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Sundance is overcrowding Main Street already early Friday, and it didn’t take long for the deal-making to begin. Of the two hot Thursday titles, Dinosaur 13 found a home with Lionsgate and CNN Films, and the other title Whiplash is in play with Lionsgate/Roadside and A24 the outlets I’ve heard in the mix though the sale might take a little time because others like Radius-twc are catching up to it. The pic played great in the room, I’m told. Related: Sundance: Sony Nabs International Rights To ‘Whiplash’ Elsewhere, hockey players are massing again for the seventh annual Luc Robitaille Celebrity Shootout fundraiser which takes place Sunday from 2:30-4:30 at the Park City Ice Arena. It’s a mashup of former pro players, celebs and executives. While I risk Tom Bernard passing me on Main Street and hip-checking me into Banksy’s defaced wall painting, my...

Whether you've been waiting for it or didn't expect it, here comes the time to express my thoughts on Battle of the Blades, a reality show shining by its presence alongside another reality show called Dragons' Den in CBC's schedule grid.

For those who don't know, the show (hosted by Ron Maclean and Kurt Browning), which is recorded live at the Maple Leafs Garden in Toronto, is more or less formatted like Dancing With the Stars and Dancing on Ice, a British reality show in which celebrities are paired up with a figure skater. Moreover, eight former NHL stars are paired up with eight female top figure skaters. Each week, Canadians decide which couple survive after the first performance (Sunday at 8 Pm) and which ones go in the bottom 2 the following day (Monday at 8 Pm) in order to perform for their survival.

By the way, before I start telling my opinion,...

From a press release.

Be one of the first to return to the historic Maple Leaf Gardens for a live taping of Battle Of The Blades. Tickets are available beginning Monday September 28 at 12 noon Est.

From left to right, the Battle Of The Blades pairs Back row: Ken Daneyko, Stephane Richer, Ron Duguay, Craig Simpson, Bob Probert. Middle row: Jodeyne Higgins, Marie-France Dubreuil, Jamie Sale, Kristina Lenko, Claude Lemieux. Front row: Barb Underhill, Christine Hough-Sweeney, Tie Domi, Isabelle Brasseur, Glenn Anderson.

Battle of the Blades will tape at Maple Leaf Gardens in front of a live audience Sunday and Monday Nights at 6:30 p.m. Est beginning Sunday October 4th until Monday November 16th. Tickets for the live shows will be available through Ticketmaster for an administrative fee of $5 for general admission and $8 for assigned seating (when available).

Battle Of The Blades features some of Canada’s elite Olympic...