Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Author: Bill Brioux July 8, 2024 Duration: 33:55
Send us Fan Mail In a spectacular career that's gone everywhere from The Streets of San Francisco to "Wall Street" and beyond, two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas currently stars in the epic, eight-part limited series "Franklin," now streaming on AppleTV+. If you don't think Douglas looks like Benjamn Franklin, neither did the actor. He does an extraordinary job, however, disappearing under the skin of America's favourite founding father at his diplomatic best. These were the years where F...

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Michael MacMillan goes public (again) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:08
Send us Fan Mail The Blue Ant founder and CEO and former Alliance Atlantis chief rang the bell earlier this month on the Toronto Stock Exchange. His company's reverse takeover of Boat Rocker delivered more Canadian conte…
CBC Archives: documentary dream factory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:50
Send us Fan Mail Where do documentary filmmakers go to find that historic clip or interview nobody else has? Many turn to the CBC Archives in Toronto. The vast, climate controlled vaults at the CBC Broadcast Centre are h…
Fun for All Ages host Frank Santopadre [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:35
Send us Fan Mail If you are a fan of comedy, film, television, movies, music, or even Bazooka Joe bubble gum jokes, join me this week in conversation with Frank Santopadre. For over eight years and 600 episodes he brough…
More Fun for All Ages with Frank Santopadre: Pt. 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:22
Send us Fan Mail If you've already listened to Part 1 of my conversation with writer-producer-podcaster Frank Santopadre, you just know there was more to explore. This is the second half of our terrific conversation. Her…
Ed Sullivan doc producer Margo Precht Speciale [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:11
Send us Fan Mail Back in the 1950s and '60s, every Sunday night, families would gather around their living room TV and watch The Ed Sullivan Show. The variety hour ran 23 seasons, ending 54 years ago in 1971. Now streami…
Do not overlook Jennie Bovard [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:45
Send us Fan Mail Meet the star of the new series Pretty Blind. As described in her AMI-tv bio, Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with albinism. She loves making people laugh and is very involved…
Spend Canada Day with Jonathan Torrens [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:27
Send us Fan Mail Here is why Jonathan Torrens is the perfect Canada Day Weekend podcast guest: As a producer, he is behind two new Canadian TV comedies: Pretty Blind, starring Jennie Bovard as a legally blind but supreme…
Pat Ferns sees The Big Picture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:01
Send us Fan Mail In the digital age, the question is not only which tools are still available to support Canadian content production but which ones are still relevant. One with an insider's perspective is Pat Ferns, auth…
Sultan of sitcoms Chuck Lorre [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:47
Send us Fan Mail By far, the biggest name in TV sitcoms this century has been Chuck Lorre. This June, when I saw that he was going to be a keynote speaker at the Banff World Media Festival, I thought what the hell, put i…