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 Ricky, Julian and Bubbles just made an $800,000 score. Nova Scotia Business Inc. announced Tuesday that it’s offering $810,368 in production funding for Trailer Park Boys Out of the Park: Europe, the newest television show chronicling the escapades of actors/executive producers Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay. 
At close to a million […]
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Q & A with L.A. comedy duo Cheap Smokes
Tomorrow night at The Company House, Toronto/L.A. comedy duo Cheap Smokes (Kaitlin Mamie and Laura Danowski) are presenting a variety show that’ll satisfy all of your comedy cravings (8pm, $7). The show will feature special guests Adam Christie (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Heidi Brander (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), local comic Dan Hendricken and appearances […]
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Don’t let Snoop Dogg coming to Truro overshadow this shit move
The internet was a-buzz yesterday when the news spread that Snoop Dogg was in Truro for some reason… turns out that reason is that he’s a TPB superfan (and did try to use his star power as leverage for the NS film industry tax credit) and is shooting with the Sunnyvale gang. But the internet […]
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Halifax comedy on the laugh track
[Editor’s note: this story is one of five Coast articles selected as finalists for the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards. All five stories are collected here.] Monday night at Gus’ Pub is a quiet affair, though the tables are dotted with tiny beer glasses. Chairs are filled with a mostly hoodie-wearing crowd. The disco twinkle of […]
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Parallel Universes
Parallels in tone, motifs, stories, etc. is emerging as a recurring theme among the films I’ve already seen at this year’s Fest (4 so far). Today, I saw the the gritty yet beguiling entry from NFLD, Crackie. Following young Mitsie (Meaghan Greely, not ‘Kristie’ Booth as it says in the AFF guide. Kristen Booth makes […]
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Photo gallery: Atlantic Film Fest gala
Last night’s Atlantic Film Fest was an odd affair, but definitely memorable. You still had your sparkle-gowned ladies and skinny-suited men, but they were eating chips under the halo glow of trailer lights. Some looked confused; others, relieved to be let loose in an arena (someone suggested a few were helped by cocaine, but I know that doesn’t happen in Halifax, right?), and the familiar smells of ice, zamboni trails and male musk. I agree with my blogging peeps Carsten and Hillary that the removal of the VIP area was really great, in terms of seeing more people and making
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Cats vs. Kitties
In addendum to Mr. Knox’s recent post on Bright Star and Love and Savagery, I would like to point out what makes Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day and Bright Star unlikely bedfellows: cats! Trailer Park Boys, of course, features renown cat-lover Bubbles and Countdown to Liquor Day doesn’t disappoint. I always admired films […]
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Ricky, Julien, Bubbles and Hillary
I just got back from interviewing the Trailer Park Boys for an online feature for The Coast. Though extremely excited for the opportunity, I was a little weary of the prospect of the Boys being in character, which I was assured they would be. I suppose that I was just concerned that I would be the straight man in a comedy routine that had been in rehearsals with out me. Thankfully, a couple of things managed to mitigate any awkwardness and made for a decent interview: John-Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith and Robb Wells have been at this shtick for almost
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It’s the end of the line for the Trailer Park Boys
After almost a decade in front of cameras documenting their every boneheaded and reckless move, the Trailer Park Boys, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles, seem pretty comfortable holding court in a downtown hotel suite. With a bare-bones short, One Last Shot, a decade ago appearing at the 1999 edition of the Atlantic Film Festival and after […]
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Get out the rum: Trailer Park Boys are opening the Atlantic Film Fest
Will these guys get past security? So we just received word that Trailer Park Boys Countdown to Liquor Day will open the 29th Atlantic Film Festival, which starts on September 17 and runs until the 26th. Update: There are a few changes people should know about this year. After the opening night screenings, the red […]