Aug. 22 show

Tonight's top story was about the list of celebs coming to the Toronto International Film Festival. The segment started off well but then focused a little too much on Chantal Kreviazuk, who has a short film in the festival. Next, a report on cast changes on Saturday Night Live. Of course, eTalk had to add its own spin and got something wrong in the process. Tanya Kim wrongly said: "As an added pressure to (Lorne) Michaels, two shows debuting this fall, 30 Rock and Matthew Perry's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, use his famed late night show as a backdrop." In fact, 30 Rock uses a fictious show called The Girlie Show as a backdrop and Studio 60 is set in Hollywood, far from SNL's New York home. But who cares if it's wrong -- at least they got to work in a plug for two series that will air on CTV. For the first time in awhile, tonight's show featured "e-sightings" -- although it was only a crappy clip of Dave Chappelle going into a Toronto venue and an old picture of Rachel McAdams in Toronto even though she was sighted at a Vancouver restaurant. Finally, the "exclusive" Canadian Idol segment we count on to get us through the night. This was followed by a fluff piece on Chantal Kreviazuk -- quite possibly the one-millionth plug for Kreviazuk on the show. Does she have pictures of one of the eTalk producers fucking Jon Benet? Give us a break. Next, a filler piece showing the early work of some big stars. Sort of interesting, I must admit, but a bit of a cop-out in terms of covering entertainment. The delightful Anna Cyzon was sadly heard but not seen, during a rundown of the news, in which she reported that Bon Cop, Bad Cop made $350,000 in English Canada on its opening weekend -- not quite the "Canadian blockbuster history" eTalk predicted it would make just a few days ago. Fruitcake Zain Meghji had to ruin our buzz by coming on next with junket clips with the Outkast guys talking about their new movie Idlewind, although he was mercifully low-key. For the third freakin' time, we got served a puff piece on Mark Wahlberg's new movie, Invincible. It's a miracle how eTalk stretched out 10 minutes of interview footage. Next, Tanya Kim introduced a profile of a Canadian designer by making it about her: "Not only did he design my fabulous Oscar dress but he's fast becoming a go-to guy in the fashion industry." Yes, Tanya, making your dress surely put him in the big leagues. Whatever. Desperate to fill the rest of the episode, eTalk trotted out a segment featuring Sophie Gregoire on the set of her husband's upcoming TV movie. Um, we saw the same segment not too long ago. What a joke.