#CDNSCREENAWARDS: “ORPHAN BLACK” + “IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD” WIN TOP HONOURS AT 2017 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS
Taking place tonight at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the fifth annual Canadian Screen Awards honoured the year's best in Television, Film and Digital Media.  Earning top honours tonight was ORPHAN BLACK with five wins for Best Dramatic Series, Original Score, Supporting Actor (Kevin Hanchard), Writing and Lead Actress (Tatiana Maslany).  The Toronto-made Series, which currently is filming its final episode, will be premiering its fifth and final season Saturday, June 10, ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “SONG TO SONG” PREMIERES AT SXSW FESTIVAL
This looks simply mesmerizing. Auteur Terrence Malick's SONG TO SONG premiered last night at SXSW in Austin and believe it or not Malick himself made a rare appearance. Read DEADLINE's coverage for more on that. The Film of course is set in Austin so it was only fitting it got a Premiere at the Festival.
Synopsis:
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couplesâstruggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “ROUGH NIGHT”
We just can't get enough of Comedies about girls just having some fun! With an all-star cast, ROUGH NIGHT already looks like one of this summer's funniest (and messiest) adventures on-screen! Â I admit, we're super curious about seeing Scarlett Johansson in a comedy.
Synopsis:
Five best friends from college (played by Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer and ZoÍ Kravitz) reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: TRAILER FOR “UNFORGETTABLE”
"Tessa, why are you here?".
I admit it, I love soapy, over-the-top escapism and after seeing this Trailer for UNFORGETTABLE, I officially am sold that this is a cut from the same cloth as the Basic Instincts, The Hand That Rocks the Cradles, Single White Females, Unfaithfuls, Fatal Attractions and Obsesseds of the world. The Classics.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl stars as Tessa Connover, who is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David (Geoff Stults), becomes happily ...
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#NEWMUSIC: MEGHAN TRAINOR – “I’M A LADY” | “SMURFS: THE LOST VILAGE” AT THE TIFF KIDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Hot on the heels of its announcement earlier this week that it will be closing the TIFF KIDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL next month, SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE comes at us with a sassy new Video from star Meghan Trainor, I'm a Lady! Â In case you missed our Tweet yesterday, here it is:
#SmurfsVillage to close @TIFF_NET Kids International Film Festival 4.7.17 with Director Kelly Asbury in attendance on Blue Carpet! pic.twitter.com/Rg4hEOvCAE
â MR. WILL WONG (@mrwillw) ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TEASER FOR “WAR MACHINE” STARRING BRAD PITT ON NETFLIX
We certainly are in a new era of cinema where we're seeing huge stars like Brad Pitt starring in original Netflix Films! You must see this new Teaser for WAR MACHINE in which he stars alongside a massive supporting cast filled to them brim in starpower!
Synopsis:
An absurdist war story for our times, Writer-Director David MichĂ´d (Animal Kingdom) recreates a U.S. Generalâs roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody â raising the specter of just where the line between ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED FOR NETFLIX’S “OKJA”
A release date has been announced for eagerly-awaited Netflix Film OKJA with a star-studded Cast which includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Steve Yeun, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and newcomer Seo Hyun An.
Synopsis:
From visionary Director Bong Joon Ho, this grand global adventure follows a friendship too big to ignore. Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend â a massive animal named Okja. ...
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#SPOTTED: CASTS OF “ORPHAN BLACK”, “KIM’S CONVENIENCE”, YANNICK BISSON AND MORE AT THE 2017 ACTRA AWARDS IN TORONTO
Honouring outstanding performances this past year among ACTRA members, the 2017 edition of the ACTRA Awards (now in its 15th year) were held at The Carlu tonight in Toronto. The organization contains 22,000+ members and it negotiates contracts on behalf of its cultural workers. Its jurisdiction ranges from independent film production, commercials, radio and television drama, telephony, video games and web-based content.  ACTRA ensures members have protected minimum wage standards and ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” CASA LOMA EXHIBIT FAMILY DAY WEEKEND
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
From the moment you step into Casa Loma for The Beauty and the Beast Exhibit, you feel as though you are immersed in the world of Belle and the Beast. The costumes that were used in the Film are on display, the memorable music is played through the main hall, and the rose is held in its case. Everything that's important from the original Film is back for the live-action version and it's all on display in Toronto Family Day weekend only!
There are events ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “BIG LITTLE LIES” PREMIERES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 ON HBO CANADA
We admit a month ago having known v. little about HBO's new series BIG LITTLE LIES, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. Since discovering it though, we're helplessly hooked. We have previewed the first six of seven episodes and cruelly were left hanging at the end of it. It consumed us fully this weekend and itâs been on our mind all day.
The seven-part series follows the lives of three mothers in Monterey, California as they cope with family-life balance, each facing their own unique ...
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