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Hot Docs film festival rebounds from the brink with jumps in revenue and attendance
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (398+ words) Hot Docs hosted its 33rd edition in May, opening with the world premiere of Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions. Gabriel Li/The Canadian Press It was fitting that this year's edition of Hot Docs opened with the film-festival equivalent of rock…...
What's the verdict on The Sheep Detectives? Not baaaad at all
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (331+ words) Chris O'Dowd as the voice of Mopple and Julia-Louis Dreyfus as the voice of Lily in The Sheep Detectives. Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios/Supplied Directed by Kyle Balda Written by Craig Mazin Starring Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan…...
Performer Dinah Christie won over audiences while playing charades on TV's Party Game
1+ week, 3+ day ago (886+ words) A woman makes a shape with her fingers. Eh? Actually, "A." The segment was from one of more than 800 episodes of Party Game, which ran for 11 years on Hamilton's CHCH TV station and then lived on in reruns, and endeared Ms....
New Crave series The Miniature Wife is a cautionary tale about shrinking your honey
4+ week, 1+ day ago (780+ words) The Miniature Wife is a new television dramedy that purports, at first, to be nothing more than a simple sci-fi story about a woman shrunk down to the size of a mouse by her spouse. "My husband made me small,…...
Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon says his life has been ruined by sexual assault allegations
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (188+ words) Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon at a Montreal courthouse on June 30. Rozon is being sued by nine women for nearly $14-million in damages over allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press Just for Laughs founder…...
Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon ordered to pay $880, 000 to eight of nine accusers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (379+ words) Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon arrives at the courthouse for his civil trial in Montreal in September, 2025. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Just for Laughs, has been ordered to pay a total of more…...
Paralympic athlete Tyler Turner stars in the New Docuseries All In, debuting May 14 on AMI-tv and AMI+
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (41+ words) The Globe and Mail Paralympic athlete Tyler Turner stars in the New Docuseries All In, debuting May 14 on AMI-tv and AMI+...
Opinion: It's hard to hate when you're laughing
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) In his writing on subjects ranging from identity politics to antisemitism, Mordecai Richler used humour in part as a diagnostic tool. Kipper Mathews/The Globe and Mail Ray Robertson is the author of nine novels, seven collections of non-fiction and…...