Far from costing taxpayers an estimated $300 million, CHML’s Scott Thompson wants to know if a Canadian federal election will amount to a stimulous package by the time you factor in all the negative ad campaign spending on television. There may be truth to that just counting what seems to be a bottomless “Harper Government” war chest.
Nobody does Hollywood memorials like TCM. The movie channel has already scheduled a 24 hour movie marathon tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away Wednesday in Lo Angeles at 79.Starting at 6 a.m. April 10, TCM will show the best of Taylor’s 50 feature films, including her Oscar®-winning performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (ET) and Who’s
The Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins Quartet If you grew up in Toronto and are old enough to remember the heyday of the Yonge Street Strip–or wish you were–you won’t want to miss Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories. The three-part documentary series premieres tonight at 10e/7p on Bravo! and continues Tuesday and Wednesday.From director Bruce
For me every year, one of the joys of Cinefest is the chance to add to my collection of 16mm films. Lately I’ve been focusing on trying to acquire film prints of TV shows. Back before digital, DVD or even video tape, networks used to ship 16mm prints to affiliate stations across America. For CBS,
Another Cinefest is in the books and this year, besides a lot of classic black and white, silent and sound screenings, there was some news.The 31st annual gathering of film enthusiasts occurs every March in Liverpool, N.Y., a suburb of Syracuse. I’ve driven through snowmageddons in past years trying to get in and out of
Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos. Russell Hantz is dying to come to Canada. “I’m trying to go to Canada but nobody wants me to go there,” the Survivor warrior told me Wednesday on a call set up by Global and CBS. “I hear that I have more fans in Canada than
The kidnapping storyline in the pilot does not wash. No kid would let a strange adult dye his hair, stick him in the trunk of a car and drive him hundreds of miles out of town without getting a tad freaked.The rest of the first episode of Endgame, however, is pretty engaging and holds plenty of promise.
Never underestimate the appeal of The Shat: host William Shatner helped boost the Genie Award broadcast to 480,000 viewers Thursday on CBC according to overnight estimates. Not bad opposite The Big Bang Theory (3,132,000) on CTV. CBC’s Genie broadcast, live from Ottawa, beat everything on Global Thursday night except Bones and more than doubled the estimated