From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:

• Stuart Townsend’s winding road to Canada’s frigid embrace
  The career of Stuart Townsend has more bumps and twists than a shillelagh. The native of Howth, County Dublin, currently stars in the Canadian-made show XIII: The Series, but is likely better known for the ones that got away. After turns on the British stage and small parts in independent films, Townsend’s profile rose by portraying the vampire Lestat in the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, which he promptly followed by playing Dorian Gray in the big-budget feature The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Read more.

From Jim Slotek of QMI Agency:

• Comic Majumder finding his story
  More exasperated at himself than embarrassed, Shaun Majumder recalls recently having “a Barbara Walters moment” while appearing on George Stroumboulopoulos’ The Hour. Read more.