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 Ampersand Arcade: Montreal's Ubisoft wins big at inaugural video-game awards
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 Canadian Prizes for the Arts and Creativity seek focusThe Canadian Prizes for the Arts and Creativity will be awarded in 2011. But to whom and for what reason is still unknown.To that end, an advisory panel has been established to decide the focus of the prizes.The panel includes Joseph L. Rotman, Simon Brault, Liza Maheu, Jennifer Clarke, and Tony Gagliano, who first conceived the idea of the prizes with the late David Pecaut."These Prizes will recognize outstanding Canadian artistic achievements and will help brand Canada as a centre of excellence," said Heritage Minister James Moore at a press conference in Toronto. "We are confident that the Advisory Panel, composed of prominent Canadians from the cultural sector, will contribute to the successful future of this initiative."The prizes, which will be administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, were established with a $25 million endowment.The panel's report is expected this summer.Canadians who wish to take part can visit www.canadianheritage.gc.ca.
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 Film on Montreal Massacre sweeps Genie Awards
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 Arts Podcast: Would you skip a party with Victoria's Secret models to watch Lost?
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 Full list: 82nd Academy Awards Nominations
The Oscar nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
You can read the transcript of our live coverage here, or scroll down for the full list of nominees:
Oscar Live ChatPerformance by an actor in a leading roleo Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)o George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)o Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)o Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)o Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)Performance by an actor in a supporting roleo Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)o Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)o Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)o Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)o Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)Performance by an actress in a leading roleo Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)o Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)o Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)o Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)o Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)Performance by an actress in a supporting roleo Pen
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 The Swell Season, Bell X1, Codes: Shortlist announced for Ireland's Choice Music Awards As the Polaris is to Canada, and the Mercury to Britain, the Choice Music Awards recognize Ireland's best (not best selling, nor specifically Bono fronted) album of the 2009.And they've just announced this year's shortlist, which features a nice mix of the country's established acts (The Swell Season, Bell X1) and newcomers:And So I Watch You From Afar "And So I Watch You From Afar" (Smalltown America)Bell X1 "Blue Lights On The Runway" (BellyUp)Codes "Trees Dream in Algebra" (EMI)Adrian Crowley "Season of the Sparks" (Chemikal Underground)Dark Room Notes "We Love You Dark Matter" (Gonzo)The Duckworth Lewis Method "The Duckworth Lewis Method" (1969/Divine Comedy Records)Julie Feeney "Pages" (Mittens) Valerie Francis "Slow Dynamo" (VF)Laura Izibor "Let The Truth Be Told" (Atlantic)The Swell Season "Strict Joy" (Plateau) Last year's prize went to Jape for Ritual. This year's prize will be handed out on March 3.
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 Directors Guild of America announces nominees for best director of 2009Via DGA, here are the jsut announced nominees for their Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009:Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker(Summit Entertainment)Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team: o Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark o First Assistant Director: David Ticotin o First Assistant Director (Canadian Unit): Lee Cleary This is Ms. Bigelow's first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. James CameronAvatar(Twentieth Century Fox)Mr. Cameron's Directorial Team: o Unit Production Manager: Colin Wilson o First Assistant Director: Josh McLaglen o Second Assistant Director/Additional Unit First Assistant Director: Maria Battle CampbellThis is Mr. Cameron's second DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. He previously won the Feature Film Award for Titanic in 1997. Lee DanielsPrecious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire(Lionsgate)Mr. Daniels' Directorial Team: o Unit Production Manager: Tony Hernandez o First Assistant Director: Chip Signore o Second Assistant Director: Tracey Hinds o Second Second Assistant Director: Michael "Boogie" Pinckney o Additional Unit Production Manager: Patrick D. Gibbons o Additional First Assistant Director: Tom Fatone o Additional Second Assistant Directors: Kim Thompson, Mirashyam Blakeslee o Location Manager: Gregory RouttThis is Mr. Daniels' first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. Jason ReitmanUp In The Air(Paramount Pictures)Mr. Reitman's Directorial Team: o Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg o First Assistant Director: Jason Blumenfeld o Second Assistant Director: Sonia Bhalla o Assistant Unit Production Manager: Samson Mucke o Second Second Assistant Director: Joseph Payton o Additional Second Assistant Director: Heather L. Hogan This is Mr. Reitman's first DGA Feature Film Award Nomination. Quentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds(The Weinstein Company?and Universal Pictures) o Unit Production Manager: Gregor Wilson o Unit Production Manager (Germany): Michael Scheel o First Assistant Director: Carlos Fidel o Second Assistant Director: Miguel Angelo Pate o Second Second Assistant Directors: Jill Moriarty, Tanja D
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 Best and worst moments from the People's Choice Awards
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 Toronto Film Critics Association name best of 2009 The Toronto Film Critics Association have released their list of the best films and performances of 2009, including several ties:BEST PICTURE (TIE)"Hunger" (Maple Pictures)"Inglourious Basterds" (Alliance Films) BEST PERFORMANCE, MALENicolas Cage, "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALECarey Mulligan, "An Education"BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALEChristoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALEAnna Kendrick, "Up in the Air" BEST DIRECTORKathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker" BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)"Inglourious Basterds", written by Quentin Tarantino"Up in the Air", written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner based on the novel by Walter Kirn BEST FIRST FEATURE"Hunger", directed by Steve McQueen BEST ANIMATED FEATURE"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Fox Searchlight) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM"The White Ribbon" (Mongrel Media) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE"The Cove" (Maple Pictures)The 2009 TFCA Awards will be handed out on January 12, 2010 at a gala
hosted by TIFF's co-director Cameron Bailey. Part of the event will be the announcement of the winner of the $10,000 Best Canadian Feature Award, presented by David Cronenberg. The nominees for that are: The Necessities
of Life (Beno
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 Transcript: 2010 Golden Globes nominations roundtableThe Ampersand's Vanessa Farquharson, Ben Kaplan and Mark Medley discussed the just announced 2010 Golden Globe nominations this morning. Read the transcript of their chat below: <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=c807d7fcc9" >IFOA live chat: Colson Whitehead
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 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards: List of winners The Maritimes shone on Saturday night at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, held in Ottawa, as Haligonian Joel Plaskett won the award for both Contemporary Album of the Year and Producer of the Year, Susan Crowe (Halifax) was named English Songwriter of the Year and PEI's Catherine MacLellan (Solo Artist) and Colette Cheverie (Traditional Singer) were also feted.
Plaskett was the sole multiple winner at the fifth edition of the awards. Download an mp3 of his Every Time You Leave, from his triple-album Three, via the CFMA.
Following is the complete list of this year's winners. For more from the event, click here.
Traditional Album of the YearJames Hill and Anne Davison - True Love Don't Weep (Brookfield, N.S. / originally from Langley, B.C.) Contemporary Album of the YearJoel Plaskett - Three (Halifax) Children's Album of the YearChris McKhool - FiddleFire! (Toronto / originally from Ottawa) Traditional Singer of the YearColette Cheverie for Hours Before Dawn (Charlottetown) Contemporary Singer of the YearJim Byrnes for My Walking Stick (Vancouver) Instrumental Solo Artist of the YearTony McManus for The Maker's Mark (Elora, ON)Instrumental Group of the YearSultans of String for Yalla Yalla! (Toronto) Vocal Group of the YearMadison Violet for No Fool for Trying (Toronto) Ensemble of the YearThe Deep Dark Woods for Winter Hours (Saskatoon) Solo Artist of the YearCatherine MacLellan for Water in the Ground (Charlottetown) English Songwriter of the YearSusan Crowe for Greytown (Halifax) French Songwriter of the YearCatherine Durand for Coeurs Migratoires (Montreal) Aboriginal Songwriter of the YearDon Amero for Deepening (Winnipeg) World Solo Artist of the YearKarim Saada for La Danse de l'Exil
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 Gordon Pinsent and Eric Peterson walk into a barThe Gordon Pinsent Award for Excellence is a new honour bestowed by the The Company Theatre to actors who take risks throughout their career. Pinsent picked up the inaugural award last year (and the naming rites), and this season he hands it over to Eric Peterson, a multi-Gemini and Dora winner who's played leading roles for every major Canadian theatre company. We got the two lions together -- men who first shared a stage in a 1978 production of The Seagull -- at Toronto's legendary Bistro 999 and asked them to reflect on what excellence is. What is it about acting that has held your interest all these years? Eric: I recently did Festen, and you weren't conscious of taking a risk, there was no analysis, we just acted. After rehearsal, everyone crawled home. I'm 63, and in my 45 years as an actor, I'd never been involved in such a process that shook all my ideas. It was a risk, my agent didn't think I'd like it, but it wasn't 'risky,' it's like someone who climbs mountains, that's what he does. Gordon: That's exciting, it throws out other things that are not necessary. Let's say, as you get older, little things creep into your ear. You go, 'My God, theyre asking for a lot in role!' and you think, 'Jesus Christ, can I still do it? Is it a younger man's game?' You have to climb through the same fields you did when you were younger, as a driven actor who was ready for war. But all of that, if you talk about risk, it's not the same if you faltered or tried anything as a young man, you get older, you get a sense of fear. Eric: I'm failing, Oh my God, it's gone. Gordon: Yes! But we're actors. I used to hit for things that had powr to them, great drama. I could do anything, but then came a more thoughtful time. Chords had to be played and, what seems large and looming, something like Festen, dealing with that and then finding it, by the time it's over, you're young again. Eric: Lately acting has become more interesting to me because in a way the career aspect of it is out of head. I'm not going to be picked up and go to the states and become rich and famous, and there's a sense that, I'm not going to worry about how this is going to end. Although that doesn't mean you're free from nerves or being scared. But if I'm feeling fearful, it's just an indication of where I am in the process, I no longer feel like my talent has fled. Gordon: A French author once said the peak of art is the peak of the plague, it either purifies or destroys, and it's a peculiar kind of adventure to find that spot. But once you find that moment, you say, 'Ah yes, I'm an actor again.' Even with the careers you've both had, are there times you've questioned your talents? Eric: I have a fairly large turkey ranch of bad plays that didn't work and there's nothing worse than being in that show and it goes on and on. It's Sysphusian, everyday they're pecking your guts out, but you just have to work at it again and again. Gordon: If rejection was a cereal my face would be on the box. I used to have a following in Winnipeg, it was two guys and a girl. Eric: Don't tell me. They moved? Gordon: It was brutal, and at this age, it hurts as much as it ever did. Anyway, on the second night of my play, there was nothing but treachery, but I went to my dressing room and there was this note from a bedridden woman written in this beautiful script: "Never mind Gordon, high station in life is earned by the gallantry in which appalling experiences are survived with grace." Eric: I'm going to get that tattooed on my chest. It takes chutzpah to choose the performing arts. Gordon: I started by saying yes to everything. That's the cocky Newfoundlander in me, coming from the rock. A first director asked me if I ever acted and I said, "Yes, it's only small parts I can't play!" Eric: Is that what you said? Gordon: Yes! I'd never even put on make-up before. Eric: I backed into most of my stuff. That's the difference between the Prairie boy and the Newfoundlander. It's been a long time since The Seagull. What do you like about each other's work? Eric: What's that one you just did, oh Christ, here I go with the names. Gordon: With Julie Christie? Eric: Who was the guy you played? Gorodn: Her husband. Eric: Right, sorry to put you on the spot. Look at us with these names, anyway, Sarah Polley's movie. What was that called? Gordon: Away From Her. Eric: That's a performance that lives in my mind. And The Life and Times of Edward Alonzo Boyd? Anytime I've ever seen Gordon, which is a number of times, I believe him. It looks like he's not doing anything, he's not raising his voice like I do, when my neck muscles stand outand my face getsred and people go, 'He's really acting!' With Gordon, I imagine his character as a human being. I wish I was as good. Gordon: I'm trying to act badly all these years to show Eric that he can act badly if he wants to, but he never listens, he does only good stuff. Eric: See that? i believed him, even there. Gordon: Eric is the most incisive actor, he's a sharp knife. He comes onstage and there's no, 'Oh gee, I hope,' whatever else goes on inside. Eric: That slew of self-doubt. Gordon: He cuts through that, straight to the performance. The man reads the stage like braillie. And he does it every time. Eric can be part of a larger package, but no matter how many times he gets interrupted, you're waiting. You know he started a story and he's going to see it through. Eric: Wow, I'd like to see him. Gordon: It ain't bad. National Post bkaplan@nationalpost.com The Company Theatre will be presenting the Gordon Pinsent Award for Excellence to Eric Peterson tonight at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto. For tickets, call 416-642-5471.
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 Turner Prize: Whale skeletons, cow brains, eggmen, etcView our complete Turner Prize photo gallery here.
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 Kevin Tierney honoured at TIFF with CFPTA Producer's AwardThe Canadian Film and Television Production Association today named Kevin Tierney as recipient of the fourth annual CFTPA Producer's Award. Tierney has produced several Canadian films in recent years, including Bon Cop/Bad Cop and The Trotsky, a film directed by his son, Jacob Tierney which is set to premiere during this year's TIFF.Tierney spoke about the award, and working with his son: "I am proud to have been selected as the winner, especially given the outstanding list of finalists for this award. This is my Toronto International Film Festival debut as a producer, and I couldn't be happier to be making this foray with The Trotsky. I have produced many movies and mini-series over the past 15 years, but this is the first time I can honestly say I have ever really loved my director. Not enough to share the dough with him but nonetheless I thank him and my colleagues for bestowing me with this great honour." The award comes with a $10,000 CAD cash prize.
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