Showtime with Sharman Yarnell
About the show
CJAD Entertainment gives you the latest movie reviews, tv, theatre talk, and industry news, authors, books and restaurants every Saturday afternoon. Find out what CJAD listeners think of the latest shows as well. It's like a chatroom where you can have your say.
CJAD's Sharman Yarnell hosts SHOWTIME with guest interviews from William Shatner and Sally Kellerman to Sue Nicholls from Coronation Street - and the gang from Canada's own Corner Gas, Brent Butt, Nancy Richardson and Eric Peterson and Bon Cop Bad Cop's, Colm Feore, Colm Wilkinson, Rowan Atkinson, Iron-Chef David Adjey, actors Kevin Kline, Keir Dullea, Chris Sarandon, Joanna Gleason, Chef to the Stars - Tal Ronnen, Queen of Design, Sarah Richardson. And The Rockettes!!
You never know who will drop by on Showtime!!
Feel free to send your comments on music, as well as concert listings, theater and other Montreal events to me. Anything you'd like to talk about in 'the business'!!
Email me at syarnell@radio.astral.com
Have a look at my Photo Gallery
Coming up on Showtime:
March 13 - It's all about the Irish!
Sharon Doyle's new book about Griffintown
The UIS - they put on the St Patrick's Parade
Also coming up:
Chef Mark Cohen from The Sparrow
Actress Joanna Gleason (The Good Wife) Tony Award winner for Into the Woods.
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The Movie Club - Cinemagique
Peter Pearson's
movie club presents wondrous flat-out must-see movies. And also gives you the directors and movies stars that go with them. Every Monday evening at Cinema du Parc - check the website at: http://www.cinemagique.ca/
On Now:
The Gallery Lounge - Leonard Cohen - Visual Arts - until May 9
TAPS AS NEVER HEARD BEFORE - FOR VIMY
REMY CHAREST - FROM THE WINECASE
Link to Remy Charest's Website: http://www.winecase.ca/
Olympic Wines from the SAQ
Olympic Wine promotion: Okanagan wines to watch out for. All worth gold.
Oculus Mission Hill Okanagan Valley VQA, Code SAQ : 10411102, 59,75$
Pinot noir Belle Le Vieux Pin Oliver Colombie‐Britannique, Code SAQ : 11263210, 54,75 $
Merlot Township 7 VQA Okanagan Valley Colombie‐Britannique Code SAQ : 11263324, 24,90 $
Chardonnay Un‐Oaked Joie Farm Okanagan Valley Code SAQ : 11264634, 26,90 $
Blind Trust Launghing Stock Okanagan Valley VQA Code SAQ : 11262903, 34,75 $
RESTAURANT PICKS:
For great ideas for dining out in Montreal check out
www.bar-resto.com It covers the downtown core and the West Island.
In Stanstead - "Millies" is a great Bistro style, Tapas. Well worth the trip for the meal!
You might bump into Donald sutherland or Susan Sarrandon whilst there!
Le Bistro du Quartier
Great Bistro setting. Wonderful food! Yes, some vegetarian, too.
On Wellington near Charlesvoix - watch out for the beige canopy. (Try the Sorbet with ginger!)
O. Noir
On St Catherine bet St Matthew and Guy.
www.onoir.com
Reserve: 514-487-5066
The Alpen House
Old wood beams and a roaring fire in winter - great fondues and live music on the weekends! Near the AMC, Cinema Scotia Banque and The Bell Center - great before or after a show.
For Reservations: 514 - 935-2285
On St Marc below St Catherine
Robin des Bois
4653 St Laurent - created by Judy Servey - run by volunteers with all proceeds going to Charities in Montreal. Great food - vegetarian as well - and...features the breaking of old plates to relieve stress. I'm so there!
The Gryphon D'Or-
An Irish/British Teahouse on Monkland ave.
Serves lunch and high tea! Everything is made freshly in the bakery by Peggy Regan.
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Sharman's Top Movies - Must See films
The Hurt Locker - Oscar for Best Film --- Yes!!!!
Inglorious Basterds - Adults only
Alice in Wonderland - a bit scarey for little kids - but it is a wonder !!
The Last Station - top-notch script and great acting by all - both Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer have been nominated for Oscars. Must See.
Precious - unrelenting but so uplifting - top Oscar Contender - don't miss it. Oscar Nom
Mary and Max - claymation
An Education - MUST SEE Oscar Nom
Avatar - MUST SEE Oscar Nom
Inglorious Bastards - Christoph Waltz portrays is a Nazi with a very different approach. That's why he received the Golden Globe and Sag and will get the Oscar. Oscar Nom
The Hurt Locker - Oscar Nom
The White Ribbon - very dark and ponderous. A bit Bergmanesque. (German with English subs) Another great one. Oscar nom.
Great DVD Rentals
Little Voice - with Brenda Blythin, Michael Caine and Brenda Horrocks
Whiskey Galore (a dvd that's difficult to find!)
On DVD - All You Need Is Love- Tony Palmers series on the history of music - from Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, Vaudeville, The Broadway Musical, Rock and Roll up to the Alice Cooper era. 14 Hours of great music and interviews.
..................................CASTING: Looking for New Talent......................................................
Andrea Kenyon is looking for a 10 to 13 year old girl (if 13 must be small) for a leading role in a feature film shooting here and in Manitoba in the spring - so she must be able to travel with a parent.
Contact: KenyonCastingTweens@gmail.com
Send current photo, vital statistics no later than March 1st.
THEATRE:
Geordie Productions
APR 30 - MAY 9, 2010
Andersen's Inkwell
Stories by Hans Christian Andersen.
By Gina Wilkinsen|Directed by Micheline Chevrier
For more info - 845-9810
Centaur - Theatre for Kids:
Check the Centaur webpage for Saturday morning shows for the kids - a great introduction to Theatre for them.
- Pier 21 by Anne Renaud
- The Strand Prophecy - for 11 to young adult - great Sci-Fi written by the 13 year old Winner twins.
- The Joy of Spooking - great for kids - 7-12
KIDS PANEL BOOKS SUGGESTIONS
Suggested by Noah (9yrs old)
Cabin Creek Mysteries Dragon Slayer's Academy Dear America - Early Sunday Morning, The Pearl Harbour Diary of Amber Billows Dear Canada - Brothers Far from Home, The World War 1 Diary of Eliza Bates The Bionicle Series - by Greg Farshtey (based on Lego)
The DK Eyewitness Books (these are great!) on all different topics. Smithsonian Handbooks (also by DK) Insects, Spiders and Other Terrestrial Arthropods" "Egyptology", "Monsterology", and "Piratology"
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
By Sara (14 yrs)
To Kill A Mockingbird and The Twilight Series
By Jesse (18 yrs)
Lord of the Flies
The Inheritance Series, Eragon, Eldest and Brysinger. They are about wizards and dragons, very entertaining!
By Alexandra (12 yrs old)
Twilight Series, and another vampire series called the House of Night.
Sarah's Key (which is about a woman exploring the past of her family during the Holocaust)
The Lightening Thief series (which is adventure, and boys would like also),
Alphas (which is a bit more teenager-like and by the author of The Clique series which girls love),
PARAGRAPHS EXPLORED
Paragraphs Explored, a flip through the pages of a selection from Paragraphe Books - It's Sharman's choice pick of the week! You might be the lucky winner of a $50 certificate for Paragraphe Books on McGill College just below Sherbrooke.
Sharman's Choice
- The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen - in top 5 of best cookbooks of the decade!
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- The Shack - William P. Young (interview coming up in January)
- Late Nights on Air - Elisabeth Hay
- Bringing Home the Birkin - Michael Tonello
- The Science of Sexy - Bradley Bayou
- Conceit - Mary Novik
- This Food/That Drink - Angie McRae and Stacey Metulynsky (Food Network Canada)
- Awake in the Dark - Roger Ebert
- Late Nights on Air - Elisabeth Hay (2007 Giller Prize)
- No Reservations - Anthony Bourdain
- Notes From a Small Island - Bill Bryson
- I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron
- Tuppence to Cross the Mersey - Helen Forester
- My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
The R and R Horse Rufuge
http://www.refugerr.org/
Refuge RR for horses
21305 Concession 10 RR2
Alexandria, Ontario ,Canada K0C-1A0
Help in any way you can.
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Update On Puppy Mills - please keep this up!!!!
Animals are still suffering in Quebec.
Puppy Mills Form (pdf format)
Can't open the pdf file?? Download Adobe Reader (it's free)
Call and make your voice heard for those who haven't a voice.
In Montreal: Jean Charest Tel - 514-873-3411
Fax - 514-873-6769
Phone number Quebec -Jean Charest -418-643-5321
For your MNA - 1-800- 363 - 1363
or www.assnat.qc.ca- to find who represents you via postal code.
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A VERY SPECIAL ANIMAL SHELTER
A True No-Kill Shelter for animals!!
THE SPCA MONTEREGIE - on the South shore - not affiliated with any other SPCA.
Adopt - Volunteer - Sponsor an animal - help in any way you can!
The SPCA Monteregie -www.spcamonteregie.com
178 Chemin du Vide
Sainte Angele de Monnoir
Quebec, J0L 1P0
450 - 460 - 3075
Schedule
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