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Diane D'Aquila
Diane D'Aquila (born October 23, 1952) is an American-Canadian actress. She has appeared in both television and film roles, but is best known for her stage appearances at the Stratford Festival. Early life Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, D'Aquila was raised in Minneapolis. She spent much of her adult life and career in Canada and holds dual citizenship. Career D'Aquila originated the role of Elizabeth I of England in Timothy Findley's play, '' Elizabeth Rex''. She won both an ACTRA Award and a Gemini Award in 2005 for her performance in the play's television adaptation. In 2009, she played Mary Mercer in Soulpepper's revival of David French's ''Of the Fields, Lately''. She appeared on television and films including such appearances in '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' Street Legal'', ''Used People'', ''The Ray Bradbury Theater'', ''Hangin' In'', ''Jane's House'', ''The Long Island Incident'', '' 72 Hours: True Crime'', '' Milk and Honey'' and '' Slings and Arrows''. She ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River, north of Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. It is a part of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City region of Eastern Iowa, which includes Linn County, Iowa, Linn, Benton County, Iowa, Benton, Cedar County, Iowa, Cedar, Iowa County, Iowa, Iowa, Jones County, Iowa, Jones, Johnson County, Iowa, Johnson, and Washington County, Iowa, Washington counties. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 137,710. The estimated population of the three-county Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion, Iowa, Marion and Hiawatha, Iowa, Hiawatha, was 255,452 in 2008. Cedar Rapids is an economic hub of the state, located at the core of the Interstate 380 (Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Used People
''Used People'' is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron. The film stars Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Bob Dishy, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden, Jessica Tandy, Doris Roberts and Joe Pantoliano. The screenplay by Todd Graff, adapted from his 1988 off-Broadway play ''The Grandma Plays'', takes a humorous look at a highly dysfunctional family living in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, Queens ''circa'' 1969. It is an international co-production between Japan and the United States. Plot summary In the 1960s, Pearl Berman has just returned home from her husband Jack's funeral, her grief disrupted by her many relatives animatedly discussing which parkway offered the best route to the cemetery. Pearl's family tackles any and every subject – from body odor to toilets to Tupperware to borscht – as if it is worthy of a major debate. Into a household filled with List of English words of Yiddish origin#kvetch, kvetchers steps Joe Meledandri, a dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Busy World Of Richard Scarry
''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' is an animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes. The television series was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry. Reruns of the show formerly aired in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Kids Network block, but the show now continues to air on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV until October 26, 2013. Reruns of the show aired on Qubo from May 13, 2013, to September 25, 2016. However, it returned to Qubo on March 28, 2017, as part of the network's Night Owl block until May 26, 2018, and has also aired on TheGrio, Light TV, but has since left the network. Cast *Sonja Ball as Busytown, Huckle Cat, additional voices *Keith Knight (actor), Keith Knight as Lowly Worm, Harry Hyena, Snozzle, Able Baker Charlie, Soybean Goat, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultraforce (comics)
The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group that appears in American comic books published by Malibu, and later Marvel. The purpose of the group was to protect the public and keep other "Ultras" (superheroes) from becoming unruly. The group consists of various Ultras in Malibu's Ultraverse, including the super-strong Prime; Hardcase, one of the first public Ultras and the most famous; Prototype, Ultra-Tech's armored spokesperson; Topaz, warrior queen of Gwendor; the undead Ghoul, the last surviving member of the Exiles; and the mysterious Contrary, who organized the team and provided their technology. In 1994, Ultraforce was adapted into an animated television series that ran for 13 episodes. The series was produced by DIC. Publication history The team debuted in ''Ultraforce'' #0 (Sept. 1994). In a similar fashion to the Avengers and Justice League, Ultraforce was an assemblage of ''ultras'' (superheroes) who each had an existing series of their own. The first ''Ultrafo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Dog (TV Series)
''Bad Dog'' is an animated series produced by CinéGroupe and Saban Entertainment for the Teletoon and Fox Family Channel networks, first airing on Teletoon on March 1, 1999. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a good dog. The show was inspired by the '' After Dark'' screensaver "Bad Dog". The two dogs have a similar appearance, and the "Bad Dog" of the show is named Berkeley, a likely reference to Berkeley Systems, the creators of After Dark. The show was paired with another series called ''Monster Farm''. Internationally, the series did air on Fox Kids (later known as Jetix), being lastly rerun in 2011 on Disney Channel in Netherlands. Characters * Berkeley aka "Barky": The not-so-normal dog owned by the Potanski family who likes having adventures and always gets everyone into trouble. He appears to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob And Margaret
''Bob and Margaret'' is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and produced by Nelvana. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film ''Bob's Birthday'', featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. In Canada, it was the highest-rated Canadian-made animated series ever when it aired in primetime on Global. Plot The show revolved around a married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish, a middle class 40-ish working couple with two dogs named William and Elizabeth, and no children. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist. Bob and Margaret struggle with everyday issues and mid-life crises. Stories often revolve around the mundane, but in a way that is eminently relatable, from the trials of shopping to dealing with friends who annoy them but owe them a dinner. They are often seen enjoying takeaway Chinese or Indian food. In the first two seasons, Bob and Margaret lived in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin (TV Series)
''Franklin'' is an animated preschool educational children's television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and produced by Nelvana. It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, '' Franklin and Friends''. The animated series has also produced several television films: ''Franklin and the Green Knight'' (2000), ''Franklin's Magic Christmas'' (2001) and ''Back to School with Franklin'' (2003), alongside a theatrical movie: ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure'' (2006), all of which were produced by Nelvana. Plot ''Franklin'' focuses on the eponymous growing young turtle who, as his television stories and books always begin, "could count by twos and tie his shoes". He goes to school, lives in a small village called Woodland with his friends, and has many adventures playing and learning in the world around him, sometimes with the helping hand of an adult such as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turtle. Franklin likes swimming, arts and craf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Bear (TV Series)
''Little Bear'' is a Canadian children's animated series produced by Nelvana Limited in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is based on the '' Little Bear'' series of books, which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. In the United States, the show premiered on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. block on November 6, 1995 until the final episode aired on June 1, 2001. The show also aired on CBS on Saturday mornings from September 16, 2000 until September 15, 2001. Every half-hour episode of ''Little Bear'' is divided into three seven-minute segments. Most segments are new stories, but some are retellings of Else Holmelund Minarik's books (both she and Sendak were "closely involved in the creative process" when developing the new stories). A direct-to-video feature film titled ''The Little Bear Movie'' was released in 2001. Plot Set in the North American wilderness around the end of the 19th century, Little Bear goes on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slings And Arrows
''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared in the first season. The darkly comic series first aired on Canada's Movie Central and The Movie Network channels in 2003, and received acclaim in the United States when it was shown on the Sundance Channel two years later. Three six-episode seasons were filmed, with the final season airing in Canada in the summer of 2006 and in the United States in early 2007. ''Slings & Arrows'' was created and written by former '' Kids in the Hall'' member Mark McKinney, playwright and actress Susan Coyne, and comedian Bob Martin. All three appear in it as well. The entire series was directed by Peter Wellington. Plot ''Slings & Arrows'' centers around life at a fictional Shakespearean theatre festival in New Burbage, Canada. Each season focuses on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk And Honey (film)
''Milk and Honey'' is a 1988 Canadian drama film."Life of 'Milk and Honey' Is Anything but Sweet" '''', June 16, 1989. It stars as Joanna Bell, a young woman from who takes a job in as a nanny for a wealthy couple ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime
True crime is a genre of non-fiction books, magazines, websites, films, TV shows, and podcasts. True Crime may also refer to: Television * True Crime (TV channel), a British crime-based TV channel * '' True Crime with Aphrodite Jones'', a U.S. documentary TV show * "True Crime" (''Only Murders in the Building''), an episode of the 2021 mystery-comedy TV series ''Only Murders in the Building'' * '' 72 Hours: True Crime'', a Canadian TV show, documentary show about the first 3 days in a crime * '' Law & Order: True Crime'', a U.S. TV show, dramatizations of true crimes * True Crime Network, an American broadcast network Online * ''Casefile True Crime Podcast'', a true crime podcast series airing since January 2016 * '' Morbid: A True Crime Podcast'', an anthology podcast * ''True Crime Zine'', an online literary magazine about true crime books Other uses * ''True Crime'' (1996 film), a 1996 movie starring Alicia Silverstone * ''True Crime'' (1999 film), a 1999 movie starring and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Island Incident
''The Long Island Incident'' is a 1998 American made-for-television drama film produced by Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. The teleplay by Maria Nation is based on the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting. Plot On December 7, 1993, Jamaican émigré Colin Ferguson boarded the 5:33pm train to Hicksville at the Long Island Rail Road terminal in midtown-Manhattan and opened fire on the passengers with a 9 mm handgun soon after departure. While early scenes of the film depict his efforts to purchase the weapon, the bulk of the movie concentrates on the aftermath, particularly its impact on Mineola housewife Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband Dennis was killed and son Kevin so severely injured doctors initially gave him only a 10% chance of survival. McCarthy's determination to rehabilitate Kevin keeps her close by his side, and initially she resists an invitation to lobby Congress to pass stronger gun control measures. When Ferguson's original attorney, William Kunstler, annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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