Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. We’re obsessed with Amy Sherman-Palladino’s affable ABC Family hit about a small-town ballet school run by Emily Gilmore and Millie (the Thoroughly Modern one). We’re particularly obsessed with the fiesty foursome of teenage ballerinas who’ve become very […]
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2012 was a fantastic year for film. Generally it seems that each year is just getting better and better and more innovative, surprises always abundant. Although there will always be plenty of remakes and tons of Hollywood filler, there is still great film that is in need and deserving of your precious time. Here is […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Global TV’s Bomb Girls is easily the best Canadian TV show in years, something wholly original even as it expands into the American market. The breakout character of the miniseries-turned-fullseries is Ali Liebert’s tough and witty Betty- reluctant […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. The Canadian TV industry is pretty sparse, but with Bomb Girls, Global TV stepped it up to create a period piece that tells a Can-con story with better writing and production values than almost anything […]