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Viola Davis Confirms Exclusively to CTV’s ETALK She Will Star in Toronto-Shot Suicide Squad, and the News Goes Viral

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etalk To tweet this Alert: http://bmpr.ca/18mxLo4 TORONTO (Feb. 25, 2015) – Canada’s #1 entertainment news program, CTV’s ETALK, once again affirmed its status this week as the destination for breaking news! During their live red carpet special, ETALK AT THE OSCARS on Sunday night (Feb. 22), ETALK broke major worldwide casting news as Academy Award® nominee, and star of CTV’s HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, Viola Davis, confirmed exclusively to Anchor Ben Mulroney that she will star in the latest DC film, Suicide Squad, set to shoot in Toronto later this year. Days later, the news continues to go viral as outlets across the world pick up the casting news, including Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, Time, Oh No They Didn’t!, Digital Spy, Daily Mirror, Indie Wire, ComicBookMovie.com, and more. Viola Davis also shared the news to her followers reconfirming the exclusive news, and retweeted ETALK’s tweet with the original interview footage: etalk2 ETALK airs weeknights at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO, 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two, and 6:30 p.m. ET on E! (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings). The HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER two-hour season finale airs tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings).

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