Actress Vardalos plays role in saving teen
Celebrated Winnipeg actress Nia Vardalos is being credited with playing a role in helping a young man in Florida who was contemplating suicide.
Film on Bathurst basketball team planned
A Moncton, N.B., production company hopes to make a TV movie about the Bathurst High School basketball team's 2009 championship win, achieved a year after the school was shaken by a van crash that killed eight people.
Icahn moves for Lions Gate
Activist shareholder Carl Icahn has raised the stakes in his year-long dispute with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., launching an all-out bid to take over the movie studio following disagreements over its spending.
Polanski lawyers cite more misconduct
Roman Polanski's lawyers launched a fresh appeal in a Los Angeles court on Thursday, citing new evidence of judicial misconduct in his sex conviction.
Movie, TV production business fading in Sask.
Saskatchewan's motion picture and television production industry, once heralded as a booming business rife with opportunities, is experiencing a major downturn, people in the field say.
Hobbit film shoot set for July: McKellen
Ian McKellen, the actor who plays Gandalf the wizard, has announced that the first of two Hobbit films will start shooting in July in New Zealand.
Haim's death leads to arrest: report
An arrest has been made in connection with the California investigation into the death of Canadian-born actor Corey Haim, according to a CNN.com report.
Guy Maddin short wins award at SXSW
A new short film by Winnipeg auteur Guy Maddin has won the award for best experimental short at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Copyright conviction raises privacy concerns
The decision to send a Montreal man to prison for pirating movies has set a dangerous precedent that could threaten privacy rights, say civil rights advocates in Vancouver.
Haim remembered in Toronto service
Hundreds of Corey Haim's friends and relatives embraced and held hands as they arrived at a Toronto funeral home Tuesday to remember the fallen teen icon.
