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James Gelfand
James Gelfand (born April 3, 1959) is a Canadian jazz pianist who has written scores for film and television. Early life Gelfand was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada into a large Jewish family. He is the great-grandson of Jacob Pascal, founder of J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture. He is married with two children. He began classical piano training at the age of four. During his teens, Gelfand diverged into jazz and other styles. Performing and competing at jazz festivals throughout North America and Europe, he has won a number of prestigious awards. Professional career Gelfand recorded a number of Crossover (music), cross-over albums combining jazz and classical styles. He has performed on over 40 albums, with 8 under his own name. During his earlier career, he established The James Gelfand Trio and The James Gelfand Group. With his ability to compose in various styles such as techno, orchestral, Folk music, folk, and jazz, Gelfand began writing score for film and television. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country Mouse And The City Mouse Adventures
''The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures'' is an animated television series produced by CINAR Films, France Animation, Ravensburger Film & TV, WIC Entertainment, Reader's Digest, TVOntario, Videal, Motion Pictures, S.A., Canal J, and France 3. ''The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures'' aired in the U.S. on HBO (who also provided development funding for the series) from March 1, 1998 to October 27, 1999. It premiered in France on France 3 on March 27, 1998. Storyline and basis The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Alexander from the city and Emily from the country, who go on adventures around the world in the late 19th and early 20th century, usually to help their cousins, solve a mystery, or stop the evil rat, No-Tail No-Goodnik. The two main characters originally appeared in the 1993 television special '' The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale'', which was produced by Michael Sporn Animation for HBO. Loosely based on the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarmed
''Swarmed'' is a 2005 Canadian film directed by Paul Ziller and starring Michael Shanks as a scientist trying to save a town from yellow jacket wasps. The film was made for television by Sci Fi Pictures. It first aired on April 6, 2005. Plot Kent Horvath is a scientist, trying to invent a new pesticide, specifically for yellow jacket wasps. He tests its effectiveness out on eight yellow jackets, finding that it successfully kills six, but the two who survived now have extremely high pheromone levels, resulting in increased aggression. That night, the janitor accidentally releases them, and they both attack, killing him. They find his body the next morning, along with one of the wasps, with the other one nowhere to be found. His body is taken to the morgue, where the mortician hears a buzzing from the janitor's mouth, and opens it, freeing the second wasp that had somehow trapped itself. It then proceeds to sting him until he is dead before flying away. Meanwhile, Cristina Brow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Pretenses (2004 Film)
Peta Gia Wilson (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian actress, lingerie designer, and model. She is best-known as Nikita in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. Biography Early life Wilson was born in Sydney on 18 November 1970. She is the daughter of the caterer Karlene White Wilson and Darcy Wilson, a former Warrant Officer in the Australian Army. She spent several years in Papua New Guinea when her father was stationed there. Her parents divorced in 1982. Career Wilson worked first as a model in Australia and in Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 1991. There she studied acting with Arthur Mendoza at the Actors Circle Theatre, and with Tom Waits at the TomKat Repertory Group. After five years of study, she was hired for some small roles in independent films such as ''Naked Jane'' and '' Loser''. In 1996, she was preparing to continue her studies at an acting school in New York City, but decided to audition first for a new television show being produced for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby For Sale
''Baby for Sale'' is a 2004 television film that was premiered on the Lifetime Network on 12 July 2004. It stars Dana Delany and was directed by Peter Svatek. The filming took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The story is based on true life events Cast * Dana Delany as Nathalie Johnson * Hart Bochner as Steve Johnson * Bruce Ramsay as Gabor Szabo * Romano Orzari as Joey Perrotta * Elizabeth Marleau as Janka * Ellen David as Kathy Williamson * Claudia Besso as Laura Jackson Reception Andy Webb from "The Movie Scene" gave the film three out of five stars and wrote: "What this all boils down to is that "Baby for Sale" typically has an interesting true story but just as typically for a Lifetime movie comes up short on realism and subtlety making it very much a movie for a certain type of audience who don't require gritty realism to be entertained." Robert Pardi from TV Guide gave it two out of four stars. References External links * ''Baby for Sale''at MyLifetime.com ''Baby f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinocchio 3000
''Pinocchio 3000'' (or ''P3K –'' ''Pinocchio 3000'') is a 2004 animated science fantasy film directed by Daniel Robichaud and distributed by Christal Films. The film is a futuristic science fiction interpretation of the classic 1883 novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi, with Pinocchio (voiced by Sonja Ball) being a robot brought to life by tapping into a city's power surge, rather than a puppet animated by magic. The film centers on the basic story of Pinocchio attempting to fit into living with humans in the town of Scamboville, a futuristic city constantly under development under the reign of its namesake, Mayor Scamboli. Plot Geppetto, an old inventor, creates Pinocchio, a robot, as his son. Meanwhile, evil mayor Scamboli is building the technological city "Scamboville" to get rid of nature. He also hates all children, except for his beloved daughter, Marlene. When Marlene expresses concerns to Scamboli about there being no space for children to have fun, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fries With That?
''Fries with That?'' is a YTV produced sitcom. It first aired in April 2004. This sitcom revolves around a group of high school students who work at a local fast-food restaurant named Bulky's in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The sitcom follows primarily five high school students and focuses on many themes such as love, responsibility, friendship, and honesty. It was cancelled after completion of the second season due to declining ratings. Principal characters Pattie, cashier. She enjoys playing sports, especially Canadian football and basketball. She uses her athleticism to compensate for her lack of intellect. For example, Pattie uses a unique studying technique, which involves shooting a piece of paper into a makeshift basket in order to learn specific historical events such as July 1, 1867 (Canadian Confederation). Although she is in touch with her masculine side, she is extremely romantic. Her taste for men can vary from an ostracized nerd to a handsome criminal, and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal By Night
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal considered themselves fluent in French while 90.2% could speak it in the metropolitan area. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 58.5% of the population able to speak both French and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
