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The winners of the 26th Artis Gala, Quebec's own People's Choice Award in television, were announced yesterday on Tva, a Quebecker TV network. Besides hosting the event, Charles Lafortune even won the award for best host of a game show.

Here's the list of winners.

Best news anchor: Pierre Bruneau (Tva 18 heures)

Best host of a public affair show: Charles Tisseyre (Découvertes)

Best host of a service show: Gino Chouinard (Mon plan Rona)

Best host of a variety show: Véronique Cloutier (Les enfants de la télé)

Best host of a talk show: Guy A. Lepage (Tout le monde en parle)

Best host of a game show: Charles Lafortune (Le cercle and La classe de 5e)

Best host of a sport show: Marie-Claude Savard (La série Montréal-Québec and Le défi des champions)

Best actor in a TV series: Claude Legault (19-2)

Best actress in a TV series: Hélène Florent (La...

Novem, a production company owned by TV host Véronique Cloutier, announced the production of many feature films. In fact, the first one is called Cabotins. It will be in Quebec's theatres on July 23, 2010.

The film was directed by Alain Desrochers, scripted by Ian Lauzon and produced with a budget of $4,800,000.

It tells the story of Marcel (Rémy Girard), a former actor and producer of variety shows. He now lives in the countryside. Moreover, his wife left him and he's financially down on his luck. In order to get his life back on track, he goes to Montreal in order to recruit former colleagues. Indeed, Marcel wants to make a reunion stage show. Marcel will come across Lady Moon (Yves Jacques), a transvestite; Lucie (Dorothée Berryman), a comedian; and Roger (Gilles Renaud), an old crooner. The three of them accept, but insist that Marcel hires Pedro (Pierre-François Legendre), Marcel's son. However,...

Yesterday, the 25th Artis Gala took place. For those who don't know, this is some sort of people choice award that regards only Quebec's TV industry. So, without further ado, let's have a look at what Quebeckers, who took the time to vote, had to say.

Best News Anchor - Sophie Thibault (Tva Nouvelles).

Best Host of a Public Affair Show - Jean-Luc Mongrain (Mongrain).

Best Host of a Morning Show - Gino Chouinard (Salut, bonjour!).

Best Host of a Variety or Entertainment Show - Éric Salvail (Dieu Merci!).

Best Host of a Cultural Magazine or Talk-Show - Guy A. Lepage (Tout le monde en parle).

Best Artist in a Humoristic Show - Louis-José Houde (Ici Louis-José Houde).

Best Host of a Game Show - Patrice L'Écuyer (Des squelettes dans le placard, Le moment de vérité et L'union fait la force).

Best Host of a Sport Show - Marie-Claude Savard...