The Oscars

Jimmy Kimmell returns for the fourth time to host Hollywood’s biggest night The calendar has been shaken up this entertainment award season, but the movie industry’s top ceremony is remaining pretty much on time . . . while starting an hour earlier than usual. The 96th Academy Awards will celebrate the best in film as…

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Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Stars Aden Young and Kathleen Munroe tell all about their new Toronto-set Law & Order series Not only is Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent the first Canadian instalment of Dick Wolf’s iconic franchise, it is also the first international offshoot to feature episodes not based on the original American version. “It feels special,” says…

Girls5eva

Girls5eva heads to Netflix for its third season of musical hilarity The 1980s had The Bangles, the ’90s brought us the Spice Girls and while “girl groups” have significantly dropped off in popularity in recent years, K-pop stars BLACKPINK have proven that there is still room for young women at the top of the charts.…

The Reluctant Traveler

Eugene Levy is back for season two of his travelogue, this time gritting his teeth and wandering off the beaten path in Europe If winter is wearing you down, funnyman Eugene Levy has just the thing for some much-needed mood elevation. “This show is nice to look at,” Levy tells TV Week, when we discuss…

The Regime

Oscar-winner Kate Winslet leads this dark HBO comedy about the decline of a fictional European dictatorship Flip through the pages of your local newspaper or turn the television to your preferred news network and you’ll see it: a plethora of stories chronicling the ins and outs of national politics. Oftentimes, the politics are related to…

Ricky Stanicky

In this new comedy, three 30-something pals hire an unhinged actor (John Cena) to impersonate the imaginary friend they’ve all been using to get out of work, family commitments and trouble since childhood While psychology’s take on the benefits and drawbacks of having an imaginary friend have varied over the years, most research has broadly…

halo

Season two of Paramount’s big-budget sci-fi thriller finds Master Chief battling both the Covenant hordes and his new commander, while grappling with the loss of his closest ally Change is rampant on the second season of Halo. Onscreen, there is a new guy in charge of the Spartan program, after the untimely departure of Dr.…

The New Look

A sumptuous historical drama from the creator of Damages explores the rise and fall of various fashion icons amidst the carnage and impossible choices of the Second World War The story of how designer Christian Dior and his contemporaries launched modern fashion in Paris is a fascinating tale in itself. But set against the horrors…

ShŌgun

Like Game of Thrones in feudal Japan, the latest adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel centres on a shipwrecked Englishman who washes ashore and shifts the balance of power amongst a rogues’ gallery of warlords As a bestselling novel, James Clavell’s Shōgun achieved high praise from critics as well as readers, while annual sales of…

Elsbeth

Good Wife favourite Elsbeth Tascioni goes from kooky attorney to kooky detective in a spinoff that wears its Columbo on its sleeve Two shows on which she was featured are over now, but you can’t keep Elsbeth Tascioni down. The eccentric, high-spirited lawyer portrayed by Carrie Preston, who won a Primetime Emmy for the role…

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