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“Yellowjackets,” a truly viral hit that has swept up fans in theory-making, soundtrack-appreciating and overall obsessive watching. The dual timeline drama series takes inspiration from mystery box shows like “Lost,” but is very much a character-driven show that has its cake and eats it too – it’s one part survival show, one part horror series, one part mystery and one part middle age crisis drama.

The Canadian Academy is honouring the people in Canadian media who have made a difference.

SPOILER ALERT: This post includes some major reveals for the Season 1 finale of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.”

SPOILER ALERT: This post includes some major reveals for the Season 1 finale of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.”

No one knows how to create a wild and lavish marriage proposal quite like a celebrity — who has millions of dollars at their fingertips to make sure that when they pop the question, it is truly a magical (or potentially awkward) occasion! But even if they’re somewhat a fail at times, some A-listers just have the best proposal stories we’ve ever heard! So in no particular order, here are some of our favorites so far, from over-the-top stadium proposals to an intimate engagement inside an igloo, and more!

EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Cavoukian, the famed children’s entertainer and musician, is getting the podcast treatment.

EXCLUSIVE: Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Jump, Darling, an LGBTQ+ family drama featuring the final performance of the late screen icon Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), with plans to release it in theaters and on digital and VOD in March.

Canada’s No. 1 movie theater chain, Cineplex, has pink slipped close to 5K part-time workers given Ontario’s recent decision to close cinemas amid the Omicron surge. Cineplex closed their theaters in the Canadian province, effective today.

If there was a vitamin to embody the saying 'you don't know what you've got til it's gone', then it's B12.

Canada, after delivering 7% of Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s $260M domestic opening weekend, will see its Quebec province shut down cinemas in addition to bars and gyms as public health officials look to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid variant.

Variety reported the 35-year-old artist withdrew his two nominations – best rap album for Certified Lover Boy and best rap performance for his song Way 2 Sexy, featuring Future and Young Thug – after consultation with his management. The withdrawal marks the latest chapter in the Canadian singer’s long contentious relationship with the awards show billed as “the biggest night in music” and its governing institution, the Recording Academy.

TIFF has been honouring outstanding work in Canadian film for 20 years. To acknowledge the anniversary, the organization has released the 2021 edition of Canada’s Top 10 list.

Former eOne Television chief John Morayniss has launched a new production venture with a handful of his former colleagues and backing from Endeavor Content.

Eugene Levy is set to become The Reluctant Traveler for Apple TV+.

Lionsgate Television Group Chair Kevin Beggs is to replace Randy Lennox as Chair of the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Board of Directors.

Degrassi: The Next Generation has revealed that Drake threatened legal action against the show, in which he co-starred, over a wheelchair storyline.The rapper appeared as Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian drama from 2001 over seven seasons.However in a recent oral history of the show to mark its 20th anniversary, writer James Hurst explained that the then actor pursued legal action after his character wound up in a wheelchair.“There was a letter from a law firm in Toronto, and it was from Aubrey

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actors Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), and Kiana Madeira (Fear Street Trilogy) have been set to star in feature drama Brother, which is now filming in and around Toronto and Scarborough, Canada.

Naman Ramachandran Bestselling Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain has narrated “For Love,” a documentary feature that centers on the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the Canadian foster care system.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming Netflix drama series “Breathe” has cast Austin Stowell, Variety has learned exclusively.In the series, Melissa Barrera stars as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival.

Alfred Molina is to star in Amazon police drama series Three Pines, which comes from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures.

Candyman director Nia DaCosta has become the first Black woman to debut at number one on the US box office chart.The reimagining and sequel to the 1992 horror flick earned $22.3million (£16million) in its opening weekend in US and Canadian cinemas.

Filmmaker James Cameron grew up 500 miles away from the nearest ocean, in the Canadian province of Ontario. But in recent decades he has become part “mer-man,” as his friend Sigourney Weaver describes him, plying ocean waters for a variety of documentary projects and even setting a diving record in a submersible vehicle when he plunged to the depths of the Marianas Trench.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment said Thursday that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, a documentary about the New Age electronica musician directed by Posy Dixon. A theatrical release is planned for October timed to the release of Copeland’s Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined album, and a current exhibit at the Guggenheim.

Dunkeld man and his beloved furry companion are all set to resume their 5000-mile coast-to-coast trek across Canada for charity following their emotional reunion.

Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel, Undone) is navigating through Hollywood’s seedy underbelly in the first look teaser trailer (above) for the Netflix limited series and things are looking grim.

Alfre Woodard will star in the first season of BET+ and CBC’s “The Porter”.

Perthshire man has been reunited with his beloved dog after she went missing in the Canadian wilderness for seven days. Michael Yellowees’ Alaskan Husky Luna vanished on July 2 during the duo’s 5000-mile coast-to-coast trek across Canada for charity.

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Billy Ray Cyrus is welcoming a new member of his extended family.

Mogwai have announced a 16-date North American headline tour for 2022, marking their first full run of shows in support of latest album ‘As The Love Continues’.The tour will kick off at the 9:30 Club in Washington on Tuesday April 5, rolling through a further 13 US and two Canadian cities before wrapping up in San Diego on Sunday April 24. Tickets will be available from 9am local time, Wednesday July 30.Mogwai’s tenth studio album, ‘As The Love Continues’, was released back in February.

Pamela Anderson is heading home for a special project with HGTV Canada.

Even with close to 40% of the Canadian box office offline as Ontario remains closed until late July, and the Arclight/Pacific Theatres closed in L.A., the total weekend domestic box office came in at $98.08M per Comscore’s early Sunday AM estimate. Some distributors even have the weekend higher at $99.1M.

Opa! The Greek architecture-inspired house from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is for sale in Toronto.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJeff WIlbusch has been cast in the Netflix drama series “Breathe,” Variety has learned exclusively.Wilbusch joins previously announced lead Melissa Barrera, who will star as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival.According to sources, Wilbusch will play recurring guest star Danny, Liv’s love interest.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBiz 3 PR veteran Dana Meyerson has launched an imprint called Slashie through Mom + Pop Music.

The Weeknd has taken part in a USAID government meeting in which he was briefed about the “devastating” crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia.The Canadian singer-songwriter (real name Abel Tesfaye) sat down for the virtual meeting on Thursday (June 10) with USAID’S administrator Samantha Power, and National Security Director Colin Thomas-Jensen among others.Sharing screenshots from the virtual discussion on his Instagram, The Weeknd wrote: “Was briefed today by US Gov team @USAID and @samanthajpower