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Joel Thomas Hynes
Joel Thomas Hynes (born September 29, 1976) is a Canadian writer, actor and director known for his irreverent, oftentimes dark and uproarious characters and a raw, unflinching vision of modern underground Canada. Career His 2017 novel ''We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night'' won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Winterset Award and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He has released two albums - ''JTH Live at the LSPU Hall'' and 2018's ''Dead Man's Melody'', a concept album that loosely follows the story of a doomed relationship that ends in murder and mayhem with the album's main character barricaded inside a house, unabashed, determined to go out in a hail of bullets. The album was produced in Toronto by Eamon McGrath. His debut novel ''Down to the Dirt'' won the Percy Janes First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Atlantic Book Award and the Winterset Award, and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The ReLit Awards
The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundland filmmaker and author Kenneth J. Harvey. Subtitled'' Ideas, Not Money'' the main title of the awards is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, and Relighting Literature."ReLit award winners named". ''Ottawa Citizen'', July 27, 2008. The awards were conceived by Harvey as an alternative to larger mainstream prizes such as the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Awards. There is no money awarded for the prize; in the first two years, the winners received a nominal prize of one Canadian dollar, but since 2003 the recipients have been presented with a silver ring designed by Newfoundland artisan Christopher Kearney, featuring four inlaid movable dials engraved with all of the letters of the alphabet. The award went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kills People
''Mary Kills People'' is a Canadian drama television series starring Caroline Dhavernas. It premiered on Global on January 25, 2017. On June 5, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season, which was scheduled to premiere on Global's video-on-demand platforms on January 1 before premiering on television on January 3, 2018. On 4 June 2018 the series was renewed for a third and final season by Global. Premise Dr. Mary Harris works at the emergency department of the Eden General Hospital and has a side business as an end of life counselor—she and her partner Des provide assisted suicide. Their lives get complicated when the police start investigating them. Cast * Caroline Dhavernas as Mary Harris * Jay Ryan as Detective Ben Wesley, who is investigating Mary and goes undercover briefly as terminally ill patient Joel Collins * Richard Short as Desmond "Des" Bennett, Mary's business partner * Lyriq Bent as Detective Frank Gaines, who is working the case with Ben * Greg Bryk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphan Black
''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian Science fiction on television, science-fiction Thriller (genre), thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett (director), John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical Human cloning, human clones, and later on some of the other clones. The series raises issues about the Morality, moral and Ethics, ethical implications of Ethics of cloning, human cloning and its effect on Identity (social science), identity. The series was produced by Temple Street Productions in association with BBC America and Bell Media's Space (Canadian TV channel), Space. The show premiered on March 30, 2013, on Space in Canada, and on BBC America in the United States. On June 16, 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth and final ten-episode season, which ran from June 10 to August 12, 2017. An aftershow, ''After the Black'', began airing in the third season on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Doyle
''Republic of Doyle'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which aired on CBC Television from January 6, 2010, to December 10, 2014. The show stars Allan Hawco as private investigator and former police officer Jake Doyle and Seán McGinley as his father, retired police officer Malachy Doyle. They partner as private investigators with Rose Doyle, Malachy's second wife, played by Lynda Boyd, in St. John's. Krystin Pellerin stars as Constable/Sergeant Leslie Bennett, with Mark O'Brien as Desmond "Des" Courtney, who works with the Doyles, and Marthe Bernard as Katrina "Tinny" Doyle, Jake's niece and Malachy's granddaughter. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings – not all of them on the right side of the law. Cast Main * Allan Hawco as Jake Doyle * Seán McGinley as Malachy Doyle * Lynda Boyd as Rose Miller / Rose Doyle * Krystin Pellerin as Leslie Bennett * Rachel Wilson as Dr. Nikki Renholds (main, season 1; recur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador Arts Council
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sparky Book
''The Sparky Book'' is a 2006 animated/live-action short film by Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis, about the near-death of a young girl who undergoes heart transplant surgery, and the death of her beloved pet dog, Sparky. The story is based on the experiences of the director's own sister, Leah, who had two kidney transplants as a child. Michael Winter wrote a short story ''The Sparky Book'' after their dog had died. Director Lewis then loosely based her film on the short story. The film is narrated by a goldfish, voiced by Gordon Pinsent, with voice of Sparky by Joel Thomas Hynes. Leah Lewis appears in the film as "Bridget," a character based upon herself. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film received the Golden Sheaf Award for best experimental film and the Bill Boyle Award for Excellence in Screenwriting at Flicks: Saskatchewan International Youth Film Festival. In 2008, ''The Sparky Book'' was the sole film from Newfoundland and Labrador Newfou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messiah From Montreal
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' is a king or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil. Χριστός, Greek for the Hebrew Messiah occurs 41 times in the LXX and the Hebrew Bible. ''Ha-mashiach'' (), often referred to as ' (), is to be a Jewish leader, physically descended from the paternal Davidic line through King David and King Solomon. He is thought to accomplish predetermined things in a future arrival, including the unification of the tribes of Israel, the gathering of all Jews to ''Eretz Israel'', the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, the ushering in of a Messianic Age of global universal peace, and the annunciation of the world to come. The Greek translation of Messiah is ''Khristós'' (), anglicized as ''Christ''. Christians commonly ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Con Artist
''The Con Artist'' is a 2010 romantic comedy film directed by Risa Bramon Garcia and written by Michael Melski and Collin Friesen, starring Rossif Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Roemer and Donald Sutherland. The film was released straight-to-DVD on June 14, 2011. Production companies are Myriad Pictures and Alcina Pictures, in association with Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Media Development Corporation. Plot When Vince is paroled after five years in prison for a heist gone wrong, his dangerous and controlling former boss, Kranski, forces him back into a life of crime. Working for Kranski as a car thief, Vince finds solace in welding sculptures out of metal and old car parts in Kranski’s chop shop. When Vince’s raw and evocative sculptures are discovered by calculating art dealer Belinda, his chance for a new life as an artist emerges, as well as romantic complications with Belinda’s gallery assistant, Kristen. Caught between the pressure from Kranski and the demands of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crackie
''Crackie'' is a 2009 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sherry White. It stars Meghan Greeley, Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes and Cheryl Wells, and is White's first feature film. Plot Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage student who lives with her grandmother, Bride (Walsh) after having been left at an early age by her mother (Wells). Mitsy secretly dreams of leaving her small town to live with her mother in Alberta but finds her life disrupted when her mother suddenly reappears. Cast Release ''Crackie'' was an official selection at film festivals including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival and the 27th Torino Film Festival, Torino Film Festival in Turin. It won the Grand Prix Focus — Special Mention at Montreal, and the Jury Special Prize at Torino. References External links * 2009 films 2009 drama films Canadian drama films English- ... [...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] |
