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Sonia Vachon
Sonia Vachon (born March 14, 1966, in Magog, Quebec) is a Canadian actress.Sarah Bélisle"Un beau cadeau pour Sonia Vachon" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', March 28, 2012. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des ormes)'', for which she was both a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 30th Genie Awards and a Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Jutra Awards. She was also a Jutra nominee in the same category at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999 for '' It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'',"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 28, 1999. and at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for ''A Sense of Humour ''A Sense of Humour'' () is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Sens de l’humour, Le – Film d’Émile Gaudreault" ''Films du Québec'', June 17, 2011. The film stars Louis-Jos� ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magog, Quebec
Magog ( , ) is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog—after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River. It is a major centre and industrial city in the Regional County Municipality of Memphremagog. The city lies in the Eastern Townships tourist region. In 2002, the City of Magog was merged with the Township of Magog and the Village of Omerville as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec. Etymology "Memphremagog" comes from the Abenaki word '' mamhlawbagak'', which means "large expanse of water" or "vast lake." "Magog" is believed to be a truncation of the lake's name. However, it could also come from ''namagok'' and ''namagwôttik'', which means "the lake where there is brook trout." Others have theorised that the name has Biblical origins in Gog and Magog, or that it refers to an ancient city by the same name. History The Abenaki were the first to inhabit the region a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Jutra Awards
The 1st Jutra Awards were held on March 7, 1999 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 1998."Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 8, 1999. The host of the ceremony was Rémy Girard. ''The Red Violin (Le violon rouge)'' garnered the most nominations with eleven,"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 28, 1999. and the most wins with nine including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Colm Feore. '' August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)'' received seven nominations and won Best Actor for Alexis Martin. ''2 Seconds (2 secondes)'' also received seven nominations, including the "Big Five": Best Film, Best Director for Manon Briand, who became the first woman nominated in that category, Best Actor for Dino Tavarone, Best Actress for Charlotte Laurier and Best Screenplay. '' Streethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Quebec
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Television Actresses
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21st-century Canadian Actresses
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Sense Of Humour
''A Sense of Humour'' () is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Sens de l’humour, Le – Film d’Émile Gaudreault" ''Films du Québec'', June 17, 2011. The film stars Louis-José Houde and Benoît Brière as Luc Dubé and Marco Fortier, two stand-up comedians who are kidnapped by Roger Gendron ( Michel Côté) after making fun of him in a comedy show, and must protect themselves from his revenge by teaching him the art of comedy. The cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sonia Vachon, Pierrette Robitaille, Alexandre Goyette and Pierre Collin. The film opened in theatres in July 2011. The film received four Jutra Award Jutras may have several meanings : * Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker **Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris **The Claude Jutra Awa ... nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Jutra Awards
The 14th Jutra Awards were held on March 11, 2012 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2011. , March 12, 2012. '''' lead the ceremony with nine nominations and seven awards, including Best Film, Best Director, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux
''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Denise Filiatrault and released in 1998. The film was based on the comedic novel by Michel Tremblay. The film centers on a group of women in Montreal who meet once a week at a weight loss clinic."From coarse comedy to subliminal drama: Nowhere else in cinema has the subject of a woman's obesity been as well dramatized as it is here - and without any politically correct sermonizing". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 5, 1999. Led by the titular Laura Cadieux (Ginette Reno), the women exchange stories and jokes and gossip in the waiting room. The women include Mme Bolduc (Adèle Reinhardt), who also suffers from eczema; the clinically depressed Mme Gladu (Mireille Thibault); the pregnant Mme Tardif ( Sophie Lorain); and Mme Brouillette (Denise Dubois), a comic book fanatic. Meanwhile Laura's best friend, Mme Therrien (Pierrette Robitaille), spends the entire film running around the city on a wild goose chase after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Presse (Canadian Newspaper)
is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust. ' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning ' into an entirely online newspaper. Audience and sections ' is published on its website, .ca, as well as on its mobile and tablet apps, and ''La Presse+''. The newspaper targets an educated, middle-class readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format ', which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning broadsheet . ' comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
