WEEK: February 10-16, 2014
Sunday, February 16th – Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy author E. L. James’s book-signing at Chapters-Indigo in downtown Vancouver. Friday, February 14th – Once Upon… Read More »WEEK: February 10-16, 2014
Susan Gittins
Longtime mainstream media (MSM) journalist and author Susan Gittins began writing about and photographing Vancouver’s many film and TV location shoots in the summer of 2010 after the Winter Olympics put the city and its beauty on the world stage. Movies and TV series often showcase the Vancouver area in similar fashion. Vancouver is Awesome commissioned her YVRShoots series in the fall of 2010 and it ran regularly for three years. She launched her own daily YVRShoots blog in the spring of 2012.
BY REQUEST: Black Canary (Caity Lotz)’s Salmon Ladder Sequence on ARROW
[sz-youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBhSD1KBYm4″ /] More than a week later, Caity Lotz is still the biggest google search that leads to yvrshoots.com. Was it her on-screen liplock with… Read More »BY REQUEST: Black Canary (Caity Lotz)’s Salmon Ladder Sequence on ARROW
SET: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB Builds Goods Reception Area for London’s British Museum at UBC
Students at the University of British Columbia are doing double takes on shortcuts to classes. Tucked behind the CHEM building is a Goods Reception Area to London’s British… Read More »SET: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB Builds Goods Reception Area for London’s British Museum at UBC
SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’s Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) Runs Up Lonsdale in North Vancouver
Christian Grey would be happy if he saw this: Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) taking care of herself with a new running regimen. Wearing a light blue… Read More »SHOOT: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’s Ana Steele (Dakota Johnson) Runs Up Lonsdale in North Vancouver
SHOOT: ARROW’s Starling Metro Police & Parkour Stunt in New Westminster
On the same day that The CW gave Arrow an early season three renewal, crew set up in New Westminster for a night shoot. It… Read More »SHOOT: ARROW’s Starling Metro Police & Parkour Stunt in New Westminster
PROMO: Olympics Hiatus Message from PSYCH’s James Roday & Dule Hill
[sz-youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_829z55MfU” /] Psych returns in two weeks on USA Network with 1967: A Psych Odyssey, much of it filmed in Vancouver’s historic Commodore Ballroom. Related:… Read More »PROMO: Olympics Hiatus Message from PSYCH’s James Roday & Dule Hill
START DATE: AGE OF ADALINE with Blake Lively as Immortal Woman Expected to Start Filming March 10th
An epic romance about a young woman (Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively) born in the early 1900s who is blessed with eternal youth after a near-fatal accident?… Read More »START DATE: AGE OF ADALINE with Blake Lively as Immortal Woman Expected to Start Filming March 10th
SEASON PREMIERE: MOTIVE S2 with Kristin Lehman & Louis Ferreira Debuts March 6th on CTV
Vancouver’s own crime drama Motive is set for its season two Canadian premiere on CTV on Thursday, March 6th. The hit procedural-with-a-twist is unusual for… Read More »SEASON PREMIERE: MOTIVE S2 with Kristin Lehman & Louis Ferreira Debuts March 6th on CTV