If you've got an interesting face, Matt Damon wants to frack it. To be precise, he and director Gus Van Sant were seeking paid extras with "great character faces" over the weekend in Philadelphia for "Promised Land", their upcoming anti-fracking film says The Associated Press. Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is a controversial process by which … [Read more...]
One of the region’s ten most wanted car thieves has been arrested
March 16, 2012 by
One of the region's ten most wanted car thieves won't be getting behind the wheel again for a while. Thirty-four year old Kevin Michael Beech was busted last night in Surrey. Police had been scouting areas he was known to frequent when he and two other people were spotted in a vehicle. Police say when officers stopped the vehicle, Beech tried … [Read more...]
Tom Cruise Wanted For “Star” Remake
March 12, 2012 by
Tom Cruise is being courted to topline Clint Eastwood's remake of "A Star is Born" for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety. Should he sign on, Cruise would play an over-the-hill musician who falls for a young singer (Beyonce) whom he is trying to help turn into a star. The likes of Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Leonardo DiCaprio have all … [Read more...]
Wanted: Police search for convicted sexual predator
March 6, 2012 by
Vancouver Police are looking for a 35-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. David Grant Mack didn't return to his half-way house on Saturday, and since then, has not turned himself into police. He has a history of sexual assaults and other violent crimes in the Rossland/Trail area. Mack is white, 6'4", 190 pounds, with short brown hair and … [Read more...]
Vancouver police seek man wanted on attempted murder charge
March 4, 2012 by
Police in Vancouver say they need the public's help to find a 54-year-old man wanted for attempted murder. Officers are looking for Kenneth Kirton of Surrey, after a female relative of his was stabbed last night. Police say the 73-year-old woman was stabbed several times around 3:30 a.m. at her home in the 15-hundred block of Adanac … [Read more...]
Input wanted on airfare advertising
February 18, 2012 by
The Canadian Transportation Agency is looking for the public's input in developping new standards in airfare advertising.The move comes after the federal government gave the agency the task of forming regulations requiring airlines to include all fees and taxes in their advertised prices.Chantal laflamme with the Canadian Transportation … [Read more...]
Trank Wanted For “Fantastic Four” Reboot
January 14, 2012 by
"Chronicle" director Josh Trank has become the frontrunner to direct a reboot of the "Fantastic Four" franchise at 20th Century Fox reports Variety. Michael Green ("Green Lantern") is penning the newest draft about the four individuals who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space. The previous … [Read more...]
“Wanted” Helmer Adapting “Lunar Boy”
January 12, 2012 by
Timur Bekmambetov's Bazelevs company has scored the feature film rights to Stephen Tunney's young adult sci-fi novel "One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy" reports The Chicago Tribune. Edward Ricourt ("Now You See Me") has been hired to adapt the take set two millennia into the future. There 16-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin, living on a now colonised … [Read more...]
Harrison Ford Wanted As Branch Rickey
December 11, 2011 by
Harrison Ford is being courted to play Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey in Brian Helgeland's "42" for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures says Deadline. The story will chronicle how Rickey and Jackie Robinson eradicated baseball segregation in 1947. Helgeland also penned the script. Various other actors have been linked to … [Read more...]
One of B.C.’s most wanted arrested in new scam
December 5, 2011 by
A man who made headlines in the 2006 hit-and-run of a New Zealand doctor is once again behind bars. Xiao (Sean) Zhang, 25 – who served five months for crashing into Dr. David Higgins in front of his daughter on Gravnille Street – was arrested Nov. 18 on 33 criminal charges. The scam involved a man who allegedly dressed up as a courier and told … [Read more...]
