House of Crouse

Richard Crouse interviews Mena Massoud, the Canadian star of the Disney live action remake of "Aladdin." They talk about working with Will Smith, why he switched from neuroscience to theatre school and supporting ethnically diverse Canadian artists.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Woman Enough: How a Boy Became a Woman and Changed the World of Sport is the account of a human rights battle with global repercussions for the world of sport; it's a challenge to rethink fixed ideas about gender; and it's the extraordinary story of a boy who was rejected for who he wasn't, and who fought back until she found out who she is. It’s written by my...

In 1976, Ian McEwan’s first collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham award; his first novel, The Cement Garden, was published two years later. He won the Booker prize in 1998 with Amsterdam. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honors List for his services to Literature. His novels Atonement, On Chesil...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: "In This Dark Chest of Wonders: 40 Years of Stephen King's The Stand," Andy Burns ("Wrapped In Plastic: Twin Peaks," BiffBamPop.com) tells the story behind the story of King's enduring opus and delves deep into its various incarnations — the unfilmed George A. Romero adaptation; the 1994 ABC mini-series; the audiobook; and Marvel Comics' adaptation. Included a...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show we welcome one of Canada's favourite performers, Mary Walsh. She became famous on the sketch comedy show CODCO, created CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and is a versatile actress appearing in the Gemini Award-winning Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, which she wrote and starred in. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and has received a Governor General’s P...

NewsTalk 1010 morning host John Moore and Richard discuss the passing of Chewbacca portrayer Peter Mayhew. “Peter Mayhew was a kind and gentle man, possessed of great dignity and noble character. These aspects of his own personality, plus his wit and grace, he brought to Chewbacca. We were partners in film and friends in life for over 30 years and I loved him. He invested his soul in the character...

This week on the Richard Crouse Show director Larry Weinstein stops by to discuss his latest documentary "Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies." A timely look at what activist Astra Taylor calls, “political brainwashing,” the film details the reasons why we are so often sucker punched by the use and abuse of the media.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" author Marlon James, recently named one of Time's 100 most influential people. From Time magazine: James lives part-time in St. Paul and teaches at Macalester College, where he is writer-in-residence. He was born in Jamaica and is the author of "The Book of Night Women," winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; "A Brief History of S...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Funny, thought-provoking, and incredibly disturbing, Slow Death by Rubber Duck reveals that just the living of daily life creates a chemical soup inside each of us. The book by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie empowers readers with some simple ideas for protecting themselves and their families, and changing things for the better.

On this week's show lifestyle celebrity and TV pioneer Debbie Travis stops by to chat. She discusses her new book "Design Your Next Chapter: How to realize your dreams and reinvent your life," her legendary television shows "Debbie Travis' Painted House," "Debbie Travis' Facelift," "From The Ground Up" and "All For One" plus how she designed her own success.

On this week’s show: "Through Black Spruce" stars Tanaya Beatty and Brandon Oakes and director Don McKellar. In “Through Black Spruce,” an adaptation of Joseph Boyden’s Giller Prize-winning novel, Beatty stars as Annie Bird, a Cree woman from James Bay who travels to Toronto in search of her twin sister Suzanne, a model who disappeared without a trace. As Annie explores the dark underbelly of the...

On this week's show: Director, writer and producer John Lee Hancock. His films include THE FOUNDER, starring Michael Keaton, which tells the story of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc; and SAVING MR. BANKS, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, about the relationship between Walt Disney and P.L. Travers. He also wrote and directed Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment’s celebrated feature THE BLIND SIDE....

On this week’s show Richard welcomes the stars of “An Audience of Chairs.” Based on a 2005 novel of the same name by Newfoundland & Labrador author Joan Clark, “An Audience of Chairs” stars one of our guests, Carolina Bartczak, as a woman who risks everything in order to reconnect with the daughters she thought she’d lost forever. Also with us is Gord Rand who plays Ben, a lonely trucker who passe...

Just days after his 50th birthday in 2013, CTV's film critic Richard Crouse was booked for a routine colonoscopy. He thought it would be little more than a nuisance, but it wound up being a life-saver. Now, six years later, in honour of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Crouse shares his account of the moment he was diagnosed with cancer and the life-changing effects of that news. Read his story at ct...

Just days after his 50th birthday in 2013, CTV's film critic Richard Crouse was booked for a routine colonoscopy. He thought it would be little more than a nuisance, but it wound up being a life-saver. Now, six years later, in honour of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Crouse shares for the first time his account of the moment he was diagnosed with cancer and the life-changing effects of that news.

On this week's show performers Rebecca Liddiard, Gerry Dee and Lisa Berry discuss MADE | NOUS a movement to encourage all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the creative talent from our country at home and abroad.

Richard joins Moore in the Morning host John Moore on NewsTalk 1010 to discuss the impact of the documentary “Leaving Neverland” and the legacy of the late Luke Perry.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show we welcome Ruth Goodwin, Liz Johnston and Nigel Downer to talk about their new show Entrances and Exits at Sketchfest. Also appearing in the live show are Colin Mochrie (Whose Line), Linda Kash (Best in Show) and Andrew Phung (Kims Convenience).

This week Richard welcomes Ali and Larry Weinstein, co-directors of "The Impossible Swim." In July 2018, Maya Farrell attempted her second crossing of Lake Ontario, following in the footsteps of great Canadian female marathon swimmers Marilyn Bell and Vicki Keith. Featuring interviews with Bell and Keith, ‘The Impossible Swim’ explores the legacy, what it takes physically and mentally to be a mara...

This week on The Richard Crouse Show, Ian Williams. He is the author of Personals, Not Anyone's Anything, You Know Who You Are, a finalist for the ReLit Prize for poetry. He was named one of ten Canadian writers to watch by CBC. His new book is a novel called “Reproduction,” a love story about the way families are formed.

On the Richard Crouse Show this week: While attending college for musical theatre Harris Anderson began to perform stand-up. After moving to Vancouver in 2013 he began to perform regularly at clubs and shows around the city. He has appeared at JFL Northwest multiple times and has been called one of the most exciting up-and-coming comics on the scene. His debut comedy album Above and Beyond is avai...

Check out the Richard Crouse Show on NewsTalk 1010 for January 26, 2018! This week Richard speaks with Jennifer Dale. Dale stars in the romantic drama “Into Invisible Light.” It’s a film that asks ‘What would you do if you had a second chance in your life?’”

I'm on a purge, ridding myself of stuff I've carried around for years. Right now I'm digitizing cassettes of old interviews (What was I doing 36 years ago today? According to the label on one of the tapes I was interviewing David Wilcox!), airchecks and whatnot when I came across this little gem from my first ever radio gig at CKBW Radio in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Click and enjoy the first promo...

Check out the Richard Crouse Show on NewsTalk 1010 for January 26, 2018! This week Richard speaks with Stefan Grambart and Richard Rotter, part of the creative team behind the immerse web series "Damaged." Synopsis: "Damaged" is a digital psychological thriller and interactive experience, about a young man who tries to unravel the mystery of a local gang and their connection to a serial killer cal...

Check out the Richard Crouse Show on NewsTalk 1010 for January 19, 2018! This week: We all want to be happy. And money can play an important role in helping us get more joy out of life. Money expert Melissa Leong has written a new book called Happy Go Money and she’s here to tell us how to get happier and wealthier in 2019.