SPRING 2008

JAMIE WINS .... AGAIN!!

AT CEREMONIES IN LOS ANGELES, JAMIE JOHNSTON, STAR OF DEGRASSI FAME, TOOK HOME THE BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR HIS ROLE AS PETER STONE IN DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION.  PERHAPS UNPARALLELED IN YAA AWARD HISTORY, IT IS JOHNSTON'S FIFTH NOMINATION IN FIVE YEARS AND HIS SECOND WIN.

Jamie won a Young Artist Award in 2004 for his role as Cory in the Movie of the Week, "More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story" where he played a blind boy struggling to make it in a sighted world.  He has garnered two previous Best Actor nominations for his role on Degrassi (CTV, The N) and one for his role as Cliff on Wild Card (Lifetime/Global) in addition to his win.  http://www.youngartistawards.org. Also check out this CTV Article about Jamie's win.

» CTV Article - 'Degrassi' star wins L.A. acting award" Apr. 4 2008

» PODCAST - check out the nsider podcast interview with Jamie. "Jamie Johnston Likes Helping People And all it took to help him figure that out was traveling to Africa and building a new school for a village in Kenya. The-Mary and The-Seth call him up to find out about that, and about secret storylines in the Degrassi Spring Break Movie."

  » Metro News article  "The Making of TV's Degrassi"  - read the article

» Read the recent article about Jamie from The Beach Metro

CASTING NEWS --  Jan. 4 /08 -- Jamie Johnston ("Degrassi: The Next Generation," "Wild Card") is set to star in the Lifetime Original Movie "The Tenth Circle," based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by renowned author Jodi Picoult.   "The Tenth Circle" is a powerful account of a family and a story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child.  Laura Stone (Kelly Preston) teaches at a local college and is wife to Daniel (Ron Eldard), a comic book artist. Their idyllic lives are turned upside down when their daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend, Jason, (Jamie Johnston) of raping her.  When Jason later dies in an apparent suicide, the family finds itself in the center of a high profile investigation that rocks their community revealing just how far parents will go to protect their children. Shooting starts in Halifax in early January

Oct 07 - VIP Guest and Participant at Me To We Day, Ricoh Colesium, Toronto http://www.freethechildren.org/metoweday/index.html

Oct 07 - Guest Star, MTV Live

Oct 07 - Documentary, "Degrassi In Kenya" follows Jamie and several castmates on their trip to build a school in Kenya http://www.mtv.ca/?id=1572066

Oct 07 - US Weekly

 

Jamie is nominated for the fourth time for a Young Artist Award!  This nomination is for his characterization of Peter Stone in the popular teen series, Degrassi:  The Next Generation.

Here are Jamie's responses to the "17 Questions on Dating" he was asked when he stopped by the Seventeen offices in New York recently.

Articles about Jamie: 

StarScoop.com; The TV Addict.com; The-N.com

Jamie was profiled in Teen Issues Spring magazine. Click here to view

Jamie was interviewed by the Toronto Metro. Click here to view

Jamie was profiled in a Toronto Star article. Click here for the story

Degrassi Press:

» Production Begins on Season Six of Degrassi: The Next Generation, TV's Most-Watched Canadian Drama press release

» Production Begins on Degrassi: The Next Generation with 19 new, half-hour episodes  press release
 

» Silver Anniversary, Silver Screen: Epitome Develops Degrassi Feature press release


» New York Times Magazine declares 'Degrassi is the Best Teen TV in the World!'--March 21, 2005 press release.

Jamie WINS a Young Artist Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special for his performance as Cory Mason in the Lifetime Movie of the Week, "More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story". Go to the photos section for shots of Jamie at the Awards.  Vist the Young Artist Awards website for a list of nominees and winners and complete photo journal.

Jamie was profiled in an article in Beach Metro Community News, a Toronto community paper. Click here for the story