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Carl²
''Carl²'' (''Carl Squared'') is a Canadian animated sitcom which explores what would happen if a teenager had a clone. The concept of the series is a mixture of biological studies and normal teenage life. It aired for four seasons on Teletoon from August 7, 2005 to January 23, 2011. 65 episodes were produced. Plot Carl Crashman is a lazy 14-year-old who is only good at one thing: slacking. After a rough day and being tired of constantly doing things he hated, he was blogging on the Internet and complaining about his life when he accidentally ordered a clone from a spam e-mail using his fingerprint, a yearbook photo and a scabby bandage; Carl is shocked when an online cloning company sends him an exact clone of himself in a box. Carl names him C2. Even though C2 looks like Carl, talks like him (albeit with a higher- pitched voice), and walks like him, C2 is more ambitious, hard-working, and charming, much to Carl's advantage. Since C2 arrived, Carl has been slacking off a lot more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bryn McAuley
Bryn McAuley is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing Caillou on the Caillou, television series of the same name, Anne Shirley on ''Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series'', Gina Lash in ''Angela Anaconda'', Skye Blue in ''Carl²'', Becky Lopez in ''George Shrinks'', Harriet in ''Franklin (TV series), Franklin'', Laney Penn in ''Grojband'', Suzi in ''Camp Lakebottom'', Quills in ''Numb Chucks'', Amy and Samey in ''Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'', Taylor in ''Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race'', Mavis Dracula in ''Hotel Transylvania: The Series'', Eleanor in ''The Day My Butt Went Psycho!'' and Bea in ''Top Wing''. Early life McAuley was born in Toronto to Marilyn McAuley, a casting director. She began acting as a child, initially onscreen in various Canadian feature films alongside fellow young Canadian actors Michael Cera and Alison Pill. Career Her acting career began when she was invited to try out for some roles when she was four; she was accepted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emily Hampshire
Emily Hampshire is a Canadian-American actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy ''Boy Meets Girl (1998 film), Boy Meets Girl'', Vivienne in the 2006 film ''Snow Cake'', Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series ''12 Monkeys (TV series), 12 Monkeys'' (2015–2018), and Stevie Budd in the CBC Television, CBC comedy series ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020), as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV (Canadian TV channel), YTV animated series ''Ruby Gloom'' (2006–2008). Hampshire has held leading roles in the series ''Chapelwaite'' (2021) and ''The Rig (TV series), The Rig'' (2023–present). Early life Hampshire was born in Montreal. She became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Miserables'' with her mother. Her interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production. At age 16, she moved to Toron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Portfolio Entertainment
Portfolio Entertainment Inc. was a Canadian television production and film distribution company owned by 9 Story Media Group 9 Story Animation Studio (formerly known as 9 Story International) is a Canadian media production, animation studio, and distribution company founded in September 1996 by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz. History As 9 Story Entertainment The com .... It was founded in 1991 by Lisa Olfman and Joy Rosen with a focus on children's programming, later expanding into primetime and movie production. The company distributes television programming internationally to more than 90 countries, with about four-fifths of its catalogue being in-house productions. Since February 5, 2024, 9 Story has owned Portfolio Entertainment. Portfolio CEO Lisa Olfman became an executive producer at 9 Story, where she will report to Vince Commisso (CEO and president of 9 Story). Productions Television shows and films Transitioned to 9 Story and Brown Bag Films Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jordan Francis
Jordan Francis (born May 10, 1991) is a Canadian actor, rapper, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Career He got his first acting role at the age of seven and he recorded his first song when he was eleven years old. He later switched to live theatre and he appeared as Young Simba in the Mirvish Productions' ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' at the Princess of Wales Theatre. In 2008 he got a role in the Disney production ''Camp Rock'', and that same year his song ''Hasta Lavista'' was number 43 on Billboard music charts. In 2010 he appeared in the debut of the series called ''Connor Undercover'' as the hero's sidekick. In 2012 he did a Canadian cross country tour for the CBC Television and interactive series ''Cross Country Fun Hunt''. Filmography Film Television Tours *2010: ''Jonas Brothers Live in Concert World Tour 2010, Jonas Brothers Live in Concert'' References External linksLast Fm Stats* Projam Projam – Official YouTube Channel {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kathleen Laskey
Kathleen Laskey, sometimes credited as Kathy Laskey, is a Canadian actress."Second City's Laskey now every inch a leading lady". ''Toronto Star'', April 2, 1988. An alumna of The Second City's Toronto troupe, she is most commonly but not exclusively associated with comedic and voice roles. She also voiced Squeak the Mouse on the children's TV show, Peep and the Big Wide World. She has been married since 1990 to her former '' Check It Out!'' castmate Jeff Pustil."Everything's coming up Rosey for Nelvana". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...'', July 12, 1990. Filmography References External links * Living people Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of green ideology and politics, ecologism combines the ideology of social ecology and environmentalism. ''Ecologism'' is more commonly used in continental European languages, while ''environmentalism'' is more commonly used in English but the words have slightly different connotations. Environmentalism advocates the preservation, restoration and improvement of the natural environment and critical earth system elements or processes such as the climate, and may be referred to as a movement to control pollution or protect plant and animal diversity. For this reason, concepts such as a land ethics, environmental ethics, biodiversity, ecology, and the biophilia hypothesis figure predominantly. The environmentalist movement encompasses various approaches to addressing envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Camcorder
A camcorder is a self-contained portable electronic device with video and recording as its primary function. It is typically equipped with an articulating screen mounted on the left side, a belt to facilitate holding on the right side, hot-swappable battery facing towards the user, hot-swappable recording media, and an internally contained quiet optical zoom lens. The earliest camcorders were tape-based, recording analog signals onto videotape cassettes. In the 2000s, digital recording became the norm, and additionally tape was replaced by storage media such as mini- HDD, MiniDVD, internal flash memory and SD cards. More recent devices capable of recording video are camera phones and digital cameras primarily intended for still pictures, whereas dedicated camcorders are often equipped with more functions and interfaces than more common cameras, such as an internal optical zoom lens that is able to operate silently with no throttled speed, whereas cameras with protract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an extreme sport, action sport that involves riding and Skateboarding trick, performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry Profession, job, and a method of transportation. Originating in the United States, skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue, with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for both male and female teams. Skateboarding made its Olympic debut in 2020 and was included in the 2024 games. Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders, freestyle BMXers, aggressive inline skating, aggressive skaters, and more recently, Freestyle scootering, scooters. However, skateboarding has becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gangster
A gangster (informally gangsta) is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''Organized crime, mob'' and the suffix ''wikt:-ster, -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and resources that support much larger and more organized crime, complex criminal transactions than an individual criminal could achieve. Gangsters have been active for many years in countries around the world. Gangsters are the subject of many novels, films, television series, and video games. Usage In modern usage, the term "gang" is generally used for a criminal organization and the term "gangster" invariably describes a criminal. Much has been written on the subject of gangs, although there is no clear consensus about what constitutes a gang or what situations lead to gang formation and evolution. There is agreement that the members of a gang have a sense of common identity and belonging and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vegetarian
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the Eating, consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects as food, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter. A person who practices vegetarianism is known as a vegetarian. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people ethics of eating meat, object to eating meat out of respect for Sentience, sentient animal life. Such ethical motivations have been codified vegetarianism and religion, under various religious beliefs as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, Environmental vegetarianism, environmental, cultural, aesthetic, Economic vegetarianism, economic, gastronomy, taste-related, or relate to other personality psychology, personal preferences. A small number of towns and cities around the world are exclusively vegetarian or have outlawed meat, including Rishikesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Animated Sitcom
An animated sitcom is a subgenre of a television sitcom that is animation, animated instead of being filmed live-action, and is generally made or created for adult animation, adult audiences in most cases. ''The Simpsons'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''South Park'', and ''Family Guy'' are four of the longest-running American animated sitcoms. History Early history ''The Flintstones'', which debuted in 1960, is considered the first example of the animated sitcom genre. A similar cartoon, ''The Jetsons'', which took place in the future rather than the past, followed in 1962. Marc Blake argued it started the "science fiction sitcom sub genre". Animated sitcoms have been more controversial than traditional cartoons from the onset. ''The Flintstones'' was originally oriented at parents, as an animated version of ''The Honeymooners'', though it was primarily popular with children. David Bennett argued that when it was originally released, it was aimed at an adult audience, and called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Animal Rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have Moral patienthood, moral worth independent of their Utilitarianism, utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. The argument from marginal cases is often used to reach this conclusion. This argument holds that if marginal human beings such as infants, senile people, and the Cognition, cognitively disabled are granted moral status and negative rights, then nonhuman animals must be granted the same moral consideration, since animals do not lack any known morally relevant characteristic that marginal-case humans have. Broadly speaking, and particularly in popular discourse, the term "animal rights" is often used synonymously with "animal protection" or "animal liberation". More narrowly, "animal rights" refers to the idea that many animals have fundamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
