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From Hollywood Glamour to Hollywood North: How Jewelry Design Is Evolving in Modern Film

August 31, 2026August 22, 2026Daily RushesHollywood Glamour

When audiences watch a major Hollywood movie, attention naturally goes to the actors, the story, the locations, and the visual effects. Yet some of the smallest details on screen can have an enormous influence on

Owning Mahowny and the Canadian Movies That Understood the House Edge

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026Quick Takes

There is a small but stubborn tradition of Canadian movies about gambling, and the strange thing about it is the honesty. Hollywood gives its gamblers montages and comebacks. Canadian film keeps handing them arithmetic. Owning

Canto Bight to Coquitlam: What Star Wars’ Fictional Casino Gets Right (and Wrong) About Real Canadian Gambling

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026Technology

Rian Johnson wanted Canto Bight to feel like Monte Carlo dropped into a galaxy far, far away. He said as much in an interview with StarWars.com while promoting The Last Jedi back in 2017, describing

Day Players Part 2: Vancouver Actor Hans Potter

August 28, 2026August 27, 2026Actors, InterviewAlaska Daily, Day Players, Good Doctor, Hans Potter, Legends of Tomorrow

For many years, Canada has mostly been a service industry for US film and TV productions. Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto would constantly be dressed to play New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and even

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Co-Productions Are Saving Canadian Film. But, at What Cost?

August 27, 2026August 24, 2026Filmmakers, OpinionCanadian Cinema, Canadian Movies, treaty co-productions

When ambitious Canadian films reach major festivals today, they increasingly do so with passports from more than one country. Official treaty co-productions, jointly financed projects between Canada and international partners, have become a defining feature

Why Film Fans Keep Mixing Up Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026ActorsRyan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds

Some celebrity mix-ups make sense at first glance. Two actors may share a haircut, a similar voice, or the same kind of roles. Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds are a stranger case. They don’t look