Video: Riverdale star Cole Sprouse and busker clash in downtown Vancouver
Riverdale star Cole Sprouse clashed with a busker in downtown Vancouver this week after the performer refused to stop singing while crews filmed nearby. In a video shared to YouTube this week, a crowd...
View ArticleWorkaholic Vancouver native Kelly McCormack embraces digital weirdness
Ask actor, writer, singer and producer Kelly McCormack what kind of movies she makes and she doesn’t hesitate with her answer: “The kind under duress,” she said, laughing, over the phone from Los...
View ArticleThe Bald and The Beard embrace Amazing Race Canada thrill ride
They call themselves The Bald and The Beard. To fans of The Amazing Race Canada, they made their mark this season as determined father-and-son team Shabbir and Zed Dhalla. It looked like the...
View ArticleTown Talk: Revisiting past Augusts and the man who gave the month its name
RERUNS OF AUGUST: On this day 2003 years ago, 40-year Roman emperor Augustus kissed his wife and said: “Live mindful of our wedlock, Livia, and farewell.” Then, abiding by a favourite utterance, he...
View ArticleTown Talk: Screen roles abound for 10-year-old
CHANCE’S ENCOUNTERS: Showbiz has been very good to Adam Hurstfield, a.k.a. Adam H. After an early R&B-hip-hop singing career in Mexico and Central America, he returned to Vancouver, set up as a...
View ArticleNations at War looks at First Nations in conflict
Nations at War Sept. 6, 10 p.m.| APTN While researching the controversial figure Edward Cornwallis for a Nova Scotia website, Tim Johnson soon found himself knee-deep in stories he wanted to tell. “As...
View ArticleWhitecaps alum battle Hollywood North stars in celebrity soccer match
Some of the most popular players in Vancouver Whitecaps history will do battle against Hollywood North’s biggest stars in the Legends & Stars charity soccer match, Sept. 16, at B.C. Place to...
View ArticleRiverdale star Lili Reinhart calls out Vancouver fan over awkward interaction
A star on the Vancouver-filmed CW series Riverdale has called out a local woman for an awkward fan interaction. A Twitter user, whose account has since been set to private, tweeted earlier this week...
View ArticleMillion-dollar renovation budgets required
If you want to start a lively (read: heated) conversation in Vancouver, you’ll likely need to touch on only one topic: real estate. The city’s housing market has long been a hot-button talking point —...
View ArticleSo you want to work in VFX or animation?
The visual effects, or VFX, and animation business in British Columbia generates a hefty portion of the province’s $2.4 billion film and TV production industry, an area that is prime for pursuing a...
View ArticleVancouver's Sony Pictures Imageworks is on the cutting edge of VFX industry
Imagine the latest box office hit, or your favourite action movie, without special effects. Taron Egerton would be just another nerd in a fancy suit in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Tom Holland just a...
View ArticleA.J. Buckley balances acting and entrepreneurship
SEAL Team Sept. 27, 9 p.m. | Global & CBS Like an old Charles Atlas 97-pound weakling advertisement, A.J. Buckley felt a good way to broaden his future was to broaden his chest. He was right. The...
View ArticleB.C. celebrity Andrea Bang is making noise
Burnaby actor Andrea Bang is making noise. She has a co-starring role in the Vancouver International Film Festival flick Public, and Kim’s Convenience — the hit CBC sitcom she plays Janet in — is about...
View ArticleRiverdale's KJ Apa involved in car crash after working 16-hour shoot
K.J. Apa, who stars on the Vancouver-filmed CW series Riverdale, reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and was involved in a late-night car-accident last week while driving home after 16-hours on set....
View ArticleB.C. film and TV production booming with all-time high of $2.6B spent
Keep the cameras rolling. Film production in B.C. is at a “all-time high,” according to the latest numbers released by the provincial government on Saturday. For the 2016-17 fiscal year, film and TV...
View ArticleVancouver-filmed series The Drive to premier second season at the Rio
Locally filmed series The Drive is set to premier its second season at the Rio Theatre next month. The award-winning series explores the life and times of a group of roommates and how they deal with...
View ArticleAtomic Cartoons brings the Last Kids on Earth to TV
Vancouver’s Atomic Cartoons has optioned the rights to bring author Max Brallier’s New York Times bestselling book series The Last Kids on Earth to television. Brallier is writing the new animated...
View ArticleThe Handmaid's Tale: Ane Crabtree talks fangirl-ing, fabrics and finding colour
VIFF Creator Talk with Ane Crabtree Oct. 2; 6:30 p.m. | Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St.) Tickets and info: $25; viff.org You’d be forgiven for assuming a longtime Hollywood costume designer would be...
View ArticleBig Picture: Jewel makes herself at home in Victoria
VICTORIA — Jewel Kilcher says she can understand that some fans might jump to conclusions about why she’s starring in Hallmark’s Fixer Upper franchise. The actor, singer-songwriter and author known as...
View ArticleDavid Duchovny: The Song is Out There
David Duchovny Oct. 14, 8 p.m. | Imperial, 319 Main Tickets and info: $25 at ticketweb.ca. Meet and Greet tickets, $150. David Duchovny is shooting season 11 of the X-Files in Vancouver. The 10...
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