From the Canadian Press:
Link: Young ‘Breadwinner’ actress among ACTRA winners
The star of the Oscar-nominated animated Canadian co-production The Breadwinner was among the honourees at the ACTRA Awards in Toronto.
Toronto actress Saara Chaudry, who voices the lead role of a young girl who helps her family in Afghanistan, won the award for best voice performance at Saturday’s show. Continue reading.
From Judy Stoffman of The Globe and Mail:
Link: William Whitehead, 86, was a great CBC documentary writer who lived a life of devotion
Viewers might not have caught his name in the closing credits, but William Whitehead – versatile, brainy, witty, loyal, hugely productive – helped create many of the CBC’s most acclaimed documentary programs in a career spanning five decades. Continue reading.
I was very sad to hear that Jackson had died. He was so lovable and with a possible budding romance with one of Julia’s student doctors; it’s too bad the writers couldn’t have pursued that avenue. —Mary
This is one of the best shows. I can’t stand the reality TV we have these days. I wish the powers that be in the U.S.A. would take the hint and have entertainment and not reality garbage. —Susan
I wish there were more of these episodes, or wish they were longer I guess. He was great on that show. Ahh well. Maybe a flashback or an old plot will bring him back. —Craig
You were great as Jackson it was a great fit with the cast. Hopefully, they have you back in some capacity. Good luck. —Elizabeth
I know one thing for sure on my part, if Julia dies, I am not watching that show anymore. Murdoch is good, he is at the centre of the show but the character, let’s face it, is rather a dull fellow. She has always brightened his life and the show in general. She slowly brings him out of his shell. So, yes chances are she might lose the baby but I hope they have enough sense to save her unless of course the actress has been offered another gig she could not refuse. Let’s hope not. —Noele
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From Kathryn VanArendonk:
Link: Slings and Arrows was like nothing else on television
As far as I’m concerned, it’s the best TV show ever made about the messy, conflicting tensions of art and commercialism, and it is not afraid to say its thesis statements aloud: What is good art, actually? Is it good if people like it? Is it good if the artists like it? If it makes money? If it says something true? (To my everlasting amusement, it is very clear that good art has nothing at all to do with what critics say.) Continue reading.
From Victoria Ahearn of the Canadian Press:
Link: Jennifer Podemski was frustrated with the lack of Indigenous stories on our screens. So she became a producer
“I flip-flop between being super encouraged and inspired, and devastated and frustrated at the state of affairs when it comes to Indigenous stories, and how the mainstream is opening its doors or not opening its doors to the storytellers.” Continue reading.
