Sightings!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sightings! Kevin Smith returns to Halifax (this time with Jason Mewes)
Jay and Silent Bob Get Old is here in December
Posted by Carsten Knox on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:31 PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Atlantic Film Festival / Sightings! Famke Janssen to attend AFF
X-Men actor attends screening for directorial debut Bringing Up Bobby
Posted by Carsten Knox on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Monday, September 12, 2011
Atlantic Film Festival / Sightings! Billy Boyd and Kristin Kreuk to attend AFF
Lord of the Rings and Smallville veterans in Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
Posted by Carsten Knox on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sightings! All Scrabbled up
John Dunsworth rocks the seven-letter scores.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Perhaps the most surprising thing (besides Peter Kelly’s appearance) at last Saturday’s Scrabble with the Stars was the triple-score word-making prowess of actor John Dunsworth. Holy shit. Like a Scrabble-Jesus sent from above, the game fanatic and board collector laid his hands down on players’ tiles, identifying seven-letter words in seconds, settled X-word debates without flipping open a dictionary and scored 150-plus point turns. Even if you lost hard (ahem) it was for a good cause: Performing Art Lodge is dedicated to building affordable housing for artists in their senior years; painting and performing rarely comes with a pension.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sightings! November Christmas brings celebrity Christmas
Hallmark movie stars spotted around town.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Be cool when approaching John and co.
I love Hallmark movies. Not because there are about five predictable heartwarming plotlines, but because they always manage to score interesting actors, who come with sightings, spottings, rumours and stories. Like Alicia Silverstone's tearjerking Candles on Bay Street, and her appearance on CKDU's Let Get Baked, and various Gus' Pub shows. Let's not talk about Rob Lowe's Beach Girls—while technically not a Hallmark Presents, it did give me an opportunity to stalk him through Freak Lunchbox. Guy's gotta sweet tooth.
This tear-wringer, November Christmas (CBC, airing November), is about a small Rhode Island (MOVs take place in Rhode Island, Maine or New England) community that helps create a holiday for a young ill girl. Why does someone always have to die???? Stars Sarah Paulson (totally wasted on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip), with lovely Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark hotness), John Corbett (last spotted in Abu Dhabi) and classic cowboy Sam Elliott.
So far sightings include Corbett and his partner Bo Derek (!) at Irleland 32. Slainte. And Allen taking in some local yoga. if you have any more sightings, let us know. Just be cool about it. Don't be like the dude who yelled in Gary Dourdan's face at the jazz fest. We don't want them to think we're a bunch of star-struck, celeb-hungry dorks. Oh wait...
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sightings! Gary Dourdan, Lil Romeo and Angela Bassett jump the broom in Lunenburg
All-star cast in town shooting the TriStar wedding comedy.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Don't bug me because I'm beautiful.
The best part of the De La Soul show last Friday night was watching the ladies lose their shit as Gary "Warrick" Dourdan sauntered through the crowd, stealthly dodging drunk in-his-face dudes who kept yelling, "hey maaaaaaaaan, I lurved you in CSI."
Dourdan is in town, well, Lunenburg actually, shooting the TriStar wedding comedy Jumping The Broom. We have a very excited source who spotted him there this weekend wearing "black pants, crisp black shirt and cream fedora with black accent."
Directed by Salim Akil, the Broom cast also includes Paula Patton (who was amazing in Precious), Angela Bassett (TINA!!), Modern Family's Julie Bowen, Romeo Miller (AKA Lil Romeo), and ton of other actors, which probably doubles Lunenburg's year-round population.
Jumping The Broom will be in theatres next May.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Sightings! Parched for Powerthirst 3
It's a Jesus rodeo!
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Red Bull may give you wings, but Powerthirst gives you birds! And now it's real at powerthirst.ca. Comes with a bottle.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sightings! CANCELLED: Jason Mewes will be silent at SMU
Kevin Smith's better half cancels university appearance due to illness.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Random celebrity appearance of the week: Jason Mewes (Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) is speaking on Monday, 7pm at SMU as part of the university's Fun-da-Mental Festival (Winter Carnival and Wellness Week), at McNally Theatre. Free for SMU students, $10 for the rest of you.
Makes sense that Mewes would speak at a wellness conference: dude's survived one nasty addiction problem that lasted through most of his most famous roles, which he'll be talking about. And you can ask him about Degrassi.
UPDATE: Mewes is ill and had to cancel his appearance. As a consolation prize, read Kevin Smith's Twitter as he tears Southwest Airline a new one for kicking him off a plane for being too fat. Maybe Dave Carroll with write a song for him.Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sightings! It's Pardis Parker time!
Halifax filmmaker/actor first Canadian to be selected for CBS showcase.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Everything’s coming up sunshine for Halifax filmmaker/actor/comedian Pardis Parker. He’s down in Los Angeles for CBS’s annual industry showcase. Over 3,000 performers were considered, but only 13 made the cut to show their stuff to invited network executives, casting directors, showrunners, managers and agents. Parker, the first Canadian to ever be selected, is in good company: Previous showcase talents include Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live) and Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show).
“I’m having a lot of fun preparing for the showcase,” writes Parker, who was discovered while performing stand-up at a comedy club. “The other guys in the showcase are really talented, and it’s great to work with a group of like-minded people.”
Parker, who just finished shooting a role in Rohan Fernando’s feature Snow, is currently in pre-production on his own film, “a modern take on Bollywood-style musicals.”
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Sightings! Ellen Page hearts Cisco?
Slate dissects the indie sweetheart's appearance on an IT ad.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Easy, breezy, beautiful commercial girls.
Remember how shocked people were when Bob Dylan showed up in a Victoria's Secret commercial? That was awkwardly weird, but not as gross as one I heard this week: Fine Young Cannibals' song "She Drives Me Crazy," on a cough syrup commercial, where sick people hack up flem on command during the choruses.
No one's blaming the old guys for endorsing a few products to keep the limo fuelled, but as Slate pointed out, it's always a little different when it's indie sweethearts like Zooey Deschanel and Ellen Page. Read their analysis here, and watch the commercial here:
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