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Monday, Jan. 14
• GOLDEN GLOBE WRAP-UP: Fashion Television Channel’s Jeanne Beker and ETALK’s Ben Mulroney talk winners and losers on and off the Red Carpet following THE 70TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS.
• CANADA’S GREATEST KNOW IT ALL: Host Daniel Fathers stops byCANADA AM to preview a new season of Discovery’s smarty-pants reality show.
• THE VIRGIN DIET: Are the foods you think of as friends, really your weight-loss foes? Nutrition and fitness expert JJ Virgin outlines a program that will show you which foods are sabotaging your goals and help you shed up to seven pounds in seven days by cutting out seven foods.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
• KEEPING IT PRIVATE: Do you feel overwhelmed by passwords? CANADA AM shares tips on how to protect your Cyber identity with passwords that are safe, simple, and secure.
• MAD AT 60: The magazine master of parody turns 60. For the past six decades MAD magazine has poked fun of politics, pop culture and everything in between. Editor-in-Chief, John Ficarra, chats with CANADA AM about the magazine’s milestone.
• SAVING NOT SPENDING: From mortgages to home insurance, find out where Canadians are spending more than they should and about a tool that could help you cut those costs.
Wednesday, Jan. 16•
THE TERROR FACTORY: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism: CANADA AM talks with investigative Journalist Trevor Aarsonson about his compelling new book.
• GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING: Award-winning automotive journalist, Petrina Gentile, shares her picks for the top cars for 2013.
• DOPPLEGANGERS: It’s been said that everyone has a “twin” somewhere. Montreal photographer François Brunelle seeks out and photographs people who look eerily alike. He’s in studio today to talk about his international art project.
Thursday, Jan. 17
• SIZING UP FASHION: Marketing guru Tony Chapman talks with CANADA AMabout a new fashion trend called “vanity-sizing” in which larger sizes are labeled smaller in order to make consumers feel better about buying the clothing.
• GETTING CONNECTED: Tech expert Marc Saltzman demonstrates devices that will turn your regular TV into a Smart TV.
• COUCHSURFING: Imagine getting a free room in Paris, Rome, or London?CANADA AM looks at the social networking tool called “Couchsurfing” which allows you to travel on the cheap.
Friday, Jan. 18
• WESTWARD BOUND: CANADA AM’s travel expert Loren Christie hits British Columbia’s Powder Highway – a skier’s paradise.
• RICHARD’S REVIEW: CANADA AM ’s film critic Richard Crouse reviews new box-office blockbusters Broken City and The Last Stand.
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