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Niamh Wilson
Niamh Wilson (; born March 9, 1997) is a Canadian film and television actress from Toronto, Ontario, known for her role as Lydia in Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies as well as Jacqueline "Jack" Jones on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' during seasons 13 and 14. As a child actor, she played notable characters like Corbett in ''Saw III'', reprised in ''Saw V''; Little Claire and Rose in the Canadian horror film ''The Marsh'' (2006); and the title role in the Family Channel series '' Debra!'' Wilson's career has spanned over two decades; working with multiple academy award winning filmmakers such as David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Forest Whitaker, as well as the likes of Helena Bonham-Carter, and Kyle Machlachlan. Career Wilson began her career with a role in the Warner Brother's pilot ''Chasing Alice'' at the age of five. Although the TV Movie/pilot did not result in a series, she did meet Ralph Hemecker, who was to direct her in '' Haunting Sarah'' two years la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. Generally seen as a commuter suburb of Toronto, it is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. In the 2021 Canadian census the town had a population of 213,759, with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it List of towns in Ontario, Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest urban area in Canada. History In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton from the indigenous Mississaugas people, except for the land at the mouths of Bronte Creek, Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), Sixteen Mile Creek (Halton Region), Sixteen Mile Creek, and along the Credit River. In 1807, British immigrants settled the area sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. After making his film debut in '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as ''Platoon'' (1986), '' Good Morning, Vietnam'' (1987), ''Bird'' (1988), '' The Crying Game'' (1992), ''Phenomenon'' (1996), '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), '' The Great Debaters'' (2007), '' The Butler'' (2013), '' Arrival'' (2016), and ''Respect'' (2021)."In general, he rules." '' |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brown College
The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public, fully accredited college (Canada), college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, George Brown College was chartered in 1966 by the government of Ontario and opened the next year. Programs George Brown offers more than 170 full-time programs in art and design, business, community services, early childhood education, construction and engineering technologies, health sciences, hospitality and culinary arts, preparatory studies, as well as specialized programs and services for recent immigrants and international students. The college offers diploma programs, advanced diploma programs, as well as academic degree, degree programs, two in conjunction with Toronto Metropolitan University. The college offers the following degrees: Arts, Design & Information Technology * Honours Bachelor of Brand Design * Honours Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookie Jar Entertainment
The Cookie Jar Group, commonly known as simply Cookie Jar and formerly known as CINAR, was a Canadian animation studio, media production and distribution company that existed from 1976 until it was folded into DHX Media, now WildBrain, on December 25, 2014. The company was first established in 1976 as CINAR Films Inc., a Montreal-based studio that was heavily involved in children's entertainment. Its business model, which included the licensing of its properties into educational markets, had a significant impact on its success; by 1999, CINAR held CDN$1.5 billion of the overall children's television market. In the 2000s, CINAR became the subject of multiple business scandals, including accusations that the company had used offshore accounts to transfer money out of the company, had plagiarized the concept of one of its series, and had obfuscated the involvement of U.S. screenwriters in its productions in order to continue receiving Canadian tax credits for domestic production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ironside
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor. A prominent character actor with over 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He is best known for his roles in action and science fiction films, and had his breakthrough performance in the 1981 David Cronenberg film '' Scanners''. Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in '' Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'' (1983), "Jester" in '' Top Gun'' (1986), Richter in '' Total Recall'' (1990), and Rasczak in '' Starship Troopers'' (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various video games and animated television shows, most notably as Sam Fisher in the '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' franchise and Darkseid in the DC Animated Universe. He is a four-time Gemini Award, a Genie Award, and a Canadian Film Award nominee. Early life Frederick Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Planet (film)
''Ice Planet'' is a 2001 Canadian-German science fiction film produced as a pilot movie for an intended TV series. The film was directed by Winrich Kolbe and its cast included Wes Studi as Commander Trager. Plot The movie takes place some thirty years after a devastating war between the Union and the Consortium that resulted in the death of 10% of the Earth's population. The Newton 5 space colony is suddenly attacked by a vast extraterrestrial spacecraft, killing 200,000 people in the process. The alien spaceship then proceeds to annihilate a military base on Jupiter's moon Io. Base commander Noah Trager, aided by recently graduated space cadets, manages to escape to the nearby ''Magellan'' research vessel commanded by professor Karteez Rumla. Rumla (encouraged by Senator Jeremy Uvan who was on the military base) insists that the ''Magellan'' continue its original classified mission rather than return to Earth. Pursued by the alien spaceship, the refugees head toward section 9 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Documentary
A radio documentary is a spoken word radio format devoted to non-fiction narrative. It is broadcast on radio as well as distributed through media such as tape, CD, and podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str .... A radio documentary, or feature, covers a topic in depth from one or more perspectives, often featuring interviews, commentary, and sound pictures. A radio feature may include original music compositions and creative sound design or can resemble traditional journalistic radio reporting, but cover an issue in greater depth. History Origins of Radio Documentary in America The early stages of fiction audio storytelling did not entirely resemble what would later be called radio documentaries. In the 1930s, with radio stations like WNYC entering the airspac ... [...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] |
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically disabled or financially unstable. First presented in 1979, the Young Artist Awards was the first organization established to specifically recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television, theater, and music. The 1st Youth In Film Awards ceremony was held in October 1979, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood to honor outstanding young performers of the 1978/1979 season. Young Artist Association The Young Artist Association (originally known as the Hollywood Women's Photo and Press Club, and later, the Youth in Film Association) is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haunting Sarah
''Haunting Sarah'' is a 2005 American horror television film directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, based on the 1996 novel ''New Year's Eve'' by Lisa Grunwald. It stars Kim Raver, Niamh Wilson, Ryland Thiessen, Alison Sealy-Smith, and Rick Roberts. In the film, a woman who has lost her son finds out that her niece is in contact with his spirit. It aired on Lifetime on October 3, 2005. Plot Erica and Heather Rose are identical twins who share a bond that becomes stronger as they grow up. As adults, their lives have had many parallels: They both have successful careers (Erica is an author and teacher and Heather is a doctor) and both are happily married and loving mothers to seven-year-old children, first cousins, Sarah and David. Erica's daughter Sarah and Heather's son David grow up sharing an equally close bond, but David is struck by a car and dies. Erica anguishes over how she might be able to explain to Sarah that David is dead, but the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
