Is it art or television? New TV set can serve as both
By Gillian Shaw PARIS — A Samsung representative led a contingent of international journalists into a gallery Tuesday at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, pointing out one wall covered with framed art....
View ArticleTown Talk: Vancouver Fashion Week launches with samba style
Valeria Costa, who designed model Isa Souza’s ensemble for Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval parade, reprised it when Jamal Abdourahman, right, launched the 17th annual Vancouver Fashion Week. FROM IPAMENA:...
View ArticlePrison Break swings open the door on another season
Prison Break April 4, 9 p.m. | Fox After years on the lam the TV series Prison Break is coming in from the cold. The Fox series that ran from 2005-2009 will debut its fifth season with nine new...
View ArticleMuseum asks fans of Kermit, Elmo to help pay for exhibit
NEW YORK — A museum is asking fans of Jim Henson’s Muppets to help pay for an exhibition featuring original puppets of beloved characters like Elmo, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog. The Museum of the...
View ArticleErin Moran, Joanie Cunningham in 'Happy Days,' dies at 56
NEW YORK — Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi, died Saturday at age 56. A statement from the sheriff’s department in...
View ArticleCoronation Street's Chris Gascoyne on being Barlow: 'It's bad decisions'
Coronation Street: Peter Barlow — Prodigal Son Tour Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock Casino Friday, May 5 | 8 p.m. Tickets: $69.50, $39.50, $29.50 (plus service charges) |...
View ArticleTom Cavanagh no Flash in the pan director
With all the parallel worlds and dimensions in The CW’s live-action series The Flash, almost no one in the cast has just one role. Tom Cavanagh knows this well. His character, Dr. Harrison Wells, has...
View ArticleYouTube launches Best.Cover.Ever talent contest
Best.Cover.Ever is a new, exclusively YouTube-based talent competition developed with Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America. Fans get the chance to enter in their best-video cover...
View ArticleFive things: New Westminster honours late TV star Raymond Burr on his 100th...
Raymond Burr, the New Westminster-born star of TV’s Perry Mason and Ironside, is being posthumously honoured by his hometown on what would have been his 100th birthday. The Raymond Burr Performing Arts...
View ArticleHollywood North: Where the stars (and crew) hang out in Vancouver
Where do the stars nosh while filming in Vancouver? Where do movie crews throw back drinks at the end of a long day/night of shooting? Hollywood types dished out their favourite local hangouts in a...
View ArticleTown Talk: Canadian Club honours Grace McCarthy and other distinguished citizens
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and B.C. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon attended a Canadian Club luncheon. VISIONS WE HAVE FOUND: Beverley McLachlin’s judicial career has led her from...
View ArticleHollywood North: Catherine Zeta-Jones filming 'Cocaine Godmother' in Vancouver
Star watchers may catch a glimpse of Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas in Vancouver this month as the Hollywood power couple are reportedly living in a Yaletown luxury condo while Zeta-Jones...
View ArticleTown Talk: Rick Hansen celebrates Man in Motion tour's 30th anniversary.
Wayne Gretzky wines were served when CTV anchor Mike Killeen attended and Global rival Sophie Lui was MC at the Rick Hansen event. MOTION MAINTAINED: Thirty years after his Man in Motion wheelchair...
View ArticleJillian Harris: B.C. design diva, former Bachelorette heads back to reality TV
Jillian Harris is no stranger to reality television. As a former star of both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, and a longtime co-host of the home renovation show Love it or List it, the 37-year-old...
View ArticleSuccessful showrunners offer keys to success at speaking series
Creator Talk: DGC Meet the Showrunners June 17, 2 p.m. | Vancity Theatre Tickets: $35 (includes reception) at viff.org or dgconline.ca “I left the dogs off my resumé,” said Hollywood veteran Eric...
View ArticleAnimal Planet Wild Bear Rescue: More than just a cute cast
Wild Bear Rescue June 23, 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT | Animal Planet With bears in the news this week escaping from a Lower Mainland shelter and bruin sightings rising across B.C., the timing couldn’t be...
View ArticleX-Files star David Duchovny booked for music gig at Vancouver's Imperial
X-Files actor David Duchovny, who moonlights as a singer-songwriter, will perform a concert at Vancouver’s Imperial theatre on Oct. 14. The concert, presented by Timbre Concerts, provides us with a...
View ArticleFilming complete for new season of award-winning web series The Drive
Wherever you go, you can always come home. Award-winning, locally filmed web series The Drive – which follows the lives and loves of friends residing on Commercial Drive in east Vancouver – has wrapped...
View ArticleHollywood North: California tax credits lure another TV series away from...
California tax credits have lured yet another Vancouver-filmed television series to the Golden State. Timeless, an NBC time-travelling drama that shot its inaugural season in British Columbia, is...
View ArticleFormer Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe brings boot camp to Vancouver
A former Vancouver Bachelorette and her personal trainer fiancé are back in town this weekend with their popular cross-country boot camp tour. Kaitlyn Bristowe, 32, and Shawn Booth, 31, met during...
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