English Thespian Alexander Siddig already has quite the cult following, known affectionately as Dr. Julian Bashir for his work in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Add to that his body of work which includes the likes of Game of Thrones, Syriana, Cairo Time, Atlantis and Primeval, Toronto once again welcomes the star back as he begins work on FOX TV Pilot RECON. Siddig in previous years has been in the City for TIFF for Inescapable and Cairo Time.

According to Synopsis, the Pilot centers around Alexa (Tracy Spiridakos), a young, driven FBI analyst tasked with embedding herself in a suspected terrorist family. Siddig plays her target Omar, a father, husband and devout Muslim who has no idea the Feds have been tracking his every move.

We spotted Siddig doing groceries earlier and he was a great sport about stopping for a quick Selfie, telling a Fan in a T-Shirt to keep warm!

See our Snap:

With English Thespian #AlexanderSiddig, in #Toronto filming #FOX Plot, #Recon.

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RECON films in the City through the end of March.

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Washington native Noah Robbins has been in Toronto for the past month working on gun control drama MISS SLOANE. He has garnered acclaim for his work on Broadway in productions like Bright Beach Memoirs, Arcadia and an off-Broadway production of Secrets of the Trade.

Robbins since has appeared on popular series like Masters of Sex, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black and Gotham. His career very much is headed the right direction with the Oscar bait of a project he’s filming here in the City in which he stars as the slightly-geeky junior, Franklin Walsh. More recently he was on the ratings hit, GREASE LIVE! as Eugene, which now is in stores!

We by chance spotted Robbins out today with a friend and recall seeing him in passing when visiting the set of MISS SLOANE earlier this week, when we met Mark Strong!  Great guy and we’re excited to follow his bright career ahead!

See our Snap:

So cool seeing #NoahRobbins! You might remember him as Eugene in #GreaseLive? He is working with #JessicaChastain right now on #MissSloane.

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More on our meeting Mark Strong last week here.

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Continuing its massive domination a second week, Disney‘s ZOOTOPIA spends a second week on-top with $49 million from 3,827 theatres. In two weeks, it has garnered an outstanding $141.7 million domestically.

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, which many had no idea was even a thing a couple months back, makes an impressive debut in second for Paramount Pictures with $24.5 million from 3,391 theatres.  Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman, this latest addition to the Cloverfield franchise is directed by Dan Trachtenberg. 2008’s Cloverfield however, opened with $40 million. Reviews from Critics unanimously were positive at 91% on the Tomatometer but Audiences were less impressed with a B- CinemaScore.

DEADPOOL continues to go strong in third with $10.5 million for 20th Century Fox. Thus far in five weeks it has grossed $325 million across North America. Star Ryan Reynolds with wife Blake Lively received much media attention this week attending a State Dinner alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barrack Obama.

LONDON HAS FALLEN is in fourth in its second week out for Focus Features/VVS Films with $10.2 million.  In two weeks it has made $38 million.

THE PERFECT MATCH might not have even had a Canadian release, but it makes $4.5 million for Lionsgate Films in the U.S., from 925 theatres, good enough for sixth spot.  The Rom-Com is directed by Bille Woodruff and stars Cassie Venture and Terrence J.

THE YOUNG MESSIAH also is out only in the U.S. right now but debuts in seventh with $4 million for Focus Features from 1,761 theatres. The Biblical Drama stars Adam Greaves-Neal and Sean Bean.

THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong, shockingly debuts in eighth with $3.1 million only for Sony Pictures. Reviews were negative overall from Critics (38% on the Tomatometer) who were able to screen it (it wasn’t made available to Canadian media outlets), but Audiences gave it a solid B+ CinemaScore.

RISEN rounds-out the Top Ten with $2.8 million for Sony Pictures in its fourth week out. It has made $32 million to-date domestically.

With Canadian Screen Week well under way, the party was lit at 99 Sudbury tonight as the Academy Social took place, in celebration of excellence in Social Media. Hosted by eTalk’s Liz Trinnear and Much‘s Jus Reign, awards were handed out across multiple categories for social media innovation.

The Event is brought to us by Bell Media, Jones Media, The Independent Production Fund, Much, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CBC, Ontario Media and Development Corporation, Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund, Cineplex, Smokebomb Entertainment and The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Among those honoured were our friend Casie Stewart for Voice Pioneer and Jus Reign for Breadth of Voice. Canadian talents like Naomi Snieckus, Kristian Bruun and the cast of series, Carmilla were in attendance.

More here.

See some Snaps from tonight!

Casie Stewart, top influencer and winner tonight:

Smokebomb Entertainment present a live tattoo which unfolded before guests’ eyes:

DJ and Canadian Viral Sensation Dancing Phil:

Host + Winner Jus Reign:

Host Liz Trinnear + Guests:

Paying homage to Drake in a Hotline Bling-inspired installation courtesy of The Academy and MuchMusic:

The 4th annual Canadian Screen Awards take place this Sunday, March 13, 2016 and air 8 PM in each respective time zone on CBC. We’ll be there!

More here.

Also, don’t forget about Saturday’s FANZONE Event at Toronto’s Eaton Centre. Meet some of your favourite Canadian personalities!  Details here.

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24-year-old Norwegian Tropical House Music sensation Kygo brought the house down at Uniun Night Club last night. In addition to announcing that he is headlining the VELD Music Festival late July at Downsview Park, the DJ/Producer also helped ring-in the launch of both the Samsung s7 and Samsung S7 Edge, out  now!

Playing a packed house for almost 90 minutes, the crowd consisting of lucky contest winners and influencers savoured his uplifting sounds, leading up to his international smash Firestone (ft. Conrad Sewell).

Guests literally freaked out upon exit given chances to redeem passes to the Festival!

The Samsung S7 and S7 Edge promise many improvements over the already state of the art line of smartphones. Among them a 4k video camera, the return of SD-expandable memory, enhanced security against hackers, game control centre, water/dust resistance, extended battery life and an ultra-sleek new design.

Learn more about it here.

Learn more about VELD here.

Some more Snaps of Kygo at the Samsung event:

Best seat in the house with #Kygo at #GalaxyLife party! @kygomusic @samsungcanada #samsungs7edge #SamsungS7

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eOne Films + Mr. Will want to take Readers to see TIFF ’15 selection EYE IN THE SKY!  Screenings take place Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in Toronto, Ottawa,  Halifax, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria and Winnipeg.

Synopsis:
EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

Also starring Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen and Phoebe Fox, the film is directed by Gavin Hood (TSOTSI) and written by Guy Hibbert (“Prime Suspect”).

See the Trailer:

Artwork:

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eOne Films release EYE IN THE SKY on Friday, March 25, 2016.

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English Thespian Mark Strong was a late addition to drama Miss Sloane, but a welcome one indeed! We last caught up with the star in 2011 when he visited for the Green Lantern Press Tour.  He just last year was voted one of GQ‘s Best Dressed Men of 2015, crediting the late  David Bowie as his own style icon. We were thrilled to see him just as gracious as we remember him!

Miss Sloane began filming in Toronto last month and continues to do so through April.  Starring Jessica Chastain, the John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare in Love) Film centers on an ambitious lobbyist up against a powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation. Alison Pill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jake Lacy (!!) also star.

A busy man indeed, Strong was just in Los Angeles promoting new Comedy The Brothers Grimsby in which he stars alongside Sacha Baron Cohen and immediately returned to work this week. The crew and cast have been busy working late into the night in Financial District filming interior and exterior scenes.

Strong’s résumé continues to wow with roles in important recent releases like Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Imitation Game and Zero Dark Thirty, the latter reuniting him with Chastain. The two appear to be colleagues at the same firm here as per what we saw. But we’ll know perhaps Awards Season?

See our Snap:

Waited till like 2 AM after a day of work, but awesome getting a Selfie with #MarkStrong, in town filming gun control drama #MissSloane.

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See a quick clip of Chastain sporting a new bob at work:

The best. #JessicaChastain #IndependentSpiritAwards #Oscars #AcademyAwards

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#JessicaChastain is a true Movie Star. She tells me she is so tired, taking a day off filming #MissSloane in #Toronto. #IndependentSpiritAwards #Chastainiac @chastainiac

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Making a throw back to Young MC, you’ve gotta check-out this hot track from Sophie Beem!  The Sony Music (Columbia Records) Artist is a protege of Beyoncé and believe it or not, she’s only in 11th grade!  Currently on tour with Charlie Puth, who makes a Toronto stopoff at Mod Club Monday, March 28, 2016, Beem is set to make a splash. She at least turned quite a few heads at their L.A. show at Fonda Theatre the other day with Beyoncé and Jay-Z coming out to watch her at the show!

In the meantime, enjoy first single I Got It ft. Fetty Wap!

Certified sizzle!

Definitely keep a tab on Beem, whose five-track EP is now out on iTunes here!

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Kiefer‘s back! Toronto’s pride and joy makes his way back to the City for new series DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. Filming between March and October, the eOne-distributed Series centers on a low level cabinet member named Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) who suddenly is appointed POTUS after a catastrophic attack on the United States.

We spotted Co-stars LaMonica Garrett (Transformers: Dark od the Moon, Daddy’s Home) and Adan Canto (X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Following) out and about as the Series gears up for production this week. Garrett plays a secret service officer to Sutherland‘s Tom. Canto plays White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Aaron. Both handsome lads were more than kind to stop for a Snap.  We’re really curious about this Series which also stars Maggie Q, Italia Ricci and Natascha McElhone.

See our Snaps with Barrett and Canto:

Hmm… curious if we’ll see Kiefer next weekend at the Canadian Screen Awards? His brother Rossif is nominated for his Film, RIVER.

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As preparations are under way for  FOX‘s Rocky Horror Picture Show, the star spottings continue to roll-in. Christina Milian provided significantly to our soundtrack becoming an adult in the early ’00s. Hits like Between Me and You (with Ja Rule), AM to PM, Dip it Low were staples for the MTV generation.

Since her Pop days, Milian has enjoyed popularity as a television personality on E!’s Christina Milian Turned Up and a correspondent on The Voice.

While shopping at Pusateri‘s we ran into Milian who was stocking up for the week ahead and it appears she’s on a high protein diet in preparation for her role as Magenta.

The FOX TV Movie remake of the 1975 Cult Classic, stars also Staz Nair in the titular role, Reeve Carney, Adam Lambert, Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice and Tim Curry, who starred in the original although still has yet to arrive. We also spotted Cox out and about in an Uber and Justice with her family too! Cox however, made it clear she wanted her privacy.

See her shock at getting a limo for her Uber today!

When your regular #Uber Select shows up and it’s a stretch limo. Heeeeey! What a ride to brunch with @theladydeja #inthe6ix #TransIsBeautiful

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See our Snap with the amazing Milian:

My 20 year old self is freaking out! Have always loved #ChristinaMilian. So awesome seeing her do groceries at #Pusateris!! She is in town working on #RockyHorrorPictureShow!

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We also spotted Co-Star Ben Vereen (Reading Rainbow, Webster, Top Five) who stars as Dr. Everett Scott. He was just too gracious!

There still is no confirmed release date for Rocky Horror Picture Show, but we are hoping for Halloween?

We met some of the other cast members of the upcoming Remake last month. More on that here.

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