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'The Leacock Medal for Humour is like a masters class in how to run a gala festival,' Wayne Johnston says after winning 'most prestigious comedy award in Canada'
Hopkins, sometimes called Avalon Stanley, has spent years on the theatre circuit. He's also a musician, film actor and in his spare time, likes revamping thrifted paintings.