Michael Imperioli Boards Paul Schrader’s ‘Oh, Canada’

RuPaul’s Drag Race has become quite the global phenemonon since it first premiered in 2009!

tyrannical father of Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty), on the beloved series, which ran from 2003 to 2012.Johansson revealed on a recent episode of the “Trying To Figure It Out With Ally Petitti” podcast that he suffered from depression and alcoholism.“It was awful,” he confessed. “I was deeply depressed and I was drinking.”The Canadian-born actor spent “about six or seven years … drinking a couple bottles of wine a night” by himself.“It was really tough,” he sighed.

Fair City curler Robin Brydone will enter an upcoming home event close to his heart in fine form after achieving a milestone moment in Canada.

Colin Jost had to put his wife Scarlett Johansson on blast during a skit on the December 16 episode of Saturday Night Live, and it was all because of Michael Che.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has hired Thomas Santram, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Cineplex, the largest cinema chain in Canada, as the chair of its board of directors. 

You only have to think back two years to remember the cheers and jeers that greeted the news that not only was a new Willy Wonka movie on the way but that it was going to be a prequel and Timothée Chalamet had clinched the titular lead role. READ MORE: Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch How could they touch a classic? They weren’t going to, and no one was going to erase the 1971 Gene Wilder “Grown Up Wonka” movie (which was not a hit, by the way).

Paul Schrader’s Facebook feed is pure gold. The man just loves to give hot takes left and right about new and old films.

Timothee Chalamet and Keegan-Michael Key shared quite the embrace at the premiere of their new movie Wonka held at Regency Village Theatre on Sunday (December 10) in Los Angeles.

Coronation Street fans were been left begging after one of the soap's much-loved stars shared a 'finished' message before heading out with his co-stars. Peter Ash was among the ITV soap's stars who hit the town on Friday night (December 8) for Corrie's Christmas bash.

Former striker Michael Owen is fearful that Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount could head down the same path as Angel Di Maria and Paul Pogba at Manchester United.

EXCLUSIVE: Uriah Shelton (The Glades, Girl Meets World) has been cast as a series regular in the Prime Video series Motorheads from writer/showrunner John A. Norris.

MGM+ has announced the acquisition of the two-part docuseries “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, debuting on the streamer on March 17 and March 24 at 9 p.m. EDT/PDT.

Are you a fan of The Office? Did you know that Steve Carell almost didn’t play the iconic role of Michael Scott?

EXCLUSIVE: The Artists Equity movie Unstoppable remains exactly that: After the production was shut down during the WGA strike, the William Goldenberg directed, Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome starring sports movie will return to shooting on Dec. 12 with Don Cheadle, Michael Peña and Bobby Cannavale joining the cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers) has been set to star alongside Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada, the newest feature written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed).

Canada’s media guild has reacted with shock following the announcement CBC/Radio-Canada will cut approximately 10% of its workforce and bring down its program spend by C$40M ($29.6M) to reduce a major budget shortfall.

ONF have announced their upcoming 2024 ‘Be Here Now in Canada’ tour.Today (December 4), tour organiser J&B Entertainment announced the dates for ONF’s upcoming 2024 ‘Be Here Now in Canada’ tour. The K-pop boyband will play three shows in the North American country, with concerts in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal from February to March 2024.The ticketing and venue details for the group’s upcoming 2024 Canada tour have yet to be announced.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Paul Greengrass has been hired to adapt the big-screen version of T.J. Newman’s novel “Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421.” Greengrass will write, direct and produce the film, which is set at Warner Bros. The studio emerged victorious earlier this year in a bidding war, one that drew interest from the likes of Nicole Kidman, Alfonso Cuarón and Steven Spielberg, along with seven-figure offers from Apple and Bruckheimer, Paramount and Damien Chazelle, Legendary and Universal Television.

Ethan Shanfeld Forty years after making his directorial debut with the 1984 cult classic “This Is Spinal Tap,” Rob Reiner will begin filming the follow-up to the music mockumentary in February. Plus, the fictional heavy metal band will apparently be joined by real-life music legends Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks, Reiner revealed on the “RHLSTP With Richard Herring” podcast. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are set to return as the members of Spinal Tap, alongside Reiner as the documentarian Martin “Marty” Di Bergi.

Paul McCartney and Elton John are set to appear in the upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap.Rob Reiner, who directed the original 1984 mockumentary film starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, confirmed various guest stars in the sequel during an appearance on Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.Speaking on the podcast about the sequel, which was announced in May last year, Reiner said: “We’re going to start shooting in the end of February.“Everybody’s back. Paul McCartney is joining us, and Elton John. And a few other surprises, Garth Brooks.”Along with directing the sequel, Reiner is set to reprise his role as filmmaker Marty DiBergi.