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Ivan Reitman’s eldest son Jason is carrying
on his father’s tradition. Starting out with
supporting on-camera roles, typically
in his father's projects -- such films as
Ghostbusters (1984), Twins (1988),
Kindergarten Cop (1990), and Dave
(1993), Jason also spent hours in the
editing room with his father, soaking in
the process. He started out directing short
films while majoring in English at USC
and graduated to directing commercials.
Reitman made his feature film directorial
debut in 2005 with the biting satire “Thank
You for Smoking” starring Aaron Eckhart
– which follows a crafty spin doctor for
the tobacco lobby. That feature won rave
reviews from critics across the U.S. He
followed it up with “Juno” (2007), the
celebrated comedy/drama about teenage
pregnancy starring Ellen Page. The film
was a smash hit, and garnered a number
of year-end accolades including a Best
Director Oscar nomination.
Reitman's third film, “Up in the Air” (2009)
starring George Clooney, again earned
glowing reviews, garnering Best Director
and Best Screenplay nominations from
both the Hollywood Foreign Press (where
he won the Screenplay award) and the
Academy, with nods from the Writers
Guild and the Directors Guild as well. His
other films to date are “Young Adult”
(2011), starring Charlize Theron, the romatic
drama “Labour Day” (2013), starring Kate
Winslet and Josh Brolin and “Men, Women
& Children” (2014), an ensemble piece
about the effect the internet has had on
the human condition.
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Jason
Reitman
at TIFF
2013.
Rebecca Eckler is one of
Canada’s most well-known
journalists and authors,
for many years a daily
feature writer for the National Post.
She is the bestselling author of Knocked
Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be,
Wiped!, Life With a Pint-Sized Dictator,
as well as the author of the international
bestseller, How to Raise a Boyfriend.
The Mommy Mob (Barlow Book
Publishing, 2014) is her ninth
book, chronicling her decade-long
blogging experiences and the ups
and downs of attaching oneself to
the phenomenon of blogging. While
crafting and maintaining a popular
blog is an incredible platform that can
jumpstart your career or business,
there can be downsides. Eckler’s
book details the experience of being
at the receiving end of shocking and
vicious comments from other parents.
“When did so many mothers become
so unkind and ruthless” she asks
in the opening chapter. “And why”
Hidden behind the anonymity of the
Internet, using fake names, the Mommy
Mob – as she dubs them – have heaped
habitual derision on Eckler for talking
about her trials and tribulations as a
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