SALE: CD – Canada’s Hockey Anthems $15.00 – Special Olympics edition features 22 pop and rock songs

Canada’s Hockey Anthems is a brand new audio CD released in Canada during the Olympics and features 22 classic rock and pop hits that are staple songs played at N.H.L. hockey arenas coast-to-coast. Billy Talent, Ramones, KISS, Tragically Hip, Iron Maiden, Iggy Pop, Nickleback, and more are featured on the disc (see CD back [...]

NEWS: The hunt is on to find Sidney Crosby’s Gold medal winning hockey stick – But was the Glove fair keeps?

photo: Canadian Press via @CdnPress_Images
The stick Sidney Crosby used to score the Gold medal winning overtime goal over Team U.S.A. has gone missing.
After Crosby scored, he ripped off his gloves and threw his stick in the air. As reported by the Toronto Star. “When they cleared the ice, I never got my stick or gloves,” [...]

OLYMPICS: Canadian men’s hockey team leave Canada Hockey Place proudly wearing their Gold medals

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver)
The Canadian men’s hockey team emerged from Canada Hockey Place on Sunday proudly wearing their Olympic gold medals after defeating Team U.S.A. Some of the team stayed in Vancouver and celebrated together while some, like overtime scoring hero Sidney Crosby, immediately departed the city and returned to their N.H.L. clubs.
Thanks to [...]

PHOTO: The Bluths – Jason Bateman and Will Arnett depart Vancouver after Olympics – Was Arrested Development movie on their minds?

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) With the Winter Olympic Games coming to a successful close in Canada. The autograph collectors were spending a final day at the airport hoping to catch some of the last athletes leaving Vancouver.
And who do the hounds spot heading out of the city together? Arrested Development brothers Jason Bateman [...]

OLYMPICS: Stephen Colbert tapes the REPORT at Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver before thousands (and signs a few autographs too)

Stephen Colbert signs on arrival for Colbert Report taping at Winter Games in Vancouver (photos courtesy CanadaGraphs)
(HoundsTV – Vancouver)
Comedian Stephen Colbert made his long promised journey to Vancouver to record segments for his popular Colbert Report television show.
Colbert jumped on the Olympic Winter Games bandwagon when he got word that the U.S. Speed Skating team [...]

PHOTOS: Olympic stars and celebrities on the red carpet for Winter Games Club Bud party

(HoundsTV – Vancouver) N.H.L and Olympic fever met up at the Club Bud Party which took over Granville street.
Sponsored by Budweiser – spotted on the red carpet were Michael Buble, Jon Hamm, Tara Lapinski, U.S. snowboarder Louie Vito, Glee star Matthew Morrison and many more.

OLYMPICS: It’s been a media circus at Vancouver YVR for arriving Olympic athletes like Patrick Chan

Patrick Chan arrival in Vancouver photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) It’s no surprise the Winter Olympic Games can be a bit of a media circus. And it starts quick for arriving athletes.
Like as soon as they get off the plane. The Vancouver airport is also a popular hit with media because its one [...]

OLYMPICS: Which way is better to light the final Olympic flame – 1996 Atlanta and torchbearer Muhammad Ali or Gretzky at 2010 Vancouver games?

(HoundsTV) Talk about blowing it in Vancouver.
That is, the final Olympic torch lighting.
We know our Canadian athletes will hold up far better under the pressure of Olympic competition then these Opening Gala organizers did in Vancouver.
I was sitting with friends watching the 2010 Opening Ceremonies when like the rest of Canada’s largest ever television [...]

OLYMPICS: With lots of security, Team USA skiing champ Lindsey Vonn arrives for Vancouver Olympics and proves to be a “class signing act”

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV- Vancouver) One of the most talked about athletes of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games – American skiing star Lindsey Vonn arrived in Vancouver to much fanfare on Tuesday (February 9th.)
The super-model looking Vonn was greeted by a large group of fans, autograph collectors, and media as one of Team USA’s best medal [...]

OLYMPICS: Let the games begin! (that is, the autograph hounding) at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Lindsey Vonn

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) I often spend a lot of time on stories occurring in Toronto on HoundsTV. And in reality, Toronto can often be the center of the Universe here in Canada. For at least the next couple of weeks, the attention will surely shift to Vancouver – and the 2010 Winter Olympic [...]

NEWS: BEST and WORST Celebrity Autograph signers to come through Canada during 2009

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(HoundsTV – December 31, 2009) Since our list last year was so popular – we had to rate the BEST and WORST autograph signers in Canada for 2009.

Who was good about signing? Who was bad? What were the memorable experiences?
Some quick notes about our surveying method – which we admit is based more [...]

Canadian Pop singer Lights upsets Kreesha Turner for surprise 2009 Best new artist Juno win

We sensed this upset coming a few weeks back when HoundsTV posted photos and a story on Canadian pop indie darling Lights when she was winning awards during Canadian Music Week.
But on a Juno Awards night where surprises were kept to their usual minimum (and the winner is…. “Nickelback”) – there was shock among a [...]