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CBC
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Joshua Jackson had to make a tricky transition before Dawson's Creek
Before Joshua Jackson landed his breakout role as Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek, he had already been working for years as a child actor. Jackson's mom was a casting director who helped him get his first big gig on the 1991 film Crooked Hearts when he was just 11. In a Q interview with guest host Gill Deacon, the Vancouver-born actor says his mom was "completely uninterested in being a stage mom," but she supported his enthusiasm for the performing arts and taught him the importance of being a professional on set. "I certainly wasn't shoved into it, it was something that I was totally gung-ho for," he says. "[I remember] how important it was for me to be in a space with adults where they heard me, right? You show up, you do your job and these grown-ups will respect you…. That was the addictive part. Like, 'Oh, look, I can walk through the world as a quasi-grown-up in this space in a way that I cannot anywhere else.'" Roughly a year or so after that, Jackson played Charlie Conway in one of Disney's most iconic films, The Mighty Ducks, which went on to become a successful franchise. He says he thinks those movies were hits because they didn't talk down to kids. "I remember being so annoyed at that age … and I found so much of what was made 'for me' to be really insulting and annoying," Jackson says. "You're young, you're not dumb." Similar to The Mighty Ducks, the hit teen drama Dawson's Creek also became known for reflecting the maturity and intelligence of young people. But leading up to that role, Jackson experienced a long dry spell in his career as he made the tricky transition from child star to teen heartthrob. "I wasn't just going through a dry spell — I was dead in the water," he says. "I was preparing to no longer be an actor at 17 or 18 years old…. I was not a kid, so those roles were suddenly gone, but I wasn't anything close to a man yet, and I was kind of a gawky young adult. So, yeah, that transition was hard." Like most actors, Jackson says he's experienced several ups and downs in his career. "The ups are fabulous, but what you're really trying to do is survive the downs," he says. "And I don't know anybody, like literally anybody, who's had a linear up career. This is not part of the way the thing works." You can catch Jackson narrating the Canadian Audible Original series Oracle 3: Murder at the Grandview, which is a psychological thriller that combines crime investigations with supernatural elements.
Globe and Mail
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
The summer that Joshua Jackson realized he wasn't a morning person
Vancouver-born actor Joshua Jackson has played a sprawling range of roles including defence lawyer, restaurant owner, corner-store cashier, cruise ship doctor and — in this week's Audible Original Oracle: Murder at the Grandview — an FBI psychic hunting serial killers. But has the 47-year-old actor ever braved a regular job like the rest of us? We asked the Dawson's Creek star in this latest instalment of 'How I Spent My Summer.' A lot of my summer jobs were on movie sets, but in between films, I had a few grinding short-term jobs. I was a grunt at a cement company, moving cement bags from one spot to another. I briefly worked at Subway, but my job at Starbucks was the briefest. I worked there for less than two weeks when I was 15. I'd applied for a couple jobs, including one I really wanted at Rogers Video. They didn't give it to me and called me 'unqualified,' which was a bummer since I was in movies on their store shelves. That was a real hit to the ego and I was pretty desperate, so when Starbucks needed a person to open the store on Broadway in Vancouver, I applied there and got the job. I was the person who opened the door at 5 o'clock in the morning – or was it 6? It was a long time ago – to a group of caffeine addicts. I wasn't the point-of-sale person, not even close. You don't even get to make the coffee at the beginning; you're just the prep guy who turns the machines on and moves boxes around. I kind of remember a brown uniform. Robert Munsch's first job in the French countryside turned out to be a stinky situation It was me and some other poor schmuck having to deal with people probably at the worst point of their whole day. They haven't had coffee yet or maybe they're already late for work, and now they have to deal with two teenagers who don't know what they're doing. But worse than not knowing, we just didn't care. We didn't even want to give them what they wanted. It was the coffee shop in my neighbourhood so I knew some people who came in, but even then, it didn't matter. The coffee's not ready, it's brewing too slow, they need to get somewhere. Maybe if I was a morning person, I'd have been better, but I wasn't. To be a non-morning person trying to serve a bunch of other non-morning people who need their first cup of coffee was just a personality mismatch. At that time in the morning, you should just want a cup of coffee. You shouldn't expect a teenager to make your double-half-caf-blah-blah-blah at 5 a.m. Nobody needs a 10-word coffee order. I had no patience for that and I wasn't empathetic either. Mother Teresa could have walked through that door at 6 o'clock in the morning and I would have been not happy to see her. When I tell you I did not enjoy this job, I mean I did not enjoy this job. You shouldn't do morning-person things if you're not a morning person. Just don't. But at 15, I was probably making irresponsible choices and staying up late just the same. When you go to bed in the dark, and you wake up and it's still dark and you haven't had a cup of coffee, you're a monster. I get it now that I'm on the other side. The summer Sook-Yin Lee spent in a noodle costume changed her life forever Now that I have a kid, I can do morning-person things. I never loved anybody who walked into Starbucks as much as I love my daughter. For my daughter, I am a morning person. For Starbucks, I was not. They made a big mistake in hiring me but I solved that problem for them. I probably knew I would have been fired soon, so I quit first. I just walked right out and never went back. That's what you're like when you're 15 or 16, and I didn't feel any kind of way about it either. I just wasn't there the next day. They were on a biweekly pay cycle, and I didn't even get my first paycheque. Even then, I thought, 'I hate everything about this job and life is too short so I'm out.' As much as I didn't know what my contribution to humanity was going to be, I knew it wasn't that. They didn't even let me keep the shirt. As told to Rosemary Counter
Forbes
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Disney's Doctor Odyssey In Distress Over Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Season 1 of The Walt Disney Company's 'Doctor Odyssey' has been highly received by fans, but recent ... More allegations of on-set misconduct may taint the fate of the show. Contributing Author: Nicole Page The Walt Disney Company's Doctor Odyssey premiered on ABC in the fall of 2024, with a star-studded cast featuring Dawson's Creek's Joshua Jackson, Hamilton's Phillipa Anne Soo, and Skins' Sean Teale. While the series started off as one of the channel's top-rated shows, recent allegations of sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation from cast members may pose a threat to a second season. On May 30, 2025, three members of the production's prop department, Caroline Mack, Alicia Haverland, and Ava Steinbrenner filed a lawsuit against Disney and 20th Century Studios. The suit alleges sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, and negligent hiring, supervision, and retention. According to the complaint, Tyler Patton, hired as a prop assistant and married to Prop Master Tammie Patton, was brought on despite prior knowledge of sexual harassment allegations against him on the set of Fox's House. While employed at Doctor Odyssey, Mr. Patton allegedly subjected the Plaintiffs to repeated instances of 'sexual jokes, innuendos, comments, sexual gestures and images, and unwanted touching,' from both Mr. Patton and his friends. When Mr. Patton was asked to stop, the victims were met with laughter and escalation of the sexual commentary. Mr. Patton was aware of his misconduct and position of power over his subordinates, verbally exclaiming, 'If I wasn't fucking the boss, I'd be fired' after one instance in which he showed Ms. Haverland a sexually explicit image. Ms. Patton witnessed some of these events firsthand, yet no action was taken until over two weeks after formal complaints were filed against Mr. Patton. Following her husband's termination, Ms. Patton allegedly retaliated against the Plaintiffs by screaming, assigning demeaning tasks, and threatening termination of employment, among other things. Instead of providing assistance, the plaintiffs allege that HR repeatedly undermined their concerns. In one cited instance, despite their requests for confidentiality and over the plaintiffs' objections, Ms. Patton was invited to a meeting to address her own conduct. When they complained, the plaintiffs were purportedly told '[T] In a written statement to Forbes' Legal Entertainment channel, legal representatives of the Plaintiffs have noted, 'As detailed in their complaint, our clients suffered severe and troubling sex-based harassment while working in the Doctor Odyssey props department. The companies that made and profited from Doctor Odyssey failed to prevent this egregious conduct and instead fostered a culture and workplace that allowed it to happen.' While the show left fans in awe, three members of the production's prop department alleged ... More disturbing details of what occurred behind the scenes, after being subjected to sexual harassment for weeks on end. On August 31, 2024, the entire prop department was notified their jobs were terminated with the exception of Don Bracken, Mr. Patton's friend and replacement. Directly after the so-called 'lay-offs' the production 'hired a whole new set of employees to replace the Plaintiffs and other Props Department employees for the Doctor Odyssey Season 1 project.' The lawsuit alleges that the layoffs are believed to have been orchestrated in retaliation for the complaints. Legal representatives of the Plaintiffs continued to write, 'When our clients took the difficult step of raising these issues with Defendants' human resources personnel, Defendants decided the 'show must go on' at all costs and with conscious disregard for our clients' well-being and careers. Instead of remedying the issues, Defendants took the easy route by summarily 'laying off' our clients and others in the props department and then replacing them shortly thereafter.' 'We look forward to presenting Defendants' misconduct to a jury and obtaining justice for Ms. Mack, Ms. Haverland, and Ms. Steinbrenner,' said the aforementioned legal representatives. At this time, the Defendants have not filed a counterclaim. Forbes has reached out to both parties for comments. Disney's response and what happens next in this litigation raises major stakes for a post #MeToo ... More society. The Plaintiffs' accounts outline a consistent pattern of misconduct, indifference of management, and institutional retaliation which was apparently implemented against multiple employees after they complained about sexual harassment. Movie sets, although perhaps more glamorous than offices, factories, or any other run-of-the-mill workplaces, are governed by the same employment laws and must provide the same employee protections as any other workplace. If instead of addressing employee complaints about sexual harassment, Disney's response was to fire the employees voicing the complaints, that would certainly constitute retaliation. According to the facts alleged, Disney went even further and also fired everyone else in the prop department who may have been subjected to or at least witnessed the complaints about behavior. That is an unusual and seemingly extreme move for an employer to make. It is not clear what motivated that action, although the Plaintiffs posit it was done in an effort to avoid additional complaints about the workplace environment. Above all, what seems especially egregious to me is that Disney may have known that Patton had prior harassment complaints made against him on other productions but hired him anyway. We are no longer in a peak #MeToo world, which makes it even harder for people who suffer harassment at work to speak up. Disney's response and what happens next in this litigation will be telling, not only about this case, but about whether we can expect to see a backslide to the time when men routinely got away with sexually harassing female employees and studios looked the other way. Let's hope that's not the case. Nicole Page is the Head of the Media and Entertainment practice and Partner at Reavis Page Jump LLP, where she represents film, television and podcast clients in connection with issues ranging from financing, rights acquisition, production, talent and distribution agreements, exploitation of ancillary rights, content licensing, fair use and clearance issues and an array of related matters. She also represents creative talent, athletes, and authors in their various endeavors and negotiates executive compensation deals for top talent at leading entertainment companies.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
ATF campaigning in New Orleans against illegal firearm purchases
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives is bringing its 'Don't Lie for the Other Guy,' campaign to New Orleans. According to the ATF, this will be a months-long public education campaign to inform residents of stiff penalties for illegal firearm purchases. According to the ATF, the campaign aims to bring awareness to 'Straw Purchasing.' This is where someone purchases a firearm for someone who legally cannot own one. How geography helped shape Jefferson Parish's growth The ATF said this can increase the risk of gun violence. They said it also comes with steep penalties, up to 15 years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. 'It's not something we're just going to tolerate and accept,' said ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson. 'So, something that you as citizens and as a community, I want you guys to be vigilant on and make sure that you are not participating in arming felons, gang members, shooters, domestic abusers.' The ATF said people must pass a criminal background check and comply with state and local laws in order to legally purchase a court ruled against New Orleans mayor in stalking case ATF campaigning in New Orleans against illegal firearm purchases BMW's new flagship SUV to debut in US Celebrity fitness coach Kory Phillips celebrates 14 years of business in Shreveport Saints HC Kellen Moore talks offense vs defense following day two of minicamp Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
News24
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News24
Joshua Jackson in custody battle with his ex-wife over daughter's schooling
The ink has barely dried on Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith's divorce papers, and already the exes are locked in a bitter legal dispute over their shared parenting arrangement. The Doctor Odyssey star has filed an emergency custody review, claiming his ex-wife enrolled their five-year-old daughter, Juno, in a new school without his consent. In the documents, obtained by People magazine, Joshua (46) alleges that Jodie (38) believes, 'it's no big deal to force Juno to start over with a new school'. He also complains that the new school is 45 minutes away from his home, making regular drop-offs and pick-ups nearly impossible for him. However, Joshua's concern goes beyond the school change itself. 'Jodie is attempting to create a scenario where Juno travels with her rather than attending a traditional school,' he claims. The Dawson's Creek star wants the court to order that their daughter remains in her current school in Calabasas, in Los Angeles, for the upcoming academic year. He also wants it stipulated that both parents must agree before any future school changes can be made. View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE AGENCY: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (@theagency_sho) Joshua and Jodie met at a 2018 party hosted by R&B singer Usher. They married in secret a year later before welcoming Juno in April 2020. In October 2023, the British model and actress filed for divorce on the grounds of 'irreconcilable differences'. Joshua recently told USA Today that he believes Jodie is attempting to change their daughter's schooling so there is more flexibility for Juno to accompany her when she needs to travel for work. READ MORE| 'I don't think of it as a failure' – Jodie Turner-Smith on divorcing Joshua Jackson He says he thinks maintaining educational stability is important for their daughter's well-being during her formative years – something he didn't experience as a child actor. 'I started acting at a young age. I have spent a lot of time with on-set or on-location tutors,' he said. 'Even in the best case, it cannot begin to provide a child with the same nurturing and enrichment, peer relationships and social skills that a classroom and school community environment provides.' He added that Juno has already endured a lot of changes, from their divorce to her home burning down during the LA wildfires in January, so she doesn't need any more turmoil. 'Unnecessary school change cannot be in her interests.' Jodie is yet to speak publicly on the matter. Despite their legal woes, it seems they're both moving on with their lives. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joshua Jackson (@vancityjax) Jodie currently stars in The Agency as Dr Sami Zahir, an academic who becomes romantically involved with an undercover CIA agent. Describing her role she says, 'I love playing a dark-skinned Sudanese woman speaking Arabic on this show. I believe it's one of the most beautiful languages on this planet and I hope that Arabic-speaking people feel represented.' She is also set to be filming in London throughout next year. Meanwhile, Joshua is gearing up to return to his home in LA, which had to be rebuilt after being destroyed in the wildfires.
