Lauren Bacall has died, reportedly of a stroke, in her Manhattan home. She was 89. Most people will know her as a legend from Hollywood’s “Golden Age” and her roles in films like The Big Sleep, Key Largo, How to Marry a Millionaire. Also as the love of Humphrey Bogart’s life. I will always remember her in the movie I pull out every December, All I Want For Christmas.
Great news! Cinemax has decided to put the full pilot of The Knick , directed by Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike, Oceans 11/12/13, Solaris, Traffic) on Youtube. And it’s not even geoblocked! Haven’t heard of the Knick? It’s stars Clive Owen and takes place at New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital at the turn of the 20th century. Which is well before “modern medicine”. In fact it’s sort of the reason why we have modern medicine at all. You wouldn’t believe the things they used to do to people. It’s already been picked up for a second season, so check this out! Just not with children in the room. Or while you’re eating.
Oh, and bonus Canadian points as it also stars Edmonton’s own Eric Johnson!
I need to come clean about something… I watch Big Brother. Both the US & Canadian ones. It’s my reality TV drug of choice. And what went down last night is exactly why. For 2 hours drama unfolded that if all the camera feeds were edited together could make an excellent documentary on narcissism in the social media age.
If you’re looking to support our home and native land this weekend at the box office you’re in luck! Two films are opening that have Canadian connections.
Waiting all summer long for your favourite shows to come back in the fall can feel like forever. But with the magic of twitter lots of actors are now posting set selfies to give us all a little sneak peek on what they’re working on. The best of this week includes Chicago PD, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Kingdom and Kevin Bacon suggesting his wife bring home her Brooklyn Nine-Nine costume.
We haven’t been formally introduced, I’m Katherine. For the past few weeks I’ve been bombarding you with advice about stuff you should watch on television. Now that I’ve had my podcast debut I thought I’d say hello! Because it’s polite and I’m Canadian and it was this or buy everyone Tim Horton’s.
Hello! I’m Kat. You can find me on twitter if you’d like. I used to take pictures & now I write words, and if you like either follow me on tumblr. I also have a cooking habit, so if you like good food follow this.
Feel free to say hello if you’re so inclined. I don’t bite unless asked.
~K.
Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones star as Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane and how they met in University. Until this moment I hadn’t heard about this movie, or known much about Hawking’s life before the Hawking we all think of today. It’s being released in the US on November 7th. I’m putting it at a dark horse Oscar contender for best actor.
Also starring David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Emily Watson (Punch-Drunk Love), Charlie Cox (Boardwalk Empire) & Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones).
Casting news! Kyle MacLachlan has been cast in the role of Skye’s father in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Why? No idea. How? No idea. When? Nope, still no idea. That’s Marvel’s version of news for ya!
Chris Pratt a.k.a. Star-lord used to get high every day on a beach in Maui and listen to Eminem. And he can prove it.
It has been reported that James Corden is going to take over Craig Ferguson’s spot as host of the Late Late Show on CBS. I guess they took all the “late night needs more diversity!” discussions to heart, making the big leap from a Scottish man to a slightly younger English one.
But I know what you’re thinking… “Who the hell is James Corden?” Continue reading “Who is James Corden?”
Deadline is reporting that after a delay to begin filming season 8 of The Big Bang Theory, 3 of the stars of the show have finalized contracts that will see their salaries triple from $350,000/episode to $1 Million/episode for the next 72 episodes of the show. The sum draws immediate comparison to the cast of Friends, fitting seeing as The Big Bang Theory seems to be this generation’s iteration of the show, substituting New York yuppies with California nerds.
Johnnie Walker Blue Label has just released a short film starring Jude Law & Giancarlo Giannini. They shot it in the British Virgin Islands and London and it’s not only gorgeous it keeps with what seems to be this weekend’s theme, happy dancing.
One of the most fun parts of twitter is getting to see the pictures the actors take of what goes on behind the scenes. In addition to Nick Holmes’ photo of the great makeup job on Guardians of the Galaxy here’s some of what you may have missed this week…
Anson Mount is the latest actor to do a Reddit AMA, taking place today at 12:30 PST (3:30pm EST).
Hell on Wheels, a western shot in Calgary, in which Mount plays Cullen Bohannan returns August 2nd to AMC. He also has a horror film currently in post-production called Visions starring alongside Isla Fisher, Jim Parsons, Gillian Jacobs & Eva Longoria.
See the trailer for Hell on Wheels Season 4… Continue reading “Reddit AMA with Anson Mount Today”
Start the countdown, 4o days to the beginning of the end of Sons of Anarchy. If you haven’t watched it I suggest you spend those days catching the fuck up.
Charlie Hunnam couldn’t make it to Comic-Con this year but he sent along this little gem instead. I love the camaraderie the SOA cast has shown for so many years. Despite all the crazy gruesome things Kurt Sutter puts them through on the page they seem to have a lot of fun at work. Also if you’re looking for some insights into his process WTF Sutter is great.
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