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Economic data released today shows how a motion picture like New Line / DC's Shazam! can electrify the Ontario economy. The production spent more than $55 million while filming in the GTA.Shazam!  is the origin story of DC Comics character, Billy...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, and SoftBank Corp, a major Japanese communications conglomerate, is excited to introduce a VR...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, and SoftBank Corp, a major Japanese communications conglomerate, is excited to introduce a VR...

The Cliburn announces today that Marin Alsop will be the jury chairman for the Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, taking place May 28?June 12, 2021, at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas USA. Widely considered one of the...

Textile Museum of Canada is pleased to present Balancing Acts, a new exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Nadia Myre. Balancing Acts is a selection of artwork made over the last ten years and marks Myre's first major solo exhibition in...

Felix & Paul Studios, the EMMY® Award-winning creator of immersive entertainment experiences, announced today that their groundbreaking virtual reality series, Space Explorers, has been nominated for a 2019 Daytime EMMY Award for Outstanding...

The 23rd Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART 2019) was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC) from 18-21, March, 2019. It is an occasion for film, TV and cross-media in Asia, as well as the largest film and TV...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN, Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, and AfreecaTV, Korea's top P2P video streaming platform, announced today that they will be...

The Audain Prize for British Columbia's most distinguished artists established in 2004 is this year being raised to $100,000, Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation announces today. The Audain Prize will now be one of the big three annual...

INVNT, the global live brand storytelling agencytm, in partnership with Xero has received the Best Corporate Event Gold Award at the prestigious Event Marketing Awards 2019 organised by Campaign Asia-Pacific and CEI, for its production, management...

Canada's Wonderland, in partnership with SickKids Foundation, is challenging ride enthusiasts and child health supporters alike to "Break Records and Heal Kids" by fundraising for a chance to be first to ride the world-record breaking dive coaster...

Felix & Paul Studios, the EMMY® Award-winning creator of immersive entertainment experiences, today announced that interactive technology veteran Pierre Blaizeau has joined the studio as Head of Interactive Development to help lead the studio's...

Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. , ("Enthusiast" or the "Company"), a gaming company building the largest community of authentic gamers, is excited to announce that it will be launching its own Esports tournament and entertainment series, called...

From the bestselling author of "Banking on America: How TD Bank Rose to the Top and Took on the USA" and "Distilled: A Memoir of Family, Seagram, Baseball and Philanthropy" comes the insightful biography "Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and...

(via Blockchain Wire) ? ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, and Salin Co., Ltd., Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) Social platform provider, are...

The national re-release of Mary-Ann Kirkby's best-selling memoir, I Am Hutterite, comes at a time when Canadians are grappling with a loneliness epidemic; something foreign to the 45,000 Hutterites who live in 400 colonies on the Canadian prairies...

(via Blockchain Wire) ? ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, and Salin Co., Ltd., Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) Social platform provider, are...

An all-star cast of musicians will headline the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, June 21 ? June 30, 2019. One of music's most iconic singers, Diana Ross, will perform, as well as singer-songwriter Norah Jones, Cuba's grand dame Omara Portuondo, heavy...

The Yield Growth Corp. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Urban Juve Provisions Inc., had its products selected for inclusion in gift bags given to the Awards presenters during a pre-Oscars event at the Four Seasons Hotel Los...

The work of a Seneca graduate was recognized at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles last night. Seneca Visual Effects for Film and Television grad Zacary Campbell worked as lead compositor on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which won Best...

15-time Grammy winning musician Eminem, EMMY® award-winning immersive entertainment creators Felix & Paul Studios, and Facebook's Oculus today launched Marshall From Detroit. The cinematic VR experience is now available for Oculus Go, Oculus Rift and...

This March, TVO pulls back the curtain on the story of one of the most coveted heavy metals with the broadcast and streaming premieres of Northern Gold and The Shadow of Gold.  These TVO Original documentaries explore the impact of gold on the...

INVNT, the global live brand storytelling agencytm today announces that it will not be producing Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival: Celebrating the golden anniversary at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival. The festival, which was...

Restaurants Canada's 2019 RC Show is convening hospitality industry leaders and CEOs from top restaurants ? including McDonalds, Starbucks, KFC Canada, A&W and many more ? to share their stories and lead the conversation around the true meaning of...

Political Blind Date, the TVO Original documentary series that was the talk of Canada's political world last year, returns for a fresh second season February 14 at 9 pm ET on TVO and tvo.org/politicalblinddate. Produced in association with Open Door...

From restaurant robots and holograms, to meatless meat and transforming unused milk sugar into superior spirits, the 2019 RC Show has officially released its list of must-see, innovative products set to reshape the hospitality industry and transform...

INVNT, the global live brand storytelling agencytm, has bolstered its offering with the launch of HEV?, a collaboration agency dedicated to crafting 'Performance Content' that is narrative-led, innovation-inspired, data-fueled and designed to deliver...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interactions, continues its rapid expansion into the Chinese market with a slew of entertainment partnerships and...

via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- CFN Media Group ("CFN Media"), the leading agency and financial media network dedicated to the North American cannabis industry, announces publication of an article covering Relevium Technologies Inc.  hosting the screening of...

With awards season upon us, the famed Planet Hollywood Beach Resort Costa Rica will play host to a dazzling series of Academy Awards themed activities and a glamourous Oscars viewing party on February 24th, 2019 to celebrate the 91st Academy Awards...

What happens when capitalism and charity intersect? Premiering January 22 at 9 pm on TVO and tvo.org/documentaries, TVO Original The Invisible Heart, joins award-winning filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza, in an unprecedented exploration of one of the...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, is happy to announce the premiere of the first joint human and AI celebrity music video, created...

(via Blockchain Wire) ObEN Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) company creating Personal AI (PAI) technology to revolutionize digital interaction, is happy to announce the premiere of the first joint human and AI celebrity music video, created...

Celebrity chef David Rocco teams up with Ethiopian Airlines CanadaEthiopian Airlines Canada hosted over 50 VIP guests which included tour operators, travel consolidators and media to an up close and personal evening with Canadian celebrity chef David...

Highlights: Waterloo Brewing has partnered with Cannabis Compliance Inc. (CCI) to secure its research license and standard processing license to begin developing cannabis-infused beverages ("CIB's").Development and commercial production of...

ARHT Media Inc. (the "Company" or "ARHT") , the global leader in holographic telepresence, is pleased to announce it has increased the size of its previously announced private placement financing from $2 million to $2.8 million. The Company will now...

Empire Communities, one of Canada's largest homebuilders, is providing young professionals with a brand-new era of condo living ? and a building that they can actually afford. The building, Empire Phoenix, will be located in South Etobicoke's Mystic...

WHAT: Please join us atop the highest tower outside of Toronto as ICE District  celebrates the final topping off of Stantec Tower. Attendees will be taken to the  60th floor for the event to share in the excitement and experience the highest  vantage...

"Alec Baldwin understands that the recent incident in New York City may have caused some negative backlash for The Owen Hart Foundation as he is set to perform for our annual charity event on November 30th. As such, Mr. Baldwin has generously donated...

The De Beers Group Designers Initiative invites jewellery designers to participate in the 2018/2019 Shining Light Awards. The competition has existed for over 22 years in South Africa; almost 10 years in Botswana and Namibia and has been launched...

As more women ascend the ranks of the male dominated restaurant industry, the rules of "kitchen culture" are being rewritten. Premiering November 15 at 9 pm ET on TVO and tvo.org/documentaries, TVO Original The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution takes a...

Guardian Circle, the first global, decentralized emergency response system, announced today its founder and CEO Mark Jeffrey is prominently featured in Alex Winter's new feature-length documentary, TRUST MACHINE: THE STORY OF BLOCKCHAIN. The film,...

The 2018 Macedonian Film Festival ("MFF") Toronto proudly announces the winners for Best Feature: Secret Ingredient, directed by Gjorce Stavreski; Best Short Film: The Last Church Bells, directed by Nikola Popovski; Best Documentary Film: Lake of...

New Age Farm Inc. ("New Age Farm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiaries, We Are Kured LLC ("Kured") and Drink Fresh Water LLC ("Fresh Water"), are the official CBD partners of the "Mile High Spirts Block Party...

Old Dominion University will welcome the community to its new Barry Art Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The University will host a lunchtime reception for faculty and staff from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST A public open house is planned from 4 to 7 p.m....

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Singer-songwriter Jann Arden is named the most dangerous celebrity to search for online in Canada according to McAfee studyStudy reveals which celebrities generate the most dangerous results that could expose consumers to malicious...

In partnership with Tourism Toronto, the Wolfpack will feature on TV Commercials airing on Sky Sports in the UK this weekend. Wolfpack players visited some of the city's most popular attractions last month to produce the adverts, which are also being...

From October 18th to 21st, the Montreal Burlesque Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with an artist line-up for the ages at Club Soda. The event, founded by international burlesque star Scarlett James, seduced its first audience back in 2009....

Monique Shaw is the first Calgary Interior Designer and Home Stager to be featured in the KNOW Tribe publication in both Calgary and Canada, after nomination and successfully being chosen to represent Calgary in this category  Launched in 2018, The...

TVO is pleased to announce that Burlington, Ontario filmmaker and Sheridan College student Sarah Gonyea is the winner of the seventh annual TVO Short Doc Contest, for her short film A Voice For Change: The Laura Hillier Story. Sarah's film also won...