As I stated waaaaay back in my last Psych blog http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/6/post/2012/07/some-photos-of-psych-stars-james-roday-dule-hill-filming-scenes-for-season-7-w-bonus-timothy-omundson-sage-brocklebank.html  I had more photos from the set back in the 2nd week of May.

Since someone on tumblr asked me where they were, and I realized they were already edited & ready to go... well, here they are.

Pics of James Roday, Dule Hill, a couple more of Timothy Omundson, a few of Sage Brocklebank (with an extra who he seemed chummy with that I wish I had got the name of to add to the blog) and a few of Maggie Lawson from the impromptu photo shoot they did outside that day. Sorry if some of them (especially the Lawsons) arent crisp, it was sunny/shady/cloudy nightmare going on out there & the lighting kept changing.

PS - Since then, I have another set of Psych cast pics to post...but that will be another week or 2, as I have many other posts to make in the mean time... but I WILL get to them eventually.

Tonight, a show that I JUST GOT INTO a couple months ago ends. Granted, its been 5 seasons for the longer die-hard fans, but to me it seems like such a short run. The Chilliwack shot Syfy drama Eureka will come to an end tonight.

I dont know why it took me so long to give the show a chance, but when I finally did a couple months ago I really enjoyed it. Having finished off all 4 full seasons & the 12 episodes of season 5 already, I am now disappointed that tonight will be the last episode of this quirky light drama about an average intellegence sherriff & the genius scientists creating new technologies in a town that doesnt officially exist.

This will (barring some miracle of a TV Movie being done for the show) my 3rd & likely last blog about this wonderful show. Only my 2 previous Comic-Con cast returning blogs, 1 from 2010 http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/1/post/2010/07/eureka-stars-return-from-comic-con.html and from 
2011 http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/1/post/2011/08/cast-of-eureka-return-from-the-2011-san-diego-comic-con.html do I really talk about this show. 

Since I didnt follow the show too closely while it was around here, I dont know much about what might be happening in the finale, or if the writers knew going in they were going to be wrapping this story up. I just hope its good & leaves a good taste in my mouth when its all done.

Over the past few years I have run into members of this cast on occasion, and like I said, wasnt into the show yet, so I really didnt know at the time much about their roles on the show. Knowing what I do about it now... I wish I had made the trek out to Chilliwack at least once to see them shoot. However another local blogger has some terrific set reports, INCLUDING some on tonights finale here http://yvrshoots.com/category/eureka (MILD spoilers... read at own risk)

I will certainly miss Vincent & his array of culinary adventures,  Sheriff Carter & Allison & seeing how their families would have transformed. Henry & Grace will be missed too. Do Lupo & Zane ever get hitched?... and of course, will Fargo & Holly have a happily ever after? These are just a few of the things that tonights episode need to try & close out. I'll even miss the emotionally unstable dependancy issue riddled house S.A.R.A.H. & her robo boyfriend Deputy Andy. I will even miss Dr. Parrish, as I felt after the Astraeus mission he showed some signs at times of possibly being not such a bad guy. I really hope Zoe & Taggart have some pressence in the finale as well. Be a tad disappointing if they arent there for it.

Ideally, I would LIKE to see SYFY (or anyone... Netflix, HI? *waves*) do a 1 off movie to wrap up things, since I AM SURE there will be some loose ends tonight. I even have some ideas of my own how to do things (based on my assumption of how some loose ends may play out before having seen it). 

Pics below are of Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield & Neil Grayston returning from various promotional events over the years. As well as Neil & Wil Wheaton hanging out together 1 day when I caught them out & about.

My interactions with this cast have been few, but generally good. Neil & Salli are wonderful people & so friendly in person. Colin was generally good (last year returning from Comic-Con he was a bit growly..but he had just tweeted hours earlier about a negative encounter with an overly aggresive autograph hound in SoCal...sooo yeah). Even the 1 time I saw Wil Wheaton with Neil, he was ok, although the 2 times prior that I have seen him he completely snubbed anyone asking for a photo or an autograph. Someday I hope to run into the likes of Joe Morton, Felicia Day, Erica Cerra (although I have seen her filming an ep of Supernatural once), Jordan Hinson and Chris Gauthier as well.

To the entire cast & crew of the show. THANK YOU for 5 seasons worth of entertaining & brilliant TV. I am sorry SyFy is getting away from Sci-Fi TV & you all & us fans lose out because of it.

A little over a month ago, Back To The Future & Family Ties star Michael J. Fox was given an honourary degree at the Justice Institute Of B.C. in New Westminster.

Here is his speech (Apolgies in advance for shaky camera work at times. Audio is also hard to follow sometimes)

A few weeks ago I came across the set for the USA Network TV show "Psych".

Even though the show is now in its 7th season here, this was the very 1st time I had come across the set & actually seen either of the shows stars there (1 other time I was at the set & saw no one from the main cast).
 
On this day, everyone seemed to be around. Besides the shows main stars James Roday (Shawn Spencer) & Dule Hill (Burton "Gus" Guster) I also ran into Timothy Omundson (Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter), Sage Brockleback (Buzz McNab) & Maggie Lawson (Juliet Ohara) between the 3 locations they used on that day.

The only set I saw any filming actually done at was at an autobody shop. The scene had James & Dule inside talking to a mechanic...probably discussing the insane prop car they had, which had been split in 1/2 (as you see in the pics). A little after that scene, they did 1 where James sees Timothy drive up, and he gets in & takes a ride with him.

I have more pics from this day to post, but didnt want to put 70+ pics into 1 bog post... so I will post them another day. They will have more James, Dule, Tim & Sage.. as well as a few of Maggie posing for a photo shoot the production was doing with her that they didnt want me seeing...but I didn (albeit in bad lighting).

Anyways, here is, my 1st ever on set pics of "Pscyh" being filmed.

When I was growing up, there was few bigger stars in Vancouver for homegrown talent than Michael J. Fox.. The Edmonton born, Vancouver raised actor probably is responsible for creating many of the TV stars we have now.

About a month ago, the 4x Golden Globe & 5X Emmy Winning actor was in Vancouver for his annual charity golf tournament.

Michael also picked up an honorary degree for Doctor Of Laws from The Justice Institute of British Columbia in New Westminster while he was in town this time.  This was actually the 2nd time Mr. Fox had recieved a Doctor Of Laws honourary degree in B.C. The 1st being in 2008 at UBC.

The former Back To The Future, Family Ties, Teen Wolf & Spin City star comes back to Vancouver every year to take part in a charity golf event & dinner for his charity, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research
 https://www.michaeljfox.org/ the disease he himself has.

The amazing thing about Michael is that he deals with this disease everyday, a condition that causes him discomfort, shaking & focus problems, and he still finds the time to meet with fans, give autographs & take photos. Not once, not twice, nor even 3 times, but FIVE times over his short stay here I met him & every time he stopped to sign for the 3-15 people that were there on these encounters.

I meet countless celebrities with NO REASON to be rude/mean, who simply think people are below them & that they dont need to give back to fans...and while there isnt any law saying they HAVE to, it is, for the most part, a good jesture to keep or develop new fans for your future projects. Michael, has every reason in the book to ignore people if he felt like it. Hes won a truckload of awards & honours, he isnt currently promoting any show/movie to try & buy fans/viewers for, and most importantly he suffers from a debilitating degenerative condition that makes signing an autograph or stopping to take a photo a sincere challenge....and he does it with grace & respect. He should be what most celebrities look up to wanting to be like.

I liked also that during his stay here, talking with others, everyone seemed to like him from different things. While most seemed to remember him as Marty McFly in Back To The Future films, there was some who recalled him as Teen Wolf, and of course, my favorite character if his, Alex. P. Keaton from Family Ties. The new generation of viewers know him as Stuart Little. He simply touches almost every corner of the entertainment spectrum. The man even has a Grammy Award.

Below is some photos of Michael from his short stay here, including some from his Honourary Degree ceremony & his golf event (where I didnt see him too much). I also have a video of Michael giving a speech at the Justice Institute, I will post it eventually... assuming there is some demand for it from you all.

Happy Canada Day everyone. Lets start this new celebrity blog section with some Canadian content. Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta..... Nathan Fillion.
 
A few weeks ago the film Percy Jackson 2: Sea Of Monsters was getting ready to film scenes with Hermes, the Greek God & a messenger.

The film, primarily centres around an unproven cast of younger kids who are cast as the sons & daughters of Greek Gods. In the 1st film they made the wise move & went out & surrounded them with notable names like Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Catherine Keener, Uma Thurman & Rosario Dawson. This film, they have done the same. Along with acting legend Stanley Tucci, the film nabbed Firefly captain & Castle crime fighting mystery writer, Nathan Fillion to take on the role of Hermes.
 
Fillion's journey in Vancouver was brief. He was here for less than 4 days. I managed to catch up with him on 3 of those days.
 
When Nathan first arrived in town, I was there, along with a few other autograph hounds to greet him. He had just stepped off a flight from LA & seemed rushed. He signed 1 each for us & hastily retreated to his hotel.
 
I caught up with him the next day, this time on set. I got a call from 1 of the locals telling me he was on set & best part.... it was literally 10 blocks from my house. He was filming scenes with a trio of the main cast from the film. As Hermes, it was his job to deliver messages, and what more clever & creative way of tying that into the present day world than make Hermes... a UPS agent. Fillion donned the familiar brown shirt & shorts of UPS agents everywhere and went about filming his scenes in an abandoned car rental lot that had been transformed into a UPS store for the day.
 
When I showed up, they were on lunch break, but soon they would start to return. A fluctuating crowd of 10-20 people waited around hoping to see Captain Reynolds/Richard Castle (depending which fanbase they knew him from). My personal favorite part of the day, wasnt what I say later, but this part.... when the cast started returning Fillion was 1st up. Everyone was excited, but we missed our chance to get him as we were all taken by surprise. The crew then got a little pushy & told us (in reference to the next vehicle coming...which had the "star" of the movie, whom no one was there to even see) "dont ask for autographs or approach the vehicle, hes just going to be going right in, sorry" which got a plethora of blank stares from the crowd as they all just saw the only person any of them care about go in already. Sure enough the next vehicle arrived and not even a single person cared.
 
Eventually there was a break in the shoot. Nathan left the building & walked into the secured gated work area they had set up in the back parking lot. I realized he had walked away, and decided to go for a stroll around the side of the building. When I got there, sure enough I saw Mr. Fillion on the phone. So I patiently waited till he was done his call. I then asked if he had time for an autograph & he awkwardly looked at the washroom, then me & said "I'll be back in a minute". Sure enough he came back out & came right over to me, happily signed 2 for me & even apologized for being so hasty in his interaction with us the day before. I then walked back around the other side, and saw the fans all staring up into the lot where Mr. Fillion was now standing & signing something for a fan/crew member? He stared down at the crowd, someone asked him for an autograph & he came over & signed for those who had things. I gave out a couple of the extra photos I had on me to fans with nothing, and shortly after, Nathan was back in to film & the crowd was pleased.
 
Not too long after filming wrapped & the cast were leaving. Of course the primadonna wannabe talentless star of the film snuck out, avoiding the crowd of 10-20 people who didnt even care about him. Nathan on the other hand, walked out onto the sidewalk & looked for a vehicle. I crossed paths with him again, said hi & then turned around & he was gone.
 
Couple of days later, he was departing, and a group of autograph hounds were there again for him leaving. He signed willingly again for us there, and then checked in for his flight & was off back to LA-LA-land.
 
Below is a few photos from the encounters with him over the few days & some of him prepping for his filming