The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09BXcP9ut0 Director Mike Downie helms an intimate four-part docuseries about The Tragically Hip, as led by his late brother Gord, and how the Canadian rockers came to embody a nation Plenty of Canadian musicians over the years have achieved monumental success in Canada and abroad, but precious few of them manage to channel the soul…

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So Long, Marianne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP517-ogZRk By Maxine Bass The love story of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen comes to life in new miniseries The world lost legendary poet, singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen in 2016, but the indelible music he left us continues to resonate. Among his most memorable songs is “So Long, Marianne,” a tender farewell to a…

Matlock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaqjmTeE_U Oscar-winner Kathy Bates puts her own spin on a TV classic in Matlock When Jane The Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman first envisioned an updated version of Matlock — the legendary criminal defense attorney from the 1980s originated by Andy Griffith — she had one actor in mind. “Imagine Kathy Bates,” she told execs. “I…

Frasier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQQbuSCiyU TV Week takes an inside look at a taping of Frasier as the second season of the sitcom reboot returns I’m ushered inside Stage 18 at the Paramount lot on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles, one of the largest soundstages on the famed studio lot. Alfred Hitchcock shot Rear Window inside this very stage,…

Agatha All Along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9pXbNz6Vbw WandaVision villain Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) leads a perilous excursion down Witches’ Road in Marvel’s latest series Of all the unstoppable forces in the world of entertainment, Marvel is without a doubt one of the most prolific. Owned by Disney since 2009, when a $4-billion deal took place, Marvel Entertainment churns out a plethora…

Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVr530ywPGo Longtime rivals Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi face off for the ultimate competitive eating challengo On July 4, 1916, four immigrants to the U.S. were visiting NYC’s Coney Island when they gathered at the first Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand. Then and there, they decided that the one who could eat the most dogs…

Slow Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo27sE2fdvs Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb faces a dangerous new nemesis when Hugo Weaving joins the cast as a rogue CIA agent with a score to settle Few TV dramas in recent memory have racked up the kind of critical acclaim as Slow Horses, the addictive espionage drama based on Mick Herron’s novels set in Slough…

Celebrity IOU

Vancouver’s own Property Brothers Drew & Jonathan Scott open up about the current season of Celebrity IOU and new episodes of Don’t Hate Your House It has been 15 years since Jonathan and Drew Scott made their television debut with Property Brothers, but the Canadian celebrity contractors show no sign of slowing down. Between the…

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9fsBy45YTQ&t=1s Villainous Sauron comes into his own as The Rings of Power returns to Middle-earth for a second season There were viewers watching the first season of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power who received the shock of their lives when they discovered that Galadriel’s (Morfydd Clark) partner for the entirety of the…

Troppo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERW-gL85we0 Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun star as an unlikely sleuthing duo in Aussie crime drama Troppo In the Australian crime drama Troppo, it is the sudden disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer in northern Queensland that is presented as the driving purpose of the show, but what viewers around the globe have come to…

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