This week, Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s CHML AM900 gets serious, asking about media coverage of the Tori Stafford murder trial. He wonders what discussions go on in TV and newspaper editorial meetings about how far to go in covering news that can be seen as too private and too horrific. I suggest that common sense
Working opposite New Girl sensation Zooey Deschanel has been a treat, says Hannah Simone. “She will run lines with you all day long,” reports the former MuchMusic VJ and Ryerson RTA grad. “She has such positive energy—we’re so lucky on this show.” Simone has plenty of positive energy all her own. I spoke with the
Over the past few issues of Canadian Screenwriter magazine, the Writers Guild of Canada has been asking trouble makers and agitators industry observers to write open letters to the heads of the Canadian networks. I was asked to rant about Rogers. Sure, let me take the cable hit.As I point out, Rogers, which owns City
The folks at Rogers held a press conference Friday in Toronto to promote Canada’s Got Talent. The star search spin-off premieres Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on City-TV.The three judges–Martin Short, opera singer Measha Brueggergosman and composer Stephan Moccio–joined host Dina Pugliese at the session, along with executive producers John Brunton and Ed Robinson.How
From Thursday’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Next month is the premiere of the new show, “The Real Housewives of Vancouver.” You can tell it’s Canada — the housewives say nice things to each other’s faces, but then they go behind each other’s backs and say even nicer things.
The late, great Hollywood photographer Gene Trindl shot a lot of TV Guide covers–over 200 in total. The shoot that kept on giving, he once told me, was the day he spent with The Monkees.Trindl got a call in 1966 to photograph the four young stars of the NBC comedy. Think Beatles, he was told.
Jones at the summer 2011 Television Critics Association press tour Like a lot of Boomers, I’m saddened to hear of the passing of Davy Jones Wednesday in Florida. The former Monkee apparently died of a heart attack at 66. He belted out “Daydream Believer” one last time at a concert in New York City less
A couple of smart guys are all over two things I’d been thinking about lately but am too busy/lazy to get to myself. So follow these links to enlightenment: The Globe and Mail’s John Doyle is bang on as usual with this take on recent changes over at the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.