Interview: Martin Short

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Posted February 26, 2013 5:56 pm.

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Funny man Martin Short is set to host the first ever Canadian Screen Awards — which combine the former Gemini Awards for TV and Genies for film — on Sunday, March 3 at the Sony Centre. Showbiz editor Gloria Martin talks to him about it.

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