(TORONTO, ON) – The first International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards in North America wrapped up a successful festival in Ontario, bringing unprecedented international attention to the province. The weekend ended with a tribute to legendary filmmaker Raj Kapoor in a joint event hosted by IIFA and TIFF. On Saturday evening, government officials [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Ontario kicked off the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards with many events happening across the GTA. The Province helped bring the three-day festival and business forum to Ontario. It is drawing hundreds of business leaders, thousands of tourists and hundreds of millions of viewers from around the world. IIFA [...]
By Melissa Arditti (WINDSOR, ON) – Chaos Theory tells a gripping story about Frank (played by Ryan Reynolds) an obsessive and perfectionist man, who has a career teaching others how to be efficient and organized. He lives by his words and there is no room in his life for spontaneity. One morning, as a practical [...]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – The Alzheimer Society of Chatham-Kent is hosting a Movie Luncheon providing insight into coping with the afliction and a showing of Chris Wynn’s feature documentary ”Forgetful Not Forgotten”. The lunchen will be 24 June 2011 at the Von Ayres Cultural Centre located at 505 King St in Wallaceburg, from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Call 519-352-1043 [...]
(DETROIT, MI) - With several artists already in town and many more set to arrive shortly, the Media City Film Festival is ready to open its 17th annual edition on Tuesday, May 24. The festival’s opening screening is at 8 pm at the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts (5200 Woodward) with Dutch Super 8mm [...]
By Melissa Arditi (WINDSOR, ON) – In the film, Funny People, those wild nights accompanied by debauchery seems like the ideal life for performer George Simmons (played by Adam Sandler). He makes a lot of money, never has to wait in line at a restaurant, people always want to pose for pictures with him and [...]
(LOS ANGELES, CA) - Legendary actress, businesswoman, and fearless activist Elizabeth Taylor died peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her children- Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton. She was 79 years old. In addition to her children, she is survived by 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. The [...]
By Bill Nuvo (WINDSOR, ON) – Just over a year ago, I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Sherzad while I was DJing in a downtown Windsor nightclub. He instantly struck me as very personable with a great sense of humour. I enjoy his comic status updates on Facebook and have followed his [...]
(WINDSOR, ON) – Windsor-Essex is a hotbed of filmmaking talent, and a lot of that talent has been nurtured at the University of Windsor, says Nicholas Shields (BA 1995), co-founder of Suede Productions. “We don’t have a single person working in our company that is not a product of the University of Windsor’s communication studies [...]
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The following is being released by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan: George Clooney, in a typical Hollywood fashion, is advocating for installing watchful ‘cameras’ on Sudan. Not withstanding the legality of the matter, it is baffling what such an action will accomplish. There are numerous atrocities after all around [...]
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