Canadian Screen Award For Best Original Song ...
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Music: Original Song to the best original song in a Canadian motion picture. First presented at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards until 2011. Since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Prix Iris for Best Original Music References {{Canadian Screen Awards Film awards for Best Song Original song "Original Song" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American television series ''Glee'', and the thirty-eighth episode overall. It was written by Ryan Murphy, directed by Bradley Buecker, and premiered on Fox in the United Stat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals, most notably through the Canadian Screen Awards The mandate of the Academy is to honour outstanding achievements; to heighten public awareness of and increase audience attendance of and appreciationпа of Canadian film and television productions; and to provide critically needed, high-quality professional development programs, conferences and publications. Background Since 2012, the Academy's primary national awards program is the Canadian Screen Awards, which were announced that year as a replacement for the formerly distinct Genie Award (for film) and Gemini Award (for television) ceremonies. The Prix Gémeaux for French-language television remains a separate awards program. The organization also administers the Prism Prize for music videos. The current chief exec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Burton Cummings
Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been cited as one of the most influential performers in Canadian rock music. He has also been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba. The Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg is named in his honour. Career Early years Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg by his mother and maternal grandparents, after his father left the family during his infancy. He attended St. John's High School but dropped out at age 17 to pursue a career in music; the school granted him an honorary diploma in 2010. In 1964 Cummings joined local R&B band the Deverons (not to be confused with an American group called the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scandale (film)
''Scandale '' is a 1982 Canadian (Québec) comedy film. The plot is a reference to current events at the time of the film's creation. The response of a Parti Québécois government under René Lévesque to the recession of the early 1980s included harsh cutbacks to civil service pay which angered labour union members, a core part of the constituency of the PQ and sovereignty movement. In real life, the move would cost the party the next election. In the film, a band of government workers affected by budget cutbacks at the Ministry of Culture decide to make some fast bucks by making a blue movie in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Their finished product is unexpectedly entered into competition at the Cannes Film Festival in order to showcase Québec's culture, shocking government officials. Pornobec scandal The "Pornobec" movie production depicted within this film is a reference to a then-current political event known as the "Pornobec scandal". In November 1981, members of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Germain Gauthier
Germain may refer to: *Germain (name), including a list of people with the name *Germain Arena, the former name of an arena in Estero, Florida *Germain Racing, a NASCAR racing team *Germain Amphitheater, a concert venue in Columbus, Ohio *Paris Saint-Germain F.C., a football club based in Paris, France. *Ateliers Germain, a pioneer Belgian carmaker *, the former French train ferry ''Saint Germain'' renamed for her voyage to India for scrapping See also *Goermans, a harpsichord-making family *Saint-Germain (other) *Germanus (other) *Germane Germane is the chemical compound with the formula Ge H4, and the germanium analogue of methane. It is the simplest germanium hydride and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the related compounds silane and methane, germane is ... * Germaine (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in Saint-Raymond, Quebec), is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals ''Starmania'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He is the brother of Louis Plamondon, a long-serving member of the House of Commons of Canada.Elizabeth Thompson, "Passion and Tears: Jean Sworn In", ''Montreal Gazette'', 28 September 2005, A1. Plamondon has accepted honours from Canadian institutions and is also known as a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist. He is opposed to Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a ''internetworking, network of networks'' that consists ... music piracy. See also * Culture of Quebec * Music of Québec References External links Luc Plamondon on the website "Canada's Walk of Fame" {{DEFAULTSORT:Plamondon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spring Fever (1982 Film)
''Spring Fever'' is a 1982 film directed by Joseph L. Scanlan, set in the world of competitive tennis. It was produced by Amulet Pictures with the participation of the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Limited. The original title for the film was ''Sneakers'', but was changed to ''Spring Fever'' when released. The film follows a Las Vegas teen (Carling Bassett) as she participates in the National Junior Tennis Championship in Tampa, Florida with her showgirl mother (Susan Anton). Plot Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. When K.C. enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession. Cast * Carling Bassett as Karen "K.C." Castle * Susan Anton as Stevie Castle * Jessica Walter as Celia Berryman * Frank Converse as Lewis Berryman * Stephen Young as Neil Berryman * Shawn Foltz as Melissa "Missy" Berryman * David Main a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fred Mollin
Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lamont Dozier and America, and has composed music for ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Friday the 13th'' (films and television), ''Forever Knight'', ''Hard Copy'', and many more. Mollin rose to prominence early in his career by co-producing (with Matthew McCauley) Dan Hill's international hit record, "Sometimes When We Touch", in 1977. As an artist, he has written and produced music for a series of children's albums, including ''Disney: Lullaby Album: Instrumental Favorites For Baby'', peaking at #6 on January 26, 2001, on ''Billboard''s Kid Album music chart; and ''Disney's Princess Lullaby Album'', which peaked at No. 23 on October 25, 2002 (''Billboard''). He created the musical group Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band, composing and producing albums such as ''Finding Nemo-Oce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sweet Lies And Loving Oaths
''Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths'' (french: Doux aveux) is a 1982 Canadian drama film, directed by Fernand Dansereau. A study of the generation gap, the film centres on Rose-Alma (Hélène Loiselle), a grandmother who wants to reestablish her independence after living with her daughter. With the assistance of her granddaughter Odile ( Geneviève Brassard), she moves back out to her own apartment and commences a new relationship with Clovis (Marcel Sabourin), her new landlord. The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983, for Best Actor (Sabourin), Best Actress (Loiselle), Best Supporting Actress (Brassard) and Best Original Song ("Doux aveux", by Dansereau and Réjean Marois.)Jay Scott Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincol ..., "Top Genie pro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fernand Dansereau
Fernand Dansereau (born April 5, 1928) is a Canadian film director and film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di .... Biography After five years working as a reporter for the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Dansereau joined the National Film Board of Canada, NFB in 1955. He was a founding member of the NFB's French Unit and until 1960, he wrote and directed several feature films and documentaries for the series ''Panorama''. He worked on the television series ''Temps présent'' from 1960 to 1964 and then returned to directing with the fiction feature ''Le festin des morts'' which won 2 Canadian Film Awards including Best Feature Film in 1966. He left the NFB in 1970 for the private sector. Among his many achievements, he wrote and directed the feature documentary ''Fa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Réjean Marois
Réjean or Rejean is a French masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: * Réjean Cloutier (born 1960), former professional hockey player * Réjean Cournoyer (born 1971), Canadian actor and singer *Réjean Ducharme (1941–2017), Quebec novelist and playwright * Réjean Génois (born 1952), former professional and Davis Cup tennis player from Quebec City *Réjean Houle (born 1949), retired Canadian ice hockey forward * Réjean Lefebvre (born 1943), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 * Réjean Lemelin (born 1954), former National Hockey League goaltender * Réjean Savoie (born 1952), businessman and former political figure in New Brunswick *Rejean Stringer Rejean Stringer (pronounced Ray-zhawn, Stron-zhay) (born August 21, 1974) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who played most of his career in the ECHL. Early life and education Stringer was rais ... (born 1974), retired Canadian ice hocke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wild Flowers (1982 Film)
''Wild Flowers'' (french: Les Fleurs sauvages) is a 1982 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. The film won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Canadian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Marthe Nadeau * Michèle Magny * Pierre Curzi * Claudia Aubin * Eric Beauséjour * Georges Bélisle * Sarah Mills * Michel Viala * Monique Thouin * Raoul Duguay See also * List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 1982 films 1982 drama films Canadian drama films Films directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raoul Duguay
__NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul. Raoul may also refer to: Given name * Raoul Berger, American legal scholar * Raoul Bova, Italian actor * Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died 1320), grammarian * See Lament for the Makaris for Roull of Corstorphin and Roull of Aberdene; fifteenth-century poets * Raoul de Godewaersvelde, French singer * Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy; also known as Raoul, Duke of Burgundy (and later king of the Franks), son of Richard of Autun * Raoul Heertje, Dutch stand-up comedian * Raoul Moat, English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt * Raoul of Turenne or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840–866 * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) or Saint Raoul * Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian * Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), film director * Raoul, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Surname * Raoul (Byzantine family), Byz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |