From Brent Furdyk of ET Canada:
Canadian Actress Alberta Watson Passes Away At 60
Toronto-born actress Alberta Watson has passed away. She was 60.
Watson’s passing was confirmed by her agent Pam Winter, who told ET Canada, “It is the case, sadly. Alberta passed away on Saturday evening at Kensington Hospice in Toronto. Her husband Ken was by her side. We await details of a memorial service for her.” Continue reading.
From Anne Brodie of Monsters & Critics:
Enrico Colantoni on Remedy’s Season 2 Premiere March 23 on Global
Remedy premiered to a lot of buzz, has it lived up to your expectations?
This season last season was difficult. Greg set out to make some art; he wasn’t interested in making run of the mill procedural. It’s a family drama that takes place in a hospital. Its dialogue and character-driven. It was difficult in the first season to jump where Greg wanted to go. That’s what rehearsal is about, so you can jump as high as the writer expects us to jump. It talks time to know when you’re jumping. It didn’t happen for me till last season last episode. Continue reading.
From Tony Wong of the Toronto Star:
Dillon Casey on being Griffin Conner in Remedy
How tough is to play someone that conflicted every season?
Being Griffin sometimes gets to be overwhelming. It’s 12 hours a day being this sort of dark guy. And it does bleed into your thoughts. You’re a different person, you start to internalize it after awhile. This happened to me the first season especially.
The biggest challenge in Season 2 was to keep pushing myself. You try not to get too comfortable. There is a real danger to that because if the character becomes safe and boring then the audience will get bored. You cease to become authentic. So you’re always pushing. Continue reading.
From Joe Belanger of the London Free Press:
TV writer quit law, followed his heart
David Shore isn’t just proud of being a Canadian, it’s something he can use to his advantage as a television writer at the epicentre of American culture.
“I do feel like there’s a slight bit of the outsider in me (and other Canadians finding success in the U.S., such as London native Paul Haggis) that frees us up to be a little less afraid to mock things,†said Shore. “It allows us to be a little more objective.†Continue reading.
From Jim Bawden:
Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War Redefines Our History
Way, way back in the Sixties when I was a lowly undergrad at the University of Toronto there was something called the Vietnam War raging half a world away. But the conflict very definitely impinged upon U of T’s usually serene campus.
There were angry demonstrations when Dow Chemicals came recruiting prospective graduates. And mass demonstrations soon became a regular occurrence plus the definite possibility the university might even be shut down or the administrative buildings occupied. All this turmoil is brilliantly captured in the latest must-see documentary from veteran filmmaker Andy Blicq in the riveting hour long history Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War.
You can catch it on CBC-TV’s Doc Zone Thursday March 26 at 9 p.m. Continue reading.
