Movement to erect Green Arrow statue in Vancouver's Crab Park hits a snag:...
Vancouver-filmed drama Arrow comes to an end Tuesday night, just three days after a movement to immortalize the titular hero in Crab Park appears to have met the same fate. In the series finale,...
View ArticleTown Talk: Play recounts Casey Wright's 19-year medical journey
SPEAKING UP: Casey Wright was 14 and had had 10 brain-tumour operations by 2015 when moviebiz veteran Danny Virtue announced he would executive-produce a film about him. Now 19, Casey weighs 25 kg, is...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2020: Watch this year's ads right here
Some people like the Super Bowl and some people like Super Bowl ads. The big game takes place on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, with kick off happening at 3:30 p.m. at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Whether you’ll...
View ArticleDaily Poll: What did you think of the 2020 Super Bowl half-time show?
Need to entertain a football stadium’s worth of people? Call Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. The pair filled the stadium with energy, new and old hits and, of course, a political statement or two when...
View ArticleHollywood North: Sandra Bullock filming Netflix feature in Vancouver
The cameras are set to roll this week in Vancouver on a still untitled Netflix feature starring Sandra Bullock. Bullock, who scored a hit on the streaming service last year with the post-apocalyptic...
View ArticleThe Nature of Things peers into intertidal worlds of Canada's coastline
The Nature of Things: Kingdom of the TideWhen: Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. Where: CBC and streaming on CBC Gem . If you have had the pleasure of picking your way through the intertidal waters of the Pacific Ocean...
View ArticleBulls & Bears: Ford vs. Ferrari earns honour as the best sports movie of...
Anyone who has driven an automobile with a manual stick shift can relate to the rush — the pure pop of adrenalin — that comes from gearing up or down, especially in a fast-moving vehicle. It’s...
View ArticleTop British landscape TV hit gets a fresh coat of Canadian paint
Landscape Artist of the YearPremiere: Sunday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m. Makeful (pay channel) The new TV show Landscape Artist of the Year Canada has done a pretty good job when it comes to creating a...
View ArticleHollywood North: Mighty Ducks fly again with Emilio Estevez behind bench
Gordon Bombay and the Mighty Ducks are flying north to reboot the classic hockey movie franchise from 90s as a TV series for the Disney Plus streaming service. Emilio Estevez, who played coach Bombay...
View ArticleRiverdale's Lili Reinhart adopts puppy from Langley rescue society
Looks like a local Langley pup is moving to Riverdale. Actress Lili Reinhart, who stars as Betty Cooper on the locally filmed Riverdale, has adopted a new pup from a Langley-based rescue society....
View ArticleSenior Suzuki puts himself under microscope for new show on aging
When his boss at the CBC first brought up the idea of aging as a topic for The Nature of Things , host David Suzuki was interested but not sold on the concept. The plan presented to the scientist and...
View ArticleHollywood North: Genevieve Kang loves playing the moral compass of Netflix's...
Locke & Key is the latest graphic novel to get a live action makeover. The Netflix series developed from the IDW Publishing comic book series by writer Joe Hill and illustrator Gabriel Rodriguez...
View ArticleRetrial in Oland murder makes for riveting four-part documentary series
The Oland MurderA four-part seriesWhen: March 4, 9 p.m. Where: CBC and CBC Gem Up until a few years ago Vancouver filmmaker Deborah Wainwright’s experience with crime storytelling was limited to...
View ArticleHollywood North: Riverdale filming shut down after crew comes in contact with...
Production on on the B.C. filmed CW show Riverdale has been shut down after a team member came into contact with someone infected with COVID-19. In a statement, Warner Brothers Television said...
View ArticleTown Talk: Sweat Co. event helps folk here and in Sierra Leone
STILL SWEATING: Maureen Wilson was “a bad kid in the wrong crowd” before founding Sweat Co. Workout Studios in 1984. Her Richards-off-Georgia facility is still there, and Wilson looked as she did on...
View ArticleCOVID-19: More Vancouver-based TV productions shut down
The Vancouver film and television production industry is struggling as the number of productions shutting down due to the COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow. The Warner Bros. Television Group, which...
View ArticleLights out for local TV/film productions as COVID-19 forces shutdown
A week or so ago if you walked around a block in Downtown Vancouver there was a good chance you would see a member of a film crew pulling cable, setting lights and just generally getting on with the...
View ArticleIrish comedian Dara Ó Briain talks comedy and fighting 'fake science' after...
Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain, host of the long-running BBC satirical celebrity panel program Mock The Week, has postponed his Voice of Reason tour through Canada until further notice because of...
View ArticleVancouver's Evan Singer competes on JEOPARDY!
JEOPARDY! Season 36When: March 26, check local listings for broadcast time Where: JEOPARDY! on CHEK-TV or visit Jeopardy.com . What: There is going to be a little local flavour to Season 36 of...
View ArticleCoquitlam actor Logan Williams, star of TV's The Flash, dead at 16
Logan Williams, a young Coquitlam actor whose TV credits included roles on Supernatural and When Calls the Heart, has died suddenly at the age of 16. The cause of death has not been released. Williams...
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