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"Family Guy": Going Mobile

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Canwest reports that 100 'specialized' video clips of Global’s "Family Guy" have been optimized for mobile phones for the first time in Canada . Available to consumers, courtesy SUBWAY restaurants, the clips feature the 'Griffin' clan and can be accessed by texting “Stewie” to 456225. The one to two minute video clips are available now through April 28, 2010. Global has presented the best of clips, organized into 11 categories including “Stewie World Domination” and “Everyone Hates Meg”. "Canadians are loyal 'Family Guy' fans, and this was an opportunity to partner with SUBWAY to deliver exclusive show content right in the palm of their hands,” said Paul Burns, VP, Digital Medial, Canwest Broadcasting. "With this initiative we are able to engage and entertain in a format that’s easily accessible..." Targeted to the series fan base, the multiplatform promotional campaign started January 28 on TVTropolis, continuing on Global Television an

"Red" Shoots Up Downtown Toronto

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Summit Entertainment's Toronto-lensed comic book adaptation "Red" , starring Bruce Willis and John Malkovich, will be shooting interior scenes in the Toronto Parking Authority parking garage, @ 2 Church Street between 5PM and 6AM, February 17, 18, 19, 22, 23 and 24. The nighttime filming, involving 'loud simulated gunfire', will also include a scene February 22, involving emrgency vehicles approaching the garage southbound on Church Street from Front Street. "Red" is an adaptation of DC Comics graphic novel of the same name by author Warren Ellis. Cast also includes Mary-Louise Parker, Academy Award-winners Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine, Julian McMahon, James Remar and Rebecca Pidgeon. "...Red is the story of 'Frank Moses' (Willis), a former black-ops CIA agent, who is now living a quiet life. That is, until the day a hi-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his identit