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In the news: Profile of Sherry White

From Heidi Wicks of the St. John’s Telegram:

  • White at work
    “Sherry White is one of this province’s most active and enthusiastic young filmmakers. Since one of her early accolades (writing and starring in the feature film “The Bread Maker,” which premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival), she has gone on to star in CBC’s “Hatching, Matching and Dispatching,” and co-starred/co-wrote/co-created the pilot episode of CBC’s “Rabbittown.” Her most recent CBC-TV tie is as a writer for “MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives.”” Read more.
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In the news: Degrassi love at GLAAD Awards

From andPOP:

  • Adamo Gets Lots of Love at GLAAD Awards
    “Canadian “Degrassi” star Adamo Ruggiero was so popular at the GLAAD awards on Saturday, he may have even made Rufus Wainwright jealous. The crowd went so wild when Adamo took to the stage to speak about his decision to come out of the closet, that when Wainwright was accepting the Stephen F Kolzak Award later in the evening, he said, ‘I’m giving up my music career and taking up a role on Degrassi.'” Read more.
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CTV and MTV Funded Canadian Series 4REAL Honoured with United Nations Screening

From a media release:

The United Nations is honouring 4REAL, the CTV and MTV in Canada eight-part original documentary series, with a special screening of 4REAL Yawanawa at UN headquarters today in New York City. 4REAL follows a different celebrity each week, to some of the most heartbreaking places on earth, and spotlights inspiring community leaders. 4REAL also received international recognition earlier this month, when producer and co-creator Sol Guy and co-creator Josh Thome were the first Canadians to be honoured with the National Geographic Emerging Explorers Award, for their work on the series. 4REAL is part of CTV’s ongoing commitment to produce and support socially relevant programming that helps affect positive change around the world.

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In the news: Rent-a-Goalie interview

From me at Blogcritics, based on the Blogtalkradio interview:

  • Rent-a-Goalie Is As Heart-Filled As It Is Fart-Filled
    “Rent-a-Goalie, which just finished production on a third season set to air in the fall, is an ensemble comedy centred around Cake, a recovered-from-every-imaginable-addiction hockey nut who runs his replacement goalie service out of Cafe Primo in Toronto’s Little Italy. Cake lives by The Code, his personal philosophy on life that keeps him out of trouble. Almost.” Read more.

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