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St. John's, as seen by Republic of Doyle
It’s no wonder that members of St. John’s city council recently paid tribute to the people behind Republic of Doyle. The show, which will soon clew up its second season on CBC Television (and will, soon enough, start work on shooting season three), makes St. John’s look incredibly good, week after week.
This fan-made video was posted to YouTube yesterday, to the accompaniment of the title track from the Fables’ album St. John’s.
Lovely.
Meanwhile, here are some things you may like to know. You can follow Republic of Doyle on Twitter right here. Star and driving force Allan Hawco tweets from here. Mark O’Brien, who plays Des, just joined Twitter and is figuring it out here. You can find Krystin Pellerin, who plays the hardest working cop in Sin Jawnz, right here.
Tags: Republic of Doyle, St. John's
Republic of Doyle gets a third season
Jake, Malachy & Rose, Des & Tinny … the hardest-working private investigators in St. John’s will be back on the job in 2012.
Republic of Doyle got the nod today for a third season. This is big news for fans, of course, but it’s also an important story in the local production community, which works flat-out between June and December when the show is shooting around St. John’s multi-coloured backgrounds. (And that’s not counting how hard Allan Hawco and the pre-production and post-production teams work before and after the cameras are rolling.)
Meanwhile, CBC announced that two other shows with a strong local flavour will also be returning next season. Both 22 Minutes and The Rick Mercer Report will be back.
Tags: Republic of Doyle, Rick Mercer
Danny Williams and Mark Critch consult 'Codfather' Gordon Pinsent
Danny Williams has had a long-running relationship with 22 Minutes, either being the butt of a joke or more likely being in on the joke himself.
On Tuesday night, the retiring Williams bowed out with a star-studded sketch with regular foil Mark Critch that also featured Gordon Pinsent (who had a recent star turn in a sketch about Justin Bieber’s memoir) … and Allan Hawco and Sean McGinley in Republic of Doyle mode.
If you haven’t seen it already, we’ll bet you’ll want to take a look. In fact, chances are excellent you’ll watch it again.
Tags: 22 Minutes, Allan Hawco, Daily smile, Danny Williams, Gordon Pinsent, Republic of Doyle
Just in time for Christmas!
A message from Allan Hawco and the folks over at Republic of Doyle:
Tags: Allan Hawco, Republic of Doyle
Oh yeah! Jake Doyle has a date with the red carpet
Nominations for the Gemini Awards were announced today, and there was some good news for Republic of Doyle, the St. John’s-set detective show where the characters are as colourful as the houses.
Here are the relevant nominations, with - where applicable - the episode titles that brought the nominations.
*Best Dramatic Series * Republic of Doyle (Republic Season II Inc., Malachy Season 1, Inc.) Allan Hawco, Rob Blackie, John Vatcher
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Allan Hawco - Republic of Doyle - The Fall of the Republic
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Lynda Boyd - Republic of Doyle - He Sleeps With the Chips
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Rachel Wilson - Republic of Doyle - Return of the Grievous Angel, Blood is Thicker Than Blood
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series Michael Storey - Republic of Doyle - The Fall of the Republic
Here are some details from CBC Arts’ coverage of the nominations:
Allan Hawco, star of the Republic of Doyle as well as creator and producer, said he was delighted to see the show get five nominations and “very proud” to see cast members honoured for their performances.
“I’m not surprised, especially in the case of Rachel [Wilson] and Lynda [Boyd] - they are such great talent,” he said. “They bring such truth and honesty to the work.”
Wilson is nominated for best supporting actress in a drama and Boyd for best lead actress in a drama. Hawco also has a nomination.
“People in St. John’s have been very supportive,” he said. “All I’ve been trying to do is tell stories as best I can and try to make it as entertaining and fun to watch as possible.”*
Some had been hoping that Gordon Pinsent would get a nomination for the rum-running rogue he played earlier this year, but it was not to be.
The Rick Mercer Report, meanwhile, picked up four nominations, including best comedy, best individual performance, best direction and best photography.
A full list of nominations can be seen here.
The Gemini Awards will be presented in Toronto in November.
Tags: Allan Hawco, Republic of Doyle, Rick Mercer
Allan Hawco chooses NL. Do you?
If you’re on Facebook, you may have noticed a campaign called I Choose NL. It seems simple enough: participants are asked to give their name, and an explanation about why they like Newfoundland and Labrador.
As I understand it, it’s a social media campaign carried out by M5, one of the more seasoned communications and marketing in St. John’s. One part of the campaign is self-evident: to promote a patriotic kind of feeling among people in the province (and, perhaps, those living away who are still quite fond of it). The campaign also seems to be about social media itself, of how we connect to each other through various tools that didn’t even exist several years ago.
And yes, that’s Allan Hawco of Republic of Doyle fame. This picture was posted Sunday to the show’s very popular Facebook page, and generated scores and scores of comments among fans.
Social media in action there, folks! Want to chip in? Have at it.
Tags: Allan Hawco, Republic of Doyle, social media
Mr. Pinsent is called to the (Doyle) set
Earlier this year, Gordon Pinsent made a guest appearance on an episode of Republic of Doyle called Hit and Rum. If you saw it, you’ll know that Pinsent played a salty rogue named Maurice Becker, who had set himself up as a bootlegger in St-Pierre-Miquelon.
When we last saw Becker, he was waking up in a compromised situation outdoors in St. John’s, with the Constabulary trotting towards him.
It may not necessarily be the last for the character, and is definitely not the last we’ll see of Pinsent on the show.
Bob Symonds caught this snap on the set of the CBC hit series, which started shooting its second season last week in and around St. John’s.
We’ll have to wait until next winter to see what Pinsent does with this performance.
Meanwhile, Pinsent is making the most of a hectic summer. He just celebrated his 80th birthday, and is marking by debuting his latest play Easy Down, Easy at the Grand Bank Theatre. The play is directed by Mary Walsh. We’ll have more about the play later today on the site.
