Not on Bitten: the late, great Billy Van Had a tour Tuesday of the set of Bitten, launching early 2014 on Space. The genre series stars Laura Vandervoort (Ted, Smallville) as that rarest of species, a female werewolf. Also sinking their fangs into roles are Greyston Holt (Durham County) and Greg Bryk (Regenesis, XIII: The
Last week when I visited the set of Satisfaction, I thought Ryan Belleville had some interesting things to say about the state of TV comedy in Canada. Satisfaction premieres Monday night at 8 p.m. on CTV.The Calgary native plays a dude who shares a big city apartment with a frisky couple (played by fellow Canadians
I wanted to blog about Sunday night’s sixth season finale of Mad Men–but then I read Tim Goodman’s spot-on deconstruction. Goodman says it all and says it well. Read it here at The Hollywood Reporter.I agree with Goodman that the jam-packed finale redeemed an up and down season. It was as if creator Matthew Weiner,
King me: Stephen King is so unpretentious it’s frightening WILMINGTON, North Carolina–Look who I found Under the Dome: Stephen King!The prolific author, who has sold more than 350 million books, joined the cast last Thursday in speaking with about a dozen scribes flown to the set for an International press junket. King wrote the book which inspired
Tonight at 10/9c is the season finale of Mad Men (AMC). This is the end of Season Six, or as its known at my house, the year I stopped watching every week.I’ll catch up; this is still a great TV show. The first three to six episodes just seemed a little shark jumpy to me.
HBO Canada has been rerunning The Sopranos lately and I have found myself drawn right back in to episodes I have seen two, three, four times already. The main reason? James Gandolfini. His performance as Tony Soprano remains one of the great achievements in television. News of his sudden death–I learned in a car getting
Mountie Pinsent (centre) and The Forest Rangers There’s something about childhood memories and cherished TV shows that can turn adults back into six year olds.I had just such a Cocoon moment Saturday in Kleinberg, Ont., home of the Cinespace Film Studio.This very off-the-beaten track production centre is tucked into a valley in the woods off
Snappy CJF Awards host Amanda Lang Have to thank publicist Nick Poirier and all at Global News for inviting me to join them at their table Thursday night at the 16th Annual Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards. The event was held at the Canadian Room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.As someone who has