George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: Feb 18-22, 2013

As we enter into encore week and awards season, I thought it would be nice to focus this post on awards trivia. For more information on the guests bios this week, please read George's official site here.

MONDAY

Quentin Tarantino recieved an Oscar nomination for for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen. "Django: Unchained" is also up for  Best Picture, Cinematography, Sound Editing and Supporting Role for Christoph Waltz . The film recently won the AFI Award for Movie of the Year.

Tarantino also recieved Oscar nominations for Best Directing and Best Writing, Original Screenplay in 2010 for "Inglorious Basterds". He also recieved an Oscar nomination for Best Directing for "Pulp Fiction" in 1995, but ended up winning an Oscar for Best Writing, Written Directly for the Screen.
Tarantino has recieved 73 nominations and 80 awards in his career.

Xavier Dolan is a 23 year old filmmaker with 19 film nominations and 29 wins. He most recently won the Queer Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Laurence Anyways". The same film won TIFF's Best Canadian Feature Film Award and was featured in TIFF's Canada's Top 10. It is also one of the leading awards for the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards.

TUESDAY

William H Macy  recieved 31 nominations and won 30 awards in his career. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1997 for his supporting role in "Fargo". He recently starred in "The Sessions" which recieved an Oscar nomination this year for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

Giovanni Ribisi recieved 13 nominations and won 3 awards in his career. He starred in "Avatar" and "Saving Private Ryan" along with a recurring role in "My Name is Earl" and "Friends"; all of which have recieved numerous awards.

WEDNESDAY

Marisa Tomei recieved 27 nominations and won 17 awards in her career. She won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1993 for "My Cousin Vinny". She recieved an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2002 for "In The Bedroom" and 2010 for "The Wrestler."

Margot Kidder recieved 4 nominations and won 2 awards in her career. She will always be best known for her role as Lois Lane in Superman along with creating awareness for people who live with paranoia and are bipolar.

THURSDAY

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recieved 4 nominations in his career. Although Nikolaj is a movie star in his homeland, he is most known for his role as Jamie Lannister in "Game of Thrones". The show has recieved 66 nominations and won 25 awards.

Richard Armitage recieved 2 nominations in his career. He recently starred as Thorin in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" which recieved three Oscar nominations this year for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, and Best Visual Effects.

FRIDAY

Spike Lee recieved 46 nominations and won 35 awards in his career. He was nomainted for an Oscar  for Best Writing, Written Directly for the Screen in 1990 for "Do The Right Thing" and Best Documentary, Features in 1998 for "4 Little Girls."

George A Romero recieved 4 nominations and won 12 awards in his career. He is often credited for creating the zombies that we now think of and use in films along with his legendary work in the horror genre.

This Week In Strombo Nov 19-23

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week


Monday Nov 19
Legendary film maker Spike Lee

Panel guest Comedian Andre (the antigiant) Arruda

Tuesday Nov 20
Songstress Nelly Furtado

Panel guest Comedian Elvira Kurt

Wednesday Nov 21
Canadian actor Eric McCormack 

Panel guest Stand up comic Nathan MacIntosh

Thursday Nov 22
Folk Singer legend Judy Collins

Panel guest Comedian Darrin Rose

Friday Nov 23
Best of the week

July...that's a wrap!

Well the summer is certainly speeding along...hard to believe that we are already at the last week of July! Of course there is still much fun in the sun to be had. Whatever your summertime pursuit, hopefully you are having a blast.

As Barbara commented here last week, this Sunday will be a pre-taped edition of The Strombo Show. Listen online here starting at 5pm EST.

Coming up on The Hour's 'best of shows' this week:

Monday, July 27


Canadian musician Diana Krall.



Comedian and author Lewis Black.



Quebec native and actor Bruce Greenwood.
Looking for a dvd for a rainy summer afternoon? Check out Greenwood in the thriller "Double Jeopardy".

Tuesday, July 28



British funny man Ricky Gervais.



Actor and activist Tim Robbins.

Wednesday, July 29



Film director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee.



Alternative rock band Kings of Leon.



Canadian comic superstar Russell Peters.

Thursday, July 30



SCTV alumni Eugene Levy.



Tattoo artist and television personality Kat Von D.

Canada's 16th Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Joe Clark.

Friday, July 31



Improv master Colin Mochrie.



Las Vegas natives The Killers.

Economic and social theorist, author Richard Florida.

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This week's 2/20 will feature Tracy. Check out her answers Wednesday.

The goodness continues! What's on this week...

With summer days behind us and the colourful fall to look forward to, this week brings us a colourful mix of music, film and politics...

Sunday, September 21

Coming up on The Strombo Show...

The Creepshow

Fresh off their tour with Anti-Flag and the AKAs, The Creepshow creeps into the Strombo Show studios for a chat with George to discuss life on the road and their new album Run For Life that dropped earlier this month.

Coming up on The Hour...

Monday, September 21

Craig Glenday

As the Editor in Chief for the ultimate compendium of weird facts, obscure feats and some downright bizarre world records, it's probably safe to say that Craig Glenday has probably come pretty close to seeing it all. With 54 years and counting under their belts, the Guiness Book of World Records holds a certain strange fascination to readers...
Guess who is the world record holder in the category Most Searched on the Internet? No it's not George Stroumboulopoulos... it's Britney Spears who beat out Paris Hilton, last year's record holder.
Ever wondered what takes the distinction of Most Deadly Cheese ? That would be the Casu Marzu, a cheese from Italy, whose name roughly translates to rotten cheese. Don't google it. Trust me. Just... don't.

Spike Lee

Spike Lee was recently in Toronto to present his lastest film Miracle at St. Anna at the Toronto Film Festival. While here, he stopped into The Hour's studios to discuss his film, his career and he made some pretty interesting points about what's going on in the American election.

Tuesday, September 23

Declan Hill

For the past four years, Canadian investigative reporter Declan Hill has investigated match fixing in the world of soccer. The result of his work, The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime, makes some pretty severe allegations... that most matches, even the Olympics and the World Cup have been tainted by the possibility of match fixing. Hill gets down and dirty with the underworld of professional sport in this book: from how matches are fixed, why they are fixed and that many of the world soccer organizations have been corrupted, in some cases right to the top.

Pink

Last week, Pink achieved one of those milestones that most musicians dream of... her new single "So What" became her first solo number one of her career on the Billboard 100. "So What" has burned up the charts, fueling the anticipation of the release of her new album Funhouse, which is slated for release on October 28th.

Wednesday, September 24

Buzz Hargrove

Earlier this month Hargrove stepped down as the head of the Canadian Automotive Workers union, after 16 years at the helm and over 40 years in the industry. He leaves behind a mixed legacy: on one hand he's known for his amazing bargaining skills and the ability to ferret out impressive last minute agreements, but on the other hand, he's raised the ire of a few with his alledged bickering with other labour organizations and with the NDP. Now that he's retired, Hargrove is writing a book and plans to consult and commentate on issues affecting the industry he fought so hard for.

Thursday, September 25

Howard Zinn

Best known for his book A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn is known for two things: his outspoken views on war and that he taught Americans to look at history with a fresh outlook. His newest project based upon his book, The People Speak, was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. Using well-known actors like Viggo Mortensen and Matt Damon, the film brings key moments of dissent in American history and how these moments are relevant today.

Damon Albarn

It was announced over the weekend that a third Gorillaz album is in the works. Despite previous announcements that there would be no future Gorillaz albums, the duo of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, decided they knew exactly what they wanted to do... including possible makeovers for most or all the animated members of the band.

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