Canadian Blood Services is looking for more blood donors this Easter Weekend. Spokeswoman Angela Poon says long weekends are a challenge to find blood donors, "People are busy doing other things. They're away from their normal routines; they're spending time with family and they're just not thinking about blood donation. It becomes a last … [Read more...]
Syfy Partly Scraps “Blood & Chrome”
March 21, 2012 by
Syfy has decided NOT to go forward with its long-gestating "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" spin-off series - at least on television. Initially envisioned as a Web series, the network greenlit the property as a two-hour TV pilot in October 2010. Due to extensive post-production, the completed pilot wasn't delivered to Syfy until last … [Read more...]
New “Thrones,” “Blood,” “Straits” Promos
January 29, 2012 by
HBO has released new teasers for the return of the big-budget fantasy series "Game of Thrones" and its fun Southern vampire drama "True Blood", while ABC Australia have unveiled a full-length trailer for a campy Tropics-set crime saga called "The Straits". The clip for 'Thrones', which kicks off its second season on April 1st, includes plenty of … [Read more...]
Blood Brothers opens at the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage
November 16, 2011 by
There will be Blood Brothers If you hate musicals, you’re going to love the Arts Club Theatre Company’s latest musical, Blood Brothers. So says British dramatist Willy Russell, creator of Blood Brothers. He’s probably biased, but there are some heavy hitting pundits on his side. For example, the International Herald Tribune called it the … [Read more...]
Blood shed over Guinness Record (Warning: graphic content)
October 26, 2011 by
Reader warning: the content related to this story, including any photo or video elements, may be considered graphic to some. Blood ran from two meat hooks pierced into Burnaby Q. Orbax’s back and pooled at his waist as he pulled a 4-tonne pick-up truck 111.7 metres Tuesday to beat a Guinness World Record. The longest previous pull was 107 … [Read more...]
In Pictures: Blood shed over Guinness Record (Warning: graphic content)
October 25, 2011 by
Blood ran from two meat hooks pierced into Burnaby Q. Orbax’s back and pooled at his waist as he pulled a 4-tonne pick-up truck 111.7 metres Tuesday to beat a Guinness World Record. The longest previous pull was 107 m. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]
“Mortal Kombat” Will Swap Magic For Blood
October 2, 2011 by
Now that he's scored the job, filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen says he plans to bring the dark, gritty and more realistic tone he demonstrated in his "Mortal Kombat" short film and web series to the upcoming feature film reboot. The director tells The Los Angeles Times that "my sensibilities lean more toward realism as opposed to the more mythological … [Read more...]
Franco Ready For “God”, Not “Blood”
September 15, 2011 by
James Franco is ditching plans to adapt one Cormac McCarthy book for another it would seem. The young actor turned budding filmmaker had previously been pursuing an adaptation of "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road" author McCarthy's fifth novel, the acclaimed western "Blood Meridian". Earlier this year came word that Franco was the latest … [Read more...]
“True Blood” Fifth Season Details
September 15, 2011 by
SPOILERS AHEAD. The fourth season of "True Blood" ended on a bang on Sunday with three recurring characters and one regular dying in the space of a few minutes, while Russell Edgington seems to have escaped his concrete prison. Today co-executive producer Raelle Tucker spoke with EW about plans for the upcoming fifth season which goes to air next … [Read more...]
TV News: Spooks, Munsters, Eureka, Blood
August 12, 2011 by
Spooks BBC and Kudos have confirmed that the upcoming tenth season of British spy thriller "Spooks," known as "MI5" in the U.S., will be its last. The six-episode season will begin airing in the UK in September, no U.S. air date is yet set. The tenth series season see problems in the Middle East and the United Kingdom's strained relationship with … [Read more...]
