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Lights 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...
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Irish 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...
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Vancouver'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...
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Coquitlam 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 at the age of 16. The cause of death has not been released. Williams was best...
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B.C. chefs look to highlight talent of hard-hit industry on Top Chef Canada
Vancouver Chef Xin Mao is hoping to inspire a feeling of hometown pride in his own cooking skills — and those held by the broader Canadian culinary scene — when he appears alongside 11 other chefs...
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Director Kris Pearn brings humour and heart to new Netflix animated feature...
The WilloughbysWhen : April 22 Where : Netflix The Willoughbys is the next full-length computer-generated comedy feature to come out of the animation wing of Netflix. Fresh off of Oscar Best Animated...
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Staying in with ... Brian Markinson
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. Actor Brian...
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Staying In: B.C.'s artists answer our isolation questionnaire
While shows, readings, plays and every type of creative get together has been cancelled, we decided to reach B.C. artists of all types to answer what we are calling our isolation questionnaire. From...
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Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show showcases Indigenous STEM
Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science ShowWhen : Sundays 5:45 a.m. and 9 a.m; repeats the following Saturday 6:10 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Where : APTNInfo : aptn.ca,coyotescience2.com No culture exists without...
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Bohn feels new season of Restaurants on the Edge is timely for Netflix
Restaurants on the Edge Season 2When : Friday, May 8 Where : Netflix.com Vancouver-based interior designer and House of Bohn founder Karin Bohn is back with restaurateur Nick Liberato and chef Dennis...
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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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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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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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