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Mortensen, Maslany, Mitchell among presenters at Canadian Screen Awards
TORONTO – Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Golden Globe-nominated “Orphan Black” star Tatiana Maslany and “Pretty Little Liars” actor Shay Mitchell have been announced as presenters at the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards.
“Call Me Fitz” star Jason Priestley, Missy Peregrym of “Rookie Blue” and Mia Kirshner of “I Think I Do” were also added to the slate of personalities set to appear at the March 9 gala, which will be broadcast live on CBC-TV.
And Mortensen will be on hand to present a lifetime achievement award to Toronto director David Cronenberg.
Martin Short will host the bash.
Denis Villeneuve’s surreal “Enemy” leads the film nominations with 10 nods, ahead of Xavier Dolan’s “Tom at the Farm” with eight and Louise Archambault’s “Gabrielle” with six.
“Orphan Black” leads the TV contenders with 14 nominations, while “Less Than Kind” and “Rookie Blue” earned nine apiece.
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