The movie about hockey great Maurice Richard won nine Genies. “The Rocket was the most valuable player of the evening by any name and its nine wins symbolically matched the No. 9 on the late Richard’s famous jersey.”
Tag: 02.14.07
“Hollywood North” Shrinks
Movie and TV production in Toronto (Hollywood North) was down 23 percent last year. “The news comes at a particularly bad time for the city’s film and television industry, which peaked in 2001 with $928 million spent on film and television production. It’s been in decline ever since: $886 million in 2002, $863 million in 2003, $802 million in 2004 and so on.”
More And More – You Can See The Radio
“The nation’s commercial radio stations have seen the future, and it is in, of all things, video. As a result, the stereotype of a silken-voiced jockey like Mr. Stryker, slumped and disheveled in the studio chair, may never be the same.”
Saving The Modern
“While conservators have inherited generations’ worth of knowledge about oil paints, they know comparatively little about synthetics and how to protect the masterpieces created by using them, many of which are rapidly approaching the half-century mark.”