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Avril Lavigne answered questions from the press backstage at the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:13:12 -0400

Avril Lavigne answered questions from the press backstage at the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday, June 16. Watch the video to see her chat about growing up with MuchMusic, and one particular song she’s preparing for her upcoming album.

The season finale for Space and BBC America’s Orphan Black airs...

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:02:02 -0400

The season finale for Space and BBC America’s Orphan Black airs this Saturday, June 1 at 9:00 PM, and in it, Sarah (played by Tatiana Maslany) comes to a crossroads with her “former partner” Art (Kevin Hanchard), while she must also deal with the crazed Helena.

Space has released five new images from the episode, they do reveal a few hints about what we can expect as Sarah clearly goes hunting after Helena. We also get yet another glimpse of someone who clearly must be another mirror image of Sarah–the question is whether this woman is another clone, or possibly the original.

Synopsis: Sarah’s last chance to bring her nemesis back to sanity slips away as Art intervenes to get answers of his own. Meanwhile, the Orphans must decide whether to make peace with their creators, as Sarah is forced into a final, deadly confrontation with their enemy.

If you missed it, don’t forget to watch the on-set interview with Tatiana Maslany.

dustynine: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen talk ‘This Is The End’....

Wed, 29 May 2013 01:04:59 -0400

dustynine:

Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen talk ‘This Is The End’. (at F-Stop)

Guess who I sat across from today? I’ll be posting video real soon.

Actor Don Cheadle at the ‘Iron Man 3’ advanced...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:33 -0400

Actor Don Cheadle at the ‘Iron Man 3’ advanced public screening on April 29, 2013 at the Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas Cinemas in Toronto, Canada.

Photo by George Pimentel.

babeofthemo: The lovely model and actress, Amanda Roadmen, from...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:48:18 -0400

babeofthemo:

The lovely model and actress, Amanda Roadmen, from a feature we ran last summer. Read the whole story and browse all the photos @ http://www.thegate.ca/spotlight/babes/017415/babe-of-the-moment-model-and-actress-amanda-roadmen/

Reblogging because we just don’t share enough photos from the steamier side of The GATE.

Photos from the 2013 Juno Awards, including k.d. lang, Carly Rae...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:35:21 -0400

Photos from the 2013 Juno Awards, including k.d. lang, Carly Rae Jepsen, Marianas Trench, Metric, and Serena Ryder.

Rachel Nichols talks jeopardizing the future in season 2 of ‘Continuum’

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:38:23 -0400

The future can be a murky place when you start messing around in the past, but at what point to you jeopardize your own existence, or the existence of everyone you love to make a better future? That’s the question that everyone is still wondering as the second season of Continuum returns to Showcase this Sunday, April 21 at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

As the new season begins, Kiera, played by Rachel Nichols, has formed a partnership with 2013 Detective Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster), but she is still trying to figure out why she has even been sent back in time to begin with.

At the same time, the young Alec (Erik Knudsen) needs to understand what his future self is trying to tell him, and the Liber8 terrorists are fighting even harder to keep the terrible future from becoming a reality.

During a conference call with Rachel last week, the actress talked about the latest season of the Vancouver-based series, and what will be coming up in season two.

Journalist: I recall chatting with you last season about how Kiera came from a point where everything was very black and white, and good and bad, and we saw that change in the first season. And we see that in the second season it gets off to that start where nothing is clear cut for Kiera. How much more of that are we going to see in this upcoming season and how will that carry over to the rest of her life, not just in everything with Liber8?

Rachel Nichols: “Right, great question. We spoke about it before many times but you know, in 2077 she knows who she is. She knows what she’s doing. She knows that she’s on the right side of the law. She’s the good fighting the bad. It’s very cut and dry. She comes back in time and in 2013 over the first season there’s a blatant recognition of the idea of the gray area so it’s not so black and white.”

“Season 2 obviously yes, she still wants to get home. It’s a primary goal, nothing has changed there. Season 2 is very much about responsibility and when I say responsibility I mean the end of Season 1, Kagame gives a speech and we used some of his speech as sort of a tagline for Season 2, which is you know, if you drop a pebble in the ocean on one side of the world, does it become a tsunami on the other?”

“So season 2 is very much about the things that Kiera is doing well here in this time. Her acknowledgement of the responsibility that she holds and so does everybody else, how they affect the future and how they affect where she’s from and how maybe the decisions she’s making here in this time are actively sacrificing the future that she’s so trying desperately to get home to and because she’s here fighting the good fight and doing what she was doing in 2077 anyway.”

“Is she actually jeopardizing her family, her husband, her son. Could she possibly do something that can cause her to never be born, in the future? And so yes, it’s the black and white is not so cut and dry this season and there are a lot of questions she have to ask herself. At the end of last season, if she had prevented that building from blowing up, what would that have meant for the future? And these are questions that are very prevalent in season 2.”

Malcolm McDowell talks Christmas on season four of ‘Community’

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:10:00 -0400

Malcolm McDowell, an actor I have admired for a long time, definitely falls under the category of a genuine Interview, and chatting with him recently about his role on Community, and his busy career, was a highlight of the year so far.

The famed actor, who currently co-stars as Stanton Infeld in Franklin & Bash, has a mind-blowing 221 acting credits to his name, according to IMDb, in both television and film, plus voice over work in video games and cartoons. His most famous roles, of course, have to be as Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, and as the villain Tolian Soran in Star Trek Generations, but this month he’s promoting his latest appearance as Professor Cornwallis on the fourth season of Community, which airs tonight on City and on NBC, for the episode “Intro to Knots”.

At first, the genial actor chatted with me about the last time he was in Toronto, and the fact that, when he was here for FanExpo, that was the last time that he spoke with his former neighbour, actor Larry Hagman, who passed away in November 2012.

Speaking with McDowell about Community, he discussed the amazing cast on the series, how impressed he was with Joel McHale, the next few months of travel that he has ahead of him for new roles, and his work in cartoons and video games.

As a fan of McDowell and his work, it was a friendly conversation that is now one of my favorite Interviews to date. Read the interview and then watch Community tonight on City at 8:00 PM (ET/PT), 9:00 PM (MT), and 7:00 PM (CT).

W. Andrew Powell: Considering everything you’ve done over the years, from television to movies and games, what drew you to appear on Community?

Malcolm McDowell: “Well, you know, it’s a sort of very quirky show, in terms of mainstream. The fact that this is on a network is a sense of bemusement to me because, you know, usually they’re scared of anything that’s not sitcom, but, I knew about the show–I’ve seen it a couple of times, of course. I love Joel McHale, and the script was fun, and they asked me to do it because I’m doing a show for Sony as well, and it’s part of a family, and all the rest of it. You know, that’s why I did it, basically.”

The first thing that is going to surprise you about actor Jordan...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:28:39 -0400

The first thing that is going to surprise you about actor Jordan Gavaris, who plays Felix in Space and BBC America’s dark science fiction series, Orphan Black, is the fact that he doesn’t actually have a British accent. He’s eloquent, charming, but he definitely has a regular, Canadian accent. On screen though, when Gavaris puts on the role of Felix opposite actress Tatiana Maslany, he is someone else entirely.

As Gavaris explained during my interview with him on the set of the new series, the inspiration he had with Felix was that the character was actually cat-like–free-spirited, sly, and impetuous–and that persona has been wrapped up with an impressive British accent that turns Gavaris into the foster-brother to Maslany’s Sarah. Felix is also a very sexual character, something the actor found fun and freeing, since, as he put it, that isn’t something most young 20-something actors get a chance to play.

Speaking about the relationship Felix has with Sarah, Gavaris said, “I remember reading in the script, it was such a lovely description of Felix and Sarah; they imprinted on each other. They are each other’s everything. He is her confidant, and when we sort of begin to travel down the rabbit hole, and he’s dragged along for the ride, he becomes the point of levity for the show. He’s the reprieve from the darkness–from what would otherwise be an extraordinarily dark, dark mystery.”

Watch the interview with Gavaris to hear what the actor had to say about Orphan Black, the way he looks at the character, and Felix’s relationship with Sarah.

Orphan Black airs Saturdays at 9:00 PM (ET) on Space.

GIFs of another one of my interviews. This makes my day. Watch...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:33:12 -0400

GIFs of another one of my interviews. This makes my day.

Watch the interview here, if you haven’t seem it yet: http://www.thegate.ca/spotlight/016890/on-set-with-orphan-black-star-tatiana-maslany/

The best ad I’ve ever seen.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:51:02 -0400

The best ad I’ve ever seen.

Johnny Cash - “The Man Comes Around”It’s just that kind of day.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:41:17 -0400

Johnny Cash - “The Man Comes Around”

It’s just that kind of day.

valkenz: Tam/Rachel ♥ Do I love that people are still posting...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:05:48 -0400

valkenz:

Tam/Rachel ♥

Do I love that people are still posting screenshots and GIFs from my interview with the cast of Lost Girl? Yes, yes I do.

popculturebrain: But wait, there’s more. | Empire God bless...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:13:52 -0400

popculturebrain:

But wait, there’s more. | Empire

God bless you, Netflix.

Watch the debut video from Lexy and the Kill, “We Can Dance...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:57:08 -0400

Watch the debut video from Lexy and the Kill, “We Can Dance Alone,” which was produced by Nexus, of Lana Del Ray fame, and shot in Cumbria, in the U.K.

Fronted by 20-year-old Lexy, the five-piece band from London are getting lots of attention for the single, which is about “secret, unrequited love between two friends,” according to the press release. The b-side, “The Ballad of Love and Hate,” is “a dark, heartbreaking song about the pain of an abusive relationship and the tragic destruction it causes.”

Listen to the band’s two previous free songs, “Rope Swing” and “Black Dog” on SoundCloud.

“We Can Dance Alone” will be released on June 4, 2013.

Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier started filming for...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:44:16 -0400

Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier started filming for release on April 4, 2014. Check out the first official image, featuring star Chris Evans as Steve Rogers.

Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013)

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:12:12 -0400

Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013)

brooklynmutt: @Suntimes Rest In Peace, one of film...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:11:24 -0400

brooklynmutt:

@Suntimes

Rest In Peace, one of film journalism’s greats.

"No good film is too long; no bad film is short enough."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:10:29 -0400

“No good film is too long; no bad film is short enough.”

- Roger Ebert

Tatiana Maslany, the star of Space and BBC America’s new...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:27:01 -0400

Tatiana Maslany, the star of Space and BBC America’s new series, ‘Orphan Black’, chatted with The GATE during filming of the new series, which debuts on Space in Canada on March 30. Watch the interview to hear what Tatiana has to say about playing multiple characters, the mood of the series, and more.