Comedian Lisa Gilroy to host Canadian Screen Awards, which move to streaming-only

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Comedian Lisa Gilroy to host Canadian Screen Awards, which move to streaming-only

Edmonton native Lisa Gilroy will host the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards.

Organizers of Canada's biggest film and television awards bash say the comedian and content creator will helm a live broadcast in Toronto, marking a partial return to form after two years of pre-taped shows.

However, unlike previous years, the Screen Awards will only stream live on CBC Gem and won't air on the public broadcaster's linear channels. A publicist for the Screen Awards says streaming the event exclusively on Gem will "make the awards more accessible to audiences across the country."

Gilroy is a Screen Award-nominated actor who most recently appeared in Taika Waititi’s Hulu drama "Interior Chinatown" and Seth Rogen's Apple TV Plus comedy "The Studio." She gained fame during the pandemic for her comedic viral videos on social media.

Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean.

The hurricane's center swirled parallel to the coast, closing in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rain were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning. Its maximum sustained winds weakened late Sunday to 115 mph (185 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, but it was still expected to remain a dangerous hurricane.

That’s not good news for people in and around Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination in the state of Jalisco. Just inland and uphill from the resort areas, many Mexicans live in communities where housing might not stand up to the storm.

By late Sunday, Simon's eye was moving northwest about 45 miles (75 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes at about 5 mph (7 kph). A senior hurricane center specialist, Philippe Papin, said this westernmost tip of mainland Mexico is the area most likely to get a direct hit from the system. Cabo Corrientes is at the southern tip of Bahia de Banderas, the wide bay where Puerto Vallarta looks out to the Pacific.