he Genie Awards, honouring the best in Canadian movies, will be handed out Thursday in Ottawa.

The ceremony -which will feature appearances by such high-profile stars as best supporting actress nominee Minnie Driver, host William Shatner, and singer Melissa Etheridge -is the culmination of a good year for the industry.

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It's time for the Independent Spirit Awards! Indie darling Sandra Oh kicks it off with a graphic purple and white dress. It's a little bit sexy thanks to the one-shoulder, and the bold purple color is bold and fresh. She keeps everything simple, with softly wavy hair and minimal jewelry. Adding a little city chic, Sandra goes for black tights ( Read more... )

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams get close in the first still from “The Vow” unveiled by this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly, the Valentine’s Day 2012 release that sees them as a happily married couple who are ripped apart when she loses all her memories of their time together after a traumatic brain injury caused by a car accident. He ( Read more... )

t's rare that you find a competitor who brings a gun to a Mortal Kombat tournament, but Kurtis Stryker is just that kind of guy. As it turns out, the MK character - first introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 - will be part of Warner Bros.' new Mortal Kombat digital series, and IGN has the exclusive on who's playing him.

Tahmoh Penikett, best known for ( Read more... )

"Last Comic Standing" contender returns home to star in "Mr. D" for pubcaster.

TORONTO -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has handed out a full-season order to Mr. D, a sitcom that stars Toronto school teacher-turned-comic Gerry Dee (Last Comic Standing).

The comedy pilot from Topsail Productions was produced by Michael Volpe ( Read more... )

After being snubbed by Oscar, except for the single citation for best make-up, Barney’s Version is suddenly strutting proudly again as the nominations leader in Canada’s Genie Awards.

Richard J. Lewis’ drama scored 11 Genie noms on Wednesday, one more than Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed and Oscar-nominated Incendies, which is competing in the Oscars ( Read more... )

A sequel to Aspen Extreme?
by Megan Michelson, ESPN, Jan 20, 2011

Nearly 18 years after the film Aspen Extreme debuted to much acclaim in the ski world, the film's writer and director, Patrick Hasburgh, is considering making a sequel.

When Hasburgh wrote and directed Aspen Extreme in 1993, he had no idea the film would generate such a cult following.

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Paul Giamatti has added another entry to his roster of flawed protogonists: Barney Panofsky -- schlock TV producer, accused murderer, and a guy so unlucky in romance that he has to get married twice before finding his true love (on his wedding night, yet). Based on the final novel by Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version is another comedy of ( Read more... )

TORONTO -- Tom Berenger will guest star on the Canada-French co-produced action drama XIII as a mysterious European industrialist.

Co-producers Prodigy Pictures and Europacorp Television said Berenger will perform opposite series lead Stuart Townsend in the series, set to bow in April on Canal Plus in France and Showcase in Canada.

Berenger is ( Read more... )