Category: Western

Tantoo Cardinal reflects on prolific career ahead of Canadian Screen Awards

With more than 100 film and TV projects to her credit, Tantoo Cardinal has established herself as one of Canada’s most prolific actors, balancing a 40-year career with work as an ardent activist for indigenous peoples and culture. Cardinal will be celebrated with a special honour at the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday, the latest in a steady stream of accolades that have been showered upon the Alberta-born actress.

Tantoo Cardinal reflects on prolific career ahead of Canadian Screen Awards

With more than 100 film and TV projects to her credit, Tantoo Cardinal has established herself as one of Canada’s most prolific actors, balancing a 40-year career with work as an ardent activist for indigenous peoples and culture. Cardinal will be celebrated with a special honour at the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday, the latest in a steady stream of accolades that have been showered upon the Alberta-born actress.

Horoscope: March 08, 2017

BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Aidan Quinn was born in Chicago on this date in 1959. This birthday guy has earned Emmy nominations for her performance in the TV movies “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” and “An Early Frost.”

Mangold finds inspiration in giving ‘Logan’ R-rated edge

Don’t kid yourself: Even though the newest entry into the “X-Men” movie saga, “Logan,” draws its inspiration from the “Old Man Logan” storyline in the Marvel Comics series, this isn’t your grandpa’s Wolverine. Starring the man who defined the role of Logan/Wolverine — Hugh Jackman — for the ninth and perhaps final time in the “X-Men” movie saga, it’s clear from the beginning of “Logan” that Jackman and director James Mangold, his collaborator on 2013’s “The Wolverine,” were going to make a decidedly different mutant film.

Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield Join the 24 Hour Plays at the Pantages

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that celebrated actors Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield are joining the cast of the Minnesota premiere of THE 24 HOUR PLAYS on Monday, March 13 at 8 p.m. at the historic Pantages Theatre . This one-night-only event brings together the extraordinary talent of local and nationally-known artists to create six new theatrical plays within 24 hours.

There are some Best Picture Oscar winners that you only need to

For every Best Picture Oscar winner like the burly caper “No Country for Old Men,” or even the endless-quotable “Forrest Gump” there are more than a handful of films like “Slumdog Millionaire” or “The Artist” that are good for one viewing and nothing further. For every Best Picture Oscar winner like the burly caper “No Country for Old Men,” or even the endless-quotable “Forrest Gump” there are more Hey, it could have been worse.

Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman to Star in Lettice and Lovage at Menier Chocolate Factory

With She Loves Me currently running at its home base, Travesties and David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom landing in the West End, and Funny Girl starting a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory announces today that Trevor Nunn will direct Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman in Peter Shaffer ‘s Lettice and Lovage. The production opens on 17 May, with previews from 4 May, and completing its run on 8 July; and follows Nunn’s production of Rattigan’s Love in Idleness.

On this day: January 24

2003: The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation on the same day former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is named secretary of the department. 1999: In Louisville, Kentucky, Matthew Scott, 37, receives the first hand transplant in the United States during a 15-hour surgical procedure.

‘The Founder’ is scathing biopic that reveals history of…

That’s enough to condemn him in many people’s eyes, but did he cheat the true founders of McDonald’s while becoming the company’s CEO? That’s the question at the center of the sad, effectively told biopic “The Founder.” Michael Keaton employs all of his intensity and charm to play Kroc, a milkshake machine salesman desperate for a payday in the 1950s.

HBO documentary about Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds to air Jan. 7

The documentary, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, was originally scheduled to debut in March, but HBO moved up the release following the deaths of the iconic mother/daughter actresses. Billed in HBO’s press release as “the story of a family’s complicated love” and “an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity,” the film includes vintage home movies from Fisher’s childhood as well as recent interviews.

Listen to Willie Nelson’s 10 most iconic records before his 3-show run in Las Vegas

What’s more remarkable is that he’s done it with such frequency: Nelson has released nearly 100 studio albums in total, spanning solo records and numerous collaborative LPs, making him among the most prolific artists in the history of recorded music. This being said, attempting to fully digest Nelson’s catalog can be kind of like trying to navigate a dense, intensely overgrown forest on a moonless night, so we’re here to provide a few breadcrumbs to help you on your way.

Listen to Willie Nelson’s 10 most iconic records before his 3-show run in Las Vegas

What’s more remarkable is that he’s done it with such frequency: Nelson has released nearly 100 studio albums in total, spanning solo records and numerous collaborative LPs, making him among the most prolific artists in the history of recorded music. This being said, attempting to fully digest Nelson’s catalog can be kind of like trying to navigate a dense, intensely overgrown forest on a moonless night, so we’re here to provide a few breadcrumbs to help you on your way.