Walk of Fame reveals its class of 2016
Actor and director Jason Priestley, former Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler, filmmaker Deepa Mehta, musician Corey Hart, fashion journalist Jeanne Beker and late actor Al Waxman are the 2016 Canada’s Walk of Fame inductees.
Mehta’s new film Anatomy of Violence will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
Waxman, who died in 2001, starred in King of Kensington and Cagney & Lacey. He also directed more than a thousand productions on stage, radio, television and film.
Sittler played in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings.
Priestley is known for Beverly Hills, 90210, Call Me Fitz and Tombstone while Hart, who recorded “Sunglasses at Night” and “Never Surrender,” has sold more than16 million records worldwide. The Walk of Fame and Corus Entertainment announced the inductee list Tuesday along with the winner of the 2016 Allan Slaight Honour for young Canadians who achieve international success in the music industry: country artist Brett Kissel, 26.
All seven will be honoured Oct. 6 at the Allstream Centre in Toronto with a red carpet star unveiling and the Canada’s Walk of Fame Broadcast Gala, which will be filmed and aired Dec. 18 on Global.
Gala performers and presenters will be announced later. Star staff, wire services