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Childstar (film)
''Childstar'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received four awards from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, including Best Canadian Film. Plot Taylor Brandon Burns, who happens to be America's most famous child star, is in Canada to shoot a big-budget action film. Wanting to get away from his stage mom Suzanne and the pressures of show business, he runs off set with a fellow actress, Natalie. The film's producers, concerned with the money they are losing due to a delayed shooting schedule, enlist Rick Schiller, a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker and Taylor's reluctant limo-driver, to find the boy. Cast Production Director and co-writer Don McKellar said he got the idea for the film when he was at an Oscars party and found himself talking to actor Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKellar
Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing the film '' Last Night'', which won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, as well as his screenplays for films like '' Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'', ''The Red Violin'', and ''Blindness''. McKellar frequently acts in his own projects, and has also appeared in Atom Egoyan’s '' Exotica'' and David Cronenberg’s '' eXistenZ'' and '' Crimes of the Future''. He is also known for being a fixture on Canadian television, with series including '' Twitch City'', '' Odd Job Jack'', and '' Slings & Arrows'', as well as writing the book for the popular Tony Award-winning musical '' The Drowsy Chaperone''. He is an eight-time nominee and two-time Genie Award winner. Personal life McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who gained popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particularly famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at an early age. Some child actors have successful acting careers as adults; for example Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selena Gomez. Other child actors have gone on to successful careers in other fields, including director Ron Howard, politicians Lech Kaczyński, Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński, and singer Jenny Lewis. Regulation In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance TV
Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996. The channel is named after Robert Redford's character in ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' and, while it is an extension of Redford's non-profit Sundance Institute, the channel operates independently of both the Institute and the Sundance Film Festival. Originally, Sundance was dedicated largely to airing documentary film, documentaries, independent film, independent feature films, short films, world cinema, and coverage on the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival. The channel has since incorporated both original and acquired programming and became fully ad-supported in 2013, with programming being edited for content soon thereafter. , Sundance is available to approximately 54,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2017 peak of 71,000,000 households. History As Sundance Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Free Library
''The Free Dictionary'' is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources. It is accessible in fourteen languages. History The Free Dictionary was launched in 2005 by Farlex. In the same year, it was included in ''PCMag'' Make Your Browser Better list. Content The site cross-references the contents of dictionaries such as ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', the ''Collins English Dictionary''; encyclopedias such as the ''Columbia Encyclopedia'', the ''Computer Desktop Encyclopedia'', the ''Hutchinson Encyclopedia'' (subscription), and Wikipedia; book publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, as well as the Acronym Finder database, several financial dictionaries, legal dictionaries, and other content. It has a feature that allows a user to preview an article while positioning the mouse cursor over a link. One can also click on any word to look it up in the dictionary. The websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Centre
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded in 1988 by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally launched as a film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for professionals in the Canadian film, television and digital media industries, including directors, producers, screenwriters, actors and musicians. History CFC was established in 1988 by Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison as the Canadian Centre For Advanced Film Studies;"Canadian film centre opens School on Taylor estate to train elite filmmakers". ''Toronto Star'', March 29, 1988. the first program was attended by 12 residents."Canadian film centre debuts with a dozen moviemakers". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 18, 1987. The inaugural class included writer Robert Hunter, filmmakers Holly Dale, Gerald L'Ecuyer, Anne Petrie and Peter Raymont, and producer Ann Medina. The school's campus was located at Windfields Estate, the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sixth Sense
''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient ( Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released by Buena Vista Pictures through its Hollywood Pictures label on August 6, 1999, ''The Sixth Sense'' received critical acclaim, with praise for the cast performances (particularly those of Willis, Osment, and Toni Collette), atmosphere, direction and twist ending. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Shyamalan, Best Supporting Actor for Osment, and Best Supporting Actress for Collette. The film established Shyamalan as a preeminent filmmaker of thrillers and introduced the cinema public to his traits, most notably his affinity for twist endings. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $672 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, Osment's role in the comedy-drama film ''Forrest Gump'' (1994) won him a Young Artist Award. His breakthrough came with the psychological thriller film '' The Sixth Sense'' (1999), for which he won a Saturn Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He achieved further success with the drama film ''Pay It Forward'' (2000), the science fiction film '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001), which won him a second Saturn Award, the comedy film '' Secondhand Lions'' (2003), which won him a Critics Choice Award, and the animated film '' The Jungle Book 2'' (2003). He is also known as the voice of Sora and Vanitas in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. Osment made his Broadway debut in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play '' American Buffalo'' (2008) and executive produced the independent film '' Montana Amazon'' (2012), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The 2nd Academy Awards, second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 25th Academy Awards, 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Barry (actor)
Michael Barry is a Canadian actor known for his roles in '' Dawn of the Dead'', '' Last Night'' and '' Detroit Rock City''. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Michael Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Lyon
Wendy Lyon (born 1960) is a Canadian film and television actress. She began her career in television, appearing in the miniseries ''Anne of Green Gables'' (1985) before having a recurring role on the Canadian series ''The Campbells'' (1986–1990). She made her feature film debut in a leading role in the supernatural horror film '' Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II'' (1987). Lyon continued to appear on television throughout the 1990s, including providing the voice of Queen Serenity in the animated series ''Sailor Moon'' (1995). She returned to film with supporting roles in ''Focus'' (2001) and '' Childstar'' (2004). In the 2010s, she appeared in supporting parts in the thriller ''Regression'' (2015), Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), and in a recurring role in the political thriller series ''Designated Survivor'' (2019). Career In 1985, Lyon appeared in the Canadian miniseries ''Anne of Green Gables'' as Prissy Andrews. The following year, she starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Foley
David Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and film productions, most notably the 1988–1995 TV sketch comedy show of the same name, as well as the 1996 film '' Brain Candy''. Foley is also known for his roles as Dave Nelson in the sitcom ''NewsRadio'', Flik in ''A Bug's Life'', Troy in '' Blast from the Past'', Dr. Fulton in '' The Middle'', Bob in ''Hot in Cleveland'', Gary O'Brien in ''Young Sheldon'', and Danish Graves in '' Fargo''. Foley also hosted '' Celebrity Poker Showdown''. Early life Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, on January 4, 1963. He is the son of Mary and Michael, a steamfitter. His mother is from Stafford, England. Career Acting and stand-up comedy After dropping out of high school, Foley pursued standup comedy for about a year in the Toront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
