‘Lincoln,’‘Zero Dark Thirty’ among Producers Guild nominees
Steven Spielberg’s presidential drama Lincoln, musical Les Miserables and Kathyrn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty were among 10 films earning Producers Guild Award nominations on...
View ArticleCanadian diplomat who sheltered Americans during 1979 Tehran hostage crisis dies
A former Canadian diplomat who sheltered Americans during 1979 Tehran hostage crisis died on Sunday at the age of 88, his widow said on Saturday. John Sheardown played a key role in how six diplomats...
View ArticleSnubbed by Oscars, Affleck shines at Critics’ Choice Awards
Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo, Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis and Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jessica Chastain were big winners at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Thursday. Argo was named best...
View Article‘Argo,’‘Lincoln’ big winners at SAG awards
Iran hostage drama Argo won the top prize in the film categories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) on Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence took acting honours, as Hollywood...
View ArticleClose competition for best picture Oscar
With only days to go until the 85th Academy Awards, competition remains too close to call for the coveted prize of best picture. A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday, that moviegoers thought either...
View ArticleOscars 2013: Hollywood’s biggest night live from Los Angeles
The Oscars were handed out Sunday night and our group of entertainment reporters was live blogging every detail from the show. Among those participating: BT’s Riaz Meghji was blogging live from the red...
View ArticleCanada earns praise on Oscar night
Some of the biggest winners at Sunday’s Oscars have Canadian connections. Argo, which won for best picture, is based on the rescue of six U.S. embassy workers during the 1979 Iranian crisis, a plan...
View ArticleIran may sue the Hollywood filmmakers of ‘Argo’
Iran may sue the Hollywood filmmakers of Argo, including Ben Affleck and George Clooney. First, Iran said it would produce its own cinematic response to the Oscar-winning film. Now, Tehran plans to sue...
View ArticleEngineer denies telling buyer Elliot Lake mall in danger of collapsing
A discredited engineer who declared the doomed Algo Centre Mall structurally sound just weeks before it collapsed had previously told a prospective buyer the roof was in urgent need of repair, an...
View ArticleTIFF Day 8 brings ‘Argo’ redux &‘The Love Punch’
Diplomat Ken Taylor, nearly shut out from the Oscar-winning Argo, will have his turn in the spotlight on Thursday. Our Man in Tehran, a documentary that tells the Canadian story behind the Iran hostage...
View Article‘Lincoln,’‘Zero Dark Thirty’ among Producers Guild nominees
Steven Spielberg’s presidential drama Lincoln, musical Les Miserables and Kathyrn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty were among 10 films earning Producers Guild Award nominations on...
View ArticleCanadian diplomat who sheltered Americans during 1979 Tehran hostage crisis dies
A former Canadian diplomat who sheltered Americans during 1979 Tehran hostage crisis died on Sunday at the age of 88, his widow said on Saturday. John Sheardown played a key role in how six diplomats...
View ArticleSnubbed by Oscars, Affleck shines at Critics’ Choice Awards
Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo, Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis and Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jessica Chastain were big winners at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Thursday. Argo was named best...
View Article‘Argo,’‘Lincoln’ big winners at SAG awards
Iran hostage drama Argo won the top prize in the film categories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) on Sunday, while Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence took acting honours, as Hollywood...
View ArticleClose competition for best picture Oscar
With only days to go until the 85th Academy Awards, competition remains too close to call for the coveted prize of best picture. A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday, that moviegoers thought either...
View ArticleOscars 2013: Hollywood’s biggest night live from Los Angeles
The Oscars were handed out Sunday night and our group of entertainment reporters was live blogging every detail from the show. Among those participating: BT’s Riaz Meghji was blogging live from the red...
View ArticleCanada earns praise on Oscar night
Some of the biggest winners at Sunday’s Oscars have Canadian connections. Argo, which won for best picture, is based on the rescue of six U.S. embassy workers during the 1979 Iranian crisis, a plan...
View ArticleIran may sue the Hollywood filmmakers of ‘Argo’
Iran may sue the Hollywood filmmakers of Argo, including Ben Affleck and George Clooney. First, Iran said it would produce its own cinematic response to the Oscar-winning film. Now, Tehran plans to sue...
View ArticleEngineer denies telling buyer Elliot Lake mall in danger of collapsing
A discredited engineer who declared the doomed Algo Centre Mall structurally sound just weeks before it collapsed had previously told a prospective buyer the roof was in urgent need of repair, an...
View ArticleTIFF Day 8 brings ‘Argo’ redux &‘The Love Punch’
Diplomat Ken Taylor, nearly shut out from the Oscar-winning Argo, will have his turn in the spotlight on Thursday. Our Man in Tehran, a documentary that tells the Canadian story behind the Iran hostage...
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