The annual Screen Nova Scotia Awards were handed out at the Casino last night, with Cory Bowles‘ Black Cop, opening in Halifax June 1, winning Best Feature and the recently renewed Pure nabbing Best Television Series. The late actor John Dunsworth‘s family was on hand to help announce the John Dunsworth Screen Actor’s Fund, in support […]
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We didn’t start the (garbage) fire
Lorne Grabher, Jacques Dubé, Jamie Baillie walks away Street check data, Jimmy Melvin, rockets in Canso Robert Bjerke, Lady Drive Her, Sea Bridge floating on the water Cheryl Blossom, Donkin mine, Whitman says “negro” Saltwire buys out Transcon, women march on Washington Moonlight beats out La La Land, Matthew, Bill and Jad are canned David […]
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Watch teaser for a John Dunsworth and Cathy Jones webseries
In a bid to win funding from the IPF (Independent Production Fund) for an episodic webseries, the creator of Noon Gun, 2015’s Best Film in The Coast’s Best of Halifax Awards, filmmaker Caley MacLennan recently released a teaser for Nichols and Dimez. If it wins, the locally produced series promises to be a boozey, comedy crime-thriller that would star John Dunsworth […]
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All Scrabbled up
Word up, Kelly 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
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John Dunsworth was once a Mall Santa
You probably know him as Mr. Lahey, the tipsy trailer park supervisor from Trailer Park Boys. But perhaps you once sat on his jolly ol’ lap at the mall and put in a special request for an Atari and a Lite Brite. Actor John Dunsworth reigned the red velvet chair in Halifax’s West End Mall, […]
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Best Male Film / TV Actor
Yeah, sure, he’s a celebrity thanks to Trailer Park Boys, but Mike Smith has the best of both worlds. As soon as he puts on those Bubbles glasses and hangs out with his buddies Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay he’s a superstar, but as soon as he takes them off, he’s anonymous. No one […]