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‘More of an artist than a star’
Actor in a leading role: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Hollywood sweeps up Halifax’s darling
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away from Her), Marion Cotillard (La vie en rose), Laura Linney (The Savages), Ellen Page (Juno)
Director gets in the head of a star-struck Beatles fan
Short Film (Animated): I Met The Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli,
Tutli-Putli takes viewers ‘someplace else’
Short Film (Animated):I Met The Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Even Pigeons Go To Heaven, My Love, Peter & The Wolf
CTV, advertisers ponder the possibilty of no show
Just as sets that may never enjoy the footlights’ glare for the 80th annual Academy Awards presentation are currently under construction, so, too, is CTV planning for eventualities that may never come to pass. The fate of the year’s largest TV draw in Canada remained a question mark as the WGA strike grinded on as of Jan. 30.
The inconvenient truth about film production
The inconvenient truth about film and television production is that ‘we are operating in a very disposable industry.’
B.C. grass isn’t that much greener
Many people think ‘green’ when British Columbia comes to mind, so it’s not too surprising that B.C. is leading the way in Western Canada when it comes to striving for film and TV productions that leave a smaller carbon footprint.
Is green the new black (again)?
Green is fashionable for the third time in as many decades, and the trendy film industry is re-embracing the cause, hoping for ‘third time lucky,’ with green initiatives sprouting in Quebec and taking root in Ontario.
CFTPA green team shoots to reduce producers’ carbon footprint
A green initiative will be pitched to producers at the CFTPA Prime Time in Ottawa conference later this month, according to Minds Eye Pictures’ Kevin DeWalt, cochair of the CFTPA’s recently formed green committee.
An incredibly green checklist on Hulk’s TFS shoot
The Incredible Hulk is an excellent example of a film production that strived for a reduced carbon footprint when it shot at Toronto Film Studios last summer.
Record numbers for Super Bowl
The big game peaked at 5.83 million on CTV, and kept fans tuned in until the very last nail-biting minutes. Good news for advertisers, despite the high number of house ads, say buyers
Girard heads up Canada/France copro
Comedy Le bonheur de Pierre puts Quebec star Rémy Girard next to France’s Pierre Richard, playing on the tensions between Quebecois and Parisians
Teletoon gets Stoked
The tooncaster is going after kids 8-12 in French and English with a wish-fulfillment show about tween surfers by busy Toronto prodco Fresh TV
Score ties in with Global
Network news in Ontario now comes with sports highlights from Score Media
Production up to nearly $5 billion
A record year in domestic TV kept the industry on its feet despite slumps in film and service shoots, according to a sneak peek at the CFTPA’s 2006/07 numbers
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