Welcome To Elizabeth's Place!: Kiefer to Make Appearance in Support of Canada Day

Kiefer Sutherland's Return To Television Gets Cautious Praise

Kiefer Sutherland can't have felt anything but pressure as his first major TV role since 10 phenomenal years spent on '24' aired for the first time last night (26 January 2012).
Fans and critics were certainly eager to see how the Canadian actor was going to follow up what has come to be known as one of the iconic TV characters of the 21st century in secret agent Jack Bauer.
'Touch,' which sees Sutherland playing a single father of a mute son who sees things other cannot, aired last night for the first time - and the answer to whether he's managed to follow up what may be career defining role successfully?
A cautious yes, according to the critics.
Newsday was effusive in its praise, saying the program was "A bit melodramatic, a bit manipulative, Touch is still one of the best pilots of the 2011-12 season to date," and others were similar praiseworthy though understandably a little more cautious given it was the pilot episode.
"It's Mr. Sutherland's portrayal of the father--unyielding in his effort to break through to his mute child and grasp what he's trying to say with his numbers--that is the heart of this story, the power likely to sustain this promising enterprise," said the Wall Street Journal, whilst
TV Guide said "[Touch is] emotionally compelling but wildly fantastical and undeniably manipulative."Not all were enthused though, The New York Times commented "The 11-year-old boy at the center of the story has never spoken and is also the show's narrator.
It's a perfectly acceptable device, if not a particularly interesting one in this case," whilst the Los Angeles Times weren't fans at all, stating "Ironically, given a show that so clearly wants to touch its audience--from that weighty one-word title on down--we have met, apart from Martin, hardly a single character who incorporates more than the hint of an actual person.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Kiefer to Make Appearance in Support of Canada Day - July 1

"REAL" MOLSON BEER, THE CAST OF 24, LUC ROBITAILLE AND IT'S A PARTY L.A. is Vancouver's sister city so the Canadian Consulate here is hosting a huge shindig for Canada Day this Tuesday evening in Hancock Park with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics as the theme.

Molson is sending the beer -- the real stuff, not the watery American-made version, thank you very much -- and the Hudson Bay Company is providing the gift baskets. Mingling with the invited Canadian born guests -- hockey greats Luc Robitaille and Wayne Gretzky, 24 producer John Cassar and actors Kiefer Sutherland and Elisha Cuthbert; stars Rachel McAdams, Jim Carrey, Mike Meyers, Howie Mandel, Matthew Perry and Leslie Nielsen -- will be the official Olympic mascots, Quatchi, Sumi, Miga and Muk Muk.

A staffer at the consulate said many American businessmen and politicians, such as L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are also expected. The bi-country party is to encourage more cross-border economic trade. "We do have to constantly remind our friends to the south that Canada is NOT the 51st state," the staffer half-joked.

I'm betting one taste of real beer and that'll be a done deal.

PRIME TIME TV ads from Tourism Canada featuring 20-second "real footage" vignettes of tourists coming across seals while kayaking or watching glaciers melt into the ocean are proving to be mighty popular with the already heatstricken Los Angelenos. "I'm sold," said Kim Torres, a local executive recruiter with two teenagers who admits she's always wanted to go to Canada. But the refreshing, quirky ads made up her mind for this year. "No kidding, we're booked for end of July, a week in Montreal, then to Halifax and fishing off Cape Breton Island. I really, really hope it's 140 degrees while we're away."

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2009/06/28/9959526-sun.html