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TIFF names top 30 films of the decade

T hey are either the best examples of film art of the decade or a cinema snob's top cocktail-party namedroppers. TIFF Cinematheque, the year-long screening program connected with the Toronto International Film Festival, has compiled a list of the top 30 ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pixar,  David Cronenberg,  Pedro Almodovar,  Guy Maddin,  Zacharias Kunuk

On the set of Precious: ‘No tears, ladies!'

T he scene could have easily caused a meltdown among cast and crew. The setting was a public-health office. Mariah Carey was in character as an unadorned, plain Jane social worker. Facing Carey was American TV actress and comedian Mo'Nique, a friendly ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mariah Carey,  Mo'Nique,  Lee Daniels,  Lenny Kravitz

WATCH ME GRACE PARK

P art of her allure is that actress Grace Park, who plays U.S. Homeland Security agent Liz Carver on CBC-TV's The Border , comes across as an everywoman - an everywoman, that is, who sprang to stardom on Battlestar Gallactica and has electrified the ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Grace Park,  CBC,  Maxim Magazine,  Gil Bellows

Battle of the Blackout

C BC representatives were in discussions with officials at Rogers Communications yesterday to determine what happened when Rogers' cable service was cut off in the Toronto area during the finale Monday night of CBC-TV's strongly rated Battle of the ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CBC,  Rogers Communications,  Ron MacLean,  Kurt Browning,  Jamie Sale

WHAT I'M WATCHING / KURT BROWNING

C BC-TV's Battle of the Blades , pairing ex-hockey players and figure skaters in an ice-dancing reality contest, is all about the chemistry between the skaters. But hosts Ron MacLean and Kurt Browning have also formed a solid on-air duo - MacLean ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ron MacLean,  Kurt Browning

THE NUMBERS

S earch the Internet for footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and you'll find clips of David Hasselhoff singing to revelling Berliners. The Baywatch and Knight Rider star has complained that he has been overlooked in recent commemorations of the wall' ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Hasselhoff,  Knight Rider

Kailash Kher heads West

Kailash Kher has a slumdog story of his own. From a comfortable upbringing in New Delhi, Kher launched a business, then fell into dire financial straits. But the failure gave him the impetus to quit everything to follow his dream to make it as a singer ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bollywood,  Kailash Kher

Call of Duty sales frenzy begins

J ust as the efforts of soldiers past and present are being remembered today, the video-game and electronics retail industries are cashing in on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , potentially one of the highest-selling, shoot-'em-up war games ever. The ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Activision, Inc.,  Best Buy,  Keith Vaz

Liona Boyd: five years of healing, two new albums, one rebirth

For many years, Liona Boyd had something distressing happening to her hand, specifically to her right middle finger, and it was only getting worse. Famous for bringing classical guitar into the mainstream (and for an eight-year relationship with Pierre ...

From GUY DIXON, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pierre Trudeau,  Leon Fleisher,  National Institutes of Health

Mother Corp. gussies up her all-news baby

R egular CBC News viewers across the country could be forgiven for doing a double take this week when tuning into what used to be Newsworld, the all-news channel now restyled as the CBC News Network, or CBC NN. That name … Doesn't it strongly resemble ...

From GUY DIXON AND JAMES BRADSHAW, Globe and Mail,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: CBC,  NPR,  Walter Cronkite,  Hiscox,  Peter Mansbridge

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