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Maury Chaykin among ACTRA award nominees

From The Canadian Press:

  • Late Maury Chaykin up for ACTRA award
    The late character actor Maury Chaykin is among the nominees for the ninth annual ACTRA Awards.Chaykin, who starred in the TV comedy series Less Than Kind, is up for outstanding male performance. Others in the category include Mark McKinney of Death Comes to Town, Noah Reid from the film Score: A Hockey Musical, Nicholas Rose of New Year, and Chuck Shamata of Break a Leg. Read more.
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TV, eh? podcast episode 19 – The Dread Carpet

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Episode 19: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

[EDIT: My webhost Hostpapa completely sucks and thinks 6 kb/sec is an acceptable download speed so it’s also here on Posterous.]

Our guest this week is Chris Leavins of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (as well as Cute With Chris, Traders, Slings & Arrows, etc.) who talks about playing the guidance counsellor from hell, his favourite Canadian television the limitations of making a web series about cute cats, and so much more.

But first Anthony and Diane rant, of course, about the Geminis foreign content, Canadians’ wacky list of 25 favourite shows, the excrement that is Lake Shore, and the difficulty of cutting the cable cord in Canada. Oh and Lost Girl was renewed, but we’re happy about that.

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Talent honoured at Geminis

From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:

  • Top TV talent honoured at Geminis
    “England’s Elvis Costello and Scotland’s Robert Carlyle invaded the 25th annual Gemini Awards on Saturday night. The Geminis honour the best in Canadian television. ‘Thank you very much, I feel quite Canadian,’ said Costello, the legendary musician who accepted the best talk series award for CTV’s Spectacle, which he hosts.” Read more.

From CBC:

  • Less Than Kind wins 3 Geminis
    “The 25th annual Gemini Awards gala was a big night for Less Than Kind, the Winnipeg-set drama about a driving school run by a dysfunctional family. It won three awards, including best comedy, at the annual celebration of the best in Canadian television on Saturday in Toronto.” Read more.
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Final Gemini winners handed out during broadcast gala

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From a media release:

25th Annual Gemini Awards Conclude With Star-Studded Broadcast Gala Hosted by Cory Monteith

The 25th Annual Gemini Awards concluded its silver anniversary celebration this evening with a black-tie Broadcast Gala at Toronto’s historic Winter Garden Theatre. Hosted by Glee’s Cory Monteith, a total of 19 awards were presented, including those for Best Comedy Program or Series and Best Dramatic Series. The awards gala, broadcast on Global and Showcase, featured a moving tribute to Degrassi, and an unforgettable performance by Elvis Costello with Feist, Ron Sexsmith, Kendel Carson, and Barry Bales.

The following categories were announced at tonight’s Broadcast Gala:

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