Archive for February, 2012
February 29th, 2012 | 
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British Columbia’s health minister insists a Vancouver-area hospital is safe despite concerns raised by medical staff and an infectious disease expert about 84 bacteria-related deaths at the hospital since 2009.
Davy Jones, the heartthrob singer who helped propel the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts as an American version of the Beatles, died Wednesday. He was 66.
As "Killer Joe," William Friedkin’s nasty new black comedy, fights an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, the Weinsteins are experiencing their own ratings woes with their teen-oriented documentary "Bully."http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention
A new rock house built within caves is to be unveiled later at an attraction in Staffordshire.
Cory Monteith has reportedly taken Lea Michele home to Canada. The new couple have been spotted enjoying a cosy sushi dinner date in the actor’s home city of Vancouver.
A study rejects claims that Triceratops and the lesser-known Torosaurus are one and the same type of dinosaur.
"The Five-Year Engagement", a new comedy from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller, will open the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. The movie stars Jason Segel ("The Muppets"), Emily Blunt, Alison Brie ("Community"), Rhys Ifans, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling and Chris Parnell. It was produced by Judd Apatow ("This Is Forty").http://www.hitfix.com
Nicollette Sheridan should receive $6 million for being killed off "Desperate Housewives" after the show’s creator slapped her, her attorney said Wednesday.
Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan, who is behind a private member’s bill that calls for a national strategy on a controversial MS therapy, says "we absolutely have to fight for this" if the treatment offers an improved quality of life.
The Canadian asbestos sector wants Ottawa’s help to challenge a death-toll estimate from the World Health Organization that says asbestos-related diseases kill more than 100,000 people every year.
HitFix highlights ten new things we’ve learned from the new trailer for "The Avengers" that was released today. The Joss Whedon-directed film stars Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki). The film hits theaters on May 4.http://www.hitfix.com
From technologies which allow the brain to directly control computers to using electricity to enhance brain function, the way technology can “intervene” in the brain is being reviewed.
Lung cancer patients, who at one time faced invasive operations followed by difficult recoveries, have found a new surgeon: a robot.
West of Memphis, director Amy Berg’s chronicle of the effort to exonerate the West Memphis Three, was acquired today by 
In yet another update on the saga of the contentious documentary Bully – which lost its appeal to have its R 
Sony Pictures Classics has announced today that it has acquired US rights to Amy Berg’s "West of Memphis," which could yet pop up in the film awards season and extend the much-need spotlight for this miscarriage of justice.http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention
Lady Gaga was at Harvard University for Wednesday’s launch of her Born This Way Foundation with Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Ben Affleck used Facebook to announce the birth of his son Samuel with wife Jennifer Garner. The child was born Feb. 27.
Michael Zuk, a dentist in central Alberta, has shelled out nearly $10,000 to buy a dental crown made for rock legend Elvis Presley.
Canadian Cancer Society giving 23 grants to projects employing risky and even counterintuitive approaches
Julia Roberts has cited Meryl Streep as her role model when it comes to raising well-adjusted Hollywood offspring.
