Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present the My TV Nominee Interview Series. One of the most famous Survivor contestants in 24 seasons is Benjamin “Coach” Wade. Nominated for Best Male Reality Star in the 2011 My TV Award for his well-played turn on Survivor: South […]
If I were a Legally Blonde character I would be a not-so-delicate combo of snobby conservative Vivienne Kensington and frumpy, loudmouth intellectual-liberal Enid Hoopes; but despite this uber-brunette pedigree, I am an unabashed Elle Woods fan. I think she’s the greatest. The world needs kind and well-meaning characters like Elle and her empathetic optimism, and […]
Sometimes a one-act play can be brilliant in its low-frills simplicity (great one-man shows like Modern Love, Bursting into Flames and Ellamentary are like that). Sometimes their shortened length allows for succinct storytelling and tight pacing (particularly in intimate stories like family-centred one-acts Kim’s Convenience and Remember, Maggy?– both wonderful). And sometimes you’re glad a […]
After years focusing on the website, My Entertainment World is bringing back the podcast format that originally launched the TV branch. In our first episode, cinema editor Rachael joins managing editor Kelly to discuss the latest in TV comedy, take a detour into upcoming films and land in a discussion about race and homosexuality in […]
HONORARY AWARD Our Yearly Honorary Award is for an artist whose exceptional work doesn’t fit into the categories of the My Theatre Awards. In the world of theatre, that could be a dramaturg, someone on the tech team or a designer who works in regional or student theatre (the Best Designer category is only in […]
Today’s Video of the Day (look! I’m doing it ALMOST, sort of, every day now!) comes from the great Philip DeFranco, who is officially my new favourite person. Here he takes on the race “controversy” surrounding the Hunger Games casting, the George Zimmerman fiasco and a couple other things with the sort of refreshing “are […]
Our My Theatre Performers of the Year are actors who stood out in multiple productions throughout 2011. There are so many great actors who do outstanding work across the board, specifically in repertory companies, that this year we decided to award PoYs at all three major rep companies in Ontario as well as in the […]
I know, I know, these are unforgivably late. But our annual Award Nominee Interview Series ballooned to 50 people and took forever to roll out. There’s still one TV interview to come but the My Cinema Award Winners have been announced and now it’s time for the My Theatre Award Winners (Read the full list […]