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COVID-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...
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Q&A: Songland winner Madeline Merlo celebrates Champagne Night
Lady Antebellum fans are cranking up the radio when Champagne Night comes on. The Nashville trio’s latest hit comes courtesy of former Maple Ridge resident and country singer Madeline Merlo. The 2015...
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Hollywood North: Vancouver actor Fiona Vroom on board for ride on Snowpiercer...
SnowpiercerWhen: Begins May 17, 9 p.m. Where: TNT When TNT’s new TV series Snowpiercer leaves the station, Vancouver’s Fiona Vroom will be aboard. The busy actor has a recurring role as schoolteacher...
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COVID-19: Hollywood North poised to hit the ground running
Once the government gives the film and TV industry the green light to reopen in B.C. productions will be hitting the ground running, says Vancouver’s Brightlight Pictures chairman Shawn Williamson....
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Coquitlam actor Logan Williams, star of TV's The Flash, died of fentanyl...
The mother of Logan Williams says drugs claimed the life of the teen actor last month. The Coquitlam native, whose TV credits included roles on Supernatural and When Calls the Heart, died on April 2,...
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Q&A: Vancouver's Alison Thornton cheers on Netflix's Dare Me
Dare MeWhen : Screening now Where: Netflix.com Based on the Edgar Award-winning taut thriller novel of the same name by author Megan Abbott, the USA Network teen drama Dare Me is a twisted tale of the...
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Actors still doing the work, just now doing it differently
The last acting class at Haven Studio in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood felt different to acting coach Benjamin Ratner . “We had this powerful, profound class. We always have a good class...
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Vancouver dance crew GRVMNT competes on NBC World of Dance
NBC World of DanceWhen: May 26, 10 p.m. Where: Local NBC affiliate, check local TV listings At the time of this story, Vancouver hip-hop crew GRVMNT had 16 followers and three tweets to its credit on...
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Staying in with ... Benjamin Ratner
With galleries locked, concert halls closed and theatres dark Postmedia has reached out to B.C. artists of all types to find out what they are doing during these trying COVID-19 times. Vancouver...
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Hollywood North: Animation sector working hard during COVID-19 pandemic
Hollywood North has taken a huge hit since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down film shoots, studios and all the industries that supply them. But as the industry prepares for phase 3 of the province’s...
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COVID-19: B.C.’s film industry gets green light for safe return to set
WorkSafeBC has finally made public long-awaited details of its health and safety requirements for B.C. film sets, as Hollywood North prepares to return after COVID-19 ushered a sudden end to the...
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Richmond-based dance crew GRVMNT grooves ahead on NBC World of Dance
GRVMNT is an 11-member dance team coming out of Fresh Groove Productions in Richmond. Fresh Groove Productions specializes in teaching hip-hop, street- and break-dancing skills to students ages five...
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Vancouver set dec and props get real with safety for business of make-believe...
A few months ago, film/TV props supplier SetDec.Net was busy producing such things as fake family portraits and phoney whisky bottles, then COVID-19 hit and things got real in the B.C. film/TV...
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Netflix adds 21 classics from Studio Ghibli to Canadian programming
Starting June 25, Netflix is bringing 21 features from acclaimed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli to its Canadian platform. Among the classic films coming to the streaming powerhouse are the...
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Casting Workbook launches Virtual Casting Room
The reading is of an imaginary scene dropped from The Avengers movie. In it, the character of Loki is looking to secure a bank loan. It’s not going well. Being Odin’s son doesn’t do anything to loosen...
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Hollywood North: After months of darkness, moves being made to turn the...
As more TV and film productions resume in Phase 3 of the B.C. Government’s Restart Plan , one thing is for sure: it is going to be a totally different reality for those in the business of make...
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Vancouver actors front and centre in Netflix adaptation of classic kids' novels
To say the Baby-Sitters Club novels are popular is an understatement deserving of an epic teen eye-roll. Close to 180 million copies of the books (131 main titles) have been sold since The...
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Luvia Petersen talks about the UBCP/ACTRA Diversity and Inclusion Committee...
UBCP/ACTRA is an autonomous branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, which represents professional English language performers working in Hollywood North and elsewhere....
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Nanaimo karaoke host and wedding DJ makes a stop-motion Schitts Creek tribute...
Todd Cameron can tell you all about the world of karaoke hosting and being a wedding DJ. The Nanaimo-based operator has split his time between the two gigs for the past 14 years. When the COVID-19...
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After Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, Nils Hognestad is getting creative
Psych, the USA Network detective comedy-drama that ran for eight seasons and spawned books, a musical and a movie is back. Psych 2: Lassie Come Home is the second film of the cult franchise and airs...
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