Monthly Archives: June 2010

Top Chef Canada

Thea Andrews named Top Chef Canada host

From a media release:

TOP CHEF CANADA BRINGS ABOARD CELEBRATED TELEVISION PERSONALITY THEA ANDREWS AS SERIES HOST

GettyImages 102169723Food Network Canada and Insight Production Company Ltd. announce that television host and passionate foodie Thea Andrews (Entertainment Tonight; ESPN) will host the premiere season of Top Chef Canada, the anticipated Canadian version of the award-winning U.S. series. Top Chef Canada – which sees Canada’s top culinary talent face-off for the chance to win $100,000 and the ‘Canada’s Top Chef’ title – premieres spring 2011 on Food Network.

Canadian Thea Andrews is an experienced TV personality and entertainment journalist, having worked as a correspondent and weekend host for Entertainment Tonight in Los Angeles, as co-host for several ESPN series and, most recently, co-hosting the 16th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards Red Carpet Show for TNT. A bon vivant at heart, Thea has studied and taken cooking classes both in New York and Los Angeles. Thea and her husband have organized vacations around visits to vineyards and restaurants they have heard about. She recently took her love of the culinary world one step further by investing in a brand new 315-seat New York restaurant called Millesime opening in the historic Carlton Hotel in September. The two floor restaurant features 2-star Michelin chef, Laurent Manrique, and a 2 million dollar show kitchen.

For more information on Top Chef Canada visit www.foodnetwork.ca/topchef.

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Rookie Blue

Interview: The “intellectually agile” Gregory Smith of Rookie Blue

GregorySmithFrom Tamar Abrams of the Huffington Post:

  • Everwood’s Gregory Smith Heads to ABC’s Rookie Blue Premiering Thursday
    “‘It’s hard to reinvent the wheel with a cop show. But Rookie Blue has a pure emotional center that’s not cynical. The characters are so well developed. It’s a show with heart.’ Smith plays a ‘young Jewish hipster cop’ named Dov Epstein which, he says, is a good sign since his character in the hit show Everwood was named Ephram. ‘Odd, interesting names are good to me,’ he says.” Read more.
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Irwin Barker’s Can’t Stop Laughing airs again June 25

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From a media release:

The Comedy Network Celebrates the Life of Irwin Barker with Tribute Presentation of CAN’T STOP LAUGHING, June 25

The Comedy Network expressed its sympathy today at the passing today of Canadian comedian, writer, and four-time Gemini Award nominee Irwin Barker. In tribute to the much-loved comedian, The Comedy Network will re-air his one-hour stand-up special Can’t Stop Laughing, Friday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Comedy fans can witness his genius now on demand at www.thecomedynetwork.ca.

“Irwin Barker is no longer the funniest man alive,” said close friend Brent Butt. “He will be hugely and sorely missed. Thanks for everything you taught us.”

In June 2007, Irwin Barker was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given one year to live. Instead of packing it in, Barker packed his suitcase, and embarked on a cross-country stand-up tour with his ‘final year to live’ comedy act. Exactly one year after his diagnosis, Barker gathered a hand picked crew of funny men in Vancouver to deliver a healthy dose of hilarity for Can’t Stop Laughing. Hosted by friend and colleague Mark Critch (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), the special delivers an avalanche of side-splitting jokes, stories, and gags, courtesy of comics Sam Easton, Peter Kelamis, Shaun Majumder, Bruce Clark, and the star of the evening, Irwin Barker.

Irwin Barker was one of Canada’s best-loved comedy writers and stand-up comedians. He has four Gemini Award nominations under his belt, two of them being for his writing contributions on This Hour 22 Minutes. His performing credits include CBC’s Western Alienation, Comedy Night in Canada, Comics, and CBC Radio’s Madly Off in All Directions.

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