The Toronto International Film Festival will honor one of Canada’s own, Montreal native Shawn Levy, with the inaugural Norman Jewison Award, also named after another Canadian great filmmaker.
The Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award is presented by The Budman Family, and recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with their careers. The awards presentation will take place at the TIFF Tribute Awards gala fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
Levy originally set about pursuing a career in acting, attending Yale University. He turned to directing and received an Mfa from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1994. One of Levy’s first acting gigs was the low-budget horror 1987 movie, Zombie Nightmare, which got poked at on an episode of Comedy Central’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. He cut his teeth directing wise with teen dramas like Nickelodeon’s The Secret...
The Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award is presented by The Budman Family, and recognizes Canadians in the film industry who have made a global impact with their careers. The awards presentation will take place at the TIFF Tribute Awards gala fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
Levy originally set about pursuing a career in acting, attending Yale University. He turned to directing and received an Mfa from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1994. One of Levy’s first acting gigs was the low-budget horror 1987 movie, Zombie Nightmare, which got poked at on an episode of Comedy Central’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. He cut his teeth directing wise with teen dramas like Nickelodeon’s The Secret...
- 8/16/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former longtime Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami’s family and kids-focused Mimo Studios has teamed with leading kids producer Tom Lynch Co. to develop two live-action projects: a screen adaptation of Brittany Geragotelis’ popular novel series, The Infamous Frankie Lorde, from publishing house Pixel and Ink, and Code Club, an original property. Ryan Devlin Lynch, Vice President of Content, will lead the projects for TLC.
The partnership reunites Zarghami and Lynch, who worked together for more than three decades and were behind some of the most popular live-action programs in children’s television including The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Journey of Allen Strange, and Caitlin’s Way.
The Infamous Frankie Lorde bears a similarity to the duo’s The Secret World of Alex Mack, both of which center on strong female protagonists — Frankie Lorde, a modern day female hero who is righting the wrongs of her new hometown,...
The partnership reunites Zarghami and Lynch, who worked together for more than three decades and were behind some of the most popular live-action programs in children’s television including The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Journey of Allen Strange, and Caitlin’s Way.
The Infamous Frankie Lorde bears a similarity to the duo’s The Secret World of Alex Mack, both of which center on strong female protagonists — Frankie Lorde, a modern day female hero who is righting the wrongs of her new hometown,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
This Halloween, we're throwing it back to the 1990s. We've hand-picked some pop culture '90s icons who would make like, totally easy costumes. Think: Spice Girls; Romy and Michele from "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion," Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell from "Sister, Sister," Will and Carlton from "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"; Alex Mack from "The Secret World of Alex Mack"; Clarissa Darling from "Clarissa Explains It All"; and Cory, Shawn, and Topanga from "Boy Meets World."
And if you're still celebrating the release of "Hocus Pocus 2," you can dress up as the Sanderson Sisters. "Hocus Pocus 2" was released on Disney+ on Sept. 30, and it stars Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, and Belissa Escobedo as the three teenage girls who set the movie's events into motion. You can also go as Wednesday Addams from "The Addams Family" to celebrate the upcoming Netflix series, "Wednesday," starring Jenna Ortega,...
And if you're still celebrating the release of "Hocus Pocus 2," you can dress up as the Sanderson Sisters. "Hocus Pocus 2" was released on Disney+ on Sept. 30, and it stars Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, and Belissa Escobedo as the three teenage girls who set the movie's events into motion. You can also go as Wednesday Addams from "The Addams Family" to celebrate the upcoming Netflix series, "Wednesday," starring Jenna Ortega,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Britt Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Emergence’s first (and potentially only) season ended Tuesday on a super cliffhanger-y note — but not every storyline was left unresolved. The finale finally brought The Dreaded Upload to fruition — and the result wasn’t as heartbreaking as you may have expected. Read on for the details of “Killshot Pt. 2”:
The episode picks up where last week’s left off, as Jo and Brooks attempt to escape the Plum Island facility where Helen has them cornered. In a worrying twist, Helen can now transform into a cloud of insect-like nanobots (?!), allowing her to travel through pipes and enter other rooms,...
The episode picks up where last week’s left off, as Jo and Brooks attempt to escape the Plum Island facility where Helen has them cornered. In a worrying twist, Helen can now transform into a cloud of insect-like nanobots (?!), allowing her to travel through pipes and enter other rooms,...
- 1/29/2020
- TVLine.com
The murders that took place at Merrymaker Campgrounds were a tragedy, but they inspired best-selling author Roland Baumgarner's most successful book. Fifteen years after the violent events, the cabins at Merrymaker Campgrounds are reopening its doors for a new generation, but something bloodthirsty still waits among the trees in John Woodruff's Animal Among Us.
With the new horror film out now on VOD and DVD from Uncork’d Entertainment, we caught up with one of the stars of the film, Larisa Oleynik, to discuss her role as Anita Bishop, and she also reflected on her life-changing role as Alex Mack in Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack and discussed the legacy of 10 Things I Hate About You, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Thanks for taking the time to chat with me and congratulations on your new movie Animal Among Us. I enjoyed it quite a bit...
With the new horror film out now on VOD and DVD from Uncork’d Entertainment, we caught up with one of the stars of the film, Larisa Oleynik, to discuss her role as Anita Bishop, and she also reflected on her life-changing role as Alex Mack in Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack and discussed the legacy of 10 Things I Hate About You, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Thanks for taking the time to chat with me and congratulations on your new movie Animal Among Us. I enjoyed it quite a bit...
- 11/28/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Larisa Oleynik, best known for playing the title role in Nickelodeon classic The Secret World of Alex Mack, has been cast in the lead role in Half Life, a TV comedy created by rookie showrunner Patty Carey and backed by New York City.
Oleynik also appeared in the film 10 Things I Hate About You and, more recently, played Ken Cosgrove’s wife, Cynthia, on Mad Men. In Half Life, she will star as Patty, a working mom trying to realize her dream of becoming a screenwriter while balancing the demands of her family and her day job as a location manager. Nancy Giles (China Beach) also is joining the cast.
Carey, Jamie Zelermyer — formerly of Focus Features — and Jonathan Wacks are executive producing the comedy, whose pilot episode won the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment #GreenLightHer pilot competition.
The pilot episode and...
Oleynik also appeared in the film 10 Things I Hate About You and, more recently, played Ken Cosgrove’s wife, Cynthia, on Mad Men. In Half Life, she will star as Patty, a working mom trying to realize her dream of becoming a screenwriter while balancing the demands of her family and her day job as a location manager. Nancy Giles (China Beach) also is joining the cast.
Carey, Jamie Zelermyer — formerly of Focus Features — and Jonathan Wacks are executive producing the comedy, whose pilot episode won the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment #GreenLightHer pilot competition.
The pilot episode and...
- 7/10/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Larisa Oleynik is best known for playing the teen Alex Mack -- who gained special powers after a crazy accident with the chemical Gc-161 -- in the '90s Nickelodeon show 'The Secret World of Alex Mack.' Guess what she looks like now! Read more...
- 1/11/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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