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"Alcatraz" star Sam Neill seen grocery shopping in Yaletown

"Jurassic Park" actor Sam Neill, now part of famous "Alcatraz" show, was spotted grocery shopping in Vancouver.

Ali Liebert is Global's newest "Bomb Girl"

One of Hollywood North's fastest rising stars is returning to television in the new year, in the new Global TV original series "Bomb Girls".

McCabe and Mrs. Miller returns. The Illusionist, The Mechanic, Casino Jack, The Company Men and The Rite

Six new films arrive, and a 40-year-old masterpiece beats them all. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is back to help Vancouver celebrate. (Read more)

Same Planet, Different Worlds. The 29th Vancouver International Film Festival.

September 30 marks the opening day of the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival. This year there are 359 films in total, from 80 countries.

Hollywood North gets paranoid about paparazzi

“I will need to escort you down the block.” She stayed with me until the halfway mark between Columbia and Manitoba St., by which point I suppose she had determined that I was not a TMZ photographer...