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Whistler Film Festival opens applications for 2019 Screenwriters Lab

Six writers will be chosen for unparalleled mentorship and access to industry experts.

Vancouver's Jason Priestley and 90210 costars weather criticism for delayed response to Luke Perry's death

Some of Luke Perry’s costars have come under fire for their social media activity (or lack thereof) in the wake of his death.

After announcing Vancouver-shot Arrow is ending, Stephen Amell wrestles with Dave Bautista on Twitter

Vancouver will be losing one of the long-running superhero TV series filmed here.

Luke Perry, star of 90210 and Vancouver-shot Riverdale, dies at age 52

Actor Luke Perry had been hospitalized on February 27.

Vancouver animation team major part of Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

An animation team from Vancouver was one of the major contributors to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which took home an Oscar.

Vancouver visual effects house played role in First Man winning an Oscar

DNEG's supervisor, Paul Lambert, praised "all my people in Vancouver" in his acceptance speech.

Green Book defies the oddsmakers and wins the Oscar for Best Picture

Viggo Mortenson didn't take home an Oscar for his role as Tony Lip, but Mahershala Ali was honoured for playing Don Shirley in Green Book.

Britain's Olivia Colman picks up the Oscar for Best Actress for playing Queen Anne in The Favourite

She delivered a somewhat zany and highly emotional speech.

Rami Malek wins Oscar for Best Actor for playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

He also won the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild award for his performance.

Spike Lee urges Academy Awards audience to "do the right thing" after winning Oscar for Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman is about an African American who went undercover to investigate white supremacists.

Canadian director Domee Shi gives shout-out to nerdy girls after Bao wins the Oscar for Best Animated Short

It was one of three Canadian productions nominated in this category.

Bohemian Rhapsody wins Oscars for editing, sound mixing, and sound editing

The most newsworthy Oscars still haven't been announced yet, but already, the Freddie Mercury biopic is doing very well.

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