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Andrew Phung
Andrew Phung (born January 26, 1984) is a Canadian actor, improviser, and comedian. He played Kimchee Han on the CBC Television sitcom '' Kim's Convenience.''"A Convenience truth; Andrew Phung stars in new TV series about an Asian corner store". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 11, 2016. a role for which he was a five-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also the co-creator of the sitcom '' Run the Burbs.'' on which he plays Andrew Pham. Background Andrew Phung was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, and attended Bishop McNally High School. Phung's father is of Vietnamese descent; his mother is Chinese. He joined the Loose Moose Theatre Company when he was sixteen years old. As of 2020, he is a senior ensemble performer and instructor with the theatre. He studied economics at the University of Calgary. and worked as a non-profit director before pursuing acting. Career In 2008, Phung joined the comedy group Sciencebear, which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Calgary
{{Infobox university , name = University of Calgary , image = University of Calgary coat of arms without motto scroll.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms , former_name = Normal School (1905–1913)Calgary Normal School (1913–1945)Calgary Branch of the Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta (1945–1958)University of Alberta in Calgary (1958–1966){{efn, The following are names of the predecessor institution which the University of Calgary originates from, prior to its reorganization as a standalone university. , motto = {{Lang, gd, Mo Shùile Togam Suas (Canadian Gaelic, Gaelic) , mottoeng = I will lift up my eyes , established = {{Start date and age, 1966, 04, 26, df=yes, p=yes, br=yes , type = Public university, Public , endowment = {{CAD, 1.176 billion (2023) , chancellor = J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. History The award's historic root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Star (2024 Film)
''Lucky Star'' is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Gillian McKercher and released in 2024.Nicholas Sokic"Playback’s 10 to Watch 2024: Gillian McKercher" '' Playback'', October 1, 2024. The film stars Terry Chen as Lucky, a Chinese Canadian dad raising his family in suburban Calgary, Alberta, who gets drawn into gambling as he attempts to recover money he lost after being scammed. The cast also includes Olivia Cheng, Conni Miu, Austyn Van de Kamp, John Dylan Louie, Andrew Phung, CJ Collard, Summer Ly, Isra Abdelrahim, Mary Armstrong, Carlo Cuizon, Dustin Nelson and Sharon Umeh. Production According to McKercher, the film was inspired in part by an unconfirmed family legend that her great-grandfather had been a wealthy landlord who owned an entire block of his city's Chinatown, but gambled it away in a card game. She began writing the film in 2019 and completed the script while studying at the Canadian Film Centre, although it ultimately entered production throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Events Transpiring Before, During And After A High School Basketball Game
''Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Ted Stenson and released in 2020.Eric Volmers"Calgary filmmaker Ted Stenson heads back to school with Andrew Phung for indie debut" ''Calgary Herald'', August 14, 2019. Set at the fictional Middleview High School in Calgary, Alberta, in 1999, the film depicts various goings-on centered around the school's largely unsuccessful basketball team, including the referee being forced to babysit his wife's dog, point guard Joel's attempts to indoctrinate his teammates in the philosophy of ''The Matrix'', and the school's theatre students planning a protest after being denied permission to stage a "post-colonial" production of ''King Lear''. The film was acted by a cast of predominantly amateur local actors, apart from Andrew Phung in the role of the basketball team's assistant coach Brent. It was shot in 2019 at Calgary's Queen Elizabeth High School, and was funded by Telefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Italy (2018 Film)
''Little Italy'' is a 2018 romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, with a screenplay by Steve Galluccio and Vinay Virmani from a story by Virmani. The film stars Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Alyssa Milano, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basaraba, Linda Kash, Andrew Phung, Cristina Rosato, Danny Aiello, Andrea Martin and Jane Seymour. The film features one of Aiello's final film appearances before his death in 2019. Plot Nikki and Leo grow up together in Toronto's Little Italy neighborhood, where their families run a pizzeria. After winning a pizza competition, a feud developed between Nikki's father Sal and Leo's father Vince which caused them to dissolve their partnership and start separate restaurants side by side. The reason for the feud is a secret. Nikki eventually trains to become a chef in London, while Leo remains in Toronto to work at his father's restaurant. Several years later, Nikki is given the chance to compete for a position to run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last One Laughing Canada
A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts come in many styles and sizes, depending on the exact job they are designed for. Common variations include simple one-size lasts used for repairing soles and heels, custom-purpose mechanized lasts used in modern mass production, and custom-made lasts used in the making of bespoke footwear. Lasts are made of firm materialshardwoods, cast iron, and high-density plasticsto withstand contact with wetted leather and the strong forces involved in reshaping it. Since the early 19th century, lasts typically come in pairs to match the separate shapes of the right and left feet. The development of an automated lasting machine by the Surinamese-American Jan Ernst Matzeliger in the 1880s was a major development in shoe production, immediately improving quality, halving prices, and eliminating the previous putting-out systems surrounding shoemaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynonna Earp (TV Series)
''Wynonna Earp'' ( ) is a Supernatural fiction, supernatural Western (genre), Western television series developed by Emily Andras, and based on the Wynonna Earp, comic book series by Beau Smith. Melanie Scrofano portrays the titular character, the great-great-granddaughter of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp who returns to her hometown of Purgatory, near the Canadian Rockies, where she battles revenants, the reincarnated outlaws that Wyatt killed. The series also stars Shamier Anderson, Tim Rozon, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, and Katherine Barrell in main roles. The series premiered on Syfy in the United States on April 1, 2016 and on CHCH-DT in Canada on April 4. In July 2016, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 9, 2017, on Syfy and moved to CTV Sci-Fi Channel, Space (later rebranded to CTV Sci-Fi Channel) in Canada. In July 2017, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on July 20, 2018. In July 2018, the series was renewed for a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beaverton (TV Series)
''The Beaverton'' is a Canadian news satire television comedy series, which premiered on The Comedy Network in 2016. Based on the satirical online publication of the same name, the series follows the format of a mock television newscast,"New Canadian comedy The Beaverton makes its grand debut". ''Halifax Chronicle-Herald'', November 11, 2016. parodying both the content and the form of contemporary television news."Comedy-news show The Beaverton serves up satire with a straight face" '''', November 8, 2016. The show stars Miguel Rivas and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Drunk Punk
''Young Drunk Punk'' is a Canadian television sitcom, which debuted on City on January 21, 2015. Created by Bruce McCulloch based on his autobiographical theatrical show of the same title, the series stars Tim Carlson as Ian McKay, a young punk rocker coming of age in Calgary, Alberta, with the series opening in 1980."Bruce McCulloch's Young Drunk Punk is a slice of 1980 Calgary" '''', December 6, 2014. The cast also includes McCulloch as Ian's father Lloyd, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Improv Games
The Canadian Improv Games (CIG) is a national charity dedicated to providing Canadian youth with improvisational theatre education and programming. It is one of the largest and most geographically dispersed theatre festivals in Canada with 14 regional programs and over 100,000 alumni participants. The winning team from each region proceeds to the National Festival and Tournament held in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre. The CIG also offers workshops, training, and week-long summer camps throughout the year. History The Canadian Improv Games got its start in Ottawa in 1977. It was created by Jamie "Willie" Wyllie and Howard Jerome, based on a concept originally conceived by David Shepherd and Howard Jerome. With the efforts of Willie and Johnson Moretti, by the 1990s the games had become so popular they were given hour long live coverage on YTV. Events Teams perform 5 events in the Canadian Improv Games, including: Life, Character, Style, Story and Theme. Life A sincere sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Canadian Screen Awards
The 9th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 17–20 May 2021 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2020. The presentations were held as a series of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most nominations were announced on 3 March 2021;Victoria Ahearn"‘Blood Quantum,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ top Canadian Screen Award nominations" ''Toronto Star'', March 30, 2021. however, the nominations and winners in sports broadcasting categories were announced at a later date."Canadian Screen Awards: Rules and Regulations Change Highlights" |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
