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Incendies, Barney’s lead Vancouver Critics Awards
Quebec’s Incendies dominated the Canadian categories at the Vancouver Film Critics Awards Monday night, taking home three trophies, including best Canadian film.
Alliance Films ends 2010 as Canada’s largest indie distributor
Montreal-based Alliance Films ended the year with a 7.4% share of the Canadian box office, or $75 million in ticket receipts, according to Rentrak.
Total Recall confirmed for Toronto
Finally, confirmation: Columbia Pictures’ Total Recall is to shoot in Toronto from May 15.
Kirstine Stewart to replace Stursberg permanently
CBC/Radio-Canada on Monday confirmed Kirstine Stewart as the new executive vice president of English language TV services.
Peter Donaldson passes at 58
Actor Peter Donaldson, 58, passed Saturday after a two-year battle with lung cancer.
Modus FX uses film background to explore game cinematics
When it comes to creating cinematics – also known as cutscenes – for games, the team at Montreal post house Modus FX discovered it wasn’t much different from working on films.
A&E’s History cancels plans to air The Kennedys
The Kennedys, the pricey mini-series shot in Toronto by Muse Entertainment and Asylum Entertainment, will not be aired by A&E Television Networks’ History channel stateside, after all.
Jersey Shore third season premiere performs for MTV Canada
The perma-tans, tantrums and fisticuffs are back, as are boffo ratings for MTV Canada with the third season premiere of Jersey Shore Thursday night.
Brad Horvath to Ouat Media as short film distributor
Horvath is the new head of acquisitions at Toronto-based short film distributor Ouat Media Distribution, a division of indie broadcaster Channel Zero.
Rogers cancels First Local newscast to boost community access programming
Rogers Television has pulled the plug on its First Local news and information show to comply with the CRTC and air more local access programming.
Joe Carnahan shooting The Grey at Vancouver Film Studios
Director Joe Carnahan and actor Liam Neeson last worked together in Vancouver shooting The A-Team. Now the two have returned to start shooting the Ridley Scott-produced survival thriller The Grey at Vancouver Film Studios through to March 3.
TV in 2011: What will it look like?
Media agency executives Sylvia Criger of MediaCom and Lynda Cooke and Helena Shelton of PHD share their predictions for the evolution of TV this year.
TSN tops six million for World Juniors final
A heartbreaking loss for Canada earns the channel a record-breaking audience.
Pattinson to star in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis
Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga) is slated to take the lead role in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, a spokesperson for the renowned Canuck director confirmed with Playback Daily yesterday.
ACTRA National logs onto Facebook
Canadian actors are among friends now: ACTRA National has enlisted Facebook so its performer members can stay in touch digitally.
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