BILLY CONNOLLY BRINGS BIG LAUGHS TO CANADA in THE MAN LIVE GET YOUR TICKETS, THEN LAUGH UNTIL YOU CRY “Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cozy... doesn't try it on.” Billy Connolly“Bladder-challenging tour de force” Evening Standard (London) Unless you were fly fishing in Hudson Bay or stopping by the Arctic Circle for a family trip snapshot, then you haven’t seen Billy Connolly on Canadian soil since his smash hit Too Old To Die Young tour in 2006. WestBeth Entertainment is proud to announce Billy Connolly will return to Canada this fall. The new tour called The Man Live will be rolling across Canada this November, kicking off the tour with three nights at Toronto’s hallowed Massey Hall. Tickets in all cities except Toronto go on sale tomorrow, Friday, August 6th. Tickets to Toronto performances will be available next Friday,August 13th. Check www.westbethent.com and see below for more ticket information.“Connolly is an example of the upside of ADD (a condition he claims to have). He's a force-of-nature comic who meanders far afield, but never misses the point.” – Canoe.ca“PRICELESS! Nonstop laughter verging on tears” Hollywood Reporter...

Just Messing Around - Shoot First ProductionsSimple improvised film, rough premise conjured up beforehand. Played out a number of ways on location (which was considerably smaller than expected). The total work involved totalled two hours, one to roughly plan and arrive and then an hour to shoot, experimenting with how we could shoot and play out the idea.Light wasn't our friend though, a sunny day made the light impossible to keep consistent and in addition to that, standing on a cliff edge made moving around and shooting very awkward. Not bad though for something created at zero notice.

2009 Oscar Nominations | Oscar Nominees 200981st Academy Awards Ceremony nominee listBEST PICTURE* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers * “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers * “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined * “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, ProducerBEST ACTOR* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films) * Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) * Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)BEST ACTRESS* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) * Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal) ...

Complete list of Oscar nominationsComplete list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood.Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton ; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood ; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street ; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah ; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises.Actress: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age ; Julie Christie, Away From Her ; Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose ; Laura Linney, The Savages ; Ellen Page, Juno.Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ; Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men ; Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild ; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War ; Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There ; Ruby Dee, American Gangster ; Saoirse Ronan, Atonement ; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone ; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ; Jason Reitman, Juno ; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton ; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men ; Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.Foreign Film: Beaufort, Israel; The Counterfeiters, Austria; Katyn, ...

On January 13th Rhino Entertainment is offering the Make ‘Em Laugh documentary series as a three-DVD collection. The six-hour series, premiering on PBS January 14th, features Billy Crystal as host and Amy Sedaris as narrator, and chronicles the history of comedy in America.Jim Leher PBS Spot:Hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris, Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America is a documentary series chronicling more than a century of the funniest moments in American entertainment. On January 13, Rhino Entertainment (www.rhinorecords.com) will release the six-hour series as a three-DVD collection available for a suggested list price of $34.95. Recorded in high definition, the set also includes exclusive bonus footage. The following day, January 14, and for the following two Wednesdays, the series will premiere on PBS; check local listings for exact broadcast times.Produced by Thirteen/WNET and Ghost Light Films, in association with Rhino Entertainment and BBC, MAKE ’EM LAUGH is produced and directed by Michael Kantor and cowritten by Kantor and Laurence Maslon. It melds performances, biographical portraits, and American history to illustrate how comedy has mirrored the political and social changes in American society. Each hour-long episode focuses on a different genre of ...

By Susan Noakes, CBCNews.caWhat is Bill C-10?Bill C-10 is an omnibus bill amending the Income Tax Act and contains a series of amendments affecting a variety of different industries, funds and individuals. It has been passed by the House of Commons and is now before the Senate.The issue that concerns Canada’s film and television community is Section 120, which would allow the Heritage Minister (currently Josée Verner) to withdraw tax credits from productions determined to be “contrary to public policy.”How would it work?The minister would create a set of guidelines for film and television producers. The guidelines have not yet been established but would cover violence, hatred and sexual content in film and TV productions, or anything else the minister believes should not be financed by Canadian taxpayers. Committees within the heritage and justice departments would be charged with vetting productions and implementing the guidelines. Any film or television program found to have contravened the guidelines could have its tax credits withdrawn and might be asked to repay funding given through Telefilm, the federal film funding agency, or the Canadian Television Fund, the federal funding agency for TV.“Bill C-10 has nothing to do with censorship and everything to do with ...

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