https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7rEJ1R4u4k As someone who’s covered several Olympics now, what stands out to you, in a broader sense, about Paris 2024? This is going to be a gender-equal Games, which is really exciting. The IOC [International Olympic Committee] has been working towards this for many years, and now there’s this nice split down the middle.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7rEJ1R4u4k CBC anchor Scott Russell previews Canada’s competitors at this year’s Olympics – headed by 17-year-old swimming phenom Summer McIntosh Three years after the highly unusual 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, postponed and held sans live spectators during the height of the pandemic in 2021, the Games are set to go forth again under…
From Lady Gaga in concert to this year’s Canadian Screen Awards, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Gaga Chromatica Ball – Saturday, May 25, HBO Canada HBOFilmed at Dodger Stadium in L.A. during her 2022 Chromatica Ball Tour, this concert special features Lady Gaga performing her biggest hits, including…
On the verge of receiving a lifetime achievement award at this year’s CSAs, daytime icon Marilyn Denis chats with TV Week about the fondest memories from her storied career As Marilyn Denis prepares to collect the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Lifetime Achievement trophy, it has allowed the TV and radio icon to take a…
From the return of acclaimed comedy series Hacks to Netflix’s adapation of Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Velma – Saturday, April 27, HBO Canada | Season Premiere CraveReturning for a second season, this animated series continues to tell the origin story of…
From the JUNO Awards to a double-sized documentary about comedy legend Steve Martin, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week
1. The 2024 JUNO Awards – Sunday, March 24, CBC
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We feel pretty confident in saying that the best Canadian musical performance of the past year was already delivered…
Is it basically an actor’s dream, getting to play this quirky con man — who is lovable but also has a sense of danger to him? [Laughs] Yeah, I’m kind of a bad guy. Definitely. I think there were a lot of opportunities for comedy, and to bring joy to people. So, that was…
Obviously, your father is a tough act to follow, but in another way, does the fact that he is such an icon free you up to do your own thing? Because there’s really no imitating David Suzuki . . . I’m not taking it lightly, that’s for sure. It still blows my mind that…
You’ve dabbled in the reality genre before, but what was the process like of transitioning from being an actor to being a host? I loved being a reality show host — especially on a show that’s super-positive. I don’t personally have a lot of interest in the reality shows that are just undercutting people.…
Mark Critch and the cast dish on season three of hit Canadian comedy Son of a Critch For Mark Critch, the ninth grade was the year that was going to change it all. “He’s top dog,” says Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, the British actor who portrays the Canadian comedian coming of age. Well, maybe not exactly…