Comedian Mike Myers and \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d stars Hudson Williams and Sophie N\u00e9lisse are among those expected at the Canadian Screen Awards tonight.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum Myers, who ushered in the nationalist cultural phrase \u201celbows up\u201d last year in response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s threats to annex Canada, will be honoured with the Icon Award. The Toronto-born star will be presented with a statuette recognizing ongoing contributions to the industry at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
Known for his roles in \u201cAustin Powers\u201d and \u201cWayne\u2019s World,\u201d Myers will be part of a history-making moment for the Screen Awards this year. For the first time it will air on multiple networks and their streaming services including CBC, CTV and Global. The announcement was billed as a celebration of Canadian culture amid the rising \u201celbows up\u201d movement and a show of support for homegrown talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d has become a worldwide sensation with its sultry and steamy love story between two hockey players portrayed by Williams and Connor Storrie.<\/p>\n
The show received 18 nominations \u2014 winning 13 at last night\u2019s gala for scripted television \u2014 and will compete tonight for more hardware including best drama series and best lead performer.<\/p>\n
Williams will face off in the category against co-star Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud. Also nominated are Kathleen Munroe of Citytv\u2019s \u201cLaw & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent,\u201d Allan Hawco of CBC\u2019s \u201cSaint-Pierre\u201d and last year\u2019s winner Supinder Wraich of CBC\u2019s \u201cAllegiance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d creator Jacob Tierney completed a hat trick at the awards. On Friday, he won his first Screen Award of the year for executive producing \u201cThe Traitors Canada,\u201d which nabbed best reality\/competition series, and on Saturday he picked up best direction and best writing for his hockey drama.<\/p>\n
At tonight\u2019s ceremony \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d will compete in the best drama series category against \u201cLaw & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent\u201d and \u201cSaint-Pierre\u201d as well as \u201cCBC\u2019s \u201cWild Cards\u201d and CBC Gem\u2019s \u201cPlan B.\u201d <\/p>\n
N\u00e9lisse, who won a Screen Award for best supporting performer on Saturday, will be presented with this years Radius Award. The honour recognizes individuals whose work has gained international recognition and contributes to Canada\u2019s global reputation. <\/p>\n
The Montreal-born actor, who plays Williams\u2019 on-screen girlfriend, Rose Landry \u2014 will also be a presenter tonight. <\/p>\n
The ceremony will feature Shamier Anderson, Dave Foley, Lauren Ash, Mae Martin \u2014 who hosted the 2024 Screen Awards \u2014 and baseball broadcaster Hazel Mae, all handing out the top prizes.<\/p>\n
Mae will also be one of the honorees. She will get the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism for her outstanding contribution to Canadian sports media.<\/p>\n
This year, Andrew Phung, known for his Screen Award-winning roles on \u201cKim\u2019s Convenience\u201d and \u201cRun the Burbs,\u201d will perform hosting duties. The Calgary-born comedian said in an interview last week that he\u2019s a bit nervous knowing comedy legend Myers will be watching from the front-row, but he\u2019s ready for the \u201cunreal\u201d experience.<\/p>\n
The CBC\/Netflix sitcom \u201cNorth of North\u201d led all nominees overall with 20, and will be competing for best comedy series and best lead performer for Anna Lambe. <\/p>\n
Lambe\u2019s category includes Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen from \u201cSmall Achievable Goals,\u201d the CBC menopause comedy that earned 12 nominations this year. But the Screen Awards will mark the show\u2019s final farewell, as it was not renewed by the public broadcaster.<\/p>\n
\u201cNorth of North\u201d won seven awards on Saturday, including best writing, best supporting performer and best ensemble performance for a comedy.<\/p>\n
The show will be up against Crave\u2019s \u201cLate Bloomer\u201d and \u201cThe Trades,\u201d CTV\u2019s \u201cChildren Ruin Everything\u201d and CBC\u2019s \u201cSon of a Critch.\u201d<\/p>\n
R.T. Thorne\u2019s \u201c40 Acres\u201d has already swept up the nine trophies it was nominated for, and tonight the post-apocalyptic thriller will look to complete the clean sweep with a win for best motion picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more than you can dream of. Making any movie is super hard, obviously. Making an independent film in Canada is very hard. And you just kind of, you want to hope that you get an expression out,\u201d Thorne said after the nominations were announced in March.<\/p>\n
The film, which tells the story of a Black-Indigenous family trying to fend off a group of cannibals, will try to fight off the other contenders including Matt Johnson\u2019s \u201cNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie,\u201d which has won four awards so far, and Sophy Romvari\u2019s \u201cBlue Heron.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jay McCarrol is up for his \u201cNirvanna\u201d performance in a leading comedy role, competing against Eric K. Boulianne and Catherine Chabot for \u201cFollies,\u201d Neil Elias for \u201cLovely Day,\u201d and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman and Laurence LeBoeuf for \u201cTwo Women.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSweet Angel Baby\u201d star Michaela Kurimsky is nominated for her performance in a leading drama film role. She\u2019s up against Grace Glowicki for \u201cHoney Bunch,\u201d Nina Kiri for \u201cOut Standing\u201d and Jasmin Geljo for \u201cCat\u2019s Cry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Canadian Screen Awards broadcast will air Sunday evening on CBC, CTV and Global, as well as their streaming services.<\/p>\n
Craig Macrae, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedian Mike Myers and \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d stars Hudson Williams and Sophie N\u00e9lisse are among those expected at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[76,45,75,1554,43,4852,7607,44,1788,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-705878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arts","tag-business","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-headlines","tag-human-interest","tag-media","tag-news","tag-television","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}