Anne-Marie Losique (also known by the stage name AML) is a
television producer
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,
television host
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and
singer
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in
Quebec
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, Canada. Together with Marc Trudeau she co-founded a
production company
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Image Diffusion International. She is the daughter of Serge Losique, president and founder of the
Montreal World Film Festival
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Quebec
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.
Profile
Losique studied theatre at ''
La Sorbonne
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'' in
Paris
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. She first became famous as the host of ''
Box-office
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'', a cinema television magazine. Quebec comedians soon parodied her as a ditzy gal with the perpetual giggles (something she has been known for), but later ventures showed her potential as a businesswoman, now producing a vast array of trendy television shows through IDI seen across
Canada
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(see the list of her productions).
She also produced songs (dance music and other) and shot risqué music videos. She also shot one for a retake on
Brigitte Bardot
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's ''Tu veux ou tu veux pas'', which is itself suggestive. In her producing career, she has shown an interest for the
sex industry
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, hosting some of her sex-related shows herself. This earned her to be called "Sex mogul" in an article of
alternative weekly
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''
The Montreal Mirror
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'' Her propensity for seductive provocation has created an image and a slight controversy, which she parodied in her
mockumentary
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The Montreal Mirror
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