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Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (November 1 – 7, 2010)

Hot Sheet: Top 20 DVDs (November 1 – 7, 2010)

Guilds back Ontario private members bill on union status

Looking for full status before the Ontario Labour Relations Board to resolve contract disputes, local unions and guilds on Monday gave their support to a private members bill in the Ontario legislature.

Podz pic wins German festival top prize

Quebec director Daniel Grou, also known as Podz, grabbed the top prize this weekend at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival for his coming-of-age indie film 10 1/2.

Catucci hosting Food Network series from Lone Eagle

Canadian sketch comic John Catucci is hosting the Lone Eagle Entertainment’s You Gotta Eat Here! for Food Network Canada.

Rogers slapped with lawsuit over ad campaign

Chalk one up for the little guy: upstart Wind Mobile scored a victory Friday when the Competition Bureau slapped Rogers Communications with a lawsuit over a “misleading” advertising campaign for its discount Chatr text-and-talk brand.

CRTC defends Super-Ecran’s monopoly against Quebecor Media bid

Astral Media’s Super Ecran pay television channel will not face competition in the French-language market from TVA Group’s proposed pay TV movie channel Cine-TVA service, the CRTC ruled Friday.

The Quaids invade 22 Minutes

Randy Quaid’s on-going bizarre journey to stay in Canada has taken him to Rogers Arena in Vancouver for an on-ice interview with Mark Critch of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Whistler lifetime tribute for indie filmmakers

Indie filmmakers Bruce McDonald and Monte Hellman are to receive lifetime achievement tributes at the upcoming Whistler Film Festival.

CBC gets set to Live Right Now

Unveiled at the pubcaster’s upfront yesterday, the Ceeb is embarking on a cross-platform campaign to get Canadians to live healthier

Molly Parker grabs lead in Lifetime pilot drama

Molly Parker (Swingtown, Deadwood) has landed the lead in Lifetime Network’s drama pilot Meet Jane from producer Warner Horizon.

Dogwoof acquires NFB docs

UK indie film distributor Dogwoof has snapped up nine NFB docs for its catalog.

White Pine’s Gould gets Oscar short list

White Pine Pictures’ Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould has been shortlisted as one of 15 docs vying for Best Documentary Feature at the upcoming 83rd Academy Awards.

Discovery Canada roars with 3D dinos

Kicking off Discovery Canada’s Dino Week is what VP of programming Ken MacDonald is calling their “most ambitious project of the year.”

Cineflix Studios hires Witkowski

Former founder of Alchemy Nick Witkowski has joined Cineflix Studios in London, bolstering its script division.

Taking digital media’s pulse in Canada

An ambitious census project by Pixel to Product Research is aiming to fill what it sees as a gap in available data on the burgeoning industry.