How ‘Memory Box’ Directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige Mined Their Own Past

John Cena is getting in a morning workout with his wife!

While it’s not really a time to take a victory lap at the box office with only 3,1k movie theaters opened out of U.S. and Canada’s 5,8K, five out of the eight Oscar nominated best pictures this past weekend in theatrical release reaped the halo effect of Monday’s noms.

SPOILER ALERT: For anyone who hasn’t yet seen Thursday night’s eviction episode of “Big Brother Canada”, spoilers lie ahead. 

The Motion Picture Association released its annual report on box office and home entertainment, and the bottom line is sobering but little surprise after a year of Covid closures.

Finally, Canadians will be getting a taste of the Rock’s tequila.

Canada’s two biggest cable companies agreed to merge Monday with Rogers Communications announcing plans to buy Shaw Communications in a deal worth $20 billion Canadian ($16 billion U.S.) that would create a powerhouse in video and wireless.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCanada-based actor Colm Feore, whose credits include Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” “My Salinger Year,” “The Amazing Spiderman 2” and multiple Oscar winner “Chicago,” is to star in post-apocalyptic Western “Six Guns for Hire,” which has just started principal photography in Toronto, Canada.

SPOILER ALERT: For those who haven’t watched Thursday night’s eviction episode of “Big Brother Canada”, be warned that spoilers are coming.

The Directors Guild of Canada in Ontario has promoted Victoria Harding to executive director, the first woman in the post. Harding, who served as associate executive director since 2013, replaces Bill Skolnik.

Jana Kramer has been in Canada with her family over the past few weeks and shared some gorgeous photos of them exploring the country's stunning beaches over the weekend.MORE: Country superstar Trisha Yearwood breaks silence after covid diagnosisThe country singer took to Instagram to share a series of pictures, including a loved-up selfie with her husband Mike Caussin posing in front of the sea.In the image, the sun was setting in the background, as they cosied up together for the picture.

SPOILER ALERT: For anyone who hasn’t watched Thursday night’s eviction episode of “Big Brother Canada”, be forewarned that spoilers are coming.

Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders, executive produced by Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit writer-director Taika Waititi, is no typical sci-fi thriller. An entry in this year’s Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section and Goulet’s feature debut, the film flips the genre on its head by using the future to confront Canada’s past colonization and subjugation of its First Nation peoples.

Attention, “Big Brother Canada” fans! The most epic season of the reality series is just days away, and Arisa Cox is spilling all the tea.

The tragedy of the Lebanese civil war extends far beyond the 1980s and into the third generation of a family resettled in Canada in the affecting drama Memory Box. It marks the first film in nine years from the award-winning team Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whose work has ranged freely over feature films, docs, installations and performance art.

AMC Entertainment is awarding CEO Adam Aron, among other executives, a special cash bonus to recognize their “special efforts” put forth during the COVID-19 pandemic.The total authorized amount of bonuses being paid to employees including its “NEOs, corporate associates and theatre management” is approximately $8.3 million, according to the company.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterUnder a new multi-year agreement, Sony Pictures will handle distribution for Lionsgate’s physical home entertainment releases in the United States and Canada.Lionsgate will continue to maintain its own independent sales and marketing teams, while leveraging Sony Picture Home Entertainments supply chain and distribution services for DVD sales.

Lionsgate and Sony have made a multi-year agreement in which the latter will handle distribution of the former’s physical home entertainment releases in the U.S. and Canada.

Like many Texans, Chip and Joanna Gaines are still dealing with the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri.