ReelWorld Film Festival 10th Anniversary Press Conference

CANADA (Sasha Stoltz Publicity): Award-winning actress Tonya Lee Williams, ReelWorldFilm Festival executives, and others will be announcing the exciting line-up of films, industry panels, and special events for the 10th anniversary of the ReelWorld Film Festival.

It will take place at the Canada Square Theatre (2200 Yonge Street; Toronto, ON) two weeks from Thursday on March 18 with a press check-in at 10:30am, follow by a press conference at 11am with interviews to follow.  Refreshments will be served there.

To RSVP your media invitation, email Sasha Stoltz at sashastoltz@bellnet.ca or call her at 416.579.4804.  For non-media, email the ReelWorld Film Festival Office at events@reelworld.ca.

The 10th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival will be at Toronto from April 7 thru April 11.  Regular screenings will be shown at the Canada Square Theatre; gala screenings will be at the Scotiabank Theatre.  Passes are currently on sale.

For more information, go to www.reelworld.ca, email them at info@reelworld.cam, or call them at 416. 599.7933.

Mel Gibson returns to the “Edge of Darkness”

Mel Gibson is back on the big screen with his first starring role since 2002 in Edge of Darkness.  The Oscar winner is a cop out for blood to avenge the death of his only daughter.  From the tremendous success of 2004’s The Passion of The Christ to his years of struggle with alcohol, the messy, financial divorce of his 28-year marriage, and the birth of his eighth child, does the 54-year-old Gibson still has what it takes to be a Lethal Weapon at the box office?

So far, the actor seems to be back at the top of his game, as Edge of Darkness is released into theatres right now.

FOX’s “Glee” Club teacher goes solo this fall

Matthew Morrison will be singing out of the classroom, as the 31-year-old Glee star has just signed a deal with Mercury Records.  Glee, which was given a early pick-up for a second season, was the 2010 People’s Choice Awards for Favorite New TV Comedy. 

The breakout FOX hit is nominated for four Golden Globe Awards — including Best Actor in a Television Comedy for Morrison, who also appeared in the Broadway version of Footloose and was nominated for a Tony for The Light in the Plaza.

Morrison’s first album is set to be release around the same time Glee starts season two this fall.

Enormous $85 Million at the Box Office on Christmas!

“Expecting a nice surprise under their tree this year, studio distributors instead got the equivalent of a luxury car with a giant bow on it Friday, as the domestic box-office shattered last year’s Christmas Day record with an enormous $85 million haul.” The Wrap

“Avatar” and “Sherlock Holmes” took in most of the money with ‘Holmes at $25M and ‘Avatar’ at $23.3M.

What did you see at the movies on Christmas???

Neither FOX nor ABC has “Forgotten” Kim Bauer

While onscreen father Kiefer Sutherland is saving the world once more on 24, Elisha Cuhbert will be in the Windy City for a recurring role on ABC’s The Forgotten.  The actrees will portray an attorney skeptical of ex-cop Alex Donovan (Christian Slater)’s volunteer investigators, but must put that aside when she becomes the focus of one of their cases. 

The series is based on real-life accounts of The Network, a victims’ rights group that aids law enforcement in idenitfying John and Jane Does.  It has recently been picked up for five more episodes.

The Forgotten airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on ABC.
The new season of 24 premieres January 2010 on FOX.

CBS puts “Three Rivers” on the cancellation list

Fans of Alex O’Loughlin will have their hearts stop beating and start breaking, as CBS cancels Three Rivers.  The medical drama about doctors helping their patients find suitable donor matches for a new liver, kidney, or heart has been on life support in the ratings against Sunday night football and ABC’s Desperate Housewives since this fall.

Three Rivers could’ve filled the void left by Grey’s Anatomy on Sunday nights thanks to O’Loughlin’s Dr. Andy, who may have been the next Dr. Doug Ross on ER or Dr. McDreamry. 

However, production of its 13 episodes will continue, yet there is no word on whether the final episodes will air or not.  Repeats of Criminal Minds and NCIS: Los Angeles will take over the Sunday 9pm slot.

Also, TNT has filed for cancellation of Steven Bochco’s Raising the Bar, the courtroom/legal drama starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar about friends who graduated from law school and went working as either prosecutors or public defenders.  After a strong freshman season, the series may have hit the sophomore slump, which gave TNT reason not to renew it for another season.  However, the remaining episodes, first reported by E! Online, could air next March.

Are you going to miss Three Rivers? Is CBS making a mistake?

‘Gossip Girl’ Threesome?

The Parents Television Council is threatening to declare war on CW affiliates who broadcast a Very Special Threesome episode of “Gossip Girl.”

PTC is claiming the storyline as “reckless and irresponsible”.

Here’s the full letter from the PTC:

About Gossip Girl
The TV series Gossip Girl is based around the set of books by the same name.

The show revolves around the lives of socialite young adults growing up on New York’s Upper East Side. They attend elite academic institutions while dealing with sex, drugs, and your basic fun, dramatic, dangerous teenage issues.

Do you think teenagers should be exposed to a threesome?

“Paranormal Activity” Bone Chilling Scary and Most Profitable Movie of all Time

The low-budget chiller shows a phenomenal return on investment.

“Paranormal Activity” passes the film it’s most often compared to, “The Blair Witch Project,” as the most profitable movie of all time. [TheWrap]

The film stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat as an unmarried couple who use a video camera to capture evidence of strange goings-on in their new home. Turns out, the story is somewhat autobiographical.

“Paranormal Activity,” rated R, is a Paramount Pictures release directed by Oren Peli. Running time: 86 minutes 1 & 1/2 stars.

Have you seen it?

FOX is “Glee” all year long

Start singing the news, because FOX has renewed Glee for the entire 2009 fall season.  The comedy-musical has been hitting all the right notes with critics and audiences since its sneak preview back in the spring and after just 2-3 episodes, it has become one of the first new shows that has passed for a full season.

Glee airs Wednesday nights at 9/8pm central on FOX.

USA will uphold the “Law” next season

“In New York City’s war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case squad. These are their stories.”

The verdict is in, as USA Network has found Law & Order: Criminal Intent clear for renewal of a ninth season — with another cast change. British actress Saffron Burrows becomes Jeff Goldblum’s interim partner, temporarily taking over for Julianne Nicholson, who has portrayed Detective Megan Wheeler over the last three seasons since 2006. The actress has recently gave birth to daughter Phoebe Margaret this late April, her second child with husband/actor Jonathan Cake, who also appeared on CI as her onscreen love interest. Nicholson’s real-life pregnancy was written into the storyline last season.

The series, about NYPD detectives investigating Major Cases, has been on the air first on NBC in 2001, and then to USA two years ago with new episodes. The new season will be split into two and is set to premiere next spring.

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