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12 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 The family of Isabel Murray invite you to a 90th Birthday Open House Tea Sept. 23rd, 2006 2:00-4:00 Knox Presbyterian Church Acton, Ontario Best wishes only EARLY SUNDAY: Fall Fair President Dale Hewitt cuts the ceremonial ribbon to start Actons Marathon of Hope on Sunday iwth Miss Acton Fall Fair and her court assistince. The Run raised $28,000 in the fight against cancer, organizer John Hurst, left said. More next week. SERIOUSLY: Roz Weston, affable, fun-loving ET Canada reporter, strikes a serious pose on set of the widely watched program. - Chuck Tysoe photo Not too late to participate Its not too late to enter a team in Relay for Life at Rockmosa Community Centre, Rockwood this Friday night. The event is being sponsored jointly by the Acton, Erin and Rockwood branches of the Canadian Cancer Society. All proceeds go to the fight against cancer. Teams can be as many as 10 people from all walks of life with smaller numbers in a team also acceptable. The evening begins with a continuous roast beef dinner for cancer survivors from 6 to 9p.m. with the opening ceremonies at 7p.m. which will be followed by a candlelight Survivors Walk around the Rockmosa course. Lets Spend the Night Together is the theme of Relay for Life which will have continuous entertainment and goodies (food) all evening. Acton organizers are hoping there will be a strong representation from Acton and area for a night of fun, friendship and fundraising in the battle against the scourge of cancer. Entertainment includes: Master of cer- emonies: Lisa Richards CJOY. 5:30-6p.m. fiddlers. 6-6:30p.m. Robert Little School dance group. 6:45p. m. Oh Canada sung by Larry Melton. 7p.m. Opening ceremonies, Survivor Lap. 7:45-8:30p.m. Larry Melton. 8:30- 9:15p.m. line dancing. 9:15p.m. DJ plays soft music. 9:30p. m. Tawnie Holmes Luminary Cer- emony. 10p.m. Wendi Hunter. 10:30p. m. Alysha Brooke. 11:15p.m. Larry Melton. 12a.m. DJ. 2a.m. Kareoke. 2:45- 4a.m. Scavenger Hunt. 4-5:30a.m. Movie time. 6a.m. Breakfast and closing. Entertainment Tonight Star Growing up in Acton played role in success By Chuck Tysoe Roz Weston laughs when asked about the hair. In his imposing 64 person, the one-of-a-kind style might provoke a shaved-headed Zen Buddhist monk to break a vow of perpetual silence. It is, he admits, the one thing I pay for myself, in his now one-year old role as a senior entertainment reporter for Entertain- ment Tonight Canada. Global Television hired him away from Toronto Ones The A List to launch a Canadian version of the Hollywood-based worlds most watched entertainment program a year ago this month. The hair was on exhibit last Friday evening at the Acton Fall Fair. The per- sonable Montreal-born, Acton-raised Toronto resi- dent was Celebrity Judge for the Ambassador Con- test. He was winding down from a frenetic ten-day trip, his twelfth, through the Toronto International Film Festival, conducting up to fifteen interviews a day with the likes of Penelope Cruz and Michael Moore. Mr. Weston greatly looked forward to the Acton event, telling The New Tanner it is super important to him. His mother lived in Acton until recently while sadly his father was buried here, becoming the victim at just 54 and barely retired, to a lifetime of unknowing asbestos exposure. His career is tinged with sadness that his dad was never able to sit down and watch his son on television. Despite the travel, the great stories he covers and the fun, he says it just kills me that his father, whom he knew would have been so very proud, was taken from him so young. Growing up in Acton played a huge role in his success, said Mr. Weston. Its something you cant explain to anyone, which no-one can understand un- less you grew up here and moved away. In a small town, what you do matters. How you treat people mat- ters. It shapes you. You cant just walk into a store and be an (deleted). You behaved well for fear that your mom would find out. I thought I hated the town and all I wanted to do was to get out. Now the world-trav- elled entertainment reporter easily and confidently de- velops rapport with his famous interview subjects, and gives most of the credit to the small town niceness he learned in Acton. But Actons smallness and apparently limited op- tions drove me to want something bigger, to see the big field. I worked at the flour mill (his first job, as a rat exterminator) and, like a lot of people, four summers at BP, and felt I didnt want to get stuck here. He always knew he wanted to work in media but ironically in produc- tion, not on-air. Fascinated by radio, he was producing for Q-107 while still at- tending Acton High School, then left Humber College without completing the first year, for New York City: an internship with Shock Jock Howard Stern. Curious about the mythi- cal Stern, this period was for him the luckiest and best thing that ever happened to me. His On Air person- ality was birthed at KISS-92 when the hosts began to in- corporate off-air chats into the programming. Regarding his on-camera success: No one ever told me to act natural or just be yourself on TV, which is the worst advice anyone can give, but people do it all the time anyway. Normal people dont behave the way you need to behave on TV. ET is huge and visible lending a credibility and privileged access which Weston prepares for by prodigious reading. He says he has no real interview- ing technique other than to listen very hard to know what to say next, to grab onto something for the next transition. The stars can be very reluctant to talk about themselves. I get them to talk about what they dont want to talk about, to reveal their vulnerable areas. He maintains a professional detachment: I know were not friends. We dont have to like each other. I dont have to agree with them. Its our job to be supportive. Theres a mutual expecta- tion of honesty and trust. I dont get paid to critique. Its work, with the same rules as the rules of news. When the camera goes on, you can tell who the real people and who the pho- nies are. I think Im good at reading people. When FUN JOB: Entertainment Tonight Canada senior re- porter Roz Weston flashes one of his infectious smiles before heading out for a TIFF interview. - Chuck Tysoe photo Continued on page 20