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Brooke Nevin
Brooke Candice Nevin (born December 22, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Rachel on the science fiction series ''Animorphs'' (1998–1999) and as Julianne "Jules" Simms (2011–2012) on '' Breakout Kings''. She also played Sonja Lester (2010–2013) on ''Call Me Fitz'' and was a series regular on USA Network's ''The 4400'' (2004). Nevin was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Monique (Nicky) and Bob Nevin Robert Frank Nevin (March 18, 1938 – September 21, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1957–58 and 1975–76. Career Nevin scored 21 goals as a rookie w ..., a retired professional hockey player. Nevin has a younger sister named Kaleigh, and speaks French. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevin, Brooke 1982 births Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goosebumps (TV Series)
''Goosebumps'' is a children's anthology horror television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling book series of the same name. It is an anthology of stories about tweens and young teens finding themselves in creepy and unusual situations, typically involving supernatural elements or the occult. Production ''Goosebumps'' was filmed largely in the Canadian province of Ontario, with different houses and historic properties in Toronto, Markham and other outlying rural areas serving often as the sets for each episode rather than constructing artificial houses and buildings. Canada also provided a more affordable filming location and an aesthetic that could double as American while maintaining ambiguity in terms of location and setting. Props for the series were designed by Ron Stefaniuk and Alan Doucette, while Stefaniuk retained many of the animatronic props at his own studio after ''Goosebumps'' was cancelled. Episodes Broadcast history ''Goosebumps'' originally began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin (American TV Series)
''Skin'' is an American serial drama television series which aired at 9:00 p.m. Monday on Fox in 2003. It followed the tale of two teenagers who came from feuding families on opposite sides of the moral and legal spectrum. Adam ( D.J. Cotrona) is the son of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, and Jewel (Olivia Wilde) is the daughter of a pornographer. The show is a modern-day take on the ''Romeo and Juliet'' story. Despite heavy promotion, the series was cancelled after three of its eight filmed episodes aired, amid poor ratings and mixed reviews. In 2005, SOAPnet acquired broadcasting rights to the series and aired the remaining five episodes. Production Jim Leonard had the idea for the show, and put it forward to Jerry Bruckheimer. It was to be a Romeo and Juliet romance between the daughter of a porn king and the son of a crusading district attorney. Fox was interested as "it was a really character-based drama, and a new world" where pornography would be the backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seriously Weird
''Seriously Weird'' is a TV show that played on YTV in Canada. In the UK it was shown on ITV, in the US it was shown on Starz Encore WAM!, and in Australia it was shown on the ABC weekly show ''Rollercoaster''. Introduction The show revolves around the misadventures of three teenagers in Draper High School in upstate New York. Harris Pembleton (Ryan Cartwright Ryan Cartwright (born 14 March 1981) is an English actor. Early life Cartwright was born on 14 March 1981 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. He has an older brother, Che Cartwright, who is also an actor. Career He began acting with the ...), a new arrival from England, has a magnet for all that is weird after he disrespects Steve, the Ruler of The Weird Dimension. He befriends locals Fenella Day ( Lucinda Davis) and Hugo Short (Ricky Mabe). Episodes ;Season 1 * "When Gods Get Angry" – 7 September 2002 * "When Harris Stopped Breathing" – 14 September 2002. After an unfortunate football-related accident, Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love Mummy
''I Love Mummy'' was a fantasy sitcom that ran for one season in 2002. It is composed of 26 episodes. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher; and produced by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher, Mark Iddon, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson. The music was composed by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher and Simon Turner. Creative set designer was Jerry Heath. The show centred on the Barns family, who moved into their dead grandmother's house. In the attic they come across a sarcophagus that opens up to reveal a 5,000-year-old demi-god, Prince Nuffratuti of Abu Simbel, who is unable to ascend to the afterlife until he has completed his scroll of tasks. Notable actors The show starred Reece Thompson, who has starred in many films and TV shows such as ''Dreamcatcher'', '' Stargate: Atlantis'' and ''The 4400''. The show also starred Elyes Gabel, who subsequently appeared in the UK medical drama ''Casualty'' as a young doctor called Guppy, and Mark Caven from The Comic Strip in the UK who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ION Television
Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented entertainment programming. It rebranded as i: Independent Television (commonly referred to as "i") on July 1, 2005, converting into a general entertainment network featuring recent and older acquired programs. The network adopted its identity as Ion Television on January 29, 2007, and airs programming in daily binge blocks of one program, usually acquired procedural dramas. The network also carries some holiday specials and films before Christmas. Ion is available throughout most of the United States through its group of 44 owned-and-operated stations and 20 network affiliates, as well as through distribution on pay-TV providers and streaming services; since 2014, the network has also increased affiliate distribution in several markets through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loves Music, Loves To Dance
''Loves Music, Loves to Dance'' is a novel by Mary Higgins Clark. It was one of Publishers Weekly's top 10 bestselling novels of 1991. The novel was adapted into a film in 2001. Adaptation ''Loves Music, Loves to Dance'' was adapted into a TV movie which premiered on Pax TV (now Ion) in 2001. It stars Patsy Kensit, Cynthia Preston, Dean McDermot and Louis Ferreira Louis Ferreira (born Luís Ferreira; born 20 February 1966) is a Canadian actor. Ferreira is known for his roles in ''Stargate Universe'' as Colonel Everett Young, serial killer Ray Prager in the first season of '' Durham County'', FBI Assistant .... References 1991 American novels Novels by Mary Higgins Clark American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into television shows Simon & Schuster books {{1990s-thriller-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc (2001 TV Series)
''Doc'' is an American medical drama with strong Christianity, Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana Physician, doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It aired from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on Pax TV. Although set in New York City, the series was shot in and around Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 88 episodes were produced. Plot summary ''Doc'' follows rural doctor Clint "Doc" Cassidy who has taken a position at Westbury Clinic, a small medical center in New York City. Doc is a young Christian bachelor from the mountains of Montana, who brings his small-town values and ideology to an environment that seems to lack familiarity with them. Supporting characters include the doctors, nurses and other staff of Westbury Clinic; a 10-year-old orphan, Raúl García; and a young couple, Nate and Beverly Jackson, who live in the same apartment building as Clint. Themes Each episode has three interconnecting plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Heartbeat (TV Series)
''In a Heartbeat'' is a television series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students in Darien, Connecticut. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going to school and trying to maintain their lives as normal teenagers. In Canada, the series was aired on Family Channel while in the United States it was aired on the Disney Channel. The series is fact-based, as there are teenage volunteer EMTs in service all across the United States. Synopsis The EMT squad is made up of Hank Beecham (Danso Gordon) who manages playing football with the high school team as well as being the EMT-Intermediate of the group; Val Lanier (Reagan Pasternak) who is noted for being an excellent student and cheerleader; Tyler Connell ( Shawn Ashmore), a football player and Hank's best friend; and Jamie Waite (Christopher Ralph), the newest member of the squad initially there not by his own choice but as a result of a new prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Famous Jett Jackson
''The Famous Jett Jackson'' is a coming-of-age television series for the Disney Channel. The show is about a boy named Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) who plays a teenage secret agent on a fictional show-within-a-show called ''Silverstone''. Premise Jett Jackson previously lived with his actress mother in Los Angeles, but missed his home and his friends. Longing for a relatively normal life, Jett succeeds in getting the production of ''Silverstone'' moved to the fictional city of Wilsted, North Carolina, thus providing jobs to townspeople while affording Jett the chance to live with his father, Sheriff Woodrick "Wood" Jackson, and his great-grandmother, Miz Coretta (whom Jett calls Nana). Keeping in touch with his mother Jules by video link on his computer (though by the third season she also moved to Wilsted), Jett now spends part of his time with family, friends and school, and the rest living the life of a working actor and celebrity. In doing so, Jett often ends up in sticky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Cryptkeeper
''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' is an animated horror children's television series made by Canadian studio Nelvana. The series was broadcast on YTV in Canada and on ABC in the United States, and on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series ''Tales from the Crypt'' and the live action television series of the same name, which aired concurrently on HBO. Intended for children, ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' was significantly milder than its live action version and all blood and gore, profanity and sexual content were completely removed in order to target the audience. Most episodes take place within the fictional city of Gravenhurst, California. This name is given in the first episode "The Gorilla's Paw", the same buildings which are shown in this episode are also seen in many other episodes in the series, and many of the characters speak with very obvious California accents. The series was cancelled on December 10, 1994, and returned to the air in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice In A Lifetime (TV Series)
''Twice in a Lifetime'' is a Canadian mystery/drama series that originally aired from 1999 to 2001. Created by Steve Sohmer, the series aired on CTV in Canada and PAX in the United States. Plot The series follows an aspiring angel who for some reason, will not enter heaven, but is assigned to guide someone who has died prematurely. The prematurely deceased, played by the episode guest stars, may choose from the afterlife to correct something that went wrong earlier in their life. The key concept to the series was that each episode featured a different guest star in the leading role, while the series regulars played a supporting role. Episodes are centered on an individual who had reached the end of their life in one timeline, and due to circumstances seen by their advocate and judge, is then given 3 days to travel into their past, and without revealing their true identity, convince their younger self to make a different choice at a pivotal point to effect a different outcome for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
