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Sarah Polley explores her uprooted, twisted family tree
Two days after her 11th birthday, Sarah Polley lost her mother to cancer. The death came as a shock, even though her father and older siblings had watched Diane Polley battle the disease for months. As she grew up in Toronto under the care of her father,...
Tags: Stories We Tell (movie), Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, Montreal (Canada), Michelle Williams
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Vancouver, Canada, sees sharp drop-off in movie, TV production
Hollywood North is going south. That's the fear among many in the once-booming production community in Vancouver, Canada. Although Vancouver still attracts high-profile movies and television shows, including A&E's recently launched "Bates Motel,"...
Tags: Psych (tv program), Entertainment, Falling Skies (tv program), Television, Vancouver (Canada)
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Margaret Atwood connects across the lines
Atwood will appear at the Festival of Books in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at 11 a.m. on Saturday. More information: latimes.com/festivalofbooks If you want a sense of how Margaret Atwood operates, you could do a lot worse than to watch her...
Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Authors, Toronto (Canada), Literature
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Toronto imam provided tip in alleged Canada terror plot
An imam in the Toronto area came forward more than a year ago with concerns about one of the two suspects now charged with an alleged terrorism plot, an attorney who handled the tip said Tuesday. Toronto attorney Naseer Syed said the imam, who wants...
Tags: Montreal (Canada), Police Arrests, Religion and Belief, Toronto (Canada), Prosecution
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Generating stunning visual effects, but not enough revenue
This should be a golden age for visual effects in movies. Thanks to the box office success of movies such as "The Avengers" and "Life of Pi," demand for visual effects has never been greater. Studios are spending $100 million or more to put ever more...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Star Wars (movie), Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Financially Distressed Companies
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A fateful call keeps filming of 'The Call' in L.A.
The low-budget thriller "The Call" had a surprisingly strong debut this weekend, pulling in $17.1 million in ticket sales to beat out the Warner Bros. comedy "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" to come in second place at the domestic box office. But...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Credit and Debt, Ottawa (Canada)
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Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family
Nalo Hopkinson is trying to mess with your mind. The much-lauded writer of science fiction and fantasy sits at one of her favorite Mexican joints, Tio's Tacos, a funky art-strewn restaurant near the campus of UC Riverside, where she has taught creative...
Tags: Science and Technology, Genres, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Literature, Entertainment Events
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L.A. Opera drama: In minutes, Julie Makerov steps into lead role
There’s no shortage of drama in the Wagner opera “The Flying Dutchman,” a ghostly love story that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Saturday. But the opening night drama came backstage about 12 minutes before the curtain was to...
Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Toronto (Canada), James Conlon, Music
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Mystery surrounds woman's body found in hotel water tank
L.A. NOWThere were few details Wednesday on how the body of a missing Canadian tourist ended up at the bottom of a water tank on the roof of a downtown hotel. For days, residents of the Cecil Hotel thought something was...... -
Canada: Victoria's new market to flaunt British Columbia's bounty
A new indoor market in downtown Victoria, Canada, will open in the spring, making Vancouver Island’s abundant produce available year-round. The Victoria Public Market at the Hudson will be home to goods produced by bakers, butchers, fishermen and...
Tags: Vancouver (Canada)
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John Sheardown dies at 88; Canadian envoy who aided Americans in Tehran
John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who sheltered fugitive American Embassy staffers at his Tehran home at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died. He was 88. Sheardown died Dec. 30 at an Ottawa hospital, his wife, Zena,...Tags: Entertainment, Tehran (Iran), U.S. Embassy, Crisis, Ottawa (Canada)
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TED conference to move from Long Beach to Vancouver, Canada
Attention, TED obsessives. The conference that started out as a cult event but has exploded into a global phenomenon is relocating next year. After years of being held in Long Beach, the main TED conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada, in 2014....
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