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Gemini Award nominations announced

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From a media release:

New Shows Surge into Gemini Awards Spotlight

  • First Season of Call Me Fitz with 16 noms hot on heels of Flashpoint with 17 noms

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is pleased to announce the nominations for the 26th Annual Gemini Awards, celebrating the best in Canadian English language television and digital media.

The third season of CTV series Flashpoint leads the annual TV nominations once again with 17 nods, including Best Dramatic Series.

Hot on its heels are two debutant shows, both in the Best Comedy Program or Series category, including the new HBO Canada series Call Me Fitz (with 16 nominations) and TMN/Movie Central’s Living in Your Car (with 10 nominations).

History Channel’s The Kennedys and TMN’s The Pillars of the Earth also achieved an impressive 10 nominations each, including Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie category.

The emerging Digital Media categories are led by nominations from the National Film Board of Canada with cross-platform producers Marblemedia and Shaftesbury Films also in the burgeoning competition.

For the complete list of nominations, please visit www.GeminiAwards.ca

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Blackstone renewed for season 2

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From a media release:

MORE TO COME FROM AWARD-WINNING SERIES

  • Blackstone ‘Green Lit’ for Season 2

Prairie Dog Film + Television is thrilled to announce a second season of Blackstone has been ‘green lit’ and is now in full development. Producers received the news on the eve of Blackstone winning three Rosies at the Alberta Film & Television Awards on May 28.

Following the first season’s cliffhanger finale, Season 2 of Blackstone will commence after the strip club shooting, and continue to delve into the tumultuous lives of the residents on the Blackstone Indian Reserve. Production of the new series will commence this summer, on location in Edmonton and rural Alberta.

THE ROSIES

The 37th annual Alberta Film & Television Awards (aka The Rosies) were handed out during a sold-out gala in Edmonton over the weekend. Celebrating excellence and outstanding achievement in Albertan film, television and new media, The Rosies honoured Blackstone with three awards:

  • Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity
  • Best Alberta Actress (Roseanne Supernault)
  • Best Screenwriter Drama Over 30 (Ron E. Scott)

Blackstone was nominated in a total of nine categories at The Rosies. It has also been nominated in five categories at the 2011 Leo Awards, which take place June 11 in Vancouver.

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