Fringe stars Joshua Jackson

The one show getting the biggest buzz, Fringe, will not be shown to reviewers until next week. That’s when the Fox network unveils its fall lineup, and Fringe’s star, Vancouver native Joshua Jackson, and castmates Mark Valley, Kirk Acevedo, Lance Reddick and Charlotte Rampling will face questions from the assembled media. Fringe will air on CTV-owned A-Channel, soon to be renamed A, on Tuesdays, starting this fall.

McConaughey is a father

Matthew McConaughey’s Brazilian girlfriend has given birth to a boy, People magazine reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

Nicole Kidman has a baby

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born Monday, weighing 6 pounds 7.5 ounces, Kidman’s publicist, Wendy Day, tells the Sydney Herald. Mother and baby are said to be doing well.

DBC Sound Inc, involved with a summer movie

But their latest project is the one that will elevate Bill Sheppard, Dean Giammarco and dbc sound to the big leagues. The east Vancouver facility did all the audio post-production for Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, one of this summer’s big movies and the title that launches the new digital 3D movement.

Actor Don S. Davis dies in Gibsons

Don Sinclair Davis, a B.C. actor best known for his recurring role on the TV show Stargate SG-1, died of a heart attack Sunday morning at his home in Gibsons. He was 65.

Lauper just wants to have fun

God bless Ms. Cyndi Lauper. Whether or not you wanted to be her in the eighties, it’s hard to find fault with the woman now – an artist who has maintained her integrity and vision for the entirety of her career, whose individuality and consistent message of acceptance and love has not waned since she first appeared on the worldwide radar, her multicoloured hair announcing that she was not a carbon-copy cutout pop star.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

This summer marks the centennial of Take Me Out to the Ball Game, a beloved anthem that’s come to be known as “the happiest minute in sports.” Although the melody originated in the U.S., where its popularity is said to be rivalled only by Happy Birthday and The Star-Spangled Banner, the iconic tune hits just as high a note with Canadian baseball fans, who don’t merely sing the lyrics, but share the fervour behind them.

Beam me up Shatner Memoirs

William Shatner never intended to write his memoirs. He really didn’t have much to say. Anything anyone ever wanted to know was already there, in the open; all you had to do was look at his onscreen roles, his five previous non-fiction books and his unconventional yet acclaimed music career. It was only at the behest of his publisher – and with a good old fashioned dose of ego – that the 77-year-old actor reconsidered.

“Get Smart” not nearly smart enough

This is a slapdash effort whose producers threw money and stunts onscreen instead of the satirical gags and one-liners that made the old spy spoof so memorable.

Original Get Smart TV still hot

The Tequila Mockingbird came late in Get Smart’s TV run, in 1969, long after it had already established itself as one of TV’s most prolific wellsprings of popular ’60s catchphrases, from “Would you believe . . .?” and “Sorry about that, Chief,” to “Missed it by THAT much,” and ” . . . and LOVING it.”