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Actors don’t usually like to talk about parts that got away or name names when it comes to people they replaced. If you almost got to play Indiana Jones, like Tom Selleck, you’d shut up about it, too. Sometimes actors will talk about it if the guy they beat out went on to a similar

Another sunset over Lonely. Posting should resume shortly.In the meantime, Happy Father’s Dad to all the dad’s out there, especially my dad, Ross Brioux, who swam in this bay, scrambled up onto the rocky shore, looked out over the waves and thought, “You know, this would be a great place to build a cottage.”Fifty-odd summers

It’s no bedtime story–Rick Mercer turned down an offer to headline Sun TV News.Spoke with the comedian Wednesday and he confirmed that, yes, newly appointed Quebecor vice president Kory Teneycke–until less than a year ago Stephen Harper’s director of communications–called him up, met with him for drinks and made a pitch for Mercer to join

Bad news, Canada. No, not about that silly Fox News North thing. No, this is about a U.S. TV export we’re not getting–Betty White’s new sitcom Hot In Cleveland.The sitcom, which also stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendy Malick, premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on the original, U.S. version of TVLand. So far, the

Okay , say you’re Quebecor media czar Pierre Karl Peladeau. Whoops, I just vomited in my mouth. (Half full disclosure: I was once fired by Pierre Karl Peladeau.)Your crummy little Toronto TV station has never made a dime and lost an estimated $8.8 million last year. You’ve long since lost interest in the venture as

Have been invited on CHCH’s Live @ 5:30 this afternoon to vent about this wacky new “Fox News North” venture. Seems the deep thinkers at Quebecor see an opportunity to launch a right wing specialty news service in Canada to help counter the supposed commie bias at CBC News and to help us all stop

Wolves are clawing their way into HBO’s bloody (and steamy) vampire drama True Blood. The third season began Sunday and the buzz has been building for months. Sold stories on it to Movie Entertainment magazine, Starweek and Sunday’s Toronto Star, including this profile of Joe Manganiello. He plays werewolf newcomer Alcide, assigned to protect Sookie

Changed the layout format here at TVFMF to accommodate larger vid clips. Test it out by viewing the trailer to Men With Brooms, a series coming to CBC this fall based on the Paul Gross curling feature. Me thinks this shows more potential as a TV show than as a theatrical.