Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
74/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Toronto fans go wild for Hudson Williams.
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fans → go → Williams
And the cast of his new show goes wild for Canada
Cast members of new Crave series show their love for Canada at TIFF
When Hudson Williams touched down in Toronto on Thursday, King Street turned into a party.
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Street → go → party
Fans went wild.
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Fans → go → ?
Outside the TIFF Lightbox, some dedicated fans had even waited up to 12 hours just to catch a glimpse of the Heated Rivalry star and score a ticket to his premiere.
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fans → wait → premiere
Williams was in town for a special in-conversation event and the premiere of his next project, Yaga, a sex-fuelled mystery series based on Slavic folklore that starts streaming in October.
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that → fuel → October
Fans of Williams will be well-fed, too.
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Fans → feed → Williams
He plays not one, but two, roles in the show.
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He → play → show
Shot earlier this year on Vancouver Island, Yaga follows a private investigator called to a small coastal town to search for the missing young heir to a wealthy fishery family, only to uncover a darker web of secrets.
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Yaga → shoot → secrets
It has a cast packed with Canadian stars, including Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Clark Backo (Letterkenny), Sheila McCarthy and even original Anne of Green Gables star Megan Follows.
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It → have → Gables
CBC News was on the red carpet for its world premiere at TIFF and although Williams didn't speak to the media, his co-star was asked if she had any advice for him.
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she → speak → him
Moss had a pretty simple answer: “He doesn't need it.
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He → have → it
He's doing great."
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He → do → ?
That set the vibe for the whole night.
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That → set → night
Reid, who stars as the private investigator with a fun, flirty change in tone from his role as Patrick on Schitt's Creek, shared his thoughts on the creative environment.
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who → star → environment
"There's a humility to the Canadian creative spirit that it's not ego-driven," he told CBC News.
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he → be → News
"Everybody just wants to like, go in, do their best work, support each other, compete with each other in an effort to get the best product."
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Everybody → want → product
Backo, who stars alongside Reid as a local detective, agreed that the love for Canadian projects is "everything."
"I feel like people are making bets on Canadian shows that maybe they didn’t before," she told CBC News.
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she → star → News
Yaga was born out of a play developed by Kat Sandler for Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2019.
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Yaga → bear → 2019
When asked about being part of a project that's so unapologetically Canadian, Follows said it's "about time."
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it → ask → time
"Look at the talent, look at the stories, look at how unique and interesting and diverse and complex," she said, referring to the all-Canadian cast of Yaga and the flurry of shows coming out of the country.
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she → look → country
We have to be creating our own pieces across the boards in so many different iterations, right?
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We → have → iterations
So that's what's exciting."
Moss rounds out the Canadian cast, starring as a sultry professor in the thick of the mystery.
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Moss → round → mystery
Sandler reached out to her directly, making an offer she said she couldn't refuse.
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she → reach → offer
"Being asked to do something is, first of all, an honour.
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asked → ask → all
And you know, you feel bad and you go, 'OK, I'll look at that.'
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I → know → that
And I love the material.
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I → love → material
Yaga premieres on Crave next month.
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Yaga → premier → Crave
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