2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual

Ringo Starr has added further dates to his upcoming 2022 North American tour – you can see the full list of dates below and buy tickets here.The legendary Beatles drummer and his band – Toto‘s Steve Lukather, Men At Work‘s Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Average White Band‘s Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter – are set to kick-off their tour on May 27 in Ontario, Canada.Following the tour’s initial announcement which had it wrapping up on June 26, they have confirmed 19 new dates extending the run to October 20, with new shows in Michigan, Washington, New Jersey, California and more.A post shared by Ringo Starr (@ringostarrmusic)Tickets for the newly announced shows are on sale now here.

Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65.

It’s not known as well as it was in Canada, but during the 80s and 90s, “The Kids In The Hall” was one of the most beloved sketch comedies up North, the heir apparent of SCTV. Consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, “The Kids In The Hall” aired for five seasons from 1988 to 1995, then there was the 1996 movie, “Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy,” but besides reunion tours, one-offs, and the 2010 “Death Comes to Town,” mini-series, that was basically the extent of the ‘Kids,’ members found success in Hollywood and scattered around in different projects (Dave Foley was notably the first breakout star who had a long run on the American sitcom “NewsRadio”).

Arcade Fire have been announced as the replacement for Foo Fighters at the Osheaga Music And Arts Festival.The three-day event is due to take place in Montréal, Canada between July 29 and August 1, with A$AP Rocky and Dua Lipa headlining the Saturday and Sunday nights respectively. It’ll mark the festival’s 15th anniversary.Foo Fighters had been scheduled to top the bill on the Friday evening, but last month cancelled all of their upcoming gigs in the wake of the tragic death of their drummer Taylor Hawkins.Today (April 14) Osheaga organisers took to social media to confirm that Arcade Fire will now headline instead.

Prime Video announced The Kids in the Hall is set to premiere on May 13 followed by the companion docuseries The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks on May 20.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has commissioned a new Canadian original comedy series titled “The Sticky,” Variety has learned.The series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The English language half-hour series will be set in Quebec.It revolves around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to manifest destiny.

Naman Ramachandran Blue Ant Media’s Saloon Media has entered into an agreement with A+E Networks to produce a Canadian version of Primetime Emmy nominated series “Hoarders.”“Hoarders: Canada,” is the first-ever format commission for the series outside the U.S. The A+E Networks series “Hoarders” has had 13 seasons beginning 2009.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese streaming service Youku has acquired two seasons of Amazon Prime Video’s Canadian live-action series Dino Dana.

Canadian Screen Week continues, with the Canadian Academy announcing more winners of the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards.

Michael Bublé is teaching the world about Canadian cuisine.

Canadian Screen Week continues, with the Canadian Academy announcing more winners of 2022 Canadian Screen Awards.

Marta Balaga In scripted content, or “The Godfather,” people should never take sides against the family. As proven by some of 2021 and 2022 top launches, from “Kin,” a RTE One No.

One of the most popular fan-favourite performers on the current season of “American Idol” has been Nicolina Bozzo, the Toronto student who blew away the judges with her impassioned performance of Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted” during Hollywood Week’s genre challenge.

Emily Longeretta The CW has expanded its slate of scripted acquisitions, picking up one-hour Canadian drama series “Family Law.” Entertainment One (eOne) previously secured international distribution rights for the series, which stars Jewel Staite, Victor Garber, Zach Smadu and Genelle Williams. Dan Loewy, eOne’s executive vice president of sales, brokered the deal.“Family Law,” produced by Seven24 Films and Lark Productions for Corus Entertainment’s Global, follows lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi (Staite) as she attempts to put both her personal and professional life back together.

The CW continues to expand its scripted acquisition slate with the addition of Canadian drama series Family Law, a one-hour legal drama, from Entertainment One. A premiere date is TBD.

The 8th Annual Women’s Voices Now Film Festival: The Rights and Roles of Women: Redefining Our Shared Reality is in the books and the winning films have been selected by our jury: 

Dirt biking sessions, sneaky s’more binges and snuggling around the bonfire – it was a family affair on the set of Nick Carter and Jimmie Allen’s Las Vegas music video shoot for their new single, “Easy”. The singers’ adorable children made their music video debuts in the clip, filmed in the Nevada desert. 

Florence + the Machine, the celebrated British pop act helmed by Florence Welsh, will tour across the United States later in 2022. Each show will be opened by one of the following acts: Japanese Breakfast, Yves Tumor, Arlo Parks, Wet Leg, Sam Fender, and King Princess.

Call My Agent! creator Fanny Herrero has been unveiled as President of this year’s Canneseries Jury.

Simu Liu and American comedian Tiffany Haddish at the 2022 Oscars. The two appeared on stage together to present the award for Best International Feature Film and Mississauga, Ont. -raised Simu looked very patriotic in a red and white Omega suit with a black bowtie.