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David Eisner (actor)
David Eisner (born March 3, 1958) is a Canadian actor. Best known for his recurring television role in ''King of Kensington'' and his regular roles in ''Hangin' In'' and '' Blue Murder'', he is co-director with Avery Saltzman of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre company in Toronto. Career Eisner is a two-time Gemini Award nominee for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for ''Hangin' In'', at the 1st Gemini Awards in 1986 and the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987. In 2005, he played Henry Morgentaler in the controversial CTV television movie ''Choice''. His other credits have included guest appearances in ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Due South'', '' Counterstrike'', ''Forever Knight'', ''Total Recall 2070'', '' Earth: Final Conflict'', ''This Is Wonderland'', '' The Line'', ''Remedy'', '' Traders'' and ''Living in Your Car'', and the CBC Radio drama series ''Rumours and Boarders''. His film appearances include ''Running'' (1979), ''Phobia'' (1980), '' Happy Birthday to Me'' (1981), '' A New Life' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, ''The Globe (Toronto newspaper), The Globe'' and ''The Daily Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and ''The Empire (Toronto), The Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Knight
''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. Plot Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight is a Toronto police detective who works the wikt:graveyard shift, graveyard shift with his partner. Unbeknownst to most of his colleagues, Nick is actually Nicholas, an 800-year-old vampire (his human surname was reference to his status as a literal knight in medieval France). Remorseful over centuries spent as a vampiric cold-hearted killer, Nicholas serves the public good as a police officer. He often uses his special abilities to bring criminals to justice. Whenever he works o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is My Life (1992 Film)
''This Is My Life'' is a 1992 American comedy drama film. It stars Julie Kavner as a working class single mother trying to break into stand-up comedy who struggles to juggle her newfound fame with her existing responsibilities as a parent. The film—adapted from the 1988 novel ''This Is Your Life'' by Meg Wolitzer—marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Nora Ephron, who also co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Delia Ephron. Plot Dottie Ingels is a single mother in Queens who works on a Macy's cosmetics counter but aspires to be a stand-up comedian. She and her two daughters—bookish teenager Erica and pre-teen Opal—have lived with Dottie's aunt Harriet ever since Dottie's ex-husband, Norm, walked out on them several years earlier. Dottie dreams of stardom but keeps bumping up against the reality of living paycheck to paycheck, and the only way she can practice her material is while selling cosmetics. When Harriet dies suddenly, Dottie inherits the house. She decid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Life (film)
''A New Life'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film written, directed by and starring Alan Alda, also featuring Ann-Margret, John Shea, Hal Linden, and Veronica Hamel. Plot Steve Giardino, an abrasive, workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife, Jackie, divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search of a new life. Steve's fellow trader, Mel Arons, likes being single and chasing women, encouraging Steve to join him, with disastrous results at first. Jackie, starved for affection, is at first thrilled by the romantic interest of a man called Doc, only to end up smothered by his attentions and in desperate need of some private space. Unwilling to stop smoking, drinking, or to eat properly, Steve has a mild heart attack. He ends up falling for his doctor, Kay Hutton, but a rift develops when he insists that he is too old to father her children and begin a new family. Cast * Alan Alda as Steve Giardino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Birthday To Me (film)
''Happy Birthday to Me'' is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Frances Hyland, Tracey E. Bregman, Tracey Bregman, and Lisa Langlois. Its plot revolves around brutal murders of the high school members of an elite clique. A co-production between the United States and Canada, the film was shot in Montreal and upstate New York. ''Happy Birthday to Me'' was distributed by Columbia Pictures, and released theatrically in North America on May 15, 1981. The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics and grossed $10.6 million against a $3.5 million budget. Plot Virginia "Ginny" Wainwright is a pretty and popular high school senior at Crawford Academy, a member of the school's "Top Ten," an elite clique of the most privileged and popular students. Each night, the group meets at the Silent Woman Tavern, a local pub. One night en route to the tavern, Bernadette O'Hara is attacked in her car by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phobia (1980 Film)
''Phobia'' is a 1980 Canadian psychological thriller film directed by John Huston, with a screenplay written by Peter Bellwood, Lew Lehman and Jimmy Sangster; from a story by Ronald Shusett and Gary Sherman. It stars Paul Michael Glaser as an experimental psychotherapist, whose patients are targeted by a killer that preys on their phobias. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, before being released in Canada by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1980, to an indifferent critical reception. Plot summary Dr. Peter Ross, a psychiatrist, introduces a radical new therapy and tests it on five of his patients to cure them of their various fears (heights, crowded places, enclosed spaces, men and snakes). However, his patients start being murdered by an unknown assailant using methods relating to their respective fears. Cast *Paul Michael Glaser as Dr. Peter Ross * Susan Hogan as Jenny St. Clair *John Colicos as Inspector Larry Barnes *David Bolt as Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running (film)
''Running'' is a 1979 Canadian sports drama film written and directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Michael Douglas and Susan Anspach. It is about the fictional American marathon runner and Olympic hopeful Michael Andropolis and his struggle to compete in the Olympic Games. Plot Michael Andropolis is a US hopeful for the 1976 (Montreal) Summer Olympics as a marathon runner. However, his life is fraught with trouble. His marriage, which produced two children, has fallen apart and his wife wants a divorce. He struggles with unemployment and at one point in the movie is seen snapping due to frustration with the unemployment office bureaucracy. Additionally, his coach is reluctant to endorse him for the games. Andropolis always starts races strong, but because of his over-competitive strive, he pulls ahead of the pack too soon, sapping strength he'll need for the final minutes of the race. So he tends to not come in first, having used his stamina too early. His coach fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Radio
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below. English CBC Radio operates three English language networks. *CBC Radio One - Primarily news and information, ''Radio One'' broadcasts to most communities across Canada. Until 1997, it was known as "CBC Radio". * CBC Music - Broadcasts an adult music format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. From 2007 to 2018, it was known as "CBC Radio 2". * CBC Radio 3 - Broadcasts a youth-oriented indie rock format through the CBC's online radio platform, and formerly on Sirius XM. Some content from Radio 3 was also broadcast as weekend programming on Radio Two until March 2007. The inconsistency of branding between the word "One" and the numerals "2" and "3" was a deliberate design choice on CB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living In Your Car
''Living in Your Car'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that debuted on May 7, 2010, on HBO Canada. The series stars John Ralston as Steve Unger, a former high-flying corporate executive struggling to rebuild his life after being indicted on fraud, obstruction and racketeering charges. Legally forbidden to hold any job dealing with other people's money, he finds himself ordered to teach a business ethics class—and is forced to live in his car when his wife will not let him back into their home. The series was created and principally written by George F. Walker, Dani Romain, and Joseph Kay. Cast * John Ralston as Steve Unger * Ingrid Kavelaars as Lori Unger, Steve's estranged wife *Mariah Horner as Kate Unger, Steve and Lori's daughter *Colin Cunningham as Neil Stiles, Steve's lawyer *Kathryn Winslow as Bridget * Ivo Canelas as Bruno * Lúcia Moniz as Carol * Clare Coulter as Jess Unger * Joe Cobden * Catherine Fitch Episode list Series overview Season 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traders (TV Series)
''Traders'' is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1996 to 2000 and CBC Television from 1997 to 1998. The series centred on the employees of Gardner Ross, an investment bank in the Bay Street financial district of Toronto, Ontario. Series overview Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See TV, Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ''ER (TV series), ER'' to rival CTV Television Network, CTV. ''Traders'' was broadcast against ''ER'' in the 10 p.m. Thursday time slot. Many critics at the time believed the show would die an early death against the time slot competition, as ''ER'' had even beaten the other American networks in the time slot in a convincing manner. However, despite the stiff competition, ''Traders'' received good ratings, in part thanks to its lead-ins. Bruce Gray and Sonja Smits starred as the firm's senior partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remedy (TV Series)
''Remedy'' is a Canadian medical drama series which premiered on Global on February 24, 2014. It ran for two seasons. The series starred Dillon Casey as Griffin Conner, a medical school dropout working as an orderly at the fictional Bethune General Hospital in Toronto, where his father Allen (Enrico Colantoni) is the chief of medical staff. The cast also included Genelle Williams, Sara Canning, Sarah Allen, Patrick McKenna, Catherine Disher, Matt Ward, Martha Burns and Niall Matter. The series was produced by Indian Grove Productions."Sara Canning, Sarah Allen Board Canadian Medical Drama 'Remedy'" '' |
The Line (TV Series)
''The Line'' is a Canadian television drama series, which debuted on Movie Central and The Movie Network on March 16, 2009. It centred on two morally ambiguous police officers in the Scarborough district of Toronto. The series, an expansion of George F. Walker's theatrical play ''Adult Entertainment'', was originally announced under the working title ''The Weight''. It was created Walker and Dani Romain, produced by The Nightingale Company, and shot by Richmond Street Films. It was originally shot as two distinct seasons of seven and eight episodes respectively, but aired as one continuous 15-episode run. The show was commonly compared by Canadian television critics to the American crime drama series '' Brotherhood'' and ''The Wire''."Crime wave comes to small-town Canada". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', March 16, 2009. Characters * Max (Ron White) and Donny ( Daniel Kash) are police officers dealing with the drug network in their precinct. Frustrated by the limitations and regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
