One of Canadian of the Week’s favorite new blogs is Ghouls on Film (ghoulsonfilm.net), where the horror movie genre is written about women, by women, and for women. You could maybe say it’s like Lifetime, but maybe Deadtime, if you know what I mean…

Anyway, the site is beginning a series of tributes to some classic scream queens and it just so happens they’ve started with Vancouver’s own Yvonne De Carlo.

As it turns out, she wasn’t always Lily Munster. In fact, the show only ran for two seasons (followed by two movies), and the 1940s and ’50s were considered the prolific period in the life of the actress who was once dubbed “the world’s most beautiful woman.”

Check out ghoulsonfilm.net for the rest of the story.

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.

An emergency room doctor said on Tuesday that watching Canadian director James Cameron’s “Avatar” contributed to a 42-year-old man’s death.

The Taiwanese man, who suffered from hypertension, had a stroke after watching the movie. He was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital and his brain was hemorrhaging.

“It’s like that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms,” the doctor told AFP.

The man died 11 days later and the China Times is calling it the first death linked to watching “Avatar.”

Somehow calling it “the first” doesn’t bode well.

If ever there was a true honorary Canadian, it’s Brendan Fraser. He was born in the United States, but his parents were both Canadian and he holds the distinction of being the first American-born actor to get the honor of induction to Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Fraser took a moment — really, just a moment — to open up about his Canadian side to Sara Castillo, Comcast.net’s movie editor. She asked him about his “Canadian alter-ego and here’s what he had to tell us:

“I’m half-Canadian,” he said. “The lower half. That’s why I’m such an amazing dancer.”

Thanks for that, Brendan.

You might have heard Fraser has a new movie out today, co-starring with Harrison Ford in the based-on-a-true-story docudrama, “Extraordinary Measures.” (Click here to see Sara’s full interview with Fraser, where he talks about working with Ford and taking such an emotional story and trying to keep it from becoming melodramatic.)

Click below to check out a trailer for “Extraordinary Measures”:

While George Clooney and Co. are running a star-studded telethon across several networks on American television, some of Canada’s biggest names will gather for an hourlong event that has a list of celebrities that more than holds its own.

The CBC reports:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean are scheduled to deliver messages, and the Tragically Hip and K’naan will perform live.

Other prominent Canadians from music, film, television and sport to appear on the special include:

Musical acts Nelly Furtado, Measha Brueggergosman, Justin Bieber, Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, David Foster, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida and Simple Plan.

Directors James Cameron, Jason Reitman and Norman Jewison.

Actors William Shatner, Joshua Jackson, Pamela Anderson, Eugene Levy, Sandra Oh, Tom Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Fox, Rachelle Lefevre, Will Arnett, Hugh Dillon and Brent Butt.

TV personalities Mike Holmes, Rick Mercer and Alex Trebek.

Sports stars Gretzky and Steve Nash.

Humanitarian Craig Kielburger.

The money raised during the telethon will be distributed equally amongst a coalition of 10 large Canadian non-governmental organizations — including World Vision Canada, Canadian Red Cross Society, UNICEF Canada, Oxfam Canada and Save the Children Canada — with the funds exclusively earmarked for Haiti.

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.

In case you missed it, the Order of Canada honorees were announced this week and Governor General Michaelle Jean included NHL legend Mario Lemieux of Montreal, film director Ivan Reitman of Toronto, and folk rocker Neil Young of Winnipeg among the 57 honorees for the year,

All three men were given the honor of Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honors which recognizes “a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation.”

We here at Canadian of the Week figure if they’re good enough for the Governor General, they’re good enough for us, and we’re therefore proud to bestow the additional honor of Canadian of the Week on all three of them.

Here are their citations from Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean:

Mario Lemieux
For his contributions as one of hockey’s most gifted players, as an inspirational role model and mentor, and for supporting charitable initiatives through the Mario Lemieux Foundation.

Ivan Reitman
For his contributions as a director and producer, and for his promotion of the Canadian film and television industries.

Neil Young
For his contributions as one of Canada’s greatest musical talents whose unique voice and iconic songs have influenced generations of musicians, and for his support of educational and charitable organizations.

See the full list of honorees here.