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Guilda
Guilda was the stage name of Jean Guida (June 21, 1924 - June 27, 2012), a French and Canadian drag queen who built a long and sustained career as a cabaret and variety entertainer. Early life Guida claimed to have been the son of an Italian countess whose family surname was de Mortellaro,Alan Hustak, "Drag queen still a draw at 80". '' Montreal Gazette'', February 16, 2004. although journalist Alan Hustak later found that he was unable to verify this as there was no record of the de Mortellaro surname in directories of Italian nobility. Following World War II he began his career as a female impersonator in '' Le Carrousel de Paris'', taking his stage name from the 1946 Rita Hayworth film '' Gilda''. In 1946, he had a small acting role in Yvan Noé's film '. In 1951 he toured internationally as a stage double for French cabaret performer Mistinguett; discovered by American theatre impresario Lou Walters, he moved to New York City for a time as a headliner of his own show, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's Always A Way To Find A Way
''There's Always a Way to Find a Way'' (french: Y'a toujours moyen de moyenner!) is a Quebecois film directed by Denis Héroux and with a scenario by Marcel Lefebvre with input from Héroux, Guy Fournier, Gilles Gauthier, and Jean-Guy Moreau; it was released in 1973.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 216. Plot summary A Quebec comedy about an ordinary man ( Jean-Guy Moreau) and his overly active and imaginative brother-in-law (Willie Lamothe) who tells a lie about why he was late coming in to his bank-teller job. One thing leads to another, and confusion and mayhem are unleashed. An early film role for Quebec singing star Dominique Michel, who had a hit with the film's title song released as a duet with Lamothe. Cast * Jean-Guy Moreau : Sam * Yvan Ducharme : Yvan * Willie Lamothe : Willie Turgeon * Dominique Michel : The Mother Superior * Danielle Ouimet : Marie * Denise Pelletier * Gilles Latulippe * Roger Garand * Aglaë * Paul Berval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Push It (film)
''Don't Push It'' (french: Pousse mais pousse égal) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Denis Héroux and released in 1975.Charles-Henri Ramond"Pousse mais pousse égal – Film de Denis Héroux" ''Films du Québec'', April 16, 2009. The film stars Gilles Latulippe as Conrad Lachance, a clumsy young man who has trouble keeping a job; his girlfriend Gisèle Gagnon (Celine Lomez) gets him a new job as a nursing aide at the hospital where her father Dr. Gagnon (Yves Létourneau) works, exasperating her father because he cannot fire Conrad without damaging his relationship with his daughter, but gradually leading the two men to a position of mutual respect. The film's supporting cast also included Denis Drouin, Suzanne Langlois, Janine Sutto, Huguette Oligny, Juliette Huot, Fernand Gignac, Michel Noël, Jacques Famery, Jean Guida and Jean-Pierre Masson. The film was not well-received by critics, with Robert-Claude Bérubé of the film journal ''Séquences'' writing that it had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards, awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including ''People (Barbra Streisand album), People'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamazoo (film)
''Kalamazoo'' is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 1988.Maurie Alioff, "Film Review: Marc-André Forcier's Kalamazoo". ''Cinema Canada'', March–April 1989. p. 29. The film stars Rémy Girard as Félix Cotnoir, a retired botanist who meets painter Pasquale Globensky (Tony Nardi) after crashing his car into a telephone booth; introduced by Globensky to the novel ''Kalamazoo'' by writer Hélène Montana (Marie Tifo), he soon falls in love with a mermaid who is Hélène's double in appearance. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1989."Quebec critics give top prize to Kalamazoo". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...'', February 13, 1989. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Forcier
André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in ''Bar Salon'', ''Au clair de la lune'', ''Une Historie inventée'', ''Le Vent du Wyoming'' and ''The Countess of Baton Rouge'', blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary. He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film. Filmography * 1966: ''La mort vue par...'' * 1967: ''Chroniques Labradoriennes'' * 1971: ''The Return of the Immaculate Conception (Le Retour de l'immaculé conception)'' * 1974: ''Night Cap'' * 1974: ''Bar Salon'' * 1976: ''A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette)'' * 1983: ''Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevalier D'Éon
Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont or Charlotte-Geneviève-Louise-Augusta-Andréa-Timothéa d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 172821 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon or the Chevalière d'Éon ( is the female equivalent of , meaning knight), was a French diplomat, spy, and soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, and spied for France while in Russia and England. D'Éon had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a Mimicry, mimic and a spy. D'Éon appeared publicly as a man and pursued masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time, d'Éon successfully infiltrated the court of Elizabeth of Russia, Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman. Starting in 1777, d'Éon lived as a woman. Doctors who examined d'Éon's body after death discovered "male organs in every respect perfectly formed", but also feminine characteristics. Early life D'Éon was born at the Hôtel particulier, Hô ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bye Bye (TV Series)
''Bye Bye'' is an annual Quebecois New Year's Eve sketch comedy special, broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The yearly program features sketches satirizing the past year's events, followed by a countdown to the next year itself. Originally beginning in 1968, ''Bye Bye '98'' was the final edition of its first run, until the show was revived by the comedy troupe Rock et Belles Oreilles, who produced the 2006 and 2007 editions of the show. In 2008, it was announced that Véronique Cloutier and Louis Morissette would take over the program for its 2008 edition. However, this edition provoked controversy over certain sketches that viewers found to be derogatory and racist; such as a sketch about the assassination of then-American president-elect Barack Obama, and a sketch making fun of anglophones. The network received 1,300 complaints from viewers about the content in the special, which led to Cloutier making a public apology stating that the sketches were supposed to criticize rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, on 31 December. The last day of the year is commonly referred to as “New Year’s Eve”. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January. The Line Islands (part of Kiribati) and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, are the first places to welcome the New Year, while American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve (french: Réveillon; '' ar, Ra’s al-‘Ām'') is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, such as Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, Sétif, and Béjaïa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Star
''The Montreal Star'' was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike. It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the dominant English-language newspaper in Montreal until shortly before its closure. History The paper was founded January 16, 1869, by Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, and George T. Lanigan as the ''Montreal Evening Star''. Graham ran the newspaper for nearly 70 years. In 1877, ''The Evening Star'' became known as ''The Montreal Daily Star''. As well as news and editorials, the ''Star'' sometimes created its own topics of interest; in the late 1890s it sponsored a world tour for journalist Sarah Jeannette Duncan, and printed a series of features about her adventures. In the 1890s the ''Star'' began voluntary audits of its circulation figures, and called for government regulation to control inflated circulation claims by other publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Héroux
Denis Héroux, (; July 15, 1940 – December 10, 2015) was a Canadian film director and producer. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the older brother of prolific Quebec film and television producer Claude Héroux. Héroux wanted to become a teacher when he collaborated with Denys Arcand and Stéphane Venne on the 1962 film about life as a student, '' Alone or with Others (Seul ou avec d’autres)''. That year he went on to become a teacher and for the next six years, in addition to teaching, he also wrote two history books and continued to direct. By the late 1960s Héroux had become one of the most successful independent filmmakers with hits like 1968's ''Valérie'' and '' Here and Now (L'Initiation)'' in 1970. In 1975, riding the success of several other popular features he directed, such as the swashbuckler ''Quelques arpents de neige'' (1973), he became involved in co-production projects and big-budget Quebec features as partner with his wife Justine Héroux in Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
