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SNL Québec
''SNL Québec'' is a Canadian television sketch comedy series that aired on Télé-Québec from February 8, 2014, to March 21, 2015. Until the series return with one final revival airing on January 6, 2018."SNL Québec victime des compressions à Télé-Québec" , March 3, 2015. A French-language adaptation of the American sketch comedy series '''', the series featured both translated recreations of sketches from the original series and original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') is an American Late night television in the United States, late-night live television, live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by a Saturday Night Live cast members, large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that is usually based on current events and ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!, Live from New York, it's ''Saturday Night''!", properly beginning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend Update
''Weekend Update'' is a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch and satirical news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest-running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast and been featured in the vast majority of episodes since. It is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance, and with some exceptions is the only sketch not to feature the episode's host. The format of the sketch involves one or two of the players cast in the role of news anchor, presenting news headlines based on current events that are immediately followed by a gag commentary that twists the context into something humorous. The anchors also act as hosts for occasional editorials, commentaries, or other performances by other cast members or guests, either playing fictionalized versions of themselves, impressions of real-life figures, or invented characters; these guests often display eccentric behavior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Robitaille
Damien Robitaille (, born June 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian musician from the village of Lafontaine, Ontario, Lafontaine, Ontario in the Georgian Bay area, two hours north-west of Toronto. He is a Franco-Ontarian musician whose career is mainly based in Quebec, where he has lived since 2003. Biography Damien Robitaille's father was Francophone, and his mother was Anglophone. Robitaille started playing the piano when he was eight years old. Later in his childhood he learned to play such instruments as the trumpet, guitar and violin. At fifteen, he began to compose his songs in English. At eighteen, following the advice of his music teacher, Damien Robitaille composed his first three songs in French and recorded his first album. He studied classical music at the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, where he was a member of the rock band ''The Mezameeze'' (made to sound like "Mes Amis" in French, meaning "My Friends"). The band performed Damien's French compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Huard
Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer and comedian from Quebec. Career Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality, with success as a stand-up comedian in the early 1990s. He had his first film role in the 1997 film ''Heads or Tails (1997 film), Heads or Tails (J’en suis!)'', attaining greater success the following year with a recurring role as a hockey player in the ''Les Boys'' franchise. With François Flamand, he launched the theatre troupe Le Nouveau Theatre Insolite, which debuted with a French-language adaptation of Eric Bogosian's ''Talk Radio (play), Talk Radio'' in 1997, with Huard in the lead role. He cemented his credentials as the co-star and co-writer of ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'', now the most successful domestic film at the box office in the history of Canadian cinema. In 2007 he made his debut as a director with ''The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 P’tits cochons)'', which was a hit in Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random Recipe
Random Recipe is a Canadian musical group based in Montreal, Quebec. The band members are Frannie Holder (vocals and guitar), Fab (rap, beatbox, steeldrum), Vincent Legault (guitar and keys), and Liu-Kong Ha (percussion and keys). Although the band performs and records primarily in English, many of their songs contain Spanish and Italian lyrics. The band has toured in North and South America and Europe, and has released four albums of pop/folk/rap music. History Founding Holder and Fab met in 2005 while both students at university, studying political science at McGill University and translation at Concordia University, respectively. Their first public performances were free-of-charge and spontaneous, including busking in parks, in taxis, and on the Montreal metro. In 2007, the pair formed Random Recipe. In 2008, they performed as part of the Pop! Montreal festival, and were hailed by ''Spin Magazine'' as one of the top 5 up-and-coming Montreal bands. Their sound was described a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Bertrand
Antoine Bertrand (born November 24, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''Les Bougon'' and the films '' Louis Cyr'', a role that earned him the Iris Award for Best Actor, and '' Starbuck'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2012 Genie Awards."‘Café de Flore’, ‘A Dangerous Method’ lead Genie Awards race" . '''', January 17, 2011. Career Antoine Bertrand became famous from his role as Junior in the popular TV series ''Les Bougon'' in 2003. He was also acclaimed for his role as Yannick in the TV series ''C.A.'', fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa LeBlanc
Lisa LeBlanc (born August 13, 1990), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and banjoist, known for her enthusiastic "trash folk" performances. She has been noted for her "distinct" blend of folk, rock, and disco with both English and French language lyrics combined with chiac and her Acadian accent. Her accolades include two Félix Awards and an East Coast Music Award. She has also been nominated for three Juno Awards, the SOCAN Songwriting Prize, and shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize twice. Early life LeBlanc was born in Rosaireville, New Brunswick. She is of Acadian heritage, and comes from a family of music lovers. Musical career 2004–2014: Origins and ''Lisa LeBlanc'' LeBlanc composed her first pieces around the age of fourteen. She was playing at local events and Miramichi's O'Donaghues bar, with her mother watching her because she was underage. LeBlanc was recognized as an outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter when she won the Festival Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Brathwaite
Normand Brathwaite (born August 27, 1958) is a Quebec comedian, movie and television actor, radio and television host and musician. He is known for hosting television variety shows, including ''Piment Fort'' as well as the Montreal radio morning show ''Yé trop de bonne heure'' on CKOI-FM for 16 years. Background Brathwaite, moved back to Quebec, Canada at the age of 5 years old from Slatino, Macedonia. After studying Theatre at Collège Lionel-Groulx, in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Brathwaite started to participate in theatrical plays in 1977 and played in 1981 the musical comedy show ''La Cage aux folles''. From 1979 to 1991, he participated in several television shows as an actor including '' Chez Denise'', ''L'Ingenieux Don Quichotte'', ''Peau de banane'' and ''Le 101 Ouest Avenue des Pins'' as well as minor roles in a few movies such as The Moderns and If Only during the late 1980s. His first role as a television host was in 1988 when he hosted for six-year ''Beau et Chaud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords is a Canadian rock band from Drummondville, Québec. The band released their first album, '' Gros Mammouth Album,'' in 2003. In 2004, ''Gros Mammouth Album Turbo'' (certified Platinum by the Music Canada) was released with two extra tracks, "Loin d'ici" and "Turbo Sympathique".Gold and Platinum Search ''Music Canada''. Retrieved January 31, 2012. In 2006, they released their second album, entitled '' Grand champion international de course'' (certified Gold by the Music Canada). History The band was originally formed in 1997 by Olivier Benoit and Simon Proulx. The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Radio (band)
Radio Radio is a Canadian electro hip-hop band formed in 2007 from Clare, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick Canada. The duo rap in Chiac, an Acadian French dialect. History The hip-hop/rap group Jacobus et Maleco, from Clare in St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, was formed in 2001 by Jacques Alphonse Doucet alias Jacobus, Marc Comeau alias Maleco, and Alexandre Bilodeau alias DJ Alexandre. After the departure of Maleco, the decision was made to change the name of the group to Radio Radio. Radio Radio released their first EP entitled ''Télé-Télé'' in 2007. During their promotional tour in Montréal, they were interviewed on Christiane Charette's radio show broadcast on la Première Chaîne. In April 2008, the band released their first full-length album '' Cliché Hot'' on Bonsound Records. They received a nomination in the "Revelation of the year" (Révélation de l'année) category, at the Félix Award gala, where they also performed. Radio Radio composed a song a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Rousseau
Stéphane Rousseau (; born September 17, 1966) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Barbarian Invasions''. He has also been in ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). His latest movies is the French comedy '' Fatal'', a ''Zoolander''-type spoof of the music industry focusing on the character Fatal Bazooka created by Michaël Youn. In 2021 he was one of the panellists on '' Chanteurs masqués'', the Quebec adaptation of the ''Masked Singer ''Masked Singer'' is an international music reality game show franchise. It originated from the South Korean program '' The King of Mask Singer'', developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Format The format features celebrities who perform ...'' franchise. Personal life He and former wife Maud Saint-Germain share a son, Axel Saint-Germain-Rousseau, born on December 25, 2008.http://www.jetset.ca/potins-de-stars/st_phane_rousseau_est_papa.html Filmography References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
