Thursday March 28th, 2019

(Rudy Blair Entertainment Media will be covering the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards 

 The 2019 Canadian Screen Awards   https://www.academy.ca/awards/  nominees were announced (Thursday February 7th, 2019) at Toronto’s Globe and Mail  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ .    The Canadian Screen Awards honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production.  The CBC series “Anne with an E”  https://www.cbc.ca/anne/ and “Schitt’s Creek”  https://www.cbc.ca/schittscreek/ are the leading nominees for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards, with each show earning 15 nominations . For films, the leading contenders are from Quebec, Maxime Giroux’s allegorical drama “The Great Darkened Days”   https://www.tiff.net/tiff/the-great-darkened-days/  and Daniel Roby’s disaster thriller “Just a Breath Away”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eU52Gh3P08  with eight nominations apiece.  Three special awards will also be handed out , the Academy Icon Award goes to the comedy team The Kids In The Hall  https://www.jsrdirect.com/webstores/kidsinthehall , the Earle Grey Award will be given to multiple award-winning performer Mary Walsh https://twitter.com/marywalsh11?lang=en  and the inaugural Radius Award goes to Toronto born Actor Stephan James  https://www.instagram.com/tdotsteph/?hl=en  .  The broadcast of the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Gala will air live on CBC Sunday March 31st, 2019 at 8:00 PM (9:00 PM AT / 9:30 PM NT).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on red carpet at the nominee announcement to speak with  actor Michael Rowe on his CSA nomination 2019 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE for the movie Crown and Anchor https://www.academy.ca/2019/michael-rowe/  and Film Producer Matt Wells https://twitter.com/mattawells?lang=en  on the 2nd  nomination 2019 ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP for Lauryn Ford.

(Crown and Anchor Official Teaser Trailer #1  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bKnQX_Whk8  )