destiny

Charles Martin Smith hopes audiences will take to the underdog story in his latest feature, Stone of Destiny, which the Hollywood-actor-turned Canadian director is currently posting at Vancouver’s Infinity Features.

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Massive shuffle of CTV executives

As the dust settles on the CTVglobemedia takeover of CHUM, Susanne Boyce and Ed Robinson have emerged at the top of the heap at CTV after a wide-ranging corporate reorganization.

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Recruitment firms increasingly place top execs

The federal government raised some eyebrows when it opted to outsource the executive search to replace CBC chief Robert Rabinovitch, who leaves his post Nov. 20.

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Intelligence returns, quietly

VANCOUVER — Intelligence, on TV? Yes, and it’s back for a second season as Chris Haddock’s smart and savvy Vancouver-based crime drama returned Monday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. on CBC.

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The Burning Question