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Michael Jackson (actor)
Michael Jackson (born November 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor, grip and gaffer. He is known for his acting role as "Trevor" in the comedy TV series '' Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2018) and the later film '' Trailer Park Boys: The Movie'' (2006). IMDb webpage. Jackson was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He has contributed to the local music scene with many group and solo projects, including Moral Support, Aimless, Thruster, The Thursday Toads, Pink Kitten, Defense Andrew, The Sycamores, Rick of The Skins, El Groupo De Rock, Vavoom, T-Bag, The Olympian and most recently Doug Mason. He is also an IATSE 849 member and has been working as a grip since 1998. In addition to his role as Trevor, Jackson was also a production assistant behind the scenes for seasons 2–6. During this time, Jackson and many of the other actors on the show were paid minimum scale (wage) despite the show's growing success. Tension grew between the producers (Barrie Dunn and Mike Volpe) and Jackson due to worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and headquarters to the federal government. The city houses numerous foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Canada's government, including the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court, the residence of Canada's viceroy, and Office of the Prime Minister. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, its original boundaries were expanded through numerous annexations and were ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Wars
''Wedding Wars'' is a 2006 American LGBT romantic comedy television film directed by Jim Fall, written by Stephen Mazur, and starring John Stamos, Eric Dane, Bonnie Somerville, James Brolin and Sean Maher. Executive produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, the film was written by Stephen Mazur. It premiered in the United States on December 11, 2006 on A&E (TV channel), A&E. Stamos portrays gay wedding planner Shel, who is prompted to speak out for his own right to marry when his brother Ben's (Dane) boss and future father-in-law Governor Welling (Brolin) speaks out publicly against gay marriage. Stamos appeared on the cover of the LGBT news magazine ''The Advocate (LGBT magazine), The Advocate'' to promote ''Wedding Wars''. The film was well-received, and it is the first of its kind to explore gay marriage. Plot Gay party planner Shel (Stamos) is organizing the wedding of his straight brother Ben (Dane) to Maggie (Somerville). But when Maggie's father and Ben's boss, Maine's Gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackfly (TV Series)
''Blackfly'' is a Canadian sitcom which ran on the Global Television Network for two seasons in 2001 and 2002. Although shot single-camera like most Canadian comedies, this series was shot on videotape and contains a laugh track rather than making use of the usual live audience because most scenes take place outdoors. Premise The show is set in 18th-century Canada back "in days when beaver fur was good as gold" and features a twisted "''Blackadder'' meets ''F Troop''"-style Canadian history in which Benny "Blackfly" Broughton ( Ron James), a Maritimes-born undersized but ambitious general jack-of-all-trades at the isolated Fort Simpson- Eaton on the colonial Canadian frontier, is joined by the prissy by-the-book upper class British officer Corporal Entwhistle ( Colin Mochrie) whom he is usually able to talk into his latest doomed-to-failure get-rich-quick scheme. John Doyle, "A People's History from a hoser's perspective". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 4, 2001. Other characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion And Prejudice
Passion, the Passion or the Passions may refer to: Emotion * Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing * Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions * Stoic passions, various forms of emotional suffering in Stoicism Suffering of Jesus * Passion of Jesus, the suffering of Jesus leading up to and during the crucifixion ** Passion (music), musical setting of the texts describing these events ** Passion Play, dramatic representation of these events ** Passion Sunday, the second Sunday before Easter * Passion Conferences, Christian organization People * Pasion, ancient Greek slave and banker * Passion Richardson (born 1975), American former sprint athlete Books * "The Passion" (Milton), 17th-century poem by John Milton * ''The Passions'' an 18th-century poem by William Collins * ''Passion'', (in Italian, '' Fosca''), 1981 novel by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti * ''Passion Play'' (play) or ''Passion'', 1981 play by Peter Nicho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Hill Avenue (film)
''Blue Hill Avenue'' is a 2001 American crime drama film directed and written by Craig Ross Jr., and starring Allen Payne. Ross also edited and executive produced the film. Synopsis Tristan (the leader), Simon (the right-hand man), E-Bone (the hot head) and Money (the mediator) are four smart friends growing up in the tough Roxbury section of Boston in the 1980s. Starting out as small-time dope dealers on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, they eventually go to work for Benny, a major player in the Boston crime scene. As the four friends grow up and become the biggest dealers in the city, things become increasingly heated: Tristan's wife wants him to leave the business because she's pregnant, Tristan finds out his sister is hooked on drugs and is alienated from his family, Simon becomes obsessed with a near-death experience and expects to die, cops dog their tracks trying every trick in and out of the book to catch them. Benny, their main supplier, wants them out of the business for go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pilot's Wife
''The Pilot's Wife : A Novel'' is a 1998 novel by Anita Shreve. It is chronologically the third novel in Shreve's informal trilogy to be set in a large beach house on the New Hampshire coast that used to be a convent. It is preceded by '' Fortune's Rocks'' and '' Sea Glass''. The novel was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection for March 1999. Plot summary The novel is about Kathryn Lyons, whose husband, Jack Lyons, dies in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Malin Head, Ireland. As she and her daughter Mattie try to cope with this sudden loss, she finds herself bombarded by the press. While she and the airlines try to find the reason for the crash, she slowly unravels a series of secrets her husband has kept from her until she realizes that he lived a double life she never knew about. Adaptation The novel was adapted into a made-for-TV movie in 2002 on CBS. References External linksThe book's page on Oprah's Book Club website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Walking Home
''Julie Walking Home'' is a 2002 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It stars Miranda Otto and William Fichtner. It won an award at the 2003 Method Fest. Plot Julie finds her husband Henry in bed with another woman when she returns home early from a trip with their twins, Nicholas and Nicole, who believe in magic and even have their own language. When she discovers that her son has lung cancer, Julie seeks help from a faith healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ... in Poland. A romantic relationship develops between Julie and Alexei, the charismatic healer. After Nicholas is cured, Alexei seeks out Julie in Canada and they begin a relationship. Nicholas gets sick again and Alexei is unable to cure him. By choosing love, Alexei has lost his gift. Although Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Little Eye
''My Little Eye'' is a 2002 British horror film directed by Marc Evans about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times. The idea for the film came from reality television shows such as '' Big Brother''. The title refers to the guessing game I spy. Plot Five contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma (Laura Regan), Charlie (Jennifer Sky), Danny ( Stephen O'Reilly) and Rex (Kris Lemche), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from a man from her past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a gun with five bullets. One night, a man named Travis Patterson (Bradley Cooper) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his GPS ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christmas Shoes (TV Movie)
''The Christmas Shoes'' is a 2002 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film based on the song and novel of the same name which was broadcast on CBS on December 1, 2002. It was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the first part in a trilogy of films, followed by ''The Christmas Blessing'' (2005) and ''The Christmas Hope'' (2009). Plot The film has several intertwined plot lines: Workaholic lawyer Robert Layton and the impact of his job on his marriage to Kate and his relationship with his daughter Lily. Maggie Andrews, her terminal illness, her husband Jack and young son Nathan. Robert's mother Ellen, and her friendly neighbor Dalton a teacher at Nathan and Lily's school. Summary The story opens with Robert ( Rob Lowe) visiting the cemetery before Christmas. He sees a younger man wearing a Boston Red Sox Cap visiting a grave. We flash back... Robert sees a pair of red shoes has fallen out of a delivery truck. Robert returns the shoes to Tom Wilson's ( Jeremy Akerm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footsteps (TV Series)
Footstep or Footsteps may refer to: Music * "Footsteps" (Steve Lawrence song), 1960 * “Footsteps”, a 1983 song by The Motels * "Footsteps" (Pop Evil song), 2015 * "Footsteps" (Dardanelles song), 2007 * “Footsteps” (Pearl Jam song), 1992 * "Footsteps" (Ri Jong-o song), a 2009 North Korean propaganda song * “Footsteps”, a 1990 song by Alison Moyet from her album '' Hoodoo'' * “Footsteps”, a 1994 rock song by Stiltskin from their album '' The Mind's Eye'' * "Footsteps", a 1999 song by Pet Shop Boys from their album '' Nightlife'' * ''Footsteps'' (album), a 2009 album by Chris de Burgh Literature and film * ''Footsteps'' (1974 film), a 1974 short film by Peter Biziou and Alan Parker * ''Footsteps'' (film), a 2003 thriller film directed by John Badham * ''Footsteps'' (2006 film), a 2006 British film directed by Gareth Evans * ''Footsteps'' (2010), a thriller film starring Marshall Bell * ''Footsteps'' (novel), a 1985 novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer * Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Too Young
''She's Too Young'' is an American made-for-TV movie released in 2004, starring Marcia Gay Harden as the mother of a 14-year-old daughter who is involved in sexual acts hidden from her parents. The film deals with the issues of drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, parenting an adolescent, the influence of the sexually-driven media, teen partying, and syphilis. The movie was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the school scenes being shot at Halifax West High School. Though the film does not acknowledge this outwardly, the events of this film were partly inspired by a syphilis outbreak that occurred in a well-off suburb of Atlanta in 1996, where over 200 teenagers were exposed. The incident was chronicled in a '' Frontline'' episode called "The Lost Children of Rockdale County". Plot The film showcases three 14-year-old girls: Dawn ( Miriam McDonald), Becca ( Megan Park) and Hannah (Alexis Dziena). Hannah soon finds herself on the receiving end of peer pressure from her friends to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep Murder
Sleep is a sedentary state of mind and body. It is characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited Perception, sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimulus (physiology), stimuli, but more reactive than a coma or disorders of consciousness, with sleep displaying different, active brain patterns. Sleep occurs in sleep cycle, repeating periods, in which the body alternates between two distinct modes: REM sleep and non-rapid eye movement sleep, non-REM sleep. Although REM stands for "rapid eye movement", this mode of sleep has many other aspects, including virtual paralysis of the body. dream, Dreams are a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. During sleep, most of the human body, body's systems are in an anabolic state, helping to restore the Immunity (medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
