QUAN TAKES OVER AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT TDSB
The new acting Director of Education for the Toronto District School Board says her goal is to provide the best and most optimal learning conditions for students. Donna Quan is in charge until school...
View ArticleHE’S 82 WITH NO PLANS TO STOP DIRECTING
Eighty-two year-old Clint Eastwood may be an older Zoomer, but he dreams of making films for two more decades. In a wide-ranging interview Saturday about film directing at the Tribeca Film Festival,...
View ArticleNOT ENOUGH WOMEN IN CANADIAN TV: REPORT
There aren’t enough women in creative and content-creating roles in Canada’s TV production industry. That’s the conclusion of a report written by Women in View. It’s a Toronto-based non-profit group...
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DIRECTOR, CHOREOPGRAPHER BRIAN MACDONALD DIES
Canada’s arts scene’s mourning the loss of Brian Macdonald. The director/choreographer died in Stratford yesterday. He was 86. No word on the cause. A former dancer, Macdonald was a charter member of...
View ArticleANOTHER TONY FOR TOMMY TUNE
Tommy Tune is going to be honoured for his lifetime achievement in the theatre, and it means a 10th Tony Award for the legendary Broadway dancer, choreographer and stage director. Tune is one of just...
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POLANSKI’S LEGAL PROBLEMS MAY BE OVER
After years of legal wrangling, film maker Roman Polanski may be off the hook. A Polish court has ruled the laws of that country forbid Polanski’s extradition to the U.S. where he pleaded guilty nearly...
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TV, FILM, STAGE DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER JEFFREY HAYDEN, DIES AT 90
Jeffrey Hayden, a long-time director, producer, writer for TV, film and the stage, has died after a year of cancer treatment. He passed Christmas Eve at the age of 90, surrounded by family including...
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BESTSELLING ITALIAN AUTHOR DIES AT 93
An Italian author, who won loyal fans worldwide for his series of books about Sicilian detective Montalbano, has died at the age of 93. Andrea Camilleri died in a Rome hospital last night. He’d been...
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