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Jalal Merhi
Jalal Merhi is a Brazilian-born Lebanese-Canadian martial artist, actor and filmmaker. As a competitor, he was a regular on the tournament scene in the late 1970s to mid 1980s. As a film and television producer, he owns the Film One company, and previously owned a studio located at the Donlands Theatre in Toronto. Early life Merhi was born in Brazil to a family of Druze Lebanese expatriates working in the jewelry industry. He moved to Lebanon at age six, before moving again to Canada at age nineteen to study and to escape the Civil War. He initially spent time between Montreal and Toronto before permanently settling in the latter. In Canada, Merhi studied film and business. He is an alumn of Ryerson University and George Brown College, where he was discouraged to pursue a film career by one of his professors. He originally followed in his forebears' footsteps, operating JM Co., a Toronto branch of the family business which consisted of several shops and a manufacture. Martial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centenário Do Sul
Centenário do Sul is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraná This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Paraná (PR), located in the South Region of Brazil. Paraná is divided into 399 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corp ... References Municipalities in Paraná {{ParanáBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Martial Arts
Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" of martial arts. Examples of such traits include ''Shaolin kung fu, Shaolinquan'' () physical exercises involving Five Animals, All Other Animals () mimicry or training methods inspired by Chinese philosophies, Old Chinese philosophies, religions and legends. Styles that focus on qi manipulation are called ''Internal martial arts, internal'' (; ), while others that concentrate on improving muscle and cardiovascular fitness are called ''Styles of Chinese martial arts#External styles, external'' (; ). Geographical associations, as in ''northern'' (; ) and ''Nanquan (martial art), southern'' (; ), is another popular classification method. Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cineplex Odeon Corporation
Cineplex Odeon is a theatre brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada, after acquiring the Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1998. As of 2023, there are 61 Cineplex Odeon locations in Canada. The former corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States. The company was the result of Cineplex Corporation in 1984 purchasing and merging with Canadian Odeon Theatres, which itself was the result of a merger between Canadian Theatres and Odeon Theatres of Canada in 1978. Theatres formerly operated by the company are now operated by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and as AMC Theatres in the United States. History Odeon Theatres of Canada Nathan Nathanson attempted to create a theatre chain with Fox Film, but was unable to due to the company entering receivership. Nathanson returned to the board of Famous Players and became its president in May 1933, resulting in the rest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearless Tiger
''Black Pearls'' is a 1991 Canadian martial arts film directed by Ron Hulme, and starring Jalal Merhi, Monika Schnarre, Lazar Rockwood, Bolo Yeung and Jamie Farr. Merhi stars as a college graduate who renounces his upper class lifestyle to learn martial arts in Hong Kong, and take down the local drug cartel responsible for the death of his brother. An international version, which received significant alterations, was released in 1994 under the title ''Fearless Tiger''. Plot Cast Production Development ''Black Pearls'' was the first project for Merhi and his newly formed company Film One, but took two years to finish as he was still trying to balance his film aspirations and his day job as a jeweler at the time. The pitch was concocted by Merhi, director Ron Hulme and Merhi's kung fu student, York University film school graduate J. Stephen Maunder. Casting Merhi approached Jamie Farr, with whom he shares Lebanese origins, while he was in the Toronto area for a play at the Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Station (Toronto)
Greenwood is a List of Toronto TTC stations, subway station on the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the southwest corner of Linnsmore Crescent and Strathmore Boulevard just north of Danforth Avenue. The entrance, collector's booth and bus bays are at street level, with stairs and escalators to a lower concourse level which provides a passage between the platforms on the level below. The station building has two bus bays, and its bus terminal is located outside the fare-paid area. Single escalators operate in an up direction at all times. Greenwood opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the Bloor–Danforth line. It is one block east of Greenwood Avenue, Toronto, Greenwood Avenue, the closest major intersection, after which it is named. Station access upgrades Construction to make the station's main entrance wheelchair accessible by adding two elevators had begun by the fourth quarter of 2021. One elevator will link the street lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
