Photos from the Juno Red Carpet!

Hey everyone,

Check out some of my photos from the red carpet!

- Christinaaa

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Guest Blog on MuchMusic!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a chance to check out the JUNO Awards this past Sunday! I was able to get wristbands to the eTalk Juno Red Carpet and I was asked to be New.Music.Live's correspondent for the night! My guest blog post is up now on MuchMusic, so here's the link! Check it out!

http://www.newmusiclive.ca/fan-demonium-at-the-2011-juno-red-carpet/

I'll be posting more photos from the event as well! Stay tuned.

- Christinaaa

JUNO HOOPS!

Hey everyone!

It's getting closer and closer to the Juno Awards (Sunday, March 27th) and there have been some cool events throughout the city to get everyone pumped up! As a part of Juno Week, there was an event here at Ryerson called Juno Hoops on Monday, March 21 and it brought Ryerson athletes together with some celebrities for a great basketball game for charity. It was presented by The Globe and Mail, sponsored by clotheyourcity.com and it was a benefit for MusiCounts.

Here are some of the celebrities who participated:

DJ Scratch Bastid - first ever DJ to be nominated for a Juno Award

Will Strickland - former professional player and UMAC president

Ray Robinson - R&B star

Donovan Bailey - Olympic double gold medalist sprinter

J.E Skeets & Tas Melas - Co-hosts of The Basketball Jones Show on The Score
Michael Grange - sports writer for The Globe and Mail

DJ Future the Prince - Drake's official tour DJ

Devo Brown - Media personality

Honorary Coaches:

Tanya Kim - host on eTalk

Archie Alleyne - Drummer

Commentator:

Mark Strong - Toronto Rapters game day host and hype man

Normally, as you may have noticed, I tend to avoid sports. But in this case, I'm glad I checked this out, because I had a pretty good time!

- Christinaaa

Behind The Scenes at the Juno Awards

Hey everyone!

As you may already know, the Juno Awards are coming up quickly (Sunday March 27th) and it's going to be it's 40th Anniversary! I'm really excited to be here in Toronto when it's happening, because I know the city is going to be buzzing with excitement and there are going to be some fantastic events.

Already, one of the pump-up events took place on Monday, March 7 on the Ryerson campus at the Rogers Communication Centre (woot woot, my building!) in the Eaton Lecture Theatre.

The event was a panel discussion with some of the faces behind the production side of the infamous Juno Awards. The host was eTalk's Ben Mulroney and the atmosphere was very casual and interactive.



The panel included Stephen Stohn (President of Epitome Productions - Degrassi & Instant Star), John Brunton (President & CEO of Insight Production Compant Ltd - Top Chef Canada, Artists for Haiti, Project Runway Canada), Ed Robinson (worked with both CBC & CTV - Corner Gas, Canadian Idol, Comedy Now!, So You Think You Can Dance Canada), and Joan Tosoni (Award-winning director - Canadian Idol, Battle of the Blades).

The talked about how they got involved with the Junos, their favourite past Juno moments, famous screw-ups, and even about their choice for this year's host, Toronto's own, Drake.
Stephen Stohn praised the former Degrassi star, saying he is "one of the most intelligent people, so wonderful...Little Aubrey Graham."
Overall, it was an interesting discussion and I'm excited to see what this year's show has got in store for us!
Make sure to tune in on March 27 to see Canadian talent rock the stage :)
Thanks!
Christinaaa