Just a tad…
With the worlds focus on this weekends 82nd Academy Awards, did anyone take the time to notice that both the Genie and Juno nominations were presented? Probably not, and that has to make both organizations a bit sad. After two weeks of CA-NA-DA, has the world had enough of us? Did they ever care? Well we can party without them so there. The full list of nominees for both the Genie (being presented on April 12 at the Guvernment/Kool Haus in Toronto) and the Juno (taking place in St. John’s NFLD on April 18) can be found below.
Genie Awards here
Juno Awards here
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Movies
Genie nominations offer surprises, emotion
Guy Dixon and Gayle MacDonald
Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Mar. 01, 2010
Denis Villeneuve’s harrowing drama about the 1989 Montreal massacre Polytechnique led the field with 11 nominations at yesterday’s Genie Awards announcement, while the highly acclaimed J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) was conspicuously incognito, receiving just one special award from The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
A major success on the film festival circuit, director Xavier Dolan’s story of the explosive ties between a mother and her teenage son had been Canada’s official entry for a best foreign-language film Oscar.
But J’ai tué ma mère didn’t make the final Oscar nomination list, nor did it receive any Genie nods in the regular categories. Instead, the Canadian academy’s jury, composed of film professionals, technicians and critics, will give Dolan the Genie’s special Claude Jutra Award for outstanding work by a first-time feature filmmaker at the Genie Awards gala on April 12 in Toronto.
“It definitely was considered in all the categories,” said Sara Morton, chief executive officer of the Canadian academy. “There is a significant difference between a film that does well on the festival circuit and one which is in a competition against other films. I don’t think you can generalize from festival success to Genie success.”
You can read the rest of this article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/awards/genie-nominations-offer-surprises-emotion/article1485870/
Music
Michael Bublé is the one to beat at the upcoming Juno Awards, after the West Coast crooner nabbed a leading six nominations for Canada’s most prominent celebration of popular music.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday the nominees for this year’s gala, set to descend on St. John’s, N.L., this spring.
Burnaby, B.C.-born Bublé, whose latest album Crazy Love was an international hit, will compete in a host of categories, including best album, best pop album, best artist, best single for Haven’t Met You Yet and the Juno fan choice award. Bublé’s competition for the fan choice award, which is voted on by the public, includes Ginette Reno, Maxime Landry, Johhny Reid and Nickelback.
Bublé and his co-writers will also vie for the best songwriter trophy for the tracks Haven’t Met You Yet and Hold On, while two of his acclaimed producers — David Foster and Bob Rock — go head-to-head in the best producer category for their work on the album.
Joining Bublé among the multiple category nominees is an eclectic group of mostly male acts from Ontario. Rockers Billy Talent, Scottish-born country star Johnny Reid and Toronto rap sensation Drake picked up four nods each, while teen pop newcomer Justin Bieber of Stratford, Ont., indie rockers Metric and hip hop artist K’Naan — both based in Toronto — followed with three nominations a piece.
You can read the rest of this article at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/03/juno-nominations.html
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