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Dean Armstrong
Dean Armstrong (born April 24, 1973) is a Canadian actor. Early life Armstrong was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. He attended Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and graduated with degrees in theater arts and education. Career In 2000, Armstrong appeared as the recurring character Blake in the TV series ''Queer as Folk (American TV series), Queer as Folk''. In 2005, Armstrong appeared in the Canadian premiere of ''Tick, Tick... Boom!''Jones, Kenneth (February 10, 2005).Dean Armstrong Stars in Canadian Premiere of Larson's tick, tick…BOOM!, Playbill.com. Retrieved October 9, 2013. Filmography Film Television Filmmaking References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Dean 1973 births Living people Canadian male television actors Canadian acting coaches Male actors from Ontario People from Owen Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Toronto International Film Festival
The 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between September 8 and September 18, 2011. Buenos Aires, Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme. The opening film was ''From the Sky Down'', a documentary film about the band U2, directed by Davis Guggenheim. Considerable media attention at the time focused on Madonna's behaviour during the festival. Awards Programmes Gala Presentations *''Albert Nobbs'' by Rodrigo García (director), Rodrigo García *''The Awakening (2011 film), The Awakening'' by Nick Murphy (director), Nick Murphy *''Beloved (2011 film), Beloved'' by Christophe Honoré *''Butter (2011 film), Butter'' by Jim Field Smith *''A Dangerous Method'' by David Cronenberg *''From the Sky Down'' by Davis Guggenheim *''A Happy Event'' by Rémi Bezançon *''Hysteria (2011 film), Hysteria'' by Tanya Wexler *''The Ides of March (2011 film), The Ides of March'' by George Clooney *''Killer Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Days (2023 Film)
''Better Days'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin and released in 2022. The film stars Sonja Smits as Kate, a woman who is discovering new sides of herself after the death of her husband. The cast also includes Alix Sideris, Dean Armstrong, Luke Atteledon-Francis, Gregory Ambrose Calderone, Kerrin Cochrane, Sara Hinding, Darius Rathe, Sugenja Sri, Tania Webb and Blair Williams. The film premiered on September 19, 2023, at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. Mykola Korolyov received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Hair at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards The 12th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They were held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto ... in 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes Reborn (miniseries)
''Heroes Reborn'' is an American television series with 13 episodes which premiered on September 24, 2015, as a continuation of the NBC superhero drama series '' Heroes''. Series creator Tim Kring returned as executive producer. During the 2015 Super Bowl, NBC aired a 16-second teaser promo for the series. The series follows several individuals with special powers who are fleeing vigilantes but must save the world. On July 9, 2015, a six-chapter web series titled ''Dark Matters'' was released to introduce the characters and story of ''Heroes Reborn''. On January 13, 2016, it was announced that ''Heroes Reborn'' would not be renewed for a second season. Plot According to the official synopsis, the miniseries will "reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season" in which ordinary people discover that they have special abilities. A six-chapter prequel web-based series titled ''Dark Matters'' was released on July 9, 2015, to introduce the new characters and story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lottery (TV Series)
''The Lottery'' is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series that aired on Lifetime from July 20 through September 28, 2014. The series is set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children due to an infertility pandemic. It stars Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, Athena Karkanis, David Alpay, Shelley Conn, Yul Vazquez and Martin Donovan. On October 17, 2014, Lifetime cancelled ''The Lottery'' after one season. Synopsis It is the year 2025, and no children have been born on Earth since 2019 due to an infertility pandemic that first became noticeable in 2016. Dr. Alison Lennon and her assistant, Dr. James Lynch, make a breakthrough in their lab work for the Department of Humanity (DOH), and are able to successfully fertilize eggs to create 100 viable human embryos. Darius Hayes, Director of the DOH, strongly believes that the embryos should immediately become property of the U.S. government. But the President of the United States, Thomas Westwood, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copper (TV Series)
''Copper'' is a television drama series created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos for BBC America. It is set in 1860s New York City, during the American Civil War, and stars Tom Weston-Jones as an Irish immigrant policeman, or "copper", who patrols and resides in the Five Points neighborhood. Other cast members include Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Anastasia Griffith, Tessa Thompson and Franka Potente. The series was BBC America's first original scripted program after previously only airing co-productions and shows from the United Kingdom. Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson, and Christina Wayne were executive producers of the series. The first season of 10 episodes premiered on August 19, 2012. The series was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on June 23, 2013. On September 19, 2013, ''Copper''s cancellation was announced, three days before its second-season finale aired. Premise The series centers on Kevin "Corky" Corcoran, an Irish immigrant polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashpoint (TV Series)
''Flashpoint'' is a Canadian police procedural television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern for CTV, CBS and Ion Television. The series starred Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Enrico Colantoni. The series premiered on CTV in Canada on July 11, 2008. In the United States, the first three seasons and part of the fourth were aired on CBS from July 11, 2008, until August 19, 2011. The show then aired on Ion Television starting on October 18, 2011, with the eighth episode of the fourth season. Internationally, the series was distributed by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group. On January 25, 2011, it was announced that Ion Television had acquired all rights to the show held by CBS, including the option to continue production. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series. The series finale aired on December 13, 2012. Reruns of the show begin airing on the H&I Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphas
''Alphas'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow. It follows a group of people with superhuman abilities, known as "Alphas", as they work to prevent crimes committed by other Alphas. The series was broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Syfy and was a co-production between BermanBraun and Universal Cable Productions. It premiered on July 11, 2011. After initial reports that the show was canceled, on September 7, 2011, ''Alphas'' was renewed for a 13-episode second season, which premiered on Monday, July 23, 2012, at 10 p.m. ET. On January 16, 2013, Syfy announced that the program would not be returning for a third season, ending the series with an unresolved cliffhanger. Plot The series follows five people, known as "Alphas", led by noted neurologist and psychiatrist Lee Rosen ( David Strathairn), as they investigate criminal cases involving other suspected Alphas. Rosen and his team operate under the auspices o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listener (TV Series)
''The Listener'' is a Canadian fantasy drama television series created by Michael Amo. The series stars Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan, a paramedic with telepathic powers who finds himself consulting with law enforcement to make a change in the world by helping others while listening to the thoughts of victims and criminals, and seeing images that they saw. The series was broadcast in Canada on CTV and was produced by Shaftesbury Films, in conjunction with CTV and Fox International Channels. The series premiered on CTV on March 3, 2009. CTV renewed the series for four more seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes, premiering February 8, 2011, May 30, 2012, May 29, 2013, and May 26, 2014. In August 2014, CTV announced that they had canceled the show. The series finale aired on August 18, 2014. Plot Season One (2009) Toby is a 28-year-old first-year paramedic who never knew his father and grew up in foster homes. Until now, Toby has kept secret his premonitions and his ability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haven (TV Series)
''Haven'' is a supernatural drama television series developed by Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst, loosely based on the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid'' (2005). The series, which deals with strange events in a fictional town in Maine named Haven, was filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, and is an American-Canadian co-production. It stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Nicholas Campbell and Eric Balfour, whose characters struggle to help townspeople with supernatural afflictions and protect the town from the effects of those afflictions. The series premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy, and concluded on December 17, 2015. In August 2015, Syfy canceled the series after five seasons. Premise When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker ( Emily Rose) is dispatched to the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the return of "The Troubles", a plague of supernatural afflictions that have occurred in the town at least twice before. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repo! The Genetic Opera
''Repo! The Genetic Opera'' is a 2008 American musical film. Described as a gothic rock opera, the film was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and based on the 2002 stage musical of the same name, written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich. It stars Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Nivek Ogre, Zdunich, Bill Moseley, and Paul Sorvino. ''Repo!'' premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in July 2008, followed by a limited release on November 7, 2008, on seven screens in various cities. Plot By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet and wiped out 99% of the human population. The megacorporation, GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan. Clients who miss payments are hunted down by Repo Men, skilled assassins who "repossess" the organs ("Genetic Repo Man"). The CEO of GeneCo, Rotti Largo, discovers he is terminally ill. Rotti's children Luigi, Pavi, and Amber bicker over who will inherit GeneCo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Til Death Do Us Part (American TV Series)
''Til Death Do Us Part'' (also known in Canada and Australia as ''Love You to Death'') is a murder mystery television series on Court TV. The series first aired on March 19, 2007, and went by the motto "To Love, Honor, and Perish". Created by Jeff Lieberman, it was the first scripted series made for Court TV. Format The series was narrated and hosted by cult film director John Waters, who played "The Groom Reaper." The scripted program re-enacted real-life courtroom stories involving marriages and families whose seemingly picture-perfect lives end in a murderous way. The series had a ''Tales from the Crypt''-like setting, with each episode lasting 30 minutes. At each end of an episode, John Waters would say "I have another wedding to go to, but I hope it won't be yours". After 15 minutes of the show, Court TV would allow viewers to text message a guess on who would be the killer. Each re-enactment is directed to be intentionally over-the-top, complete with overacting and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newsroom (Canadian TV Series)
''The Newsroom'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996–97, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, ''Escape from the Newsroom'', was broadcast in 2002. The show is set in the newsroom of a television station which is never officially named, but is generally understood to be based on CBC's own Toronto affiliate CBLT. Inspired by American series '' The Larry Sanders Show''"Why Canadians Aren’t Laughing at Latest Version of ‘The Newsroom’" - '' The Daily Beast'', July 9, 2012. and similar to such earlier series as the British '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
