Tyrone Edwards

Last updated

Tyrone Edwards is a Canadian television broadcaster and entrepreneur, currently the cohost of CTV's entertainment magazine show eTalk . [1]

He first became locally prominent in Toronto in the 2000s as a partner in 1LoveTO, a Toronto community and entertainment blog which expanded by 2011 into a clothing line. [2] In 2011 he was hired by MuchMusic as the new host of RapCity , [3] and served as an entertainment reporter and host for sister station E!. [4] He joined eTalk as a reporter in 2018. [1]

In June 2020 he was cohost with CTV's Anne-Marie Mediwake, Marci Ien and Elaine Lui of Change & Action: Racism in Canada, a public affairs special created by the network in response to the global anti-racism protests that followed the murder of George Floyd and the concurrent Canadian controversy around the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. [5] He was announced as the new cohost of eTalk , replacing Ben Mulroney, on September 14; [1] the following day, he was cohost with his eTalk colleague Chloe Wilde of the TIFF Tribute Awards telecast for the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. [6]

In addition to his television work, he is a partner in Miss Likklemore's, a Caribbean food restaurant on Queen Street West. [7] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Edwards and his original 1LoveTO partners also launched See You Soon Toronto, a special clothing line whose profits were donated entirely to charities assisting workers impacted by the pandemic shutdowns. [8]

He received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024 for his work with eTalk, in the categories of Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News (alongside Traci Melchor, Elaine Lui, Chloe Wilde, Sonia Mangat, Liz Trinnear and Priyanka) for the regular daily series, and Best Host, Live Entertainment Special (alongside Melchor and Lui) for the program's 95th Academy Awards special. [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toronto International Film Festival</span> Annual film festival held in Toronto, Canada

The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, founded in 1976 and taking place each September. It is also a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Lightbox cultural centre, located in Downtown Toronto.

<i>Canada AM</i> Defunct Canadian morning news program

Canada AM was a Canadian morning television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, and was produced from CTV's facilities at 9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough, Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Mulroney</span> Canadian television host

Benedict Martin Paul Mulroney is a Canadian producer and former television host. He is the eldest son of Brian Mulroney, the 18th Prime Minister of Canada.

<i>etalk</i> Canadian entertainment news television show

etalk is a Canadian entertainment news television show that also serves as the flagship entertainment program for CTV, anchored by Tyrone Edwards. The weekday program airs on CTV at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT and CTV 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, and also back-to-back on other Bell Media television stations.

Melissa Grelo is a Canadian television personality, best known as a co-host of CP24 Breakfast and the moderator of The Social. Since August 2016, Grelo has been a co-host of CTV's national morning show Your Morning, along with Ben Mulroney.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elaine Lui</span> Canadian journalist

Elaine "Lainey" Lui is a Canadian television personality and reporter. She pens a website, LaineyGossip, is an anchor on CTV's etalk, and is also a co-host on CTV's daily talk series The Social.

Teddy Wilson is a Canadian television personality, actor and producer originally from Ottawa, Ontario, best known as host of the interactive real estate show Hot Property on CP24, and the documentary series Mighty Trains on Smithsonian Channel, Discovery Canada, and over 100 other international broadcasters; host of the factual entertainment series Never Ever Do This At Home (2013–2014) on Discovery Channel in Canada and Spike in the United States, and host/producer on the Canadian daily entertainment talk-show InnerSpace on Space (2008–2018). He was also an actor on the internationally syndicated series You Can't Do That On Television, and a senior producer on the Gemini Award-winning series MTV Live.

<i>The Social</i> (Canadian TV program) Canadian TV series or program

The Social is a Canadian daytime television talk show, which airs weekday afternoons on CTV and CTV 2. Using a panel format similar to American talk shows such as The View or The Talk, the show is hosted by Melissa Grelo, Andrea Bain, and Cynthia Loyst. On Friday editions, Jessica Allen serves as an additional co-host.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Traci Melchor</span> Canadian television personality

Traci Melchor is a Canadian television personality. She is known for her role as an entertainment reporter for CTV's series etalk and as a judge of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race. Melchor is also the former co-host of CTV's The Social. Melchor has won two Canadian Screen Awards for her work hosting Canada's Drag Race.

Danielle McGimsie Graham is a Canadian entertainment reporter, best known for her work on CTV's etalk. She co-anchored the show along with Tyrone Edwards with Elaine Lui and Traci Melchor as correspondents until being laid off by Bell Media in March 2022.

<i>Your Morning</i> Canadian breakfast television program

Your Morning is a Canadian breakfast television program that is broadcast on CTV and CTV News Channel. It debuted on August 22, 2016 and airs live from 6-9 a.m. in the Eastern Time Zone and simulcast elsewhere in Canada according to local scheduling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Toronto International Film Festival</span> 45th edition of the festival

The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 10 to 21, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the festival took place primarily on an online streaming platform, although limited in-person screenings still took place within the constraints of social distancing restrictions.

<i>Black Bodies</i> (film) 2020 Canadian short film

Black Bodies is a 2020 Canadian short film, directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, and produced by Tamar Bird and Sasha Leigh Henry. Inspired by a real-life incident when Fyffe-Marshall, Komi Olaf and Donisha Prendergast were travelling in California, and a woman in the neighbourhood called the police on them because she wrongly believed they were burglarizing their Airbnb rental, the film features Olaf and Prendergast performing spoken word pieces about the trauma of being victimized by anti-Black racism.

MovieTelevision is a Canadian entertainment news series, which aired on Citytv from 1988 to 2006. The series aired reports on film, including interviews with actors and filmmakers, preview clips of upcoming films and coverage of film-related events such as the Toronto International Film Festival.

Kathleen Newman-Bremang is a Canadian writer and broadcaster, most noted as a journalist and editor for Refinery29 and as a guest commentator on the CBC Radio One arts and culture magazine show Q.

The TIFF Tribute Awards are an annual award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to honour distinguished achievements in filmmaking. Unlike the festival's regular awards, which are presented based on audience or jury voting during the festival, the TIFF Tribute Awards are presented to people or organizations selected by the board and announced in advance of the festival. Recipients are selected from among the cast and crew of the films in that year's festival lineup.

Andrea Bain is a Canadian television personality, who was announced in August 2023 as a new co-host of the daytime panel talk show The Social.

Liz Trinnear is a Canadian television presenter, best known as a former VJ on MuchMusic and an entertainment reporter for eTalk.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tyrone Edwards Takes the Reins as New Co-Anchor of CTV's ETALK". Canada NewsWire , September 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Melissa Leong, "1 Love T.O. is looking to spread its message of community". National Post , August 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ Mike Doherty, "Toast to the hosts; MuchMusic's new VJs couldn't be any more different". National Post , January 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ Melissa Hank, "Style your own story ; E! host offers fashion tips to men". Toronto Sun , October 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ John Doyle, "Raw series slices into the underbelly of Canadian society". The Globe and Mail , June 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ Clayton Davis, "TIFF Tribute Awards Go Virtual With Kate Winslet, Chloé Zhao — and Shawn Mendes". Variety , September 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Courtney Shea, "“It’s still pretty surreal”: A Q&A with Tyrone Edwards, eTalk’s newest co-anchor and a first-time restaurateur". Toronto Life , September 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ Caitlin Agnew, "Style news: sustainable accessories, and apparel that supports frontline workers". The Globe and Mail , July 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards nominations by network". Broadcast Dialogue, March 6, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.