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Dark Vengeance (True Justice)
''True Justice'' is an American television action series created by and starring Steven Seagal that ran for two seasons in 2011 and 2012. Seagal stars as Elijah Kane, the head of the "Special Investigation Unit", an undercover police task force, in Seattle, Washington. Cast Main cast Supporting cast Series continuity and setting The series is notionally set in Seattle and the greater Puget Sound region, the Sheriff's Department being that of fictional Everett county, with headquarters in downtown Seattle. Most Season one and two episodes feature plots involving an economically depressed near-to-Seattle waterfront community known as Camp Harmony, a historic World War II internment site located in what is now Puyallup, Washington. The community is portrayed as an eclectic mix of Native Americans, immigrants from east Asia, impoverished trailer-residing Caucasians, ex-convicts, and refugees from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Season one features Harmony's refug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanaya Beatty
Tanaya Beatty (born February 12, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as List of Twilight cast members#Humans, Rachel Black in the movie adaptation of ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1'' as well as her starring roles as Jessica Finch in ''True Justice'', Caitlin Janvier on the hit Canadian television series ''Arctic Air'', and Sacagawea in the upcoming HBO miniseries ''Lewis and Clark''. In 2016, she was added to the cast of NBC's ''The Night Shift (TV series), The Night Shift'' as Dr. Shannon Rivera. In 2018, she had the lead role as Annie in a film adaptation of Joseph Boyden's novel ''Through Black Spruce'' and as Avery in ''Yellowstone (American TV series), Yellowstone''. Early life Tanaya Beatty was born on February 12, 1991, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Beatty's mother is of Daʼnaxdaʼxw Nation, Awaetlatla First Nations descent while her father is of Himalayan ancestry. She was adopted and raised by a family of Italian descent. Beatty spent h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Harmony
Camp Harmony is the unofficial euphemistic name of the Puyallup Assembly Center, a temporary facility within the system of Japanese American internment, internment camps set up for Japanese Americans during World War II. Approximately 7,390 Americans of Japanese descent from Western Washington (state), Washington and Alaska were sent to the camp (nearly doubling the town of Puyallup's population of 7,500) before being transferred to the War Relocation Authority camps at Minidoka National Historic Site, Minidoka, Idaho, Tule Lake Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Tule Lake, California and Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming.Louis Fiset.Puyallup (detention facility)" ''Densho Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 Apr 2014). World War II Camp Harmony was established in May 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's subsequent Executive Order 9066, which authorized the eviction of Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puget Sound Region
The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. It is characterized by a complex array of saltwater bays, islands, and peninsulas carved out by prehistoric glaciers. Poet Robert Sund called the Puget Sound region "Ish River country", owing to its numerous rivers with names ending in "ish", such as the Duwamish River, Duwamish, Samish River, Samish, Sammamish River, Sammamish, Skokomish River, Skokomish, Skykomish River, Skykomish, Snohomish River, Snohomish, and the Stillaguamish River, Stillaguamish. The ''ish'' ending is from Salishan languages and means "people of". History The Puget Sound region was formed by the collision and attachment of many terranes ("microcontinents") to the North American plate between about 50 to 10 million years ago. About 15,000 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tia Carrere
Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere (), is an American actress and singer who got her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. Carrere played Cassandra Wong in the feature films ''Wayne's World'' and '' Wayne's World 2''; Juno Skinner in '' True Lies''; Nani Pelekai in the ''Lilo & Stitch'' films and TV series; Queen Tyr'ahnee in '' Duck Dodgers''; Richard Lewis' girlfriend, Cha Cha, in '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''; and starred as Sydney Fox in the television series ''Relic Hunter'', as well as Lady Danger opposite RuPaul in Netflix's '' AJ and the Queen''. Carrere also appeared as a contestant in the second season of '' Dancing with the Stars'' and the fifth season of '' The Celebrity Apprentice''. In addition to acting, Carrere has won two Grammy Awards for her music. Early life Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the daughter of Audrey Lee Janairo, a computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Takei
George Takei ( ; born April20, 1937), born , is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Takei was born to Japanese-American parents, with whom he lived in Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II. He began pursuing acting in college, which led in 1965 to the role of Sulu, to which he returned periodically into the 1990s. Upon coming out as gay in 2005, he became a prominent proponent of LGBT rights and active in state and local politics. He has been a vocal advocate of the rights of immigrants, in part through his work on the 2012 Broadway show ''Allegiance'', about the internment experience. Takei spoke both English and Japanese growing up and remains fluent in both languages. He has won several awards and accolades for his work on human rights and Japan–United States relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. Upon graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began acting in films and television. Bellows also earned critical acclaim for his stage performances in ''The Snake and the Vein'' (1990–1992), ''Flaubert's Latest'' (1992), and his first starring role in '' Love and a .45'' (1994). Bellows gained widespread recognition for his pivotal role as Tommy in '' The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994). The film, nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, is often regarded as one of the greatest ever made. On television, Bellows is best known for playing Billy Thomas, the romantic lead in the popular Fox’s legal dramedy series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002). His performance earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award, and when his character finally united with the title character, the show reached a record-breaking audience of nearly 17 million viewers. Throughout his car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Cummins
Martin Cummins (born November 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor known for his role as Ames White in '' Dark Angel'' and as Nick Boyle in '' Poltergeist: The Legacy''. Life and career Cummins went to Seaquam Secondary School in the town of North Delta, British Columbia, Canada. He attended the Vancouver Actors Studio. One of his first significant roles was as host of the teen variety series '' Pilot One'' on CBC Television."Pilot One project scaled down by CBC". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 18, 1988. Cummins guest-starred in a number of American and Canadian television shows before landing the part of Nick Boyle in the MGM series '' Poltergeist: The Legacy'', which was filmed in Vancouver, in the late 1990s. He used the money and resources he gained while working on ''Poltergeist: The Legacy'' to fund and staff his own film '' We All Fall Down'', based on the events of his own life after his mother's death. Cummins' other appearances include the TV series ''When Calls the Heart'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dopud
Mike Dopud (, ''Мајк Допуђ'') is a Canadian actor, stuntman, and former gridiron football and ice hockey player. His best known roles include Vic Hadfield in the miniseries '' Canada Russia '72'', Jason Micic on ''Power'', Kimbo Comstock on ''Arctic Air'', Roy McAfee on '' Cedar Cove'', Viktor Mikalek on ''Arrow'', and Michael Vinson on '' The 100''. He also took on several minor roles on ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'', as well as performing many stunts on both shows, before taking on a bigger role as Varro on ''Stargate Universe''. He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2005 for his work in '' Walking Tall''. Biography Of Serbian descent, Dopud was born in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Southern Illinois University on a football scholarship, earning a degree in physical education. Out of college, he was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1991 as a tailback, but was cut due to injury during the offseason. He later played for the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Ullerup
Emilie Ullerup (born 27 October 1984) is a Danish actress. She is best known for playing Ashley Magnus on the television series ''Sanctuary'' and Bree O'Brien on the Hallmark Channel drama series ''Chesapeake Shores''. Early life and education Ullerup was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a child of a diplomatic family, daughter of Ove Ullerup (né Ullerup-Petersen). After graduating from high school in Copenhagen in 2003, she moved to Vancouver, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, and attended the Vancouver Film School, graduating in 2005. Career Ullerup's first role was that of Julia Brynn on the remake television series of ''Battlestar Galactica'' in 2006, which aired on the Sci Fi Channel. She played Ashley Magnus in the first and second seasons of the television show ''Sanctuary'' until her character was written out. Her departure remained a topic of heated debate among fans, with many of them wanting her brought back in future episodes, until the show was canceled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Ravanello
Rick Ravanello (born 24 October 1967) is a Canadian actor and ex-bodybuilder who has appeared in several television series and movies. Known primarily from action and thriller films, he often portrayed soldiers, military men and detectives. Biography One of several brothers, Ravanello was raised in the Trout Brook Road area of Mira, Cape Breton, and graduated from Riverview Rural High School in 1986. While a young man, he got introduced to weight training. As an actor he debuted in 1996, appearing in several television series, including ''Stargate SG-1'' (episode "Children of the Gods") and ''Millennium'' (episode "Weeds"). He portrayed a young Marine Guard in the 1998 made-for-television action-drama film '' Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House'', and was subsequently cast as Private J. Vaughn in the superhero TV film ''Nick Fury'' (1998), opposite David Hasselhoff. UPN cast him as Mednaut Thurston—the role which he continued to play throughout 1998 and 1999—in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
