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CBC gets a little CAT CRAZED
Thursday January 06th 2011Why do millions of cats live, quite literally, in the lap of luxury, while tens of millions more are abandoned to lead short, miserable feral lives, foraging for food and shelter? Filmmaker Maureen Palmer crisscrosses North America in search of a few answers and meets up with more than a few eccentric characters on both sides of the fence, from a visit to the world’s largest no-kill shelter in Richmond, BC to Texas where strays are shot.
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THE BRIEF: That was 2010. A curious year in advertising.
Wednesday January 05th 2011It was a year that streamed into the New Age in advertising. Wherein interacting with the consumer looked like a severe case of OCD. Commodities were a thing of the past. AKA/Stuff. How people felt about the “stuff” was tantamount. Give them stuff for the stuff was the new age solution. Charities. Proms. Weddings. Stunts. 2010 saw the continuation of acronyms like SMM and CRM that contributed to BBM and SMS. Tweets became news feed. Facebook the virtual mall for business. Anything you searched for on Google became data. However, 2010 also produced some promising research about television…
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Three Canadian directors rank among Variety’s ones to watch
Tuesday January 04th 2011Three Canadian filmmakers were featured in industry rag Variety’s list of directors to watch in 2011. Homegrown directors Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Lussier and Ed Gass-Donnelly were among the ten directors listed by Variety, all of whom will be honoured at a breakfast reception hosted by Mark Wahlberg at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Sunday. Villeneuve’s Incendies is Canada’s bid this year for best foreign film at the Academy Awards.
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Deluxe complete family plan
Tuesday January 04th 2011Deluxe has completed its acquisition of Ascent Media’s creative and media services business. The New Year’s Eve announcement formalized a tectonic shift in the Hollywood post-production landscape, with Company 3, Beast, Method, Rushes, Encore Hollywood and Level 3 Post now part of the Deluxe family of companies. By adding these companies to eFilm and its other post offerings, Deluxe has positioned itself to remain an important studio vendor even when the shift to digital capture and projection threatens its traditional lab business.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/31/10 to 01/02/11
Monday January 03rd 2011FilmTotalLittle Fockers, Uni.$25,766,485True Grit (2010), Par.$24,416,515Tron Legacy, BV$18,756,973Yogi Bear, WB$12,385,000The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fox$10,252,775The Fighter, Par.$10,005,066Tangled, BV$9,803,091Gulliver’s Travels, Fox$9,300,099Black Swan, FoxS$8,881,595The King’s Speech, Wein.$7,775,463
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Archives for: January 20115
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CBC gets a little CAT CRAZED
Thursday January 06th 2011Why do millions of cats live, quite literally, in the lap of luxury, while tens of millions more are abandoned to lead short, miserable feral lives, foraging for food and shelter? Filmmaker Maureen Palmer crisscrosses North America in search of a few answers and meets up with more than a few eccentric characters on both sides of the fence, from a visit to the world’s largest no-kill shelter in Richmond, BC to Texas where strays are shot.
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THE BRIEF: That was 2010. A curious year in advertising.
Wednesday January 05th 2011It was a year that streamed into the New Age in advertising. Wherein interacting with the consumer looked like a severe case of OCD. Commodities were a thing of the past. AKA/Stuff. How people felt about the “stuff” was tantamount. Give them stuff for the stuff was the new age solution. Charities. Proms. Weddings. Stunts. 2010 saw the continuation of acronyms like SMM and CRM that contributed to BBM and SMS. Tweets became news feed. Facebook the virtual mall for business. Anything you searched for on Google became data. However, 2010 also produced some promising research about television…
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Three Canadian directors rank among Variety’s ones to watch
Tuesday January 04th 2011Three Canadian filmmakers were featured in industry rag Variety’s list of directors to watch in 2011. Homegrown directors Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Lussier and Ed Gass-Donnelly were among the ten directors listed by Variety, all of whom will be honoured at a breakfast reception hosted by Mark Wahlberg at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Sunday. Villeneuve’s Incendies is Canada’s bid this year for best foreign film at the Academy Awards.
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Deluxe complete family plan
Tuesday January 04th 2011Deluxe has completed its acquisition of Ascent Media’s creative and media services business. The New Year’s Eve announcement formalized a tectonic shift in the Hollywood post-production landscape, with Company 3, Beast, Method, Rushes, Encore Hollywood and Level 3 Post now part of the Deluxe family of companies. By adding these companies to eFilm and its other post offerings, Deluxe has positioned itself to remain an important studio vendor even when the shift to digital capture and projection threatens its traditional lab business.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/31/10 to 01/02/11
Monday January 03rd 2011FilmTotalLittle Fockers, Uni.$25,766,485True Grit (2010), Par.$24,416,515Tron Legacy, BV$18,756,973Yogi Bear, WB$12,385,000The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fox$10,252,775The Fighter, Par.$10,005,066Tangled, BV$9,803,091Gulliver’s Travels, Fox$9,300,099Black Swan, FoxS$8,881,595The King’s Speech, Wein.$7,775,463
ARCHIVES
Archives for: January 20115
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CBC gets a little CAT CRAZED
Thursday January 06th 2011Why do millions of cats live, quite literally, in the lap of luxury, while tens of millions more are abandoned to lead short, miserable feral lives, foraging for food and shelter? Filmmaker Maureen Palmer crisscrosses North America in search of a few answers and meets up with more than a few eccentric characters on both sides of the fence, from a visit to the world’s largest no-kill shelter in Richmond, BC to Texas where strays are shot.
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THE BRIEF: That was 2010. A curious year in advertising.
Wednesday January 05th 2011It was a year that streamed into the New Age in advertising. Wherein interacting with the consumer looked like a severe case of OCD. Commodities were a thing of the past. AKA/Stuff. How people felt about the “stuff” was tantamount. Give them stuff for the stuff was the new age solution. Charities. Proms. Weddings. Stunts. 2010 saw the continuation of acronyms like SMM and CRM that contributed to BBM and SMS. Tweets became news feed. Facebook the virtual mall for business. Anything you searched for on Google became data. However, 2010 also produced some promising research about television…
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Three Canadian directors rank among Variety’s ones to watch
Tuesday January 04th 2011Three Canadian filmmakers were featured in industry rag Variety’s list of directors to watch in 2011. Homegrown directors Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Lussier and Ed Gass-Donnelly were among the ten directors listed by Variety, all of whom will be honoured at a breakfast reception hosted by Mark Wahlberg at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Sunday. Villeneuve’s Incendies is Canada’s bid this year for best foreign film at the Academy Awards.
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Deluxe complete family plan
Tuesday January 04th 2011Deluxe has completed its acquisition of Ascent Media’s creative and media services business. The New Year’s Eve announcement formalized a tectonic shift in the Hollywood post-production landscape, with Company 3, Beast, Method, Rushes, Encore Hollywood and Level 3 Post now part of the Deluxe family of companies. By adding these companies to eFilm and its other post offerings, Deluxe has positioned itself to remain an important studio vendor even when the shift to digital capture and projection threatens its traditional lab business.
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Canada and U.S. Weekend Box Office – 12/31/10 to 01/02/11
Monday January 03rd 2011FilmTotalLittle Fockers, Uni.$25,766,485True Grit (2010), Par.$24,416,515Tron Legacy, BV$18,756,973Yogi Bear, WB$12,385,000The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Fox$10,252,775The Fighter, Par.$10,005,066Tangled, BV$9,803,091Gulliver’s Travels, Fox$9,300,099Black Swan, FoxS$8,881,595The King’s Speech, Wein.$7,775,463
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