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Men With Brooms
''Men with Brooms'' is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling, the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake of their late coach. The cast also includes Connor Price, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Outerbridge, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker and Polly Shannon. Members of the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip make a cameo appearance in the film as a competing rink representing Kingston, Ontario, the band's home city. Winnipeg curler and three-time Brier champion Jeff Stoughton also made a cameo appearance throwing his trademark "spin-o-rama" shot. A television adaptation, also titled '' Men with Brooms'' debuted October 4, 2010 on CBC Television for the 2010-11 television season. Plot The movie begins with Donald Foley retrieving curling stones from a lake near Long Bay, Ontario. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gross
Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due South'' as well as for his 2008 war film '' Passchendaele'', which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. Gross acted as executive producer on ''Due South'' in addition to starring, wrote seven episodes including the two-part series finale, and wrote and sang songs for the soundtrack of the series. He later found success with another Canadian television series, '' Slings & Arrows'' and ''Republic of Doyle''. Early life Gross was born in Calgary, Alberta, the son of Renie Gross (née Dunne), a writer and art historian, and Robert "Bob" Gross, a career soldier, colonel, and tank commander. His family moved to Arlington, Virginia in his adolescence, where Gross attended Yorktown High School. He credits drama teacher Timothy Jecko as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Stoughton
Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba skips in curling history, and one of the most successful players in Canadian curling history. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Program Manager for Curling Canada, as well as being the head coach of the Canadian Mixed Doubles National Team. Career Stoughton's first national championship came in 1988 when he won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. He won the mixed once again in 1991. 1991 was the same year Stoughton attended his first Brier. His team of Dave Iverson, Ken Tresoor and Garry VanDenBerghe finished 6-5. Five years later, at the 1996 Labatt Brier, Stoughton and his team of Tresoor, VanDenBerghe, and Steve Gould went all the way, losing only two games en route to the championship, defeating Kevin Martin of Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Savage (curler)
A. Paul "The Round Mound of Come Around" Savage (born June 25, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic medallist. Career In 1983 he played third for Ed Werenich's team when they won the Labatt Brier and then won the 1983 World Men's Championship as Team Canada. He received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano with the Mike Harris rink, where he was the substitute."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) He is considered to be one of the best left-handers to play the game. Savage made seven appearances at the Brier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bainborough
Bob Bainborough (born 1951) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is known for playing the role of Dalton Humphrey in the Canadian comedy series ''The Red Green Show'', and appearances on ''History Bites''. Bainborough was nominated for a Gemini Award in both series. Early life Bainborough had originally registered to begin pre-med, but switched majors and earned a degree in the Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He began working in regional theatre,The Red Green Show, http://www.redgreen.com until he co-wrote and performed in ''Paper Wheat'' with the 25th Street House Players in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1973.Manitoba Historical Society, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/01/paperwheat.shtml ''Paper Wheat'' was a play about the effect of free trade on farmers. Shortly after ''Paper Wheat'', Bainborough began working with The Second City in Edmonton, later moving to Toronto. He remained a member of the Second City Company from 1984 to 1990.The Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Yebba
Michael Yebba (born August 5, 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. Born in St. Johns, Michigan, he was raised in South Boston, MA, from the age of 6 months. Later career Yebba was a Boston, MA firefighter who was fired from the department after failing drug tests. He then became a full time criminal. While in the aftermath of his arrest, Yebba began penning an autobiographical work entitled "Fallen Hero". Determined to turn his life around and keen at the possibility of telling his story and helping another avoid his situation, Yebba turned his unfinished autobiography into a screenplay named ''The Fallen''. Since then Yebba has had acting roles in several films and television series', including the Brian Goodman-directed ''What Doesn't Kill You'' alongside actors Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo, and '' The Town'' directed by Ben Affleck and starring John Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Blake Lively. Yebba continues his writing and has since penned several feature films s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Nolden and a Gemini Award. She is married to Chris Szarka, executive producer of Showcase's ''Rent a Goalie'', and they have three sons named Alex, Joseph & Michael.
Michelle Nolden (born March 17, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in numerous films and television shows including Murdoch Mysteries, '' ZOS: Zone of Separation'', ''Numb3rs'', ''Street Time'', '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' The Time Traveler's Wife'', '' Men with Brooms'', and ''Republic of Doyle'' as well as directing and writing a film called ''Loonie''. She has been nominated for an ACTRA Award The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries. Filmography Film< ...
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Barbara Gordon (actress)
Barbara Gordon is a Canadians, Canadian film, television and stage actress. She is most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress, receiving nods at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for ''Wild Horse Hank''Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 8, 1980. and at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986 for ''Overnight (1985 film), Overnight''. She won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2000 for Best Actress, Independent Theatre, for her performance as Weasy in Factory Theatre's production of Chaz Thorne's ''The Dogpatch''."And the winner is ...". ''National Post'', May 20, 2000. Filmography Film Television References External links * 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Dora Mavor Moore Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allodi
James Allodi (born February 26, 1967) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. Career James Allodi earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a Major in Film, from New York University. Since then, the writer, director, and actor has amassed an impressive resume of stage, television and film credits. His first feature film was the critically acclaimed, off-beat comedy ''The Uncles''. Television directing credits include '' Naked Josh'' (which won him a Gemini Award for best direction), '' Rent-A-Goalie'', ''Paradise Falls'', ''Degrassi'', and '' The Associates''. As an actor, he starred in Daniel MacIvor's '' Wilby Wonderful'', Paul Gross' '' Men With Brooms'' and Peter Lynch's Genie Award nominated feature-length documentary '' The Herd''. Allodi had a recurring role in the television series '' Once A Thief'', and has appeared in numerous other series including '' The Associates'', '' The Newsroom'', and '' Due South''. Filmography * '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' (1995) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Rees
Jed Rees (born March 8, 1970) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles in movies such as ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), '' The Ringer'' (2005), ''Deadpool'' (2016), and '' American Made'' (2017). Early life Rees studied music for two years in college before transferring into Business Administration under the misconception that it would teach him how to make money. During his final year in school, he discovered acting and moved to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ..., where he studied theatre for two years. Filmography Awards and recognition References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Jed 1970 births Living people Male actors from Vancouver Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held outdoors, on a frozen freshwater loch. Today almost all bonspiels are held indoors on specially prepared artificial ice. Bonspiels in North America Canada Curling Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Curling Association, is the national governing body of the sport in Canada. While bonspiels originated in Scotland, the most notable competitive curling tournament in the world nowadays is the Canadian Men's Curling Championship, The Brier. For many Canadians, this tournament equals or nearly equals the importance of the Olympics and the World Curling Championship. The Canadian Women's Curling Championship is called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Several Cashspiels are played in Canada every year, with the most important cashspiels being part of the World Curling Tour (WCT). Many local curling clubs and other organizations in Canada also hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Curling Terms
This is a glossary of terms in curling. #s During a game, sweepers might call out numbers. These numbers indicate how far the sweepers think the rock in play will travel. This system is relatively new to the game and is often attributed to the Randy Ferbey rink since they were the first major team to use the system, but it is not known whose idea it originally was. 1 to 3 indicates a rock in the free guard zone, 4 to 6 the rings in front of the tee line, 7 being on the button, and 8 to 10 the rings behind the tee line. Sometimes, 11 is used to indicate a stone thrown so that it passes through the house and out of play. With this system, the sweepers can communicate more effectively where they think the stone will end up or the skip can better tell the deliverer how hard to throw it. # ; : An endgame strategy based on maintaining hammer in the even ends of the last 3 ends of the game. If the team with hammer always scores (in other words, no blanks and no steals), then one t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codicil (will)
A codicil is a testamentary or supplementary document similar but not necessarily identical to a will. In some jurisdictions, it may serve to amend, rather than replace, a previously executed will. In others, it may serve as an alternative to a will. In still others, there is no recognized distinction between a codicil and a will. Etymology Latin codicillus meaning a short additional text or a small writing tablet. The diminutive of codex see also code Origins The concept of a testamentary document as similar to but distinct from a will originated in Roman law. In the pre-classical period, a testator was required to nominate an heir in order for his will to be valid (''heredis institutio''). Failure to nominate an heir or failure to observe the proper formalities for nomination of an heir resulted in an estate divided pursuant to the rules of intestacy. However, a testator was also able to institute a '' fideicommissum'', a more flexible and less formal indication of the test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
