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In the news: Triple Sensation’s Broadway guest stars

Lisa Abel of the Canadian Press recaps Triple Sensation:

  • Broadway stars share secrets of success with ‘Triple Sensation’ finalists
    “Chita Rivera and Joel Grey, two of Broadway’s most recognized “triple sensations,” had some words of advice Monday for contestants in a CBC-TV reality show. ‘You don’t become a triple sensation (singer, actor and dancer) just waking up in the morning,’ said Grey, participating with Rivera in a master class for 12 young finalists in the show Triple Sensation debuting this fall.”

From Kenneth Jones of Playbill:

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In the news: CRTC proposal to change the CTF

John Doyle of the Globe and Mail on the reaction to the proposed changes to the Canadian Television Fund:

  • What’s sending a shiver through Canadian TV writers, actors
    “Essentially this means that the money from the cable and satellite companies would be directed solely to commercial, hit programs. The other money, from the government, would go to “cultural programs.” The culture stuff would have to be 100-per-cent Canadian. That is, according to the arcane points system for assessing Canadianness, the project would get 10 out of 10 points. In the other area – the drama and comedy series, the made-for-TV movies and miniseries, essentially – the project would only be required to get eight out of 10 points.
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In the news: Interview with Carlo Rota

RM Vaughan of the Globe and Mail interviews Carlo Rota of Little Mosque on the Prairie:

  • RotaThe most handsome man on the CBC
    “Since the early nineties, Rota has starred in every Canadian television show you love, many small Canadian films you would love if you ever saw, plus all those syndicated, B-budget American dramas we make in Toronto to keep our actors fed and watered. From sombre Street Legal to the cheesy delights of Relic Hunter, Rota has proved his versatility – he can do comedy, he can do mystery, he can kill aliens. What a difference a couple of casting calls make. This fall, Rota finds himself in the enviable position of returning to central roles in two zeitgeist-defining shows – 24 and Little Mosque on the Prairie. If only he could forgive himself for Forever Knight.”
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