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Christine Willes
Christine Willes is a Canadian television, theatre and film actress who is best known for her roles as Delores Herbig on the Showtime comedy-drama ''Dead Like Me'' and Gladys the DMV demon on the CW supernatural drama television series ''Reaper''. She is also known for her role as Granny Goodness on the CW series ''Smallville''. Career Willes played the recurring role of Agent Karen E. Kosseff, a government counselor, on the TV show ''The X-Files''. She also appears in a minor recurring role on the show ''Reaper'' on The CW, as Gladys, a demon from Hell who works in the DMV. She was nominated foa Leo Awardin 2008 for that role. Like her ''Dead Like Me'' co-star Callum Blue, she was cast as the villain Granny Goodness on The CW's ''Smallvilles tenth and final season (Blue appeared in the previous season as Zod). She also had a small role in the award-winning film '' Trick r Treat'' starring Anna Paquin, which also featured another ''Dead Like Me'' co-star, Britt McKillip. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick R Treat
Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and university administrator * Marcus Trick (born 1977), retired German international rugby union player * Stanley Arthur Trick (1884–1958), English cricketer for Essex * Stephanie Trick (born 1987), American stride, ragtime and jazz pianist * Trick Daddy (born 1973), American rapper and producer * Trick-Trick (born 1973), Detroit rapper Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Trick'' (1999 film), American film * ''Trick'' (2019 film), American Halloween-themed horror film * ''Tricks'' (1925 film), American silent film * ''Tricks'' (1997 film), TV movie; see Jay Friedkin * ''Tricks'' (2007 film), Polish film by Andrzej Jakimowski * ''The Trick'' (2021 film), BBC film about the Climatic Research Unit email controversy Literature * ''Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wicker Man (2006 Film)
''The Wicker Man'' is a 2006 horror film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Nicolas Cage. It is a remake and reimagining of the 1973 British film ''The Wicker Man'', but also draws from its source material, David Pinner's 1967 novel '' Ritual''. The film concerns police officer Edward Malus, whose ex-fiancée Willow Woodward informs him that her daughter Rowan has disappeared and asks for his help in her search. When he arrives at the island in the Pacific Northwest where Rowan was last seen, he suspects something sinister about the neo-pagans who live there. The film received negative reviews on Metacritic, and Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus calls it unintentionally funny. The film grossed $39 million on a $40 million production budget. Plot Policeman Edward Malus gets news from his ex-fiancée, Willow Woodward, that her daughter Rowan is missing. He travels to an island off the coast of Washington state where a group of neo-pagans live. The island is led b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiminy Glick In Lalawood
''Jiminy Glick in Lalawood'' is a 2004 American comedy film starring Martin Short as Jiminy Glick, a morbidly obese movie critic who is involved in a murder case at the Toronto International Film Festival. The supporting cast features Jan Hooks, Matthew Gray Gubler, Linda Cardellini, Mo Collins and Aries Spears, and numerous cinema luminaries play themselves, such as Willem Dafoe, Whoopi Goldberg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kevin Kline, Rob Lowe, Steve Martin, Kurt Russell, Susan Sarandon, Chloë Sevigny, Sharon Stone, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker. Plot ''Jiminy Glick in Lalawood'' starts off as an ''Entertainment Tonight'' or ''Access Hollywood'' spoof, but develops into a murder mystery, with David Lynch played by Martin Short as a makeshift Hercule Poirot. Jiminy Glick (also played by Short) checks into a spooky hotel where Lynch is at the bar, spouting random scenes for his new movie. Glick hits the spotlight when he gets to interview Ben Di Carlo (Corey Pearson), who is star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bang You're Dead (film)
''Bang Bang You're Dead'' is a 2002 American drama thriller film directed by Guy Ferland and written by William Mastrosimone. It stars Tom Cavanagh, Ben Foster, Randy Harrison, and Janel Moloney. Based on Mastrosimone's 1999 play of the same name, the film is not a direct adaptation; it follows a troubled high school student played by Foster who participates in his school's production of the play while attempting to avoid going down the same path as the play's lead character. The film premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2002. Plot 16-year-old Trevor Adams ( Ben Foster) attends an American high school where he is one of the outcasts harassed and humiliated by the school's jocks. He made a false threat to bomb the school a few months ago, narrowly escaping expulsion. Since then, Trevor has been trying to fit back in to normal high school life. He joined a theater group and has been chosen to star in a school play about school shootings called ''Bang Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Valuable Primate
Most or Möst or ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Most, Kardzhali Province, a village in Bulgaria * Most (city), a city in the Czech Republic ** Most District, a district surrounding the city ** Most Basin, a lowland named after the city ** Autodrom Most, motorsport race track near Most * Möst, Khovd, a district in Khovd, Mongolia * Most, Mokronog-Trebelno, a settlement in Slovenia Other uses * Most (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960), Austrian conductor * ''Most'' (1969 film), a film about WWII Yugoslavian partisans * ''Most'' (2003 film), a Czech film * '' Most!'', 2018 Czech TV series * Most (grape) or Chasselas * most (Unix), a terminal pager on Unix and Unix-like systems * Most (wine) or Apfelwein * ''most'', an English degree determiner * Monolithic System Technology (MoST), a defunct American fabless semiconductor company See also * MOST (other) * The Most (other) * Must (other) Must ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998 Film)
''I'll Be Home for Christmas'' is a 1998 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Arlene Sanford. The plot follows a college student who must make it from his campus in Los Angeles, California to his family's home in Larchmont, New York in time for Christmas dinner in order to win his father's Porsche. It stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Sean O'Bryan and Gary Cole and was released on November 13, 1998. Plot College student Jake Wilkinson attends tertiary studies in a prestigious California college but has not been home to Larchmont, New York for any holidays following his biological mother's death and his father's remarriage 10 months later. A few days before Christmas Eve, his father, learning that Jake has traded in his airline ticket to New York for two tickets to Cabo San Lucas, offers to give him his vintage 1957 Porsche 356 if he arrives to their home by 6:00 PM on Christmas Eve for Christmas dinner. Jake's girlfriend Allie, who was against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bully (film)
''Big Bully'' is a 1996 American black comedy film directed by Steve Miner, written by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Rick Moranis and Tom Arnold as two men, a childhood bully and his victim, as they reconnect as adults. It was panned by critics and was a box office bomb, earning only $2 million from a $15 million budget. It was Rick Moranis's last on-screen role in a theatrical release, prior to his long hiatus from acting. Although the film is set in Minnesota, it was actually filmed in Vancouver and Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. The school scenes were filmed at the Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver. Plot Growing up in Hastings, Minnesota in 1970, young David Leary was bullied by Roscoe Bigger, nicknamed "Fang" because of a pointed tooth. David is ecstatic when his parents announce they are moving to Oakland. David informs teachers about Fang stealing a moon rock and Fang is arrested. Twenty-six years later in 1996, David is divorced and raising his trouble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistresses (U
Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to: Romance and relationships * Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a different woman Title or form of address * Mistress (form of address), an old-fashioned term for the lady of the house * Ms., original abbreviation * Mistress (college), a female head of a college * Mistress of the Robes, the senior lady of the British Royal Household * Female schoolmaster, also called a schoolmistress or "schoolmarm" In ancient religions * Isis, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the house of life * Hathor, Egyptian goddess known as the mistress of the west * Nepthys, Egyptian goddess of the underworld, known as the mistress of the temple * Despoina, a Greek title for the mistress of the house, applied to various women and goddesses * Potnia theron, or mistress of the animals, a title applied by Homer to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchstone Theatre
Touchstone Theatre is a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1976 by a group of University of British Columbia theatre graduates. Touchstone's focus is on the development and production of Canadian works. Since 2016, the Artistic Director has been Roy Surette, who previously held the position in the 1990s. Former Artistic Directors are Ian Fenwick, Gordon McCall, John Cooper and Katrina Dunn, who served in that position from 1997 to 2016. Activities Touchstone Theatre's stated mandate is that it "''develops and presents professional theatrical productions. We explore the contemporary Canadian play through content and form. We stimulate public interest in Canadian cultural perspectives.''" In fulfillment of its mandate, much of Touchstone's activities have fallen into one of three categories: it mounts premiere productions of plays by British Columbian playwrights; it mounts second productions of important plays that premiered in other a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Richardson Theatre Award
The Jessie Richardson Theatre Award (commonly known as the Jessie Awards) is given to recognize achievement in professional theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Jessies are presented by the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Society, at an annual ceremony. The awards are named after Jessie Richardson, co-founder of the Playhouse Holiday Theatre, local actor, director and designer. The rules for the Jessie Awards are set forth by the Jessie Review Committee each year, which applies for each season only. Awards 2019 ''Large Theatre'' *Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Large Theatre: Félix Beauchamp, ‘’Le Soulier’’, Théâtre la Seizième *Outstanding Performance by an Actress – Large Theatre: Colleen Wheeler, ''Timon of Athens'', Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival *Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Large Theatre: Adam Grant Warren, ''Kill Me Now'', Touchstone Theatre *Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Riding Hood (2011 Film)
''Red Riding Hood'' is a 2011 American romantic horror film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. The film is very loosely based on the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" collected by both Charles Perrault under the name ''Le Petit Chaperon Rouge'' (''Little Red Riding Hood'') and several decades later by the Brothers Grimm as ''Rotkäppchen'' (''Little Red Cap''). It stars Amanda Seyfried as the title role, with Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas and Julie Christie in supporting roles. ''Red Riding Hood'' had its world premiere at Hollywood on March 7, 2011, and was theatrically released on March 11, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with praise for Seyfried's performance but criticism for its plot. It grossed over $89 million worldwide against a $42 million budget. Plot Valerie lives with her parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
