Posted on 29 January 2010. Tags: Glee, hockey, movies, Olivia Newton-John
While she’s no stranger to getting physical, we can’t help but wonder what Australian pop star and actress Olivia Newton-John knows about hockey.
Nonetheless, she’s starring in a new Canadian musical film that will begun production next week in Toronto, according a story in the National Post.
“Score: A Hockey Musical,” has every indication of being a sort of reverse “Billy Elliott.” Newton-John is set to play a hippie-intellectual mom who homeschools her son (newcomer Noah Reid), feeds him organic food, takes him to the art gallery and becomes dismayed when he reveals a love for hockey, and turns out to be exceedingly good at it, the National Post reports.
The world of movie musicals is obviously nothing new to Newton-John, who has “Grease” and “Xanadu” to her credit. She’ll also be appearing with Calgary’s Cory Monteith on “Glee” in the spring,
The movie is set to come out in Canada in October.
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Posted on 24 January 2010. Tags: Calgary, Cory Monteith, Glee, TV

Photo: Carin Baer/FOX
Another awards show, another chance to congratulate Calgary’s Cory Monteith, star of Fox’s “Glee,” and his castmates on taking home the best comedy series cast honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night.
This honor is particularly special as it is voted on by other actors and it demonstrates the recognition of the fine work that Monteith and Co. are doing on their fresh, young show.
Click on the video below to see one of our favorite Cory scenes from this season:
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Posted on 18 January 2010. Tags: Avatar, Calgary, Cory Monteith, Glee, Golden Globes, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Montreal, movies, Ontario, TV
Canadians came up big at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, with director James Cameron taking home the top prizes as he won for Best Director and his film, “Avatar,” claimed the trophy for Best Motion Picture, Drama.
The Kapuskasing, Ontario, native who’s long lived in Los Angeles has had a heck of a year with the release of his long-awaited and highly anticipated adventure film to the far-off planet of Pandora. The film was Cameron’s first since a little thing called “Titanic” was released 12 years ago, and it seems the wait didn’t hamper the new film’s performance. In addition to claiming some major awards, it’s approaching $500 million gross revenue at the box office, according to boxofficemojo.com, putting it third place all time after “Titanic” ($600 million) and “The Dark Knight” ($533 million).
Elsewhere, screenwriter and director Jason Reitman took home a Best Screenplay award with co-writer Sheldon Turner for “Up in the Air,” which starred George Clooney. Reitman, of Montreal, also directed the film, but lost in that category to the aforementioned Cameron.
FInally, Calgary’s Cory Monteith was not nominated for an individual acting award, but his show “Glee” won the top prize for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy, knocking off heavy hitters such as “30 Rock,” “The Office” and “Entourage,” and another highly touted newcomer, “Modern Family.”
See all the Golden Globe results here.
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