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The upcoming episode of “Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum,” titled “I Am David Suzuki; I Am Esther Martinez,” promises to be an engaging adventure for young viewers. Set to air on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 1:30 Pm on PBS, this episode features two inspiring figures who teach valuable lessons about the environment and family history.

In this episode, David Suzuki, a well-known environmentalist, shares his wisdom with Xavier. He emphasizes the importance of taking care of the earth. Suzuki’s message highlights how caring for the planet is essential for everyone’s well-being. Xavier learns that by protecting nature, people also protect themselves and their future. This lesson is not only important for children but also for everyone to understand how their actions can impact the world around them.

Alongside this, Esther Martinez steps in to share her insights about storytelling. She explains to Xavier and Yadina how stories can...

Last week, at the Un Convention on Biodiversity’s 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, a group of international organizations and artists released a powerful video appealing to the global community in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and allies of the Amazon calling for respect for Indigenous rights, recognition of Indigenous territories, and a global agreement for the permanent protection of 80 of the Amazon rainforest by 2025.

This call is made in support of the “Amazonia for Life 80 by 2025” Initiative which seeks to avert the ecological tipping point of the Amazon, the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on Earth.

Ziggy Marley, Barbra Streisand, Rosario Dawson, Ricky Martin, Wagner Moura, Fran Drescher, Lilakoi Moon (Lisa Bonet) and Esai Morales join international artists in calling for a global agreement for the permanent protection of 80 of the Amazon Rainforest by 2025.

Artists Bill Pullman, Ed Begley Jr., Frances Fisher, Simon Mejia (Bomba Estéreo), Rocky Dawuni,...

CBC revealed that Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan will take over as the new co-hosts of “The Nature of Things.” The duo will begin their full-time roles in Season 63 after David Suzuki’s previously announced retirement in spring 2023.

Both presenters have previously guest-hosted TV’s longest-running science series in the past. They will return to each host an episode in Suzuki’s final season, which kicks off on the public Canadian broadcaster on Jan. 6, 2023.

Morgan is a molecular scientist, entrepreneur, game designer and PhD researcher based in Toronto. Over the past two decades, he’s worked across multiple science communication fields, including stints with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Ontario Science Centre. He is also a former segment host for Bell Media’s now-defunct TV series “Daily Planet,” served as a host and consultant on Vice TV shows and was the summer host of CBC...

World-renowned environmentalist David Suzuki is retiring from CBC series “The Nature of Things” after 43 years. The 86-year-old science host confirmed the news during an interview on Sunday night’s broadcast of “The National.”

“I have been fortunate to have been endowed with good health which has enabled me to remain the host of the series long after my ‘best before date’,” Suzuki said.

“Ageing is a natural biological process that creates opportunity for fresher, more imaginative input from younger people and for years, I have warned that to ensure the continuation of ‘The Nature of Things,’ we must prepare for the transition when I leave. That moment is now.”

Suzuki returns for the show’s 62nd season launch on Jan. 6, 2023, before stepping down next spring. CBC has confirmed it will announce new hosting plans in the coming weeks.

“I am so grateful to Canadians who have kept us on air...

In today’s Global Bulletin, the European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival call for Nasrin Sotoudeh’s immediate release from prison, Banijay appoints Dominique Farrugia as managing director for Endemol Shine in France, Amazon Prime Video announces a slate of sports docs in Spain, and the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers preps for December’s digital edition.

Call To Action

The European Film Academy and Berlin International Film Festival have released a joint call for the immediate release of writer and human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, featured in Jafar Panahi’s Golden Bear-winning “Taxi Teheran.”

Sotoudeh was arrested in June 2018 and sentenced to more than 30 years in prison and 148 whiplashes on charges many claim are dubious at best. Since Aug. 11 she has been on hunger strike as a response to inaction in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic at Teheran’s infamous Evin prison. She is currently in critical condition and,...

In an attempt to get teenagers and younger British Columbia citizens to stay home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, B.C. Premier John Horgan enlisted some of Hollywood’s most notable Canadians for help: Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen.

On Thursday Premiere Horgan posted a Twitter to his official page reaching out to the movie stars.

“I have been talking about the importance of making sure that younger demographics are hearing the message. This is a callout to Deadpool right now. Ryan we need your help up here,” Horgan says in the Twitter video. “Seth Rogen another upstanding British Columbian, we need to communicate to people who aren’t hearing us.”

While Rogen and Reynolds did not immediately respond to the Premiere’s call for aid, the two actors took to their own Twitter accounts to be of help. On Friday the Deadpool star left a “voicemail” for Horgan.

“Young folk in B.

“Don’t kill my mom” is a pretty blunt statement, but it’s exactly the plea that Ryan Reynolds has made to young people who are considering partying in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. During an outbreak that poses such a high risk to the elderly, his statement holds plenty of weight, and like many others, he’s crossing his fingers that he’ll be heard.

The statement came as a response to British Columbia Premier John Horgan’s call for the Deadpool actor to speak up and entice young people to avoid partying. Reynolds – who’s also originally from Canada – had the following to say in his lengthy and humorous response:

Premier Horgan, Ryan Reynolds here, I got your message about the thing. I’m not sure it’s a great idea, frankly, I don’t think people want medical advice from guys like me. No sir,...

Following this week’s historic all-Canadian special, Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble, it was announced today that more than $6 million has been raised to date to provide immediate support to Food Banks Canada during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mike Myers, Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

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With donations still being tallied, more than 140,000 individuals were inspired and reached out to support the good works by local food banks. Canadians can continue to donate to Food Banks Canada by texting Covid to 30333 or visiting FoodBanksCanada.ca/StrongerTogether.

The biggest multi-platform broadcast ever is now the most-watched (non-sports) Canadian broadcast on record. Nearly one in three Canadians watched some part of the broadcast on 44 television networks, reaching 11.5 million viewers overall. Audiences peaked at more than 6.1 million viewers during the world premiere of ArtistsCAN’s multi-artist “Lean on Me” charity single. Overall, the 90-minute special has a preliminary overnight audience of...

More than four dozen big-name Canadians have signed on for the historic broadcast Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble, it was announced today.

Airing commercial-free Sunday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. across all markets/7 p.m. Nt and now on hundreds of platforms, Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes will share their stories of hope and inspiration in a national salute to frontline workers combatting Covid-19 during the 90-minute show.

The unprecedented event, in support of Food Banks Canada, has become the biggest multi-platform broadcast in Canadian history, with 15 broadcasting groups led by Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Corus Entertainment, Groupe V Média, and Rogers Sports & Media presenting the star-studded show on hundreds of TV, radio, streaming, and on demand platforms.

With a mix of music, messages, and more, Stronger Together, Tous Ensembles features Canadian talent uniting to show everyone working on the front lines of this pandemic that we are all #StrongerTogether.

Six Canadians, including actor Anna Paquin, former sprinter Donovan Bailey and environmentalist David Suzuki, were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame on Wednesday night at a gala. Three of the 2017 inductees were awarded posthumously: legendary Canadian singer Stompin’ Tom Connors, communications giant Ted Rogers and civil libertarian Viola Desmond. Donovan Bailey (Sports and Athletics) – legendary sprinter, two-time Olympic champion in the 100-metre and 4×100-metre relay, […]...

Written by Elizabeth Willoughby

Environmentalist David Suzuki offers these facts about fracking, busting the myths surrounding natural gas / methane:

1. The rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increases problems and adds new ones — excessive water use and contamination, earthquakes, destruction of habitat and agricultural lands and methane emissions among them. Oilsands mining, deepsea drilling and fracking are employed because easily accessible supplies are becoming increasingly scarce. The costs and consequences are even higher than with conventional sources and methods.

2. In 2015 and 2016, David Suzuki Foundation researchers joined St. Francis Xavier University’s Flux Lab under the supervision of David Risk, an expert in measurement, detection and repair of fugitive emissions. Using gas-detection instruments mounted on a “sniffer truck,” they travelled more than 8,000 kilometres in northeastern [British Columbia, Canada]. They found methane emissions from B.C.‘s Montney region alone are greater than what the provincial government has estimated for the entire industry! (Montney represents about 55 per cent of B.

Written by Elizabeth Willoughby

In case you haven’t heard of it, Earth Overshoot Day is the day in the year when humans have used more from nature than the planet can renew within those 12 months.

“That is the definition of unsustainable,” says environmentalist David Suzuki, “and means we’re using up the biological capital that should be our children’s legacy.”

This year’s overshoot day was the earliest one yet, August 2nd. At this rate, we would need 1.7 Earths to supply our demands. Endless growth on a finite planet, whether in population, consumption or economy, cannot work. Nevertheless, growth is the prevailing business model, and the prevailing mindset is that the world revolves around human demands.

“In assuming the mantle of ‘dominant’ species,” says Suzuki, “we’ve shifted to thinking we’re at the centre of everything. This anthropocentric perspective leads us to imagine our needs and demands...

Sundance is over and the prizes are won. People have dispersed to their homes and the realities that await them there.

This was a Sundance like no other I can remember, and I have attended every single one since 1986! The cold was extreme; and the political engagement and disgust was extreme. Not only did we have the Inauguration the first day, but the Women’s March the second day had probably 6,000 people marching and on that day the first of many deplorable executive orders (this one against women of the world and their control over their own bodies) began flying off the desk of our current president, who has continued to issue at least one every day, each one more despicable than the previous. Politics and women took center stage.

Chelsea Handler leads the women’s march in Park City, Utah. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The Sundance slant...

Al Gore’s follow-up to 2006’s “An Inconvenient Truth” now has an official title: “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Participant Media had yet to settle on a final title upon announcing the movie’s inclusion in the Sundance Film Festival line up last month.

Read More: Sundance 2017: Check Out the Full Lineup, Including Competition Titles, Premieres and Shorts

“An Inconvenient Sequel” is one of the very first screenings at Sundance this year, showing at 5:30 on Thursday, January 19 with the former Vice President scheduled to attend.

Like the original film, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary and was directed by Davis Guggenhiem, the documentary will focus on the climate crisis, but instead of relying heavily on Gore’s slide presentation, the film follows Gore as he travels the world to discuss climate change. Paramount Pictures is distributing the film.

The sequel is directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk,...

Troian Bellisario may not be filming Pretty Little Liars anymore, but she and her Pll star Ashley Benson are apparently still in sync.

The 31-year-old actress and newlywed joined Benson in the “Pretty in Pink” club, dying her hair pink just days after her blonde costar did the same.

“Baby boi @davestanwell finally gave me fun hair after a lifetime of brown,” Bellisario captioned and Instagram shot of her new pink locks.

“Bye bye Spencer,” she added, referencing her Pll character. “It’s been real girl.”

Benson ditched her signature blonde for a head full of bubblegum pink hair over the weekend.

Pretty little besties!

On Saturday night, Shay Mitchell shared a sweet Instagram tribute to her costar and beloved friend Troian Bellisario. The same day, Bellisario married Suits star Patrick J. Adams in southern California.

“To my big sister T on her wedding day,” Mitchell started her message to Bellisario. “I love that we were able to close one very important chapter of our lives together and I am devastated not to be there as you embark on your next one.”

Mitchell continued: “As I sit here thinking about our friendship and journey I am reminded of how much I love,...

Patrick J. Adams and Troian Bellisario are married, People can confirm.

The couple, who got engaged in February 2014 after three years of dating, tied the knot on Saturday in southern California, the couple said in a statement.

In lieu of gifts Patrick and Troian encouraged their 200 guests to donate to the David Suzuki Foundation and SickKids Hospital.

Guests spent the wedding weekend in glamorous camping tents that were set up at the wedding venue. The couple drove up to the venue with a group of family and friends in a chic converted school bus with the words “Almost Married” written on the back.

The sequel to Al Gore's Oscar-winning climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth will open the Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, the former vice president announced Friday.

The documentary "follows Gore as he continues his decades-long fight to build a more sustainable future for our planet," Variety reports.

Following its Sundance premiere, the film – the title hasn't been announced – will be released to theaters later in 2017 through a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.

"Now more than ever we must rededicate ourselves to solving the climate crisis," Gore said in a statement.

Among the opening night films for Sundance 2017: a sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore’s two-time Oscar-winning documentary about the climate crisis.

Paramount Pictures will release the film, which was directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, and produced through Participant Media. It does not yet have an official title, and is being referred to as “The Follow-Up to ‘An Inconvenient Truth.’”

Participant also backed the original film, which Davis Guggenheim directed.

Read More: Sundance 2017: Check Out the Full Lineup, Including Competition Titles, Premieres and Shorts

While the first movie focused on Gore’s slide presentation, the new film has Gore traveling the world to discuss climate change. Producers are Richard Berge and Diane Weyermann, and it’s executive produced by Jeff Skoll, Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender, Laurie David, Scott Z. Burns, and Lesley Chilcott.

The film will also be the centerpiece of Sundance’s The New Climate program,...

by Peter Belsito

When filmmakers begin to work on a project they will usually have a vision of “who it is for”: their work, what section of society they want to enlighten, help and move forward on their thinking.

Then comes the overwhelmingly difficult job of making their dream vision into a completed film. This is always tough, hard work. Film is not easy.

One of the biggest problems filmmakers face is, that after spending blood, sweat, tears and years making a film, at the end of this difficult process they often have little or no idea of how to move forward and connect their film with the audience they made it for. They often fall back on the hopes of making it into this or that film festival which, in fact, is not a solution to the larger problem of distribution with specific marketing tactics. Festivals are only...

So, remember Tom Shadyac? He's the guy who was at one time a box office comedy titan, thanks to "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Nutty Professor," "Liar Liar" and "Bruce Almighty." But then he decided after making millions upon millions of dollars that there was more to life and made a documentary. "I Am"was a lot of feel good, New Age-y mumbo jumbo, that found him talking with folks like David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch about like the world, man. That was a couple of years ago, and while he briefly popped up as a contender to direct a remake of Arthur Lubin's 1964 film "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" that had Zach Galifianakis attached to star, it didn't happen. But now another remake might bring him back in the ring. Deadline reports that...

Mimi Steinbauer, President / CEO of Radiant Films International announced today that Tom Shadyac.s life affirming documentary feature film .I Am. has been acquired for all worldwide distribution rights (excluding Us and Canada) by Universal Pictures International Entertainment.

.I Am. is a film that resonates beautifully with audiences looking for a smart and entertaining look at life themes that affect all of us. We are delighted that Universal Pictures International Entertainment has recognized the potential of this film,. said Steinbauer.

.Universal Pictures International Entertainment is pleased to be working with Radiant Films to release .I Am. internationally. This inspirational feature is a welcome addition to our documentary collection,. said Eddie Cunningham, President of Universal International Entertainment.

“I Am” is the result of a life-changing biking accident in 2007 suffered by acclaimed director Shadyac which compelled him to re-evaluate his Hollywood lifestyle and seek the answers to the following questions: what’s...

Tom Shadyac’s documentary I Am will kick off Own: Oprah Winfrey Network’s Super Soul Sunday programming block on January 1, 2012. Onetime hit feature director Shadyac’s life took quite a turn after he suffered a concussion in a cycling accident that left him unable to work for months. The director of Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective underwent a profound transformation that he chronicles in the movie. I Am follows Shadyac’s quest to answer two questions: “What’s wrong with the world” and “What can we do about it?”. He interviews notable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia and faith — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks and Marc Ian Barasch. Oprah Winfrey’s separate interview with Shadyac introduces the documentary. Super Soul Sunday airs 8-11 Am with an encore beginning at noon.

Too much to say, and too little time to say it, David Suzuki cheers for the global environment. Internationally reknowned author, lecturer and teacher Dr. David Suzuki has made many films. This one is his .Legacy Lecture,. the lesson that summarized his 75 years of experiences from the Ww II internment camps, through his growing up, surrounded by nature, and his final years developing his most important message. That message is that the earth is the only home we have therefore we should respect it. Suzuki hosts the CBC-tv series .The Nature of Things. that has run for some 51 seasons and, like the host, is still going strong. His past CBC radio milestones include .Quirks and Quarks. in...

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie Click here to read the review! "His lecture and look back is chronicled in Sturla Gunnarsson's Force Of Nature – The David Suzuki Movie, a film that beholds a man who always speaks with wisdom, authenticity, and simplicity as if every line were part of a story recounted to his youngest grandchild."...

Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc), which will be held from October 12 to 23, revealed to day its line-up of Canadian films. These films will be part of the Focus Québec/Canada category. The latter will be opened by the documentary Surviving Progress, by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, on October 13.

This documentary is based on the bestselling book A Short History of Progress, by Ronald Wright. It questions the bright side and the perils of progress through interviews with people such as David Suzuki, Margaret Atwood or even Stephen Hawking.

The film will also be accompanied by another documentary called Fortunate Son, which was directed by Montreal-based documentarist Tony Asimakopoulos. This documentary is an auto-biography about how a drug-addict almost destroyed his family.

As for feature films, the Fnc will screen some films that were at the Toronto International Film Festival. Among them is Amy George, a teen drama by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas.

There are a couple of reasons for revisiting the Toronto International Film Festival's lineup for its documentary program, Real to Reel. One of them is Aj Schnack's interview with Thom Powers, Tiff's Documentary and Mavericks Programmer, posted just hours after the Mavericks lineup was announced on Tuesday. Discussing the highlights of both programs, they touch on another reason: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is making all sorts of headlines. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's third film chronicling the odyssey of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr, aka the West Memphis Three, through the labyrinth of the Us legal system, follows Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000). All three films deal with what Powers calls in his Programmer's Note "an 18-year-old murder case that has become an iconic example of a legal witch hunt." In 1993, when all three men were still teens,...

Yesterday, the Canadian Academy released its list of nominees for the 26th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards.

Best Animated Program or Series

* Glenn Martin Dds

* Hot Wheels - Battle Force Five

* Jimmy Two Shoes

* Kids vs. Kat

* March of the Dinosaurs

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

* Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock

* Degrassi: The Next Generation

* How to be Indie

* That's So Weird

* Vacation with Derek

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program Series

* Artzooka!

* In Real Life

* Spelling Night in Canada: Canspell 2011

* Survive This

* TVOKids - Mark's Moments

Best Comedy Program or Series

* This Hour Has 22 Minutes

* Call Me Fitz

* Good Dog

* Halifax Comedy Fest 2010

* Living in Your Car

* Rick Mercer Report

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie

* Fakers

* The Kennedys

* My Babysitter's a Vampire.

* The Pillars of the Earth

* Sleepyhead

Best Dramatic Series

* The Borgias

* Endgame

* Flashpoint

* Skins

* The Tudors...

Antarctic Mission: The Complete Series is a riveting documentary that chronicles the adventures of a group of daring scientists who are on a quest to explore climate change in one of the roughest and coldest areas of the world, Antarctica. Now out on Blu-ray, you can own this fascinating program and enjoy it in crystal clear high definition.

Narrated by environmental activist David Suzuki, this three-episode venture documents the effects of climate change on the arctic landscape and the animal habitats that exist in the area. Each episode contains extraordinary footage of the frozen world brought to you by the crack filmmaking and scientific team members. Led by Mission Chief Jean Lemire, this breathtaking odyssey takes viewers to absolutely beautiful locales while at the same time dissecting crucial scientific issues.

Antarctic Mission invites those who are curious about the icy world aboard the Sedna IV, a research sailing vessel built...

The City Dark Illuminates, Could Shine Brighter.

Austin, TX – The City Dark, recently had its world premiere in the Documentary Feature competition at this year’s SXSW film festival.

The environmental film explores the issue of light pollution, and the disappearance of starlight in the urban sprawl of industrialized nations.

Directed and narrated by filmmaker Ian Cheney (King Corn), the film follows his personal quest to answer the question, “What do we lose, when we lose the night.” By interviewing various astronomers, biologists, historians, photographers, and even boy scouts, we learn that there is quite a lot at stake in the ‘open 24/7’ culture of the world, and what better starting point for Cheney’s journey than in the city that never sleeps.

Moving from the natural beauty of Maine, to the concrete jungle of New York City, he soon discovers that his childhood fascination with observing stars becomes difficult amid...

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie is a revolutionary documentary on the life of world renowned scientist, broadcaster and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki. It's sure to be a powerful work with the man himself stating that it's "a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die."   The film showcases Suzuki's life's work, a career that aimed to make a change by compelling all to do their part to help sustain the environment. The film, however, also looks back at the now 75-year-old's life, including his traumatic experiences during World War 2 as a Japanese Canadian, and how such events shaped his character.

Film-maker who hated A-list success turns tables on industry in revealing documentary

Tom Shadyac had it all and was living the dream. Or at least that is what people in Hollywood told him. He was a hugely successful movie director with a string of comedy hits. He had earned himself millions of dollars and had an A-list lifestyle with all the trappings of excess.

Then, in 2007, an already disillusioned Shadyac had a bike accident and became gripped by a profoundly non-showbiz desire: to give his wealth away. Several years later, he has swapped his luxury jetsetting for economy class and his 17,000-square ft mansion in Los Angeles for a trailer park in Malibu.

He has not, however, stopped making films – even if his new one couldn't be more different from the goofball comedies of his big box office days. I Am, coming out in the United States next month, is...

We all agree that the planet is in a perilous position. But what is the best way to save it? We name the 20 activists, filmmakers, writers, politicians and celebrities who will be setting the global environmental agenda in the coming year

From David Attenborough to Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Town movement, the Observer Ethical Awards has honoured many movers and shakers in ecological and social justice. So it seems fitting to launch our sixth awards by profiling the 20 global figures who'll exert influence in 2011. For those on our list, the coming year might best be described as "take your partners" time, as activists and corporates scramble for power – and we're predicting some unlikely marriages ahead. Commentators have noted that big business is taking an unprecedented interest in the environment and are pushing for conservation capitalism. The really big decisions from the climate-change conference in Cancun have effectively been...

Luckily, I get to catch a lot of Canadian television. Seriously. One of the cooler things I get to partake of is George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. Just think "Strombo" if you aren't already familiar with the show. A "new" approach to late night, the show is more fun than the alternatives (imho), and goes a lot of places the U.S. counterparts don't. Also, cool Canadian commercials.

For the moment, I just want to give you a quick preview of tonight's show, wherein George interviews Director Peter Weir, who, in a sort of general sense, defends Mel Gibson. With one of the biggest controversies in recent memory fueling the fires against him, you don't often get to hear, "X defends Mel Gibson," so I thought it was worth a mention.

Check out a clip below, and find a way to check out this show. The episode are available internationally online a few days after air.

Check out the trailer for I Am, the upcoming 2011 documentary from Writer-Director Tom Shadyac.

I Am comes to theaters on February 8th, 2011.

About I Am:

I Am, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better, represents Tom Shadyac’s first foray into non-fiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners, with such successful titles as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” and “Bruce Almighty” to his credit. I Am recounts what happened to the filmmaker after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged a changed man. Disillusioned with life on the A-list, he sold his house, moved to a mobile home community, and decided to start life anew. Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a camera crew, Shadyac embarks upon a journey to...

Last month there was an article in the L.A. Times [1] about director Tom Shadyac and his strange "spiritual awakening". The man behind such Jim Carrey blockbusters as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty had recently decided to turn his back on the Hollywood lifestyle by giving away all of his money and worldly possessions, eventually moving into a trailer park. After a cycling accident left him with post-concussion syndrome, he decided that it was time to make an honest movie about making the world a better place. When I first heard about it, it struck me that no one seemed to be taking him very seriously. Now that he has released the first trailer for his upcoming documentary I Am, I think it's clear that he is, indeed, serious about it. The movie finds Shadyac traveling the globe to talk to various well-known philosophers and philanthropists such as David Suzuki,...

I love films that are uplifting and inspiring, and Tom Shadyac's new documentary I Am gives us exactly that.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Shadyac, he is the director of several silly comedies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar, Liar, and Bruce Almighty. The director ended up getting into a terrible bike accident that changed his whole view of the world. He sold his mansion and gave away all of his possessions. He ended up moving into a trailer and started thinking about the world and how it could be changed into a better place. For those of you that want to learn more about Shadyac's experience, here's a great article from the La Times that gives a detailed description.

Here is the films description:

I Am, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it, and what...

In the 1990s Tom Shadyac was one of the most successful directors in Hollywood. From Ace Venture: Pet Detective, to The Nutty Professor and Liar, Liar, he was making the kind of huge hit comedies studios dream of. Then Shadyac was in a bad bicycle accident that changed everything. His physical injuries healed but the experience changed his outlook on life. He sold his mansion, moved into a trailer, gave away his money and possessions and began thinking about a movie that would explore how we, as humans, can change the way we live and make the world better. That documentary, I Am, will be out in February. Check out the inspirational trailer and read the plot synopsis after the break. Here's the trailer for Shadyac's I Am. If you'd like to know about Shadyac's situation, the Los Angeles Times [1] did a great profile. That has Oscar 2012 written all over it,...

As profiled in a recent La Times article, Tom Shadyac – at one time the hottest comedy director in Hollywood, with hits like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Bruce Almighty and Liar Liar to his credit – had a brush with death after a serious bicycle accident, suffered from a post-concussion depressive state and gave away most of his possessions, including his 17,000 square foot mansion.

Now Shadyac returns with a bare-bones documentary, I Am. We just got sent the trailer and you can view it below.

Here’s the synopsis:

“I Am,” a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better, represents Tom Shadyac’s first foray into non-fiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners, with such successful titles as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” and “Bruce Almighty” to his credit. “I Am” recounts what happened...

Tom Shadyac's first foray as a docu filmmaker appears to be lighting small fires on the U.S. film festival circuit and Mark Urman's Paladin are looking to give more oxygen to what might be one of those inspiring, highly personalized account by the man who gave us a slew of Jim Carrey comedies (Bruce Almighty). Simply titled I Am and coming with the tagline "the shift is about to hit the fan", the doc film represents a 180 in Shadyac's personal life. Hitting the Hamptons Film Festival next week, Paladin is planning an eventual February release. I Am recounts what happened to the filmmaker after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, Shadyac emerged a changed man. Disillusioned with life on the A-list, he sold his house, moved to a mobile home community, and decided to start life anew. Armed with nothing...

With Tiff 2010 now at a close, it's time for a quick awards round-up for you guys. Pertaining to our beloved genre, we're happy to announce that Jim Mickle’s Stake Land took home the Midnight Madness Audience Award at the show, beating out some pretty tough competition in The Vanishing on 7th Street, Insidious and more. Congrats to Mickle and company! Read on for more winners.

Tiff 2010 Award Winners

Award For Best Canadian Short Film

The award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Vincent Biron for Les Fleurs de l'âge, which explores a summer day for a regular group of school kids. The jury remarked: “Director Vincent Biron manages to take a moment of an ordinary childhood summer and render unforgettable art from it. This gem of a film captured the jury’s hearts with its quiet, poignant, but also vivid and wonderfully sympathetic portrayal of ‘a day in...

The 35th Toronto International Film Festival announced its award recipients at a reception at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel today. The top prize, the Cadillac People’s Choice Award, went to Tom Hooper’s The King’S Speech which opens on November 26th. On its Best Picture Oscar hopes, Gregory Ellwood over at HitFix points out:

Previous People’s Choice winners include a slew of past Academy Award Best Picture winners or nominees including “Brokeback Mountain,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Precious,” “American Beauty” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” So, yes, place your money on “Speech” at least garnering a well deserved nomination.

Cadillac People’S Choice Award

The Cadillac People’s Choice Award is voted on by Festival audiences. This year’s award goes to Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech (United Kingdom/Australia). The King’s Speech tells the story of King George VI. After his brother abdicates, George “Bertie...

The Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) running Sept. 30 to Oct. 15 reports on an extensive showcase of Canadian produced films screening this year.

Montreal-lensed "Barney's Version, based on author Mordecai Richler's novel, starring Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman opens the fest September 30.

Other Canadian features screening include "Score: A Hockey Musical", "Fathers & Sons", "Repeaters", "Amazon Falls", "Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido", "Mammalian", "Leave Them Laughing", "Heartbeats", "Route 132" and "David Suzuki, Force of Nature".

This year's Viff jury will award a prize of $20,000 award for the best Canadian feature film.

This year's "Dragons and Tigers" program, focusing on the cinema of East Asia will include the features "Aftershock", "13 Assassins", "Mundane History" and "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives".

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After touching down at the Toronto Film Festival for the premiere of Emilio Estevez' "The Way," indie film darling Deborah Kara Unger jumped on a plane to Northern Germany to head the jury for the 17th Oldenburg Film Festival. THR German Bureau Chief Scott Roxborough caught up with Unger en route to the country's leading independent film festival to talk festival hierarchy, the film business after the financial collapse and what exactly makes a film independent.

The Hollywood Reporter: How does it feel to be flying from Toronto, one of the biggest most glamorous film festivals in the world, to little Oldenburg?

Deborah Kara Unger: It's like pointillism – every color is important to me. I don't have a hierarchical view of the festivals. I was out to support (environmentalist) David Suzuki in Toronto and he said 'we share the air." All the festivals share the air.

THR: What...

Toronto -- Canadian director Norman Jewison recalls a lunch last month at Pinewood Toronto Studios where facility boss Paul Bronfman, sitting next to Queen Elizabeth, pitched the British monarch on Pinewood Shepperton's North American beachhead.

"He not only charmed the Queen, but I think he sold her a part of the studio," Jewison said Monday night at the Toronto International Film Festival as Bronfman was inducted into the Playback Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame.

Bronfman, who started out in entertainment as rock band roadie, at Monday night's ceremony recalled a scene in the Mike Myers-starring movie "Wayne's World" where the two main characters, Wayne and Garth, get to go backstage at an Alice Cooper show by telling the rock star "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"

"It's very humbling and very flattering to be recognized by your peers," he said just before accepting the industry tribute.

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The Vancouver International Film Festival is my baby. In its 29th year, this is the event I look forward to every year. The lists I've kept through the year come out and I eagerly look through the list of titles in search of those little gems and every year Viff responds with a huge assortment of titles. This year's festival is no different.

Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).

There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.

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Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.

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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.

The following is a partial list of actors/celebrity guests expected to attend the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), September 9-19.

Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Amanda Plummer, Amber Heard, Amy Madigan, Barry Pepper, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Bill Pullman, Blake Lively, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Springsteen, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, David Suzuki, Dwight Yoakam, Edward Norton, Ellen Page, Emma Roberts, Emma Stone, Fisher Stevens, Geoffrey Rush, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, James Caan, James Franco, Jason Jones, Javier Bardem, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Renner, Jill Hennessy, Jon Hamm, Jon Lovitz, Keanu Reeves, Kelly Preston, Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Liv Tyler, Malin Akerman, Maria Bello, Marion Cotillard, Martin Sheen, Mary Steenburgen, Matt Damon, Megan Fox, Mélanie Laurent, Michael C. Hall, Michael Moore, Mickey Rourke, Milla Jovovich, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Molly Parker, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Giamatti,...

Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower The Toronto International Film Festival has added even more films to their line-up today as the complete line-up was announced, which ended up causing the festival's server to crash, but I was lucky enough to get in and get out before missing out on the information.

First off, the festival's Mavericks line-up is quite interesting, which includes a series of guest presentations and this year will see Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen, NBA All-Star and native Canadian Steve Nash will present his hour-long film Into the Wind, Apichatpong Weerasethakul will talk with the audience as his Cannes Palm d'Or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives was just added to the Masters programme, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty will be interviewed by Michael Moore on politics and cinema and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have his own panel. Also on hand will be Bill Gates,...

At 73 years of age, David Suzuki, the passionate and iconic Canadian scientist, delivers what he describes as “a last lecture – a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die.” Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie reveals Suzuki’s last lecture mixed in with candid interviews, in which he reflects on his life and shares personal stories, revealing a side previously unseen. Nfb has provided six great clips below covering his early life to his days as an activist:...

The organizers at the Toronto International Film Festival have put together one hell of an impressive line-up that has grown significantly since my first list announcing the Galas and Special Presentations, a pair of lists that have also grown since then.

The lists have grown to include Massy Tadjedin's Last Night starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes and Guillaume Canet, which will serve as the closing night film.

It's also grown to include Danny Boyle's 127 Hours starring James Franco. Boyle recently spoke about the film at Movie Con and told the audience there it may be a challenge to watch saying, "It's a lovely way of doing a new kind of filmmaking, really. We want it to be a challenge to you [the audience] to see if you can sit and watch it."

In the film Franco plays real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston who ended up trapped under a...