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Vancouver child actor Jacob Tremblay wins Best Emerging Performer award
Jacob Tremblay may only be 10 but he’s proving he has star power. The Room actor was dubbed Best Emerging Actor for his Oscar-nominated performance in Room at the Union of British Columbia Performers...
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Rihanna filming Bates Motel in Vancouver Tuesday
Paparazzi were staked outside of a Hastings Street building Tuesday where pop superstar Rihanna is filming scenes for the Bates Motel TV show. Rihanna is playing Marion Crane, the iconic role played by...
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Hollywood North: Vancouver a working 'Nightmare' for Courtney Love, Aubrey Plaza
One Hollywood North “nightmare” ends this week in Vancouver, while another is just getting underway. A Midsummer Night’s Nightmare, a Lifetime pilot starring Courtney Love and Dominic Monaghan (Lost,...
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Lena Dunham not moving to Vancouver; prepared to stick it out in Trump's America
Season 6 of HBO’s Girls won’t take place in Kitsilano after all, as star Lena Dunham has backtracked on her pre-election vow to move to Vancouver if Donald Trump became president. In an Instagram post,...
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Hollywood North: Jay Baruchel's Celtic Soul is about sports and self discovery
Celtic Soul, a documentary that explores the fascinating fandom for the Scottish soccer club Celtic, is a history lesson stuffed into a buddy road trip movie. The film, which has its western Canadian...
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Alan Thicke brought Hollywood north with his Vancouver talk show
Canadian television icon Alan Thicke died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while playing hockey. He was 69 years old. In the early 1980s, before Vancouver was a film and television production...
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Town Talk: Consul General Asako Okai celebrates Emperor Akihito's birthday
WOMEN FIRST: Consul general Asako Okai hosted a reception recently to mark Emperor Akihito’s impending 83rd birthday on Dec. 23. Senior diplomats of two other major nations present were the U.S.A.’s...
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Burkely Duffield excited to take lead role in new sci-fi series Beyond
Beyond Jan. 2, 6 p.m. | ABC Spark A recurring part in a massive global franchise is a dream come true for any working actor. Burkely Duffield knows what it means to be so close to that you can taste...
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Hollywood North: Deadpool 2 starts shooting May 1 in Vancouver
Actor Ryan Reynolds will once again be donning the red onesie and wreaking havoc on the streets of his hometown. Deadpool 2, which carries a working title Love Machine, will begin shooting May 1 in...
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Looking for love? Bachelor Canada casting lands in Vancouver Feb. 5
Looking for love? Interested in being on reality TV? Well, you’re in luck because The Bachelor Canada is looking for you. The W Network — you know, that television channel that’s home to all things...
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Hollywood North: Hung star Thomas Jane set to join The Predator cast
With production on director Shane Black’s The Predator scheduled get underway in Vancouver next month, the cast list is starting to fill out with Thomas Jane currently in talks to join the blockbuster....
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Town Talk: Chinese community raises $2.5 million for B.C. Children's Hospital
HAPPIER LUNAR NEW YEAR: Some 480 folk entered the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel’s ballroom recently to dine on cured salmon, wagyu beef shortribs and poached lobster. When they left, they’d reportedly...
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Hollywood North: The Bates Motel gets hit by the wrecking ball (gallery)
Aldergrove said goodbye to its spooky piece of Hollywood real estate this week as a crews demolished The Bates Motel set. The fifth and final season of the A&E adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock...
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Town Talk: City hospitals raise $3.76 million at two galas
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation head Barbara Grantham saw the Time To Shine gala Alice Chung chaired reportedly raise $2.88 million. DAYS OF FUTURE: At only its third running, the recent Time To...
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Hollywood North: Hockey film Hello Destroyer leads B.C. nominees for Canadian...
Hello Destroyer, the gritty B.C.-made feature film about the real-life consequences of hockey violence, has earned four nominations for Canadian Screen Awards. Vancouver filmmaker Kevan Funk, who shot...
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Hollywood North: Liam Neeson seeking some revenge in B.C., Alberta
Movie pitch: Ok, it’s an action-packed revenge flick starring Liam Neeson as a badass father who turns into a one-man army and takes down the baddies who harmed his child. Investors: So it’s just like...
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Digital days ahead for B.C. film business
Heart, humour and spectacle. That’s the trinity that production designer Tyler Harron says is key to success in the locally shot DC comics universe shows The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow and Legends of...
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Sausage Party animation studio bought by Montreal firm
Nitrogen Studios, the Vancouver animators behind the fornicating groceries in Seth Rogen’s raunchy feature hit Sausage Party, has been bought by Montreal-based Cinesite Studios, the two firms announced...
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Hollywood North: Deadpool 2 gets its Domino
Zazie Beetz, who stars opposite Donald Glover on the FX series Atlanta, is the lucky actress who has been chosen to match wits with Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2. A 26-year-old German will play Domino in...
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Vancouver made TV show First Dates back for more dinner, drinks, desire — but...
First Dates March 14, 5 & 8 p.m. | SLICE After watching a preview episode of the TV show First Dates, I hugged my husband and said: “I’m so glad I don’t have to go on dates.” To which he replied:...
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