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Mika Boorem
Mika Sue Boorem (; born August 18, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, appearing on television in small guest roles on ''Touched by an Angel'' and ''Ally McBeal'', before earning critical acclaim for her performance in '' The Education of Little Tree'' (1997). After being cast in supporting roles in '' Jack Frost'' and '' Mighty Joe Young'' (both 1998), Boorem had a lead role in the drama '' Hearts in Atlantis'' (2001), opposite Anton Yelchin and Anthony Hopkins, which garnered her further critical acclaim. Boorem also had prominent supporting roles in the war drama '' The Patriot'' (2000) and the thriller '' Along Came a Spider'' (2001). She went on to star in numerous teen films in the early-to-mid 2000s, including the surf film '' Blue Crush'' (2002), the comedy ''Sleepover'' (2004), and the drama ''Augusta, Gone'' (2006). Boorem was a recurring guest star on the network series ''Dawson's Creek'' in 2002 and 2003. She had a central role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Toronto International Film Festival
The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' Last Night'' closed the festival on September 19. 2010 TIFF included 258 feature films, down from 264 in 2009. However, the number of short films at the 2010 festival increased to 81 (compared to 70 in 2009), making the total number of films 339, five more than in 2009. Of the feature films, TIFF claims that 112 are world premieres, 24 are international premieres (i.e. the first screening outside the film's home country), and 98 are North American premieres. (In fact, some of the so-called premieres screened at the Telluride Film Festival before TIFF.) Awards Programmes Gala Presentations Special Presentations Masters Midnight Madness Canada First! Canadian Open Vault City to City Contemporary World Cinema Vanguard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Crush
''Blue Crush'' is a 2002 American sports film directed by John Stockwell, written by Stockwell and Lizzy Weiss, and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 '' Outside'' magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film follows three friends, working at the hotel resort and surfing in Oahu, Hawaii. Plot Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping to raise Penny since her and Anne Marie's mother moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend. While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden and Lena work as maids in a luxury resort hotel, and surf in their spare time. As a child, Anne Marie had been a rising star in women's surfing until a near-fatal wipeout left her with a paralyzing fear of powerful waves. Although she rises every morning before dawn to train for her surfing comeback, this fear continues to hamper her progress. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was prevalent before streaming platforms came to dominate the TV and movie distribution markets. Because sequels or prequels of larger-budget films may be released direct-to-video, review references to direct-to-video releases are often pejorative. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide. Reasons for releasing direct to video A production studio may decide not to generally release a TV show or film for several possible reasons: a low budget, a lack of support from a TV network, negative reviews, its controversial nature, that it may appeal to a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilingual Education
In bilingual education, students are taught in two (or more) languages. It is distinct from learning a second language as a subject because both languages are used for instruction in different content areas like math, science, and history. The time spent in each language depends on the model. For example, some models focus on providing education in both languages throughout a student's entire education while others gradually transition to education in only one language. The ultimate goal of bilingual education is fluency and literacy in both languages through a variety of strategies such as translanguaging and recasting. Bilingual education program models There are several different ways to categorize bilingual education models, one of the most common approaches being to separate programs by their end goal. This is the approach used below, though it is not the only possible approach. For a more comprehensive review of different approaches to bilingual education worldwide see bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycée Français De Los Angeles
Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles (''French School of Los Angeles'') is a private bilingual education school founded in 1964. School , the school had more than 1,075 students, about 50%–60% of them being French citizens and the remainder Americans or incoming students from over 54 nations. It is composed of the following campuses: *Campus 55 (Jr Preschool, Preschool, and K1) *Century City Campus (K1, K2, and 1st Grade) *Main Campus (Grade 2 through 8) *The Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School (Grade 9 through 12) File:Photo lyceeLA.jpg, The Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School Former campuses In 1980, the Lycee bought the former Parkway School property, located in the Hollywood Riviera section of Torrance, from the Torrance Unified School District. This property became the Lycee's Torrance campus, and as of February 1990 the campus had 100 students. In November 1989, the Lycee sold the property. Notable alumni * Leslie Bega, actress *Mika Boorem, actress *Christie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemology
Gemology or gemmology is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials. It is a specific interdisciplinary branch of mineralogy. Some jewellery, jewelers (and many non-jewelers) are academically trained gemologists and are qualified to identify and evaluate gems. History Rudimentary education in gemology for jewellers and gemologists began in the nineteenth century, but the first qualifications were instigated after the National Association of Goldsmiths of Great Britain (NAG) set up as an Education Committee for this purpose in 1908. The committee emerged as a distinct branch of NAG (named the Gemmological Association) in 1931, shortly after the incorporation of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). In 1938 the branch was renamed as the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, before being incorporated in 1847. The organisation is now an educational charity and accredited awarding body with its courses taught worldwide. The first US graduate of Gem-A' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carondelet St
Carondelet can refer to: People * Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet (1748–1807), governor in the Spanish Empire * Ferry Carondelet (1473–1528), Habsburg diplomat and abbot * Jan I Carondelet Jan (Jean) I Carondelet (1428, Dole, Jura – 2 March 1502, Mechelen) was a Burgundian Netherlands, Burgundian jurist and politician. He was the son of Jean Carondelet and Jeanne de Basan. Life After promising studies, he became a judge in Be ... (1428–1502), Burgundian jurist and politician * Jean Carondelet (1469–1544), archbishop of Palermo Places * Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri * Carondelet Park in St. Louis * Carondelet Canal and Carondelet Street in New Orleans, Louisiana * Carondelet Reef in the Phoenix Islands in the Pacific Ocean * Carondelet High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Concord, California * Palacio de Carondelet (the presidential palace) in the main square (Plaza de la Independencia) in Quito, Ecuador Ships * Two ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Krause
Brian Jeffrey Krause (born February 1, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Leo Wyatt on The WB television series ''Charmed'' (1998–2006) and for portraying the lead role of Charles Brady in the 1992 horror film '' Sleepwalkers''. Early life Krause was born in El Toro, California, the son of Alice and Jeff Krause. He has a brother named Patrick. Krause was adopted. He grew up in Southern California and took his first acting class at The Actors Workshop while in junior high. In his teens, he studied karate and attended El Toro High School, where he graduated in 1987. He continued his education at Orange Coast College. Career 200px, Krause at the London Film and Comic Convention in July 2012 Krause landed his first role in 1989 as a student in the TV series '' TV 101''. He then starred in the made-for-TV-movie ''Match Point'', the ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' "American Eyes", and ''An American Summer'', before landing his first major role as Richard Lest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Arnold (actor)
Thomas Duane Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Arnie Thomas on '' Roseanne'', which starred his ex-wife Roseanne Barr. He has appeared in several films, including ''True Lies'' (1994), '' Nine Months'' (1995), '' Big Bully'', ''Carpool'', '' The Stupids'' (all 1996), ''McHale's Navy'' (1997), '' Animal Factory'' (2000), '' Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), '' Mr. 3000'' (2004), '' Happy Endings'' (2005), ''Pride'' (2007), '' The Great Buck Howard'' (2008), and '' Madea's Witness Protection'' (2011). He was also the host of '' The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' for four years, and appeared on '' Sons of Anarchy''. Early life Arnold was born Thomas Duane Arnold in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Linda Kay (née Graham) and Jack Arnold. His mother was Jewish. He had 2 siblings: a sister Lori and a brother Scott. As a child, Arnold was diagnosed with autism. His mother abandoned the family when he was a child, and he and his siblings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood, Alabama, a town in Jackson County * Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district * Hollywood, Florida, a coastal city in Broward County * Hollywood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia * Hollywood, Maryland * Hollywood, Minnesota * Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota * Hollywood, Mississippi * Hollywood (Benoit, Mississippi), * Hollywood, Missouri * Hollywood, New Mexico, a neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico * Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon * Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, South Carolina * Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ward (film)
''The Ward'' (titled onscreen as ''John Carpenter's The Ward'') is a 2010 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, and Jared Harris. Set in 1966, the film chronicles the story of a young woman who is institutionalized after setting fire to a house and who finds herself haunted by the ghost of a former inmate at the psychiatric ward. As of , this is Carpenter's most recent film as a director. The film was shot on location at the Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington. Plot In rural Oregon, at the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital in 1966, a young patient named Tammy is killed by an unseen force at night. Kristen, a troubled young woman, sets fire to an abandoned farmhouse and is arrested. The local police take her to North Bend, where she meets the other patients in the ward: artistic Iris, seductive Sarah, wild Emily, and child-like Zoey. Kristen is taken to a room previousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
