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Aimée Castle
Aimée Castle is a Canadian actress known for her role as Lori Baxter on the TV series ''Big Wolf on Campus'', Robyn Hood on ''Back to Sherwood'', ''Satan's School for Girls (2000 film), Satan's School for Girls'', as well as numerous voice acting work such as in ''Hitman: Absolution'', ''Grand Theft Auto V'', ''Final Fantasy Type-0 HD'' and ''Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. Early life Castle is from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is a Dawson College graduate and studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, Ryerson University. Career Castle began acting at the age of five as a birthday party child in the Warner Bros. Pictures film ''Of Unknown Origin'' starring Peter Weller. She made appearances in television and movies such as ''Are You Afraid of the Dark? (television series), Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', the lead role of Robyn Hood in ''Back to Sherwood'', ''Teen Sorcery'', ''Laserhawk'', ''Satan's School for Girls (2000 film), Satan's School for Girls'', ''Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dice (TV Miniseries)
''Dice'' is a Canada and a British co-produced drama television miniseries which aired between November 12 and December 17, 2001. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and written by A. L. Kennedy and John Burnside, inspired by cult 70s novel '' The Dice Man'' by Luke Rhinehart. Plot ''Dice'' tells the story of charismatic psychology teacher, Glenn Taylor, who manipulates people by teaching them how to live by the throw of a dice. When the small community is shattered by the death of student Sally Quine, Detective Patrick Styvesant finds himself drawn deeper into a bizarre world where decisions are ruled by the dice. As Taylor's influence over the community deepens, Patrick also has his own demons to contend with as he battles alcoholism and his repressed homosexuality, all of which make him a perfect target for Taylor. Main cast * Martin Cummins as Patrick Styvesant * Aidan Gillen as Glenn Taylor * Gina McKee as Angela Starck * Fred Ward as Gacy * Brendan Fletcher as Alasdair Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Affair (1997 Film)
''An American Affair'' is a 1997 Canadian thriller film directed by Sebastian Shah and written by Judd Laurence and Arshad Shah. It stars Corbin Bernsen, Jayne Heitmeyer, Maryam d'Abo and Robert Vaughn. Plot Sam Brady is a politically ambitious district attorney who has a rivalry with a federal senator and frames his son as drug dealer. He falls in love with two women – Barbara and Genevieve – who are close friends with each other. Genevieve becomes pregnant after having sex with him and he secretly marries her; shortly after she loses the baby. Being caught by Genevieve in the act of having sex with Barbara, he accidentally kills his wife in the ensuing argument, and buries, with Barbara's assistance, Genevieve's body at a downtown construction site. In the end, it turns out Genevieve is still alive and was conspiring with Barbara and the senator. Cast * Corbin Bernsen as Sam Brady/John Crawford * Robert Vaughn as Professor Michaels * Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papa Beaver's Storytime
''Papa Beaver's Storytime'' () is an animated television series based on the Père Castor series of children's story books produced by French publisher's editor Paul Faucher. The series which was produced by CINAR, originally aired from 1993 to 1995 and 2002 on the French channels Canal J and France 3, and later on the American channel Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block between 1994 and 1997. Synopsis The series presents a collection of tales based on the Père Castor series of French children's stories. ''Papa Beaver's Storytime'' is an animated television series which tells of Papa Beaver, a caretaker, a father figure, but most importantly, a storyteller. The show starts out with some type of disagreement between the children, who then turn to Papa Beaver for a solution. He begins telling them some stories which are somehow related to the situation the children are in. The stories are either a fable or a fairytale, ultimately using the morality of the story to teach the children a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Human Remains
''Love and Human Remains'' is a 1993 Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand and based on Brad Fraser's stage play ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love''. Fraser also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. The film version follows the story line of the original play fairly closely: a gay man and his heterosexual, female roommate (who sexually experiments by having sex with a lesbian) try to find love and sexual gratification in Edmonton, as a serial killer is loose in the city. While the film was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, the original stage play and the screenplay are both set in Edmonton, Alberta. There are attempts made in the dialogue, props and background film footage to identify the city as Edmonton, as in David's remark, "Let's order a Rosebowl pizza and discuss your sexual crises" (Rose Bowl Pizza was a well-known restaurant and bar in Edmonton). In another scene, the TV news reporter signs off from "CFR-" and gets cut off by the TV rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Takeover
A takeover is the purchase of one company by another. Takeover or Take Over may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Take Over'' (James Bond), an unpublished 1970 James Bond novel purportedly written by Ian Fleming * ''The Takeover'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Muriel Spark Music *The Takeover, a band which later became Innerpartysystem *Takeover Records, a punk rock record label *''Take Over'', a 2009 album by Aaron Shust * ''The Takeover'' (album), an album by Zion I *''The Takeover'', an album by Lil' Flip * "Takeover" (Jay-Z song), a 2001 song by rapper Jay-Z produced by Kanye West * "Takeover", a 2011 song by Mizz Nina featuring Flo Rida * "Takeover" (Lee Mvtthews song), a 2019 song by Lee Mvtthews featuring NÜ * "Take Over", a 2014 song by Nick Jonas from his self-titled album * "Take Over", a song from the game Persona 5 Royal, 2019 * "Take Over", a 2020 promotional single for the 2020 League of Legends World Championship * "The Take Over", a 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouli
''Bouli'' is an animated television series originally produced in France from 1989 until 1991. Synopsis The Moon magically brings Bouli the snowman and his snowman friends to life and keeps them from melting. All the snowmen live in a picturesque village hidden in the woods. Bouli's main goal in life is to be good to others, to help them, to smile and to involve them in a variety of activities and adventures, including sea voyages, skiing, ice skating, cooking, playing music, etc. Bouli as well as all his friends are lovable and easily identifiable characters for children: the sailor, the footballer, the tennis player, the ice cream vendor, the cook, the punk, the lifeguard, the grandfather, and Bouli's two closest friends: Bouli girl whom he loves, and a big bear who sleeps, snores and eats cakes. Distribution TV The series originally aired in France between 1989 and 1990. * In Ireland, it was first broadcast in Irish on The Den, a children's block on RTÉ's Network 2 chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. Since 1996, the team has played its home games at the Bell Centre, originally known as the Molson Centre. The Canadiens previously played at the Montreal Forum, which housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships. Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the History of the National Hockey League, founding of the league. One of the earliest Major professional sports teams in the United States and Canada, North American professional sports franchises, the Canadiens' history predates that of every other Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspaper currently published in Montreal. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in Canada. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welland Tribune
The ''Welland Tribune'' is a daily newspaper that services Welland, Ontario and surrounding area. The ''Tribune'' was one of several Postmedia Network newspapers purchased by Torstar in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on November 27, 2017. The paper continues to be published by the Metroland Media Group subsidiary of Torstar. In late May 2020, Torstar accepted an offer for the sale of all of its assets to Nordstar Capital in late May 2020, a deal expected to close by year end. History The paper's roots are in several formerly competing newspapers: the ''Fonthill Herald'' (established in 1854), the ''Welland Telegraph'' (established in 1863) and the ''Port Colborne Citizen''."The Ink-Stained Wretches of Pelham". ''The Voice of Pelham'', April 13, 2016. The original owner of the ''Herald'' was John Fraser, while the ''Telegraph'' was established by the Welland Printing and Book Company. The ''Herald'' later moved to Welland, changing its name to ''People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
