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ShowbizMonkeys.com is sometimes lucky enough to cover major events and festivals in film, music, comedy, and pop culture. Whether a major international spectacle like the Academy Awards or a more regional festival like the Winnipeg Folk Festival, we're on the scene with interviews, photos, video, and special commentary.
2015 Oscars: Red Carpet videos, live tweeting of the ceremony, and tales from L.A.
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • February 22, 2015 @ 6:04am
It's Oscar Sunday, and ShowbizMonkeys.com once again ventured down to Hollywood, California to bring you our own unique coverage live from the Academy Awards.
For those of you who don't know me in person or on stage, I can be pretty cynical. Prior to this week, I didn't know if there was a way left for me to feel alienated. Los Angeles found a way, my friends. I have always escaped into a rich fantasy life, facilitated by the silver screen.
2014 Oscars: Coverage from the Red Carpet, live tweeting the ceremony, video reports, photos, and more
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • February 25, 2014 @ 3:50pm
86th Academy Awards Coverage:
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Oscar Talk: Importance vs. Influential
- Critical Perspectives: The Un-Reality of The Wolf of Wall Street
- 86th Academy Awards Official Nominees List
A little over a week ago the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival ended so what better time to ruminate on the good and the bad. And what better way to do so than create a "best and worst" list? (Sure, lists are reductive to the point of absurdity, they force an arbitrary ranking system, I usually come to regret them at some point, etc., etc.
TIFF 2013 Interview: Director & cast of The Dick Knost Show
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 15, 2013 @ 8:30am
In all the hubbub of the Toronto International Film Festival, sometimes it's easy to forget where you are. Amidst the wall of people crowding the streets, the buzz of foreign languages, and Hollywood celebrities emerging from black SUV's you might be at any major world film festival.
TIFF 2013 Interview: Director Pirjo Honkasalo
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 13, 2013 @ 4:06pm
A teenage boy stares at his reflection in a fogged mirror shrouded in darkness. Moments later the same boy watches a train derail off a bridge. Then he is trapped in one of the train's cars as it fills with water. He impotently slams his hands against the ceiling in an attempt to free himself.
2013 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Ongoing live coverage with tweets, photos, videos, interviews
Posted by: Paul Little • July 11, 2013 @ 5:15am
The Winnipeg Folk Festival has certainly undergone some changes over the years.
The Winnipeg Comedy Festival has long been considered a comics' festival. The comedians who come to the prairie city to perform over a week in April absolutely love their time here. The festival treats the performers incredibly well, and the crowds are friendly, responsive, and plentiful.
2013 Oscars: Live tweeting during the telecast, links to our lead-up coverage, and a complete list of winners after the show
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • February 24, 2013 @ 5:35pm
85th Annual Academy Awards Coverage:
- Oscar Talk: Argo Annointed Hollywood's Best
- Oscar Talk: Can Big Ben Get It Done?
- Critical Perspectives: Thoughts on America in Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty
- Critical Perspectives: Am I the Only Person on Earth who thought Silver Linings Playbook Sucked?!
- Critical Perspectives: Django Unchained and the Post-Modern Question
2012 Just for Laughs: Interviews and coverage live from Montréal
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 23, 2012 @ 12:23am
Our year of festival coverage continues! Beginning with the Academy Awards at the end of February, we've been bringing you on-the-ground coverage of some of the biggest and coolest events and festivals in North America. Now it's time to head east for the biggest comedy festival on the planet: Just for Laughs.
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