|
Pure (Canadian TV Series)
''Pure'' is a Canadian television drama series that first aired on CBC Television in January and February 2017, and subsequently on Super Channel (Canadian TV channel), Super Channel. The show stars Ryan Robbins as Noah Funk, a Mennonite pastor working undercover within an organized crime network in order to clean up a drug trafficking problem in his community. The show also stars A. J. Buckley, Peter Outerbridge, Alex Paxton-Beesley, and Rosie Perez. ''Pure'' is produced by Two East Productions and Cineflix, Cineflix Media and is directed by Ken Girotti. Showrunner Michael Amo stated that he pitched the show to television networks in the 2000s but "didn't get any takers". It is inspired by the operations of a Mennonite organized crime ring that smuggled cocaine and marijuana from Mexico to Canada and the United States. The series premiere was watched by 858,000 Canadian viewers. On April 12, 2017, the show was picked up by Hulu in the United States. WGN America acquired the US t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijuana
Cannabis (), commonly known as marijuana (), weed, pot, and ganja, List of slang names for cannabis, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform psychoactive drug from the ''Cannabis'' plant. Native to Central or South Asia, cannabis has been used as a drug for both recreational and Entheogenic use of cannabis, entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive component of cannabis, which is one of the 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD). Cannabis can be used Cannabis smoking, by smoking, Vaporizer (inhalation device), vaporizing, Cannabis edible, within food, or Tincture of cannabis, as an extract. Cannabis has effects of cannabis, various mental and physical effects, which include euphoria, altered states of mind and Cannabis and time perception, sense of time, difficulty concentrating, Cannabis and memory, impaired short-term memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Crowther
Alexander Crowther is a Canadian actor.Nick Wangersky"Alexander Crowther blossoms into amazing role in Flowers of the Field- Interview" ''Hollywood North Magazine'', September 24, 2020. He is most noted for his performance as Aaron Warner in the 2020 film '' Flowers of the Field'', for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2020. He previously had a recurring role as Johan Fehr in the television series '' Pure'', and has had guest appearances in the television series ''Reign A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., King of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, List of Belgian monarchs, Belgium, Co-princes of Andorra, Andorra), of a people (e.g., List of Frankish kin ...'', '' The Girlfriend Experience'', '' Departure'' and '' Frankie Drake Mysteries'', and the films '' Paradise Falls'', '' American Hangman'' and '' Georget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit Illegal drug trade, drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The DEA is responsible for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations both domestically and internationally. It was established in 1973 as part of the U.S. government's War on Drugs, war on drugs. The DEA has an DEA Office of National Security Intelligence, intelligence unit that is also a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community. While the unit is part of the DEA chain-of-command, it also reports to the Director of National Intelligence, director of national intelligence. The DEA has been criticized for sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Clement
Jessica Clement is a Canadian actor. She is best known for her roles in the films Dream Scenario (2023), Longing (upcoming film), Everything's Going to Be Great (2023), and as the lead, Carly, in Night Blooms (2021). Notable television credits include Pure (2017-2019) as Tina Funk, V.C. Andrews' Heaven TV mini-series (2019) as the titular character's sister, Fanny, and most recently in Gen V (2023) as Harper. Early life Clement was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Canada (outside Toronto). She started training for her acting career at the age of 7 in the Theatre Aquarius summer intensive, when she played young Cosette in their production of Les Misérables. After graduating from Aldershot School, she first attended York University, and left when her studies were interrupted by filming obligations. She later attended the University of Guelph, and again chose to leave school when career opportunities arose. Career Film Television Clement played the rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Everett
Dylan Phillip Everett (born January 24, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles in '' How To Be Indie'' (2009–2011), '' Wingin' It'' (2010–2013), '' Degrassi'' (2012–2013), and '' Open Heart'' (2015). In 2022, he retired from acting and joined the Canadian Army. He currently serves with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Career Everett played Streeter in the Canadian children's series '' The Doodlebops'' for two episodes. He then played roles in the movies '' The Devil's Mercy'', '' Booky & the Secret Santa'', ''Everything Is Connected'', '' Breakfast with Scot'', ''For All the Marbles'', and made a guest appearance in ''The Dresden Files'' as Scott Sharpe. He then appeared in other roles, until his 2009 '' How To Be Indie'' casting as Marlon Parks, and in 2010 the lead character in the Family Channel series '' Wingin' It''. He reprised his character as Marlon Parks to film a second series of YTV's ''How To Be Indie'', which premiered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Rand
Gord Rand is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his recurring role as Det. Marty Duko in the television series ''Orphan Black'', for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. He has also been a two-time ACTRA Award nominee, receiving nods in 2017 for ''Orphan Black'' and in 2019 for the film '' Man Running'', and was a Dora Mavor Moore Award winner in 2006 for his performance in the Royal Alexandra Theatre's production of Michael Healey's ''The Innocent Eye Test''. Rand is married to actress Jeanie Calleja. The couple have two children. His other credits have included the television series '' Everest '82'', '' Durham County'', '' Combat Hospital'', ''Cardinal'', '' Pure'' and '' Chapelwaite'', the films '' Maps to the Stars'', ''The Definites'', '' Mayerthorpe'', '' An Audience of Chairs'', '' Home Free'' and '' Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)'', and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Paxton-Beesley
Alex Paxton-Beesley (born September 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is noted for her acting roles in several TV series, including ''Copper'', ''The Strain'', '' Wynonna Earp'', ''Cardinal'' and '' Pure''. Early life Paxton-Beesley was born and raised near the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto close to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) which is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her first memory of acting on stage was in a playschool production as a rain cloud. When she was in the fourth grade, she moved to Italy for one year attending school there and learned to speak Italian. On her return to Canada, Paxton-Beesley attended the University of Toronto and was involved in a production of '' Buried Child'' with the Victoria College Dramatic Society. Education and theatre work Paxton-Beesley graduated in 2008 from the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, then went on to graduate from the Actors' Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre. Theatre Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoie Palmer
Zoie Palmer is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Dr. Lauren Lewis in the supernatural drama '' Lost Girl'' and as the Android in the science fiction series ''Dark Matter''. Early life Palmer was born in Camborne in Cornwall, England, and emigrated to Canada when she was ten. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Newmarket, Ontario, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University in Toronto in 2001. She had her first professional acting role as a teenager, in summer stock at the Red Barn Theatre in Jackson's Point, Ontario. Career Palmer's best-known role is that of Dr. Lauren Lewis, a major character in the Canadian series '' Lost Girl'' (2010–2015). Her television work includes made-for-TV movies '' The Reagans'' (2003) as Patti Reagan, '' Out of the Ashes'' (2003) as Didi Goldstein, and ''Devil's Perch'' (2005) as Abby. She had a recurring role in the CTV teen drama/comedy series '' Instant Star'' as rock singer Patsy Sewer (2006–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Heyerdahl
Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair (Supernatural), Alastair in ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural,'' the Wraith (Stargate), Wraith Todd in ''Stargate Atlantis'', Sam in ''Van Helsing (TV series), Van Helsing,'' "Swede" in ''Hell on Wheels (TV series), Hell on Wheels,'' and Marcus in ''The Twilight Saga (film series), The Twilight Saga''. Early life Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian Canadians, Norwegian and Scottish Canadians, Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Career Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic and sinister "Swede" in AMC (TV channel), AMC's ''Hell on Wheels (TV series), Hell on Wheels''. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyson Hannigan
Allison Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974), known professionally as Alyson Hannigan, is an American actress and television presenter. She began her film career with supporting roles in the comedy films '' Impure Thoughts'' (1986) and '' My Stepmother Is an Alien'' (1988), receiving a Young Artist Award nomination for the latter. In 1999, she began starring in the '' American Pie'' film series as Michelle Flaherty, the films' primary love interest, appearing in every film in the series from 1999 to 2012. For her role in the series, she was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards and won a Young Hollywood Award. She went on to star in the parody film '' Date Movie'' (2006), the slasher film '' You Might Be the Killer'' (2018), and the superhero film '' Flora & Ulysses'' (2021). Hannigan got her start in television starring in the short-lived sitcom '' Free Spirit'' from 1989 to 1990, for which she earned a Young Artist Award nomination. After several minor roles in television fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PR Newswire
PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago. The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, using teleprinters at first. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London. In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company. On January 1, 2021, Cision formally merged PR Newswire into the company. History PR Newswire was founded in March 1954 by Herbert Muschel, who ran the business from his town house in New York City for the first 15 years of its operation. The company used telecommunications lines and teleprinters owned by Western Union to distribute content to a dozen news organizations in New York. Its first customer was Trans World Airlines. In 1963, Muschel recruited David Steinberg of the New York Herald Tribune to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
