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Strong debut for Away from Her

The highly competitive weekend was kind to Sarah Polley’s counter-programmed tear-jerker, which scored a per-screen average of $7,000 across Canada

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Warner Bros. shuts out Canada

Film studio bans preview and promotional screenings in Canada to ‘protect’ itself against incessant camcorder piracy

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Global gives Ground

Home reno regular Debbie Travis will be back on air this month with a second and slightly tweaked season of From the Ground Up

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Portfolio promotes Rutherford

Sales exec moves up to handle more territories and all worldwide acquisitions for Toronto company

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Alliance leads again with Fracture

The last and somewhat soft week before Spider-Man 3 saw the Anthony Hopkins thriller hang on to number one despite wide releases from Paramount and Buena Vista, while Ma fille, mon ange continued to make a comeback

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Critics cheer Durham debut

The six-part crime mini makes its quiet but pre-cheered premiere on The Movie Network and Movie Central, looking to connect with fans of The Sopranos and Dexter

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Make Some Noise takes Rocket prize

Omni series wins $50,000 and boasting rights as Canada’s best youth-aimed program

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Malkovich, Lilly set for Afterwards

The $15-million thriller will shoot for three weeks in Montreal, putting the art-house icon alongside the Alberta-born star of Lost

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BNN puts radio tech show on-air and online

The Business News Network is premiering GetConnected TV, putting a show from Corus Radio’s roster across multiple platforms.

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Thirteen screens for Away from Her

Capri, Mongrel and Lionsgate look to lure art-house audiences into the Alzheimer drama, while fanboys from far and wide are expected to stampede into Spider-Man 3

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Blueprint buys into Oasis

The makers of Whistler and Iggy Arbuckle get into international distribution with a ‘significant’ buy-in of the Toronto company

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Brand departs DGC

Ending 19 years with the Directors Guild of Canada, CEO Pamela Brand has stepped down to ‘pursue new goals’