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10th Canadian Screen Awards
The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2021.Etan Vlessing"Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', January 18, 2022. Nominations were announced on February 15. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the main presentation of top award categories on April 10 were again staged as a pre-taped virtual special rather than at a live theatrical gala; however, unlike the 2020 and 2021 presentations, which were streamed solely on the Academy's social media accounts, the 2022 presentation was broadcast on CBC Television and CBC Gem.Barry Hertz"2022 Canadian Screen Awards go virtual again, but with CBC back onboard" ''The Globe and Mail'', February 7, 2022. Awards in the categories not highlighted on the April 10 broadcast were presented in a series of Canadian Screen Week livestreams over the week before the main ceremony: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TallBoyz
''TallBoyz'' is a Canadian television sketch comedy troupe best known for their 2019-2022 CBC Television sketch comedy series. The series stars Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair and Franco Nguyen, who have worked for several years in stage-based sketch comedy under the name TallBoyz II Men."CBC picks up male sketch comedy series Tallboyz" '''', March 28, 2019. They were previously best known for their stage show ''A 6ix NNNNNN Revue'', [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed " The Next One", he was selected first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Crosby is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned many awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Océanic and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League retired Crosby's jersey number 87 in 2019. Crosby debuted in the NHL during the 2005–06 season, recording 102 points and finishing as runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year. At 18 years and 253 days, he is the youngest player to date to reach 100 points in an NHL season. By his second season, he led the NHL with 120 points to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiel Julien
Akiel Julien is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as LaTroy in the teen drama series ''The Next Step (Canadian TV series), The Next Step'', for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. Career Julien has appeared in ''Utopia Falls,'' ''The Parker Andersons'', ''Frankie Drake Mysteries'', ''Wayne (TV series), Wayne'', ''American Gods (TV series), American Gods'', ''What We Do in the Shadows (TV series), What We Do in the Shadows,'' and ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys''.Scott D. Pierce"BYUtv says it will consider airing shows with LGBTQ characters" ''Salt Lake Tribune'', April 14, 2021. In 2022, he was named to host one of the advance gala presentations for the 10th Canadian Screen Awards. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Berg (chef)
Mary Berg is a Canadian television host, author and cook, most noted as the winner of the MasterChef Canada (season 3), third season of ''MasterChef Canada''. She has been the host of two television cooking shows, ''Mary's Kitchen Crush'' and ''Mary Makes It Easy'', and has released two cookbooks, ''Kitchen Party'' and ''Well Seasoned''. Early life Berg was born in Pickering, Ontario. When she was four years old, Berg was in a car accident in which her father died. Her mother and brother survived the accident with injuries. Berg helped out preparing meals for her family from about age 7 and by age 13 was cooking dinner for her family on her own. Berg obtained her bachelor's degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, double majoring in history and English. She then pursued a master's degree in information science at the University of Toronto. Career After university, Berg became an insurance broker. She left her job to compete in MasterChef Canada in 2016. Berg was the winner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supinder Wraich
Supinder Wraich ( ) is an Indian-born Canadian actress. She is most noted for her starring roles in the web series '' Guidestones'', for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, and '' The 410''.Victoria Ahearn"CBC Gem drama series ‘The 410’ dramatizes drug-smuggling case involving Indo-Canadian truck drivers". ''Toronto Star'', 1 May 2019. Career Wraich was born in Chandigarh, India and raised in Toronto. In addition to a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications, Wraich graduated from Sheridan College's Advanced Film & Television Program and was chosen for a 2012 residency at the prestigious Canadian Film Centre. She also had regular roles in the television series ''The 99'', ''Copper'' and ''Crawford'', and wrote and directed the short films ''Chinesey'' and ''Ruby's Tuesday''. She also appeared in the music video of Imran Khan's hit single ''Pata Chalgea''. Personal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Hedger
Jennifer Frances Hedger (born September 18, 1975 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian television personality and the co-host of TSN's nightly sports news program '' SportsCentre''. Broadcasting career Hedger's first on-air experiences were with the London station for Rogers Television where shes regularly contributed to the show ''Plugged In!'' and was host of ''OHL Primetime'' during the 1998-99 OHL season. In 2001, she was chosen to be a part of ''U8TV: The Lofters'', a Canadian reality show where eight strangers lived together in a Toronto loft while also producing and hosting their own online television shows. After her year in the loft ended, she made appearances on TSN's talk show ''Off the Record with Michael Landsberg'', before joining TSN in 2002 as co-anchor of '' SportsCentre's'' 11pm and 2am ET broadcasts. Hedger is currently the co-host of the 10 p.m. ET edition of SportsCentre alongside Darren Dutchyshen. In addition to her TSN duties, Hedger co-hosted Olympic D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangita Patel
Sangita Patel (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian television personality, currently the host of HGTV's ''Home to Win'' and an on-air personality of ''Entertainment Tonight Canada''. Life and career Patel completed her university degree in electrical engineering in 2002. After working for a few years as an engineer and obtaining her P. Eng designation, her career path took a sharp turn. Volunteer positions in various media outlets eventually led to a position as a weather presenter on The Weather Network. Her transition continued after she accepted a position as the weekend weather anchor on CP24. She branched into entertainment and lifestyle when she began filing segments for her very own segment on CityNews called ''In the City'', and later became a regular fill-in on Breakfast Television for both the Weather and Live Eye segments. She initially joined ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'' as a co-host during Cheryl Hickey's maternity leave. She has also been featured on ET Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Gonez
''The Brandon Gonez Show'' is a weekly online talk show, which debuted on January 17, 2021, on YouTube. The show is anchored by Canadian television personality Brandon Gonez, and focuses on national news stories in Canada covering political, social and entertainment topics. The kick off to the show was attended by Tessa Virtue, John Tory, Jagmeet Singh and other personalities. The show was created by Brandon Gonez who had previously worked at local stations in Canada like CFTK-TV and CFRE-DT. In 2017, Gonez began co-hosting the CTV national morning show ''Your Morning'', but moved to the local Toronto station CP24 in 2019. In January 2023, Gonez announced the acquisition of ''Now Now most commonly refers to the present time. Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to: Organizations * Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization * National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization * Now ...'', a Toronto alternative weekly newspaper, followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simu Liu
Simu Liu ( ; ; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings''. He also played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom ''Kim's Convenience'' and received nominations at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for his work in '' Blood and Water''. In 2022, Liu authored the memoir ''We Were Dreamers'', and was named one of ''Time'' 100 most influential people in the world. Early life Liu was born in Harbin, China, on 19 April 1989, son of Zhenning and Zheng Liu. His parents had succeeded, against considerable competition, in entering Beijing University to study engineering. His father, Zhenning, went to America to study for a PhD whilst his mother worked in Beijing, and Liu was raised until age 5 by his grandparents in Harbin, China, "in a small apartment, without running water for much of the day", in circumstances he recalled as "idyllic and happy". His p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyanka (drag Queen)
Mark Suknanan (born May 28, 1991) is a Canadian television personality and drag queen. Competing under his drag name, Priyanka, Suknanan won the first season of the reality competition series ''Canada's Drag Race'' in 2020. He was previously a host of the YTV children's series '' The Zone'' and the YTV reality competition series ''The Next Star'', where he went by Mark Suki. His first EP, '' Taste Test'', was released in 2021. Early life Suknanan was born on May 28, 1991, in Whitby, Ontario. He is of Indo-Guyanese descent. Suknanan is an alumnus of Niagara College's broadcasting program. Career Suknanan began his career as a host in children's television, most notably on YTV's '' The Zone'' and as the web host of the YTV reality competition series ''The Next Star''. Suknanan began performing as a drag queen in 2017, initially under the name Priyanka Love, in Toronto clubs. Her first competition in drag was for a local contest at the suggestion of fellow drag queen Xtacy Love, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Phung
Andrew Phung is a Canadian actor, improviser, and comedian. He played the character Kimchee Han on the CBC Television sitcom ''Kim's Convenience''."A Convenience truth; Andrew Phung stars in new TV series about an Asian corner store". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 11, 2016. For this role, he has been a five-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Background Andrew Phung was born and raised in Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ..., Alberta, and attended Bishop McNally High School. Phung's father is of Vietnamese Canadians, Vietnamese descent and his mother is Chinese Canadians, Chinese. He joined the Loose Moose Theatre, Loose Moose Theatre Company when he was 16 years old. As of 2020, he is a senior ensemble performer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arisa Cox
Arisa Cox (born December 7, 1978) is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known as the host of '' Big Brother Canada''."Big Brother Canada: Arisa Cox to host first edition of reality show" '''', January 21, 2013. Cox was born in , . Attending |
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