Director Sarah Polley gets personal in ‘Stories We Tell’
Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley has looked to her own life as the subject of her latest film. In Stories We Tell, Polley tells the story of finding out that her father, British-born actor Michael...
View ArticleQuebec City Legionnaires’ outbreak appears to be under control: health chief
Quebec City’s large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak appears to be under control, the city’s public health director said Friday. Dr. Francois Desbiens said measures the city’s public health department...
View ArticleActing TDSB head vows to move forward after predecessor’s plagiarism scandal
The acting head of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has vowed to move forward after a plagiarism scandal which besieged her predecessor, Chris Spence. On her first day on the job on Friday,...
View ArticleCanadian director Clement Virgo discusses his rise to stardom
Canadian director Clement Virgo speaks with CityNews reporter Tammie Sutherland about his journey to film making stardom and how life in Toronto shaped his career.
View ArticleDirector pulls out of Natalie Portman film ‘Jane Got a Gun’
British film director Lynne Ramsay, known for her 2011 movie, We Need To Talk About Kevin became the centre of a movie industry storm on Thursday after failing to turn up on the first day of shooting...
View ArticleCop cleared after man shot in Scarborough raid
The province’s police watchdog has cleared a Toronto police officer of any crimes after a man was shot in the leg during a raid in the spring. On April 24, the Emergency Task Force (ETF) raided a...
View ArticleEx-TDSB head Spence surfaces after plagiarism scandal
The disgraced former education director of the Toronto District School Board has spoken publicly for the first time since January, when a plagiarism scandal destroyed his career. In a pair of...
View ArticleRaw video: Director Alfonso Cuarón discusses ‘Gravity’ at TIFF
Director Alfonso Cuarón discusses the making of his space thriller, Gravity, at the International Film Festival on Sunday evening.
View ArticleBritish actor, director Richard Attenborough dies
British actor and film director Richard Attenborough died on Sunday at the age of 90, the BBC reported, citing his son. Among his most famous works were the 1982 Indian epic “Gandhi,” which went on to...
View ArticlePiers Handling to step down as TIFF director at end of 2018
Piers Handling will be stepping down as director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival at the end of next year. Handling announced Saturday that 2018 would be his final year leading TIFF,...
View ArticleNew Pixar movie ‘Brave’ opens June 22
The director of the new Disney Pixar movie Brave stopped by Breakfast Television on Tuesday to explain what went in to making the animated film. “It’s trial and error,” Mark Andrews said. “My job is...
View ArticleHollywood writer & director Nora Ephron dead at 71
Writer and director Nora Ephron died on Tuesday in New York at the age of 71, succumbing to leukemia. Ephron directed, produced or wrote more than 15 Hollywood movies, including When Harry Met Sally,...
View ArticleDirector Christopher Nolan honoured on Hollywood Walk of Fame
In celebration of the upcoming release of The Dark Knight Rises, director Christopher Nolan participated in a hand-and foot-casting ceremony at the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los...
View ArticleKristen Stewart apologizes to boyfriend Robert Pattinson for cheating
Actress Kristen Stewart apologized to long-term boyfriend and Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson on Wednesday for a recent fling with the director of her most-recent movie. She was also photographed...
View Article‘Top Gun’ director Tony Scott dies after jumping from California bridge
Top Gun director Tony Scott has died after jumping from a San Pedro, Calif. bridge on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 68. A suicide note was later found in his office. The details of...
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