paterson1 wrote:

Maybe it was the fact that the new Little House On The Prairie is being filmed in Winnipeg put President Trump over the edge.  He claims that the movie industry in the US is in peril, so bring on some new big tariffs on movies not filmed in the USA.  More from Deadline...https://deadline.com/2025/05/trump-movie-tariffs-hollywood-1236384980/

This one bottomed out fast.   CBS news at 6:00 put the report on and the reporter also added that Trump has no power to tariff movies, books, audio or anything else covered under the US 1st Amendment due to a Congressional change in the law a few years ago specifying that they are exempt from the emergency powers he's currently abusing to tariff things outside of the usual Congressional jurisdiction.     

This is a non-starter that won't survive the judicial process, and Hollywood is rejecting it too.

It will be yet another one of Trump's illegal Executive Orders which are losing court challenges.

mace wrote:

There are always a few ridings where the winner is a pretty much well a foregone conclusion. However, one should never assume victory is assured, Hello Pierre and Jagmeet. However, there were two Canadian ridings where the margin of victory was under 40 votes. In the Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas, Liberal candidate defeated the Conservative candidate by a mere 12 votes. The Liberals defeated the Bloc Quebecois in the riding of Terrebonne by a massive 35 votes. Judging by these examples, your vote really does count.

Those are all close.   I wonder how many, if any, will see a recount?   
From Elections.ca: 

"A judicial recount is a new tabulation of the votes cast for an electoral district, presided over by a judge of a superior court of the province or territory.A judicial recount must take place if the leading candidates in an electoral district receive the same number of votes after the validation of the results or if the difference in votes is less than one one-thousandth of the total votes cast*. For example, in an electoral district where 40,000 votes were cast, if the difference in the number of votes for the first and second candidates was less than 40, a judicial recount would be required. The returning officer must make a request to a judge for a judicial recount and must also write to the candidates or their official agents to advise them of the recount request."
 

I landed on her Facebook page today and it says she'll be on The Agenda with Steve Paikin @ 8pm tonight to talk about her 5 decade broadcasting and journalism career.      Lately she's been hosting a program called 'Canada Files' on PBS

Tune in to find out more!

Shorty Wave wrote:

I agree with Doug Thompson and Binson Echorec, “Departure” is a terrible rebrand of CMW, does make it sound travel related. I also liked the fact that the old title used the word “Canadian”, it would go far these days!

   

It's an awful name and it looks like the new owners plan to change it's direction by  "expanding the music event to also include comedy, tech, food and more."     I wonder how long before someone comes up with an alternative that's exclusively about music again?  
 

Centerline wrote:

From Avery Haines facebook page,
[color=var(--primary-text)] [/color]If anyone has 0 blood type and wants to be a hero please please step up.Cristina Howorun needs a new kidney. Please read her post for how to help.

Devastating news.   I found this post from Tuesday on Christina's Instagram page.   It was long so I copied the text.   Wishing her love, good health and luck.    

"I’ve been keeping a secret- and not the good kind.
I need another kidney.

Five years ago my cousin Christine saved my life by giving me a kidney.
Ive had an incredible five years- personally and professionally- working hard to shine a light on injustices, Sharing stories of redemption, recovery, and hope. I’ve produced/written/co-written / hosted 8 documentaries, directed my 1st documentary, produced several specials - some earned awards- some changed the way things are done- some exposed governmental injustices. None of this would have been possible without Christine.❤️

Last year- my new kidney failed. It didn’t reject- it failed- the consensus is that when i contracted COVID, it got to that kidney and stayed there.

I post smiling pictures , filming on location, enjoying rare moments with friends & family - what you don’t see is me hooked up to machine so that I can get my blood cleaned every other day.

I have a port in my chest-it isn’t always easy to conceal- I’ve had lots of complications.  Last week, I had another minor surgery to replace the port for the 3rd time. My whole life revolves around dialysis-  having enough time to do a session, making sure my blood pressure doesn’t crash (and it has- & it’s scary when it does), crippling cramps, trying hard to prevent infections and other very serious complications. I’m doing this at home- bc it’s the only way that allows me to continue working- and I can’t do it by myself.
It takes a massive toll on my partner. My family. My friends and even my dogs- although they don’t

Radiowiz wrote:

I am not aware of any plan to be at 333 Bloor.
I thought they were moving to 1 Mount Pleasant.
 

333 Bloor E is going to be demolished and replaced by a condo last I heard.

NBC had great coverage, better than any local news I watched at 6:00.   They had camera from a passenger on the tarmac with a close up of the plane, shots from inside by the same passenger, 2 aviation specialists to interview and a bunch of other camera angles I didn't see elsewhere.   They didn't have a reporter on scene though, which is interesting considering the comparatively extensive coverage they did in their short national segment.   The local reporters had no I idea what caused it and relied on limited official statements while NBC had plenty of expertise on tap.

RadioActive wrote:

Meanwhile, 1010's Jerry Agar is doing his show from home on Thursday, after giving up trying to get downtown from Etobicoke. 

He could probably have made it in if he left later but it's best to stay off the roads for a while.    Leaving too early might have been why it was difficult.

I drove down Yonge from St. Clair to Bloor and then to Christie this morning at 8:20 and there were almost no cars on the road and the main routes were plowed.   Side streets were a mess  and I got stuck out my driveway but a push helped.
Once I returned 1 hour later the side streets had been cleared.    If I didn't need to take my cat in for surgery today I wouldn't have gone out at all but the traffic wasn't all that bad.


 

mic'em wrote:

Perhaps Trump is the antiChrist ? 

or Republican Jesus?

Shorty Wave wrote:

I can see Amazon Prime laying out some big bucks to score these rights, they have pretty deep pockets and have been airing the Monday night games, or quite possibly a split deal with Amazon and Netflix. This would not go over too well with many out there! Rogers will have to fork over more to keep this deal, but will they? Stay tuned!

I hope it doesn't go to streaming because it may look good on a tablet or phone but the frame rate is sometimes too slow and it ends up looking choppy on the big screen.    Then there's the 4K (and Dolby 7.1 multichannel audio) options, which seem to be missing from Amazon and to me are a staple of my hockey TV viewing on the big screen.   Going to streaming for the majority of games in Canada would represent the Enshittification of HNIC.  
And then there's the membership fees.

betaylored wrote:

https://youtu.be/vDxYQd51Xuk?si=TKRW9r8aX1pEaYIb

Solid article RA thanks for sharing this.

Above is the brilliant official preview of the SNL special and whoever did it is a mashup genius.

Watching it might put a smile on your face. Get down, get funky, get back up again...as I believe Robin Williams once quipped.

Airs tonight on NBC and then Peacock.

The co-Director was Questlove, he got the Academy Award for his brilliant documentary Summer of Soul.   Speaking of the mashup, he talks about how he put it together in depth in this interview.   You will love it.   

Questlove on Flourishing In His Directing Era and Tackling Controversial Music Moments in ‘SNL’ Doc


Lorne Michaels approached QL to make it before he earned his reputation as a top shelf documentarian.    They were good to get him.   He's a talented musician and DJ as well.

Forward Power wrote:

Living in Senators territory, we also sometimes see, on the Sens' regional broadcasts on TSN 5, electronically-inserted ads on the ice just inside each team's blue line, as well as on the glass above each net. Again, that's only on the main centre ice camera shot.

The virtual on ice ads are clever.    They're given a finish to blend with the surrounding ice, which changes as it gets skated on and then resets after the Zamboni during the break.    They had me fooled at first but then I noticed that an ad supposedly painted under the ice was changing.    They don't do moving ones for the on ice ads.   Probably too distracting for the TV audience like the old Fox Sports streaking puck was!

This reminded me of a similar thread in Oct 2023.   It also contained details about a VCR I owned a few decades back which had a feature to eliminate ads on recordings.      Did Anyone Ever Use This VCR System?

Bruce's wife Christina posted a nice tribute on Facebook.    The post is public for all users with an account if you wish to post condolences directly to her.    

Chrisphen wrote:

As a nerdy aside, I'm amazed that DisplayPort never took off for TVs. DisplayPort is an open standard (no royalties), and it's more technologically advanced than HDMI.

Probably the same reason knots are still the unit of measure in maritime and aeronautics instead of metric alternatives - the governing organisations are too lazy to effect the change.

The DisplayPort's I've had experience with never had sound capability, just video.   So HDMI was definitely more advanced because it carries both.