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CTV and MTV Funded Canadian Series 4REAL Honoured with United Nations Screening

April 29, 2008 Diane Wild

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

April 28, 2008 Diane Wild 1 Comment

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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In the news: Lauren Collins of Degrassi

April 28, 2008 Diane Wild

From AfterEllen.com:

Interview With Lauren Collins
“Canadian teen television show Degrassi: The Next Generation has maintained a growing fan base stateside since its debut on The N in 2001, and with three-dimensional characters like drama queen-turned-fashion assistant Paige Michalchuk (played by Lauren Collins), the show has stuck around for seven seasons and is still going strong.” Read more.

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In the news: Robson Arms’ renovation

April 28, 2008 Diane Wild

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

One roof, different worlds
“Smells like – old paint. The building in Robson Arms may be old, but starting today, the episodes are new. And CTV’s eccentric, slice-of-life anthology series about the wacky, sad and occasionally lonely residents of a low-rise apartment block in Vancouver’s West End will maintain its frisky joie de vivre, insist the show’s creators, Susin Nielsen and Gary Harvey.” Read more.

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In the news: Alisen Down of Robson Arms

April 28, 2008 Diane Wild

From Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun:

Actress finds comfort in Robson Arms character
“Actress Alisen Down is going on to her third season playing Sault Ste. Marie, the accident-prone, angst-ridden Bridget Jones-type character of Robson Arms. The series’ third season debuts tonight. Down feels she is getting closer all the time to a character who she describes as ‘everyone’s most embarrassing moment.'” Read more.