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Calgary Herald
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
XO, Kitty star Anna Cathcart stars in new Audible series Middlebridge Mysteries
Article content XO, Kitty star Vancouver's Anna Cathcart adds another Audible series to her resume. Article content The UBC student stars in the Middlebridge Mysteries a new cosy crime audible series. A spinoff from Audible's Mistletoe Murders, which was made into a Hallmark series, Middlebridge Mysteries also stars Vancouver actor Eric McCormack, he of Will & Grace fame. The series will be released on July 24. Article content Article content The new series sees Cathcart (To All the Boys I've Loved Before) reprising her Mistletoe Murders role of Violet Wilner. Article content Article content But as anyone who has a spent any time with the folks of Fletcher's Grove knows Violet is never too busy for a good old-fashioned mystery. The series comes from Canadian Screen Award winner Ken Cuperus and features McCormack as the renowned and demanding criminology teacher professor Bellows. Article content
New York Post
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Bye Bye Birdie' star Ann-Margret, 84, makes rare TV appearance — and reveals the secret to her iconic dance moves
Ann-Margret is still saying hi hi to the spotlight. The 84-year-old 'Bye Bye Birdie' actress made a rare public appearance at Project Angel Food's Lead With Love fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday. Ann-Margret wore a black long-sleeved top, matching leggings and knee-high patterned black boots as she posed for photos on the red carpet. Advertisement 9 Ann-Margret attends Project Angel Food's Lead With Love 6 – A Fundraising Special at KTLA 5 on June 28. Getty Images for Project Angel Food's Lead with Love 6 9 Ann-Margret attends Project Angel Food's Lead With Love 6 – A Fundraising Special at KTLA 5 on June 28. Robert Smith/INSTARimages At one point during the televised event that raised funds for LA fire victims, Ann-Margret had a moment with 'Will & Grace' actor Eric McCormack where he asked her about her 1960s dance moves that 'captivated the world.' Advertisement 'They called you the female Elvis,' McCormack, 62, said. 'You changed how a generation hit the dance floor. And now you're a TikTok sensation.' 9 Ann-Margret with 'Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack. 9 Ann-Margret at a televised fundraiser for LA fire victims. Robert Smith/INSTARimages McCormack then asked Ann-Margret, 'So where did those incredible moves come from? Does everyone in Sweden dance like that?' Advertisement 'My heart and my seat,' Ann-Margret responded after laughing. 9 Ann-Margret and Eric McCormack hug at Project Angel Food's Lead With Love 6 – A Fundraising Special. Getty Images for Project Angel Food's Lead with Love 6 Ann-Margret was born in Sweden in 1941 and moved to the U.S. as a child. She rose to fame from her roles in 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Viva Las Vegas, 'The Train Robbers' and more. She also became a sought-after sex symbol during the '60s. Advertisement 9 Ann-Margret in 'Bye Bye Birdie' in 1963. Courtesy Everett Collection Last year, Ann-Margret accepted an award at the Women's Image Network's 25th Women's Image Awards in Beverly Hills and reflected on her decades-long career. 'I remember wanting to be in show business all my life,' she said in an interview with People at the event. 'And I remember one day I said to mother and daddy, 'I want to talk to you. It's a very, very important thing for me and I want to get into show business.'' 9 Ann-Margret dancing in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' Courtesy Everett Collection 9 Bobby Rydell, Ann-Margret in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' Everett Collection / Everett Collection 'I am so blessed. I just can't believe all the things that have happened to me. I never expected it,' Ann-Margret added. 'Never,' The 'Newsies' star also confirmed that she 'of course' still rides her Harley Davidson. 'It's lavender and it's got white daisies all over it,' she said about her motorcycle. 'There's flowers on the back fender and on the front fender. I love the speed.' Advertisement 9 Ann-Margret and Bobby Rydell in 'Bye Bye Birdie' in 1963. Courtesy Everett Collection In May 2023, Ann-Margret boasted that she still has 'a lot of energy.' I am just blessed that my mother and father gave me such great energy. And there's no negativity here,' she told Fox News Digital at the time. 'They instilled in me all of these wonderful things that I still carry with me.' 'You don't whine about things. You just go out and do the things that you love,' She continued. 'And I just feel blessed with the life that I've been given.'
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What to Watch This Week: 40+ Premieres, Finales and More
To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025. This week, you'll find a nine series debuts (including Julie Plec's We Were Liars and Kevin Williamson's The Waterfront), a dozen returning shows (including The Buccaneers, Grantchester and Somebody Feed Phil) and 10 finales (including Adults and Love Hotel). More from TVLine Every New Scripted Show Confirmed to Premiere in 2025 — Save the Dates! What to Watch in May: Your Guide to 130+ Premieres Across Broadcast, Cable and Streaming Hell Motel: Eric McCormack's Sinister Chef Serves Verbal Beatdown to 'Washed Up' Scream Queen - Watch Exclusive Sneak Peek Want scoop on any of the following shows? Email us and your question may be answered in Matt's Inside Line. 📺 The Chosen Season 5 (Prime Video, two-episode premiere)📺 8 pm America's Funniest People (ABC special) 📺 8 pm (PBS)A detective (Laura Fraser) takes a neurodivergent woman (Ella Maisy Purvis) under her wing to assist with complex criminal investigations. 📺 9 pm Grantchester Season 10 (PBS)📺 9 pm Bravo's Love Hotel Season 1 finale (Bravo)📺 9 pm The Mortician docuseries finale (HBO) 📺 9 pm (NatGeo)Ryan Reynolds narrates this five-part nature docuseries celebrating the unique behaviors of the animals who don't usually get to be the stars of the show. 📺 10 pm (History)Each episode tells stories of pastimes, practices and products that were once allowed — even encouraged — which you will never see again in modern America. 📺 10 pm Sister Wives Season 19 finale (TLC) 📺 8 am Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends Season 4 (Disney Jr.)📺 8 pm Walking With Dinosaurs Season 2 (PBS)📺 9 pm The Playboy Murders Season 3 finale (Investigation Discovery) 📺 9 pm Super Mega Cakes (Food Network)Team Duff Goldman goes up against six teams of the country's best cake artists over the course of four days — all at once. 📺 10 pm Love It or List It Season 20 finale (HGTV)📺 10 pm Toxic Season 1 finale (Investigation Discovery) 🎥 9 pm (NatGeo documentary, next day on Disney+ and Hulu)The film honors the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space. 🎥 Love Me (Paramount+ With Showtime) 📺 Chopper Cops Season 2 (Paramount+, 10-episode binge) 📺 (Shudder, two-episode premiere)True-crime obsessives (including Eric McCormick) are invited to the site of an unsolved, satanic mass murder where history repeats itself and a killing spree ensues. 📺 9 pm Castle Impossible Season 1 finale (HGTV) 🤣 Justin Willman: Magic Lover (Netflix comedy special) 🎥 9 pm (HBO documentary)The film tells the story of the male victims of Dr. Richard Strauss, a sports medicine physician and serial sex abuser employed by The Ohio State University (OSU) from 1978 to 1998. 📺 America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Season 2 (Netflix, seven-episode binge)📺 The Buccaneers Season 2 (Apple TV+) 📺 (BritBox, two-episode premiere)The six-part drama is inspired by the lives of the aristocratic Mitford sisters – six headstrong women who frequently made headlines around the world. 📺 Somebody Feed Phil Season 8 (Netflix, eight-episode binge) 📺 (Prime Video, eight-episode binge)A teenager (Emily Alyn Lind) and her tight-knit inner circle — nicknamed the Liars — spend the summer on her grandfather's private island. 📺 9 pm Adults Season 1 finale (FX, two episodes)📺 9 pm Children Ruin Everything Season 4B (The CW, two-episode premiere)📺 9 pm Expedition Unknown Season 15 (Discovery Channel)📺 10 pm AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Francis Ford Coppola (TNT special)📺 10 pm Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch Season 5 (Discovery Channel) 📺 10 pm Sports Gone Wrong (Vice)The docuseries delves into unexpected and bizarre moments in sports — from misbehaving athletes to streaking fans and headline-making brawls. 📺 Scrublands Season 2 finale (AMC+) 📺 (Netflix, eight-episode binge)Melissa Benoist stars in this Kevin Williamson drama about a family's efforts to retain control of their crumbling fishing empire. 📺 The Bravest Knight Season 2B (Hulu, six-episode binge)📺 Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical (Disney+ special)📺 10 pm Missing Presumed Dead Season 1 finale (NatGeo) 🎥 A Minecraft Movie (Max) 🎥 (Paramount+ With Showtime movie)Noah (Darryl Stephens) and Wade (Jensen Atwood) are expecting twins and must shift gears when each is offered their dream job. 📺 8 pm Kids' Choice Awards (Nickelodeon) What are you watching this week? Take stock of everything above, then drop a comment with your lists below. Best Streaming Deals This Month View List Best of TVLine Young Sheldon Easter Eggs: Every Nod to The Big Bang Theory (and Every Future Reveal) Across 7 Seasons Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now
Globe and Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
What to watch this weekend: Canadian horror for Friday the 13th – and the high and low bars for FUBAR on Netflix
Hell Motel, Hollywood Suite On Demand On Friday the 13th comes the first episode of this new Canadian horror whodunit from the creators of the anthology series Slasher (Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter). A group of true-crime influencers attend the opening weekend of a resort built on the site of a diabolic slaughter 30 years earlier, and you'll be unsurprised to learn that they start to be knocked off one at a time next. Paula Brancati – of Degrassi: The Next Generation and also one of many Slasher alums in the cast – stars as a scream queen aging out of 'crying and dying' roles, while Will & Grace's Eric McCormack hams it up as a TV chef who serves up vegan dishes shaped like severed body parts. Stage greats Yanna McIntosh and Gray Powell play a couple of RV-ing normies who get stranded at the motel during a hurricane. It's solid self-aware Canadian genre TV that doesn't pretend to be anything more that a bloody good time. Though it premieres Friday, new episodes stream Tuesdays. ROMCON: Who the F**k is Jason Porter?, Prime Video More Canadian horror streaming as of Friday the 13th: This two-part doc follows up on the true-crime tale of a Toronto-area romance scammer some may remember from a 2022 Toronto Life feature (by Jane Gerster, who makes an appearance). The man sometimes known as Jason Porter finally met his match in a real estate broker named Heather – who he moved in with during the pandemic, and who persisted until charges were laid once she figured out his scam. I admire the bravery of the many women who speak out on camera about their experience being love-bombed followed by a disturbing mix of gaslighting, fraud and theft. 'You don't want to be known as the woman who got fooled by a con man,' says one. Director Henry Roosevelt keeps things light-ish in this doc being sold as 'the dark side of dating in one of North America's largest cities,' but in the margins is sad commentary of how police can brush off 'domestic' crimes and the glacial pace of the Ontario criminal justice system. Bottoms, Crave When this subversive spin on the teen-sex comedy from Toronto-born filmmaker Emma Seligman was released in cinemas in 2023, The Globe and Mail's Barry Hertz described it as Fight Club meets But I'm a Cheerleader meets Wet Hot American Summer. After a run-in with the football team, lesbian virgin besties PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) start a feminist self-defence club in order to attract their cheerleader crushes, and the proceedings only get more satirical and surreal from there. 'While Bottoms' final leg dips ever so slightly into genuine emotion – forgetting its detached, ironic cool – Seligman's concoction is delightfully strange and unabashedly, proudly queer,' wrote Hertz in his Critic's Pick review. The film lands on Crave on June 13. FUBAR, Netflix Arnold Schwarzenegger's action-comedy series is back for a second season, with creator Nick Santora having upped neither his action nor his comedy game since the show's first batch of episodes two years ago. The former Governator and Monica Barbaro (seen in the interim as Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown) return as father and daughter CIA operatives Luke and Emma Brunner – their cover blown and now living in an overcrowded house in an undisclosed location with family members, exes and fellow spies. Mostly shot in Ontario, FUBAR's cup runneth over with Canucks from Jay Baruchel to Enrico Colantoni, but only Burnaby, B.C.'s Carrie-Anne Moss, a new addition this season as a former East German spy, manages to elicit so much as a smile from a script crammed with leaden exposition and wan one-liners. So, why am I including it on the list this week, you may ask … FUBAR, Netflix (and CBC Gem and Crave with Starz) … because FUBAR the series is just the latest Hollywood product to unconscionably muddy the search results of an earlier, superior Canadian screen classic by using the same title (see: Paul Haggis's Crash versus David Cronenberg's; Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom vs. Ken Finkleman's). It's my duty as a patriotic watcher then to remind viewers of Michael Dowse's cult 2002 mockumentary, FUBAR – in which Edmonton metalhead misadventurers Terry (David Lawrence ) and Dean (Paul Spence) have their beer-shotgunning bromance complicated by a diagnosis of testicular cancer. In 2023, Globe film critic Barry Hertz deemed it the eighth best comedy ever produced in this country: 'a high-beer mark of Canadian comedy, as committed to its central bit as it is sincere in its love for its 'just give'r' heroes.' The film is leaving Netflix on June 30, but both FUBAR and FUBAR 2 (2010) are also on CBC Gem and Crave with Starz. The short-lived TV series FUBAR Age of Computer (2017) is, alas, only available for rent or purchase at the moment as far as I can tell.
Globe and Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
Is Eric McCormack one of Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue?
There are Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue at the end of the new six-part miniseries (USA Network/Crave) of that name – but, as of yet, viewers do not know if Canadian actor Eric McCormack's character will be one of the nine. The Will and Grace and Travelers actor plays American doctor Kevin Anderson on the mystery show created by bestselling British novelist Anthony Horowitz. Kevin is one of 10 people on a small plane that goes down in the Mexican jungle on a flight from Guatemala to the United States. After the crash, the survivors – whose identities are more complicated than they first appear – start mysteriously dying one by one. The Globe and Mail checked in by Zoom on McCormack in Vancouver – where he says he's spending a lot more time lately: 'Let's just say it's nice to be home for a while.' Crave gave me limited episodes – so I don't know if you're in the morgue yet. This has already aired in the States, right, on something called MGM+? Yes. MGM+ Studios made it with Sony, but also in connection with Eleventh Hour Films, which is U.K.- based. So, it had this very international cast and crew. Where was it actually shot, the Mexican jungle that you crash into? On the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, which has zero greenery. It is a volcanic island. So most of the jungle was created in a state of the art studio. It was bizarre to fly halfway across the world to create Mexico on the Spanish island to tell a story about people trying to get back to Texas. Is this just the way that TV works these days? When I got started in television, in the States, anyway, everything was local. Will and Grace shot down the street from my house. Everything was so L.A.-centric. Then when a movie got shot in New York or Toronto, it was very exotic. Now, when I get an offer, I'm like, 'Where do I get to go?' It's exciting. Nine Bodies is written a British writer and most of the cast is British and Irish and Icelandic and Canadian, playing mostly American and Mexican characters. The only characters that I trust so far are you and the British photographer played by Lydia Wilson as you're the only actors using something close to your own accents. Oh, that's good. Well, we don't want you to trust anybody. Two years ago, I was on Broadway with a new show called The Cottage where it was six North Americans, but we were all doing English accents. So it was fun to reverse it where I was the only one not putting on an accent – with the exception of Lydia, doing her natural London accent. I keep getting into these TV shows where there's a plane crash – and there's some mysteries that have to be unravelled, and then it goes on for season after season and stops making sense. I can promise you that we end in six episodes, hopefully in a surprising way. There are no smog monsters. The premise make me think of And Then There Were None – you wonder how people are knocked off and in what order. What appealed to you about a show where almost everyone gets killed off? Anthony Horowitz – I didn't know him before, but he's a big deal in the U.K. He's written 50 mystery novels, very popular novelist. So his almost Agatha Christie take on this was fun. There's a very throwback feel to it. It's not as adult or sexy as The White Lotus perhaps, but it has a real old school whodunnit feel. You're sexy in the show. Don't sell yourself short. Thank you, I'll take it. I'm watching a lot of TV right now that is completely disconnected from the real world, so it was interesting to see the American husband and wife characters – played by Irish actress Siobhán McSweeney and Icelandic actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson – who are self-proclaimed, adherents of the MAGA ideology. This would have been shot, I imagine, before the election? We were shooting six months before the election. In fact, while we were shooting is when Joe Biden stepped aside and Kamala Harris took over. There was a lot of fear and then a lot of hope. But, also, I was watching it from a rest-of-the-world perspective. The problem with America sometimes is that they are thinking just within that box. They're not seeing what the rest of the world sees and hears, and I got to be watching it from the eyes of Spanish people, people from the U.K. So when the MAGA thing came up, I said just be careful. This will air when one or the other has been elected. The line in the upcoming episode that kind of landed with me was, one of them says to your character: 'People like you looking down on people like us… You know what scares you? There's more of us than there are of you.' Certainly that proved to be the case. We did discuss those things knowing that they could have a real ominous feel if things worked out the way they did. You were on Broadway a couple years ago and you're always coming to Ontario to host a gala for and/or be honoured by the Stratford Festival. When are you going to do a season out in Stratford? Artistic director Antoni Cimolino and I talked about it a couple of times over the last few years. The hard part is just how much time one has to take off because otherwise I'd love to be back on that stage. There's a few things we've tossed around. So it's in the air. Thanks for your time. I hope you are the murderer. Hmm, OK. Well, maybe I'm the hero, Kelly. No, you can't be the hero. Everyone's dead. Well, maybe someone else is dead. There must be a twist. There'll be a twist. This interview has been edited and condensed. New episodes of Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue air on USA Network on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET and then land on Crave Friday.
