Canada’s CBC Welcomes $30M Gov’t Funding Boost & Says It Can Now “Preserve Jobs”

Prince Harry is returning to the UK for a special event, but Meghan Markle is not expected to accompany him.The Duke of Sussex, 39, will attend the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, on Wednesday 8 May, an Invictus Games representative has confirmed.The Invictus Games took to Instagram on Sunday, 28 April to confirm Harry's attendance at the event and impending trip to the UK. Alongside a snap of the duke, they wrote the caption: "The Invictus Games Foundation will celebrate 10 years of changing lives and saving lives with a 'Service of Thanksgiving' at St Paul's Cathedral on May 8th.

What To Watch.What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — April 19What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week — April 12“Dead Boy Detectives” follows Charles and Edwin, two dead boys who decide to stick around on Earth in order to investigate supernatural crimes. You get what’s on the tin. More interestingly, the series is in the same universe as “The Sandman,” providing cool opportunities for fans of the franchise.

Welcome to ElectionLine’s A View From Abroad series, in which we speak with media figures who don’t live in America but keep a close eye on its politics. Every few weeks, these smart observers will provide a unique perspective on what promises to be a fraught and unpredictable campaign for the White House. This week, our interview is with Richard Madan, the award-winning Washington D.C. correspondent for Canada’s CBC News.

There will not be a fourth season of Canadian comedy Run the Burbs. Co-creator and star Andrew Phung shared the news Thursday on Instagram that CBC has canceled the series after three seasons.

“We’ll launch FAST channels pretty darn soon” Sean Cohan told Deadline back in March and the Bell Media President has delivered on that pledge with the rollout of ten new channels.

Last year it was strike action in Hollywood, now it’s Canada.

Naman Ramachandran U.K.-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights, excluding Canada, to 1980s-set wrestling action-horror “Dark Match.” The film is headlined by professional wrestler and rock musician Chris Jericho and written and directed by Lowell Dean (“Wolfcop”). The film will launch later this year with its festival premiere to be announced imminently. Blue Finch will begin sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

Emmerdale star Zoe Henry has revealed she left her on-screen husband stunned when they filled a 'never been done' episode which is set to air in the coming weeks. The actress and her co-star Mark Charnock have recently been at the forefront of the ITV soap in a new baby bombshell storyline.

Addie Morfoot Contributor The 31st edition of Canada’s influential Hot Docs Film Festival, which gets underway Thursday, could very well be the last. For the past month, the Toronto festival, one of North America’s largest dedicated to documentaries, has been roiled by staff and funding turmoil. On March 25, artistic director Hussain Currimbhoy and 10 of the fest’s programmers abruptly exited their posts.

Paramount+ has renewed the animated preschool series Dora for a second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Emerging Irish comedian Kyla Cobbler has signed with UK agency Host Talent Group.

Netflix is never short on true crime documentaries, from shows about homicides in New York to childhood abuse at disciplinary schools.

Idris Elba and Kid Cudi are stepping out for the premiere of their new show!

EXCLUSIVE: Revenge star Emily VanCamp has found her next role, and it’s a juicy one.

EXCLUSIVE: Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired international sales rights for Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language.

ONF have announced the North American leg of their upcoming 2024 ‘Spotlight’ tour, featuring concerts in Canada and the US.Over the weekend on April 13, ONF and tour organiser J&B Entertainment announced the North American leg of the boyband’s brand-new ‘Spotlight’ tour, which will take place from August to September 2024.ONF will kick-off their 2024 tour with a concert in the city of Toronto on August 16, before headed to Montreal for the second and last Canadian stop. Thereafter, the boyband will play a show in New York City.The US leg of the group’s tour will also include shows in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver in August 2024, before the boyband wrap-up their trek with a concert in Los Angeles, California on September 1.The venues and ticketing information of ONF’s 2024 ‘Spotlight’ tour have yet to be announced.

Riddikulus. Daniel Radcliffe revealed Thursday that he once believed that Alan Rickman, who played the sinister potions master Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” franchise, actually hated him. “I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman.

Concert film Suga – Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie from Trafalgar Releasing took in $990k for Saturday alone, rounding out the North American box office top ten — testament to the power of concert films post-Covid and the enduring popularity of the K-Pop powerhouse. The band is currently on hiatus as members entered military service required in South Korea. But Suga, the youngest, got in one last solo concert in Seoul last year. It was beamed into theaters globally for two playdates on April 10 and April 13, for a cume of $2.2 million.

When the late, legendary filmmaker William Friedkin called Kiefer Sutherland to gauge his interest in playing the lead in the Showtime and Paramount+ film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the actor hung up almost immediately. But not because he wasn’t interested in working with the director he’d long revered, Sutherland explained. “I thought it was one of my friends making a joke.”

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