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Brenda Bazinet
Brenda Bazinet (born July 18, 1956) is a Canadian actress. She is a recipient of the Gemini Award and has been nominated four times for the Dora Mavor Moore Award. Bazinet was born in 1956 in Saskatchewan and grew up there. She attended high school in Stoughton, after which she studied fine arts at the University of Regina. Bazinet and two friends founded the 5 & Dime Productions theater company in 1985. She has also taught at Actors Workshop, Actraworks, Citadel Theatre/Banff Professional Theatre Program, George Brown Theatre School, Humber College, and Ryerson University. She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, for her performance in an episode of the drama anthology series '' Saying Goodbye''."Here are just some of the Gemini winners". ''Vancouver Sun'', March 9, 1992. Select credits *'' 33 Brompton Place'' (1982) *''Siege'' (1983) as Barbara *'' In This Corner'' (1986) as Heather *'' Alex: The Life of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the " Canadian Screen Awards". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. The Gemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Larry McLinden Story
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Canadian Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Utopia Falls
''Utopia Falls'' is a Canadian TV series that combines science fiction with hip hop. Created by R.T. Thorne with Joseph Mallozzi as showrunner, the show premiered on the streaming service Hulu on February 14, 2020. Plot In the distant future, a colony of humans live in a city called New Babyl under a dome to protect them from the aftermath of a great war that killed all other life on Earth. The city is divided into four sectors—Progress, Industry, Nature, and Reform—and is ruled over by a governing authority known as the Tribunal. A yearly performing arts contest called the Exemplar is held for teens who have turned 16. While competing, a group of the competitors discover an ancient archive hidden in the forest on the outskirts of New Babyl filled with forbidden historical, cultural and musical relics which forces them to question everything they have been taught. Each sector in New Babyl has a distinctive coloured uniform that is a type of jumpsuit/overall. Progress citiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne With An E
''Anne with an E'' (initially titled ''Anne'' for its first season within Canada) is a Canadian television series loosely adapted from Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 classic work of children's literature, ''Anne of Green Gables''. It was created by Moira Walley-Beckett for CBC and stars Amybeth McNulty as orphan Anne Shirley, Geraldine James as Marilla Cuthbert, R. H. Thomson as Matthew Cuthbert, Dalila Bela as Diana Barry and Lucas Jade Zumann as Gilbert Blythe. The series premiered on March 19, 2017, on CBC and on May 12 internationally on Netflix. It was renewed for a second season in August 2017 and for a third season in August 2018. Shortly after the third season was released in 2019, CBC and Netflix announced the series had been canceled. ''Anne with an E'' received positive reviews and won Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in both 2017 and 2018. The series tackles a range of issues such as orphaning, child abandonment, psychological trauma, social issues su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot The Messenger (TV Series)
''Shoot the Messenger'' is a Canadian political drama, political and crime drama television series that aired on CBC Television from October 10, 2016 to December 5, 2016. The series was not renewed for a second season. Produced by Hungry Eyes Film and Television,"Up Next for the ‘Home Again’ Team? A Political Thriller Titled ‘Shoot the Messenger’" ''IndieWire'', September 2, 2015. the series stars Elyse Levesque as Daisy Channing, a young Toronto journalist who witnesses an apparent gang-related murder and is drawn into a criminal underworld with ties to the city's political and business elite. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn Up (miniseries)
''Burn Up'' is a 2008 BBC/Global Drama dealing with the issues of climate change and peak oil. Plot summary Episode one Oil surveyor Masud Khamil narrowly escapes an attack on his camp in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and flees with some valuable data. Tom McConnell replaces his father-in-law Sir Mark Foxbay as Chairman of Arrow Oil. At the celebration party, Inuit activist Mika Namuvai enters uninvited and serves Tom a writ from her people. The writ decries global warming and its causes, such as Arrow's production facility on the Athabasca tar sands. The shock of Mika's subsequent ejection causes Tom's daughter to have an asthma attack, but she is saved by Holly Dernay, head of renewable energy at Arrow. In testimony before the US Senate in Washington, Sir Richard Langham, Tom's former geology professor, testifies on the dangers of global warming, but he is discredited by a pro-oil senator using muck racked up by devious oil lobbyist James "Mack" Mackintosh. Tom confronts Mack, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbittown (film)
''Rabbittown'' is a Canadian television comedy film, which aired on CBC Television on January 3, 2006. It aired alongside '' Cheap Draft'', with '' This Space for Rent'' airing the following evening, as part of "Comedy Week", a project to test the potential audience for the three shows as pilot episodes."Vancouver sitcom among CBC's new comedic series". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 30, 2005. The program starred Adriana Maggs as Louanne and Sherry White as Odelette, frenemies who work together at a hair salon in the Rabbittown neighbourhood of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The program's advertising tagline was "Happiness is being one step ahead of your best friend." The cast also included Brenda Bazinet, Phil Churchill, Steve Cochrane, Blair Harvey, Joel Thomas Hynes, Andy Jones and Matthew Lemche. Maggs and White were the writers and producers. ''Rabbittown'' had the highest ratings of the three pilots,"The fresh face of CBC comedy?" ''The Globe and Mail'', March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stan Tookie Williams Story
''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story'' is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical crime drama film starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. The film was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and the screenplay was written by J.T. Allen. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was later broadcast on the FX network on April 11, 2004. The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was still imprisoned. On December 13, 2005, Williams was executed by lethal injection in California. Cast Production Development During Williams' incarceration, he began co-writing a series of books with Barbara Becnel for young children about the dangers of gang violence. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sins Of The Father (2002 Film)
''Sins of the Father'' is a 2002 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Dornhelm and written by John Pielmeier. It is based on an article by Pamela Colloff published in the April 2000 issue of ''Texas Monthly'', chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four young African-American girls were killed while attending Sunday school. The victims were Addie Mae Collins, 14 yrs old; Denise McNair, 11 yrs old; Carole Robertson, 14 yrs old; and Cynthia Welsley, 14 yrs old. It was believed that there were 5 girls together in the church basement on that fateful day, but only one survived: young Sarah Collins, Addie Mae's younger sister. The bombing was racially motivated and carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The film was first aired on January 6, 2002 on FX. Plot Tom Cherry (Tom Sizemore), a middle-aged man, has difficult decisions to make when the police reopen the investigation into the 1963 16th Street Baptist Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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