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14th Canadian Comedy Awards
The 14th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2012. The ceremony was held at Centrepointe Theatre in Ottawa, Ontario, on 6 October 2013 and was hosted by Ryan Belleville. Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 26 categories. Winners in 5 categories were chosen by the public through an online poll and others were chosen by members of industry organizations. The awards ceremony concluded the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which ran from 3 to 6 October and included over 20 comedy events. The films ''My Awkward Sexual Adventure'' and ''Please Kill Mr. Know It All'' led with six nominations each, followed by the film '' Dead Before Dawn 3D'' and TV series ''Seed'' with five. ''My Awkward Sexual Adventure'' won two Beavers, as did TV series ''Mr. D'' and Mark Little for web series ''Dad Drives''. Colin Mochrie was named Canadian comedy per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrepointe Theatre
Centrepointe Theatre stylized as ''Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe'', are publicly owned performance halls located in the former city of Nepean in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The building originally opened in 1988 with a 954-seat mainstage theatre and added a smaller studio theatre in February 2011. In 2018, Meridian Credit Union entered into a fifteen-year naming rights agreement with the City of Ottawa. The studio theatre was renamed the Les Lye Studio Theatre in 2019. Theatre The building has two performance theatres - a 954-seat mainstage and the 199 - 234-seat Les Lye studio theatre. Genres presented include musical theatre, theatre, dance, comedy and music. In addition to community theatre groups, the theatre rents performance space to commercial presenters and other organizations. The theatre employs a full-time manager and other support staff, and has a regular company of volunteers who serve as ushers and stage crew, for events presented by non-profit organizations. Stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Dore
Jonathan David Dore (born November 2, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor currently based in Juneau, Alaska. Education Dore attended Brookfield High School and studied broadcasting at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Career Jon Dore was formerly a correspondent for CTV's ''Canadian Idol''. Dore also appeared on his own ''Comedy Now!'' special for CTV and The Comedy Network, and was featured on the A Channel's comedy special ''Toronto Laughs''. His show, ''The Jon Dore Television Show'', can be seen on The Comedy Network in Canada, and on the Independent Film Channel in the United States. In July 2008, Dore appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up show, ''Live at Gotham'' along with several other comedians. In 2010, he appeared on the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''. In March 2011, he hosted ''Funny as Hell'' on ''HBO Canada'', a show featuring alternative or musical comedy acts. Season 3 of ''Funny as Hell'' premiered on March 22, 2013. On November 11, 2010, he was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Sammy
Samir Khullar (born 29 February 1976), better known as Sugar Sammy, is a Canadian Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer from Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Being fluently quadrilingual, his is comedy routines are delivered in English and French, and sometimes in Punjabi language, Punjabi and Hindi. His comedy includes cultural, social, and political themes, often improvising with the crowd during shows. He has been performing for over 25 years and has toured in over 32 countries, including Canada, the US, France, Singapore, United Arab of Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and India, with over 1,900 shows to date. His 2012–2016 bilingual "You're Gonna Rire" (and its French-language counterpart, "") tour alone sold 372,000 tickets and culminated in a free outdoor show attended by 115,000 people, a record for the Just for Laughs Festival, Just For Laughs Festival. In addition to his stand-up tours, Sugar Sammy is a judge on La France a un incroyable talent, ''La Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Patterson (comedian)
Steve Patterson is a Canadian stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television and radio host, and television producer known for his satire and observational comedy. Career Patterson has been on the comedy circuit full-time since 1996. He draws material from observation of daily/current events and what goes on in the room during a show. He first set foot on the stage at the age of 18 on a dare from his dormitory, dorm mates. However, he spent the next few years away from comedy, as he finished his university degree in business from The University of Western Ontario. He then earned a post-graduate diploma in Mass media, media copywriting. He performed comedy part-time while earning a living as a full-time advertisement, advertising copywriter from 1994-1996. Patterson was fired from his copywriting job in 1996. and started performing comedy full-time. Later that year, he joined the touring roster of Canadian comedy booking agency Funny Business, for which he started as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Ash
Lauren Elizabeth Ash (born February 4, 1983) is a Canadian actress and comedian based in Los Angeles, but originally from Belleville, Ontario. Ash is best known among television audiences for her role as Dina Fox on the sitcom '' Superstore''. She is also an alumna of both Second City Toronto Mainstage and Second City Chicago mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo "Cory!" She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser in 2006 and 2007 and has also won for Best Performance by a Female - Television for ''Almost Heroes'' in 2012 and in 2015 won Best Female Performance in a Feature Film for her role as Carol in the movie ''Dirty Singles''. She also appeared in the prank show "Scare Tactics". Since 2020, Lauren co-hosts her own podcast, "True Crime and Cocktails" along with her cousin, Christy Oxborrow. Career Ash has played various roles in ''Scare Tactics'' as well as the Canadian TV series ''Almost Heroes'' where she won the Canadian Comedy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Dee
Gerry Dee (born Gerard Francis-John Donoghue;Profile , oct.ca; accessed February 23, 2015. December 31, 1968) is a Canadian actor, , game show host, director, producer, and writer. He is currently the host of '' Family Feud Canada''. He placed third on the fifth season of '''', and he wrote and starred in the sitcom '' |
Bell Sensplex
The Bell Sensplex is a four-pad ice facility, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary practice facility of the Ottawa Senators NHL team. In a partnership with the city of Ottawa, it is also used for minor hockey and hosts the annual Bell Capital Cup ice hockey tournament. The Sensplex is located at 1565 Maple Grove Road in the former city of Kanata. It was also the home arena for the Ottawa Lady Senators of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. History The Senators, in a partnership with the city of Ottawa, built the Bell Sensplex, for community and team use at a cost of . The facility contains three NHL-sized ice rinks, one Olympic-size ice rink and an indoor fieldhouse in its building. The City of Ottawa provided $1.4 million of the cost to facilitate the construction. The Sensplex ultimately used only $800,000 of the City's funds. The Sensplex opened in December 2004. Usage It is used for Senators team practices, minor hockey and short track speed skating. The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Long
Tim Long (born June 14, 1969) is a comedy writer born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Long calls Exeter, Ontario, his home town and has written for ''The Simpsons'', ''Politically Incorrect'', ''Spy (magazine), Spy'' magazine and the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. Currently credited as a consulting producer on ''The Simpsons'', Long was - until Season 20 - credited as an executive producer. His work has also recently appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker''. He also wrote the episode "Mr Roboto" for YTV's ''Mr. Young''. Long was also a consulting writer on ''The Simpsons Movie''. He attended high school at South Huron District High School in Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Long graduated from University College, University of Toronto, University College at the University of Toronto with a major in English Literature and pursued graduate studies in English at Columbia University. He was an intern at ''Spy'' magazine under E. Graydon Carter before joining the staff of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre (NAC) (french: Centre national des Arts) is a Arts centre, performing arts organisation in Ottawa, Ontario, along the Rideau Canal. It is based in the eponymous National Arts Centre (building), National Arts Centre building. History The NAC was one of a number of projects launched by the government of Lester B. Pearson to commemorate Canada's Canadian Centennial, 1967 centenary. It opened its doors to the public for the first time on 31 May 1969, at a cost of Canadian dollar, C$46 million. In February 2014, the centre unveiled a new logo and slogan, ''Canada is our stage'', in preparation for its fiftieth anniversary in 2019. The former logo had been designed by Ernst Roch and was in use since the centre's opening. In October 2015, initial talks about plans to develop an Indigenous theatre were held between NAC leadership, Indigenous performers and community leaders from across Canada with the aim of making Indigenous theatre a core activity of the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Cullen
Seán Cullen (born August 29, 1965) is a Canadian actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. He is known for providing voices of characters in shows like ''Best Ed'', ''Seven Little Monsters,'' and ''Almost Naked Animals''. Career Cullen entered into the public eye in 1987 as a member of musical comedy group Corky and the Juice Pigs. Corky and the Juice Pigs toured the world, winning awards at the Edinburgh Fringe & performing at Just for Laughs in Montreal eight times. The group was also featured on Fox's ''MADtv''. They released two comedy albums. The group broke up in 1998, after ten years together. Following the breakup, Cullen began performing solo, often accompanied by musician Dylan Goodhue. He wrote and mounted his own one-man show called ''Wood, Cheese and Children'' which went on to become a special in CTV's ''Comedy Now!'' series and was nominated for a Gemini Award. Also in 1998, he was in a sketch comedy show in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Payne
Nikki Payne (also credited as Nikkie Payne), is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up in 2003, 2005 & 2008. Early life Payne was born at Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She attended the Nova Scotia Community College in Truro, where she acted as a sports team mascot. She then attended Humber School of Comedy and The Second City Conservatory. Career As well as performing in comedy clubs,"Nikki Payne an inspiration to those who have trouble saying ‘inspiration’" ''Giggle City'', Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harland Williams
Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short-lived sitcom ''Simon'' (1995–96) and the Disney comedy ''RocketMan'' (1997). He co-starred in ''Half Baked'' and played a psychopathic hitch-hiker in ''There's Something About Mary'' in 1998. He later appeared in films such as ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), ''Freddy Got Fingered'' (2001) and ''Sorority Boys'' (2002), and provided voices in works such as ''Gary & Mike'', ''Robots'' (2005), ''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007), and ''Sausage Party'' (2016). He is also an author of children's books, and creator of the children's animated series ''Puppy Dog Pals''. Early life Harland Williams was born on November 14, 1962, in Toronto, Ontario, to Lorraine Mary (née O'Donnell), a social worker and writer, and John Reesor Williams, a lawyer who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |