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What’s your superpower? For actress and activist, Lenore Zann, best known for playing “Rogue” (based on Marvels comics superhero team) in the X-Men Series, the 90’s X-Men: The Animated Series Disney+ revival X-Men ’97, it’s fighting for the underdog. A skill she derives from her character as well as serving as a Member of Parliament and in the House of Commons of Canada for the Liberal Party for 12 years.
Lenore’s passion for helping others began in Sydney, New Sout Wales, Australia where she was born and heavily influenced by her grandmother. She emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1968, first residing in Regina, Saskatchewan, then  Truro, Nova Scotia where she graduated from Cobequid Educational Centre. She later attended York University to study drama, fine arts and political science.
Prior to entering federal politics, an award-winning performer, Lenore has had various screen, voice-over, television and gaming roles since she burst on the entertainment scene at age 19 playing Marilyn Monroe in the live rock opera "Hey Marilyn!"   She also represented the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 until 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and from June 9, 2019, until September 12, 2019, as an independent.
 
In this episode, she joins me to discuss what portraying “Rouge” means to her, how’s she’s adopted “Rouge’s” superpowers in her own life,  what she wants women & girls to emulate from “Rogue’s” behaviour, her upcoming book “A Rouge’s Tale”, movie roles, Comicon appearances, and legislative endeavours!


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Are you a sucker for romance?
 
Love is in the air this Spring, and at Sky Gardens!
 
Released in 2021, the made-for-TV movie stars Hong Kong born Canadian actress, Jenny Raven, known for her work as “Gwen” on Kim’s Convenience, Irina Wong in the American film Flatliners and Sasha Dixon in the television series Designated Survivor. Another notable performance was as “Jasmine” in Arkangel, a Series 4 episode of the British television series Black Mirror.
 
In Love at Sky Gardens, Raven portrays “Deirdre” - a barista with a passion for designing rooftop gardens. When she accidentally spills coffee on regular customer, event planner Marcus, just before a big meeting with his boss, it sets the wrong tone for him to discuss a job promotion. Deirdre then offers to help Marcus get back on track by lending her rooftop-garden-design services for his boss' next big event: a wedding. His boss agrees to Deirdre's help but also wants Jacob, Marcus' competition for the promotion, to co-plan the wedding. As they work around the clock together, Marcus and Deirdre notice something more about each other and love takes root. But a series of misunderstandings threaten to wilt their growing love. It takes a small miracle to bring them back together where love blooms.  Raven was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the 2023 Canadian Screen Actors Awards (CSA) for this role.
 
The film was directed by Samantha Wan, another Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer, and web series creator who was nominated for Best Director. Wan is best-known for co-creating, writing, and starring in the City television series Second Jen. Since 2017, she has starred in the Global Television Network series Private Eyes  and in 2022 CBC's Run the Burbs. She is also of Chinese decent and has been outspoken about the need for more diversity and accurate Asian representation on television and in the media.
 
On the red carpet at CSA, I briefly caught up with the pair to discuss what things you must consider that make for a good director and how hard it is to be a lead character.
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Wan
 
Love at Sky Gardens
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How important is family and community to you?
Heartland is a Canadian family comedy-drama television series that debuted in Canada on CBC Television and originally in the United States on The CW Plus syndication on October 14, 2007. Since 2010, the show's been airing on Up TV in first-run broadcast, and still continues to be broadcast as apart of the service's weekend schedule.
The show is based on the Heartland book series by Lauren Brooke and follows Amy Fleming and her older sister Louise "Lou" Fleming on their Alberta-based family ranch, 'Heartland', where they live with their widowed grandfather Jack Bartlett, their father Tim Fleming and hired farmhand Ty Borden. While experiencing the highs and lows of life on the ranch, the family bonds and grows closer.
With the airing of its 139th episode on March 29, 2015, Heartland surpassed Street Legal as the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in Canadian television history.
On June 1, 2022, CBC renewed the series for Season 16 which consisted of 15 episodes and premiered on October 2, 2022 in Canada. In May 2023, the series was renewed for a 17th season with an unspecified number of episodes that premiered in Canada on October 1, 2023.
In the United States, the series has wide distribution through broadcast syndication on weekends, including as part of the default national schedule for Up TV and The CW Plus and new episodes become available as of 2021, on Up Faith & Family, the network's streaming service months after full seasons finish their runs in Canada and later premiere in the US linearly on the main network and all later seasons are exclusive to Up Faith & family first before they go up to available for syndication on other American networks and streaming services that aren't affiliated with UP tv or its sister networks. Reruns of older episodes air on Hulu, Pluto TV, Crackle, Tubi, BYUtv, Retro TV, COZI TV, and Heartland (which is not named for the series). It was also a part of the schedule on the now defunct Light TV until it was rebranded as TheGrio TV on January 15, 2021. The show is also available on Netflix and various other streaming platforms in the US as well.
No wonder the show was nominated for Best Dramatic Series at the 2023 Canadian Screen Actors Awards where I met up with cast members, Michelle Morgan (“Lou Flemming”), Aidan Moreno (“Ricke Aderly”) and Michelle Nolden (Jessica Cook”) on the red carpet to talk about the show’s appeal, storylines that embrace LGBT issues, family, immigrants, & community, and what will happen next.

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Do you love a good laugh? How about when the joke is on you? 

Roast Battle Canada is a Canadian television comedy series. it premiered on CTV Comedy Channel in October 2021 as an adaptation of the American series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle. The series presents battles in which pairs of comedians take turns roasting each other on stage, before a panel of judges who decides the winner of each battle.

The judges for the series are Russell Peters, Sabrina Jalees and K. Trevor Wilson, with Ennis Esmer serving as host of the series.

The first episode, featuring comedians Daniel Woodrow, Keith Pedro, Brittany Lyseng and Mike Rita, received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for best performance in a variety or sketch comedy program or series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. The second season premiere, featuring Salma Hindy, Sophie Buddle, Jean Paul and Ron Josol, was nominated in the same category at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards (CSA)) in 2023.

On the CSA red carpet, I caught up with Canadian Stand-up Comedian, Salma Hindy and Executive Producer, Shane Corkery Executive Producer to talk about the show, the best & worst aspects of roasting, and when a joke goes too far.

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How well do you ever really know someone you are friends with?

These is a question British Columbia’s actor turned writer and director, Laura Adkin, contemplates in her feature film debut Re:Uniting.

Released in Toronto on March 15th, the film is being shown in select CINEPLEX movie theaters across Canada before coming to various streaming platforms.

It features six best friends from college, now in their 40’s, reconnecting for their 25-year reunion. Secrets are revealed. And one forces them to re-evaluate their lives.

In this episode, Laura and I chat about why this reunion, which starts out light-hearted and quickly dives deep, focuses on friends approaching their retirement years and what happens when everything they planned for doesn’t quite work out; just how complex, nuanced & messy friendships can be, and lots more!

 
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Were you a fan of the late, great comedian Jackie Mason? Then you won’t want to miss The Jackie Mason Musical coming to Toronto, Prosserman JCC, Leah Poslun’s Theatre, Saturday, April 13th & Sunday, April 14th, 7pm both nights,  plus a 2pm matinee on Saturday, April 13th.

 

Written and scored by playwright/songwriter/actress Ginger Reiter, the show, hosted by Kol Tov Productions/Jewish Comedy Festival, is based on true events and stars Sheba Mason (Jackie’s & Ginger’s real-life lovechild) & Ian Wehrle (as Jackie Mason).

 

With a hilarious cast of characters, the play addresses both sides of Jackie & Ginger’s famous 10-year whirlwind romance that began in Miami Beach circa 1977.  Sixteen original songs, including “Ode to The Early Bird Special”, I Never Met this Yenta” and “The Finger”, highlight the romantic misadventures of Jackie Mason as his Broadway career soared and Sheba is born.

 

In this episode,  I’m joined by Ginger & Ian and rejoined by Sheba to discuss why the play was created, what they want you to know about Jackie Mason, and much more!

 
 
 
 
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