By TJ Dawe “The Colbert Report”‘s decision to send Scott Thompson’s Buddy Cole character to Sochi to cover the Winter Olympics was perfect, not only because it’s been great to have Buddy back — on Wednesday night he almost got arrested while “protesting” that he couldn’t get a drink — but because it reminds us […]
Canadian television
Canadian Screen Awards: More Short -pipes, please
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten If it wasn’t for host Martin Short, the Canadian Screen Awards last night would have been a real dud. This first year of the awards, aired on CBC, was partly a grand experiment. The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television combined the bereft-of-an-audience Genies and Geminis — separate awards for film and […]
Canadian cheapskates
By Zeff Davies Oh god, it’s sooooo embarrassing. I’m referring, if I can stop gritting my teeth long enough to do so, to the flap over the non-awarding of a new car to a couple at Sunday’s Junos Awards. Steve Ryde and Vanessa Thomas were approached before the show and asked if they’d like to […]
The Duke of Vancouver
By Frank Moher Daryl Duke, the Vancouver-born TV director and producer who died last Saturday, was the real deal. In an industry full off hypesters, especially in B.C., where there are 20 would-be producers for every dollar of financing available, Duke had sufficient credits that he didn’t need to tell you all about them: you […]
