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Street Legal (Canadian TV Series)
''Street Legal'' is a Canadian legal drama television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994 before returning with six new episodes starting March 4, 2019."'Street Legal' reboot among new shows in CBC's 2018/19 lineup" '''', May 24, 2018. ''Street Legal'' was the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in the history of Canadian television, holding the record for twenty years before being surpassed by '''s'' 139th epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. With main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers. CBC Television can also be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the " Canadian Screen Awards". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. The Gemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Deverell
William Herbert Deverell (born March 4, 1937) is a Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer. He is one of Canada's best-known novelists, whose first book, ''Needles'', which drew on his experiences as a criminal lawyer, won the McClelland & Stewart $50,000 Seal Award. In 1997 he won the Dashiell Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime writing in North America for ''Trial of Passion''. That book also won the 1998 Arthur Ellis Award for best Canadian crime novel, as did ''April Fool'' in 2003. ''Trial of Passion'' launched his first crime series, featuring the classically trained, self-doubting Arthur Beauchamp, QC, a series that continued with ''April Fool'', ''Kill All the Judges'', ''Snow Job'', ''I'll See You in My Dreams'', ''Sing a Worried Song'', ''Whipped'', and ''Stung''. Deverell's nineteen published novels also include ''High Crimes'', ''Mecca'', ''The Dance of Shiva'', ''Platinum Blues'', ''Mindfield'', ''Kill All the Lawyers'', ''Street Legal'', ''Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Kabongo
Emmanuel Kabongo (born December 25, 1986) is a Canadian actor and producer. Born and raised in Zaire before it became the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabongo immigrated to Canada with his family in the 1990s. He began his acting career as an extra before achieving recognition for his performance as the lead protagonist in the acclaimed web series ''Teenagers'' (2014–2017), for which he earned his first Canadian Screen Award nomination. Kabongo is also known for his performances in film and television, including roles on the CBC Television series ''21 Thunder'' (2017) and ''Frankie Drake Mysteries'' (2017–2018) and in feature films such as '' The Animal Project'' (2013), '' Antibirth'' (2016), and ''Brown Girl Begins'' (2017). He played a gladiator in Paul W. S. Anderson's '' Pompeii'' (2014) and has guest-starred in series such as '' Murdoch Mysteries'' (2013) and '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2020). Kabongo earned a second Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2022, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Vannicola
Jo Vannicola (born 20 April 1968), formerly known as Joanne Vannicola, is a Canadian actor. They are most noted for their roles as Dr. Naadiah in ''Being Erica'', Dr. Mia Stone in ''PSI Factor'', Jerri in ''Love and Human Remains'', Sam in '' Stonewall'', Renee in '' Slasher: Guilty Party'', Amber Ciotti in '' Slasher: Solstice'' and '' Slasher: Flesh and Blood'', as well as voice roles in '' Crash Canyon'' and '' My Dad the Rock Star''. Vannicola came out as non-binary in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''.Norman Wilner"Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries" '' Now'', 18 June 2019. Background Born in Montreal, Quebec,"Montreal native keeps her seat in Derby movie". ''Ottawa Citizen'', 15 June 1995. Vannicola began their career as a child, and moved to Toronto, Ontario in their teens to attend the Toronto School for the Performing Arts. Career Vannicola had their first prominent role in the teen drama series '' 9B'', for which they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Chapman (actress)
Yvonne Chapman (born October 7, 1988) is a Canadian actress and model, known for her role as the villain Zhilan Zhang in The CW's ''Kung Fu'' (2021–2023). Early life Chapman was born and raised in Calgary to Chinese-Canadian parents. She attended high school at Bishop McNally High School and St. Mary's High School, and completed her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary. She worked as a corporate development analyst before taking a leave of absence to pursue acting in Vancouver. Career Chapman began acting in school plays at age 10, and began modelling in her late teens, working between Calgary and Hong Kong. In 2019, Chapman starred in the reboot of CBC's '' Street Legal'' (2019). The series was not continued for a second season. In November 2020, Chapman was cast in a recurring role for ''Kung Fu'' (2021–present), a reboot of the 1972 series of the same name. She was upgraded to series regular status for the second season. In December 2021, Chapman was cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lund
Steve Lund (born January 9, 1989) is a Canadian actor, best known for playing the roles of Jake in ''Schitt’s Creek'' and Nick Sorrentino in '' Bitten''. Before acting, he played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, for the P.E.I. Rockets (now the Charlottetown Islanders) and the Halifax Mooseheads, before being forced to end his hockey career in 2008 after a series of concussions. Within months of ending that career, he began taking acting classes in Vancouver and found his new career. He has appeared in several Hallmark Channel television films, as well as television shows such as '' Haven'', ''Reign'', and, most recently, a leading role in the reboot of '' Street Legal''. < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara Ricketts
Cara Ricketts is a Canadian actress,Richard Ouzounian"People to watch in 2011: Cara Ricketts" ''Toronto Star'', December 31, 2010. best known for her roles as Mary Lacroix in ''Anne with an E'' and Lilly Rue in the 2019 revival of '' Street Legal''. Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she is an alumna of the Canadian Film Center's Actors Conservatory, the Stratford Festival Conservatory and the theatre program at Humber College. She first became known as a stage actress, appearing in 2005 productions of Joseph Jomo Pierre's ''Born Ready'' and Stephen Adly Guirgis's ''The Last Days of Judas Iscariot''. Her later stage roles included Titania in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Beneatha in ''A Raisin in the Sun'', Portia in the Stratford Festival production of ''Julius Caesar'', Queenie in '' The Wild Party'' Ruth in Harold Pinter's ''The Homecoming'', and Hedda in Henrik Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Sealy-Smith
Alison Sealy-Smith (born 1959) is a Barbados-born Canadian actress best known for her role as Storm in various Marvel animated TV series. Early life and education Sealy-Smith was born in Bridgetown, Barbados and raised in Toronto. She attended Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, where she studied psychology on a scholarship. Career She is the founding director of Obsidian Theatre, a company that specializes in Black Canadian drama. Sealy-Smith was awarded a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her 1997 star turn in Djanet Sears' '' Harlem Duet''. Her film and television credits have included the series '' Street Legal'', '' This is Wonderland'' and ''The Line'', and a recurring role in ''Kevin Hill''. She also had a small role in the 1998 film ''My Date with the President's Daughter''. Sealy-Smith also voiced characters in various animated series such as Storm on the 1990s ''X-Men'' and Scarlett on the Teletoon series ''Delilah and Julius''. She played Sergeant Rose i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David James Elliott
David James Elliott (born September 21, 1960) is a Canadian actor who was the star of the series '' JAG'', playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr. from 1995 to 2005. Early life Elliott was born David William Smith on September 21, 1960, in Milton, Ontario, Canada, the son of Patricia Smith (née Farrow), an office manager, and Arnold Smith, a heating and plumbing wholesale contractor. He was born the second of three boys. During his teenaged years, he was part of a band, quitting Milton District High School in his final year to pursue his dream of becoming a rock star. However, at age 19, he realized this would not happen and returned to finish high school. After graduating from high school, he attended Ryerson University in Toronto, graduating in 1982. He joined the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Ontario as a member of its Young Company. Career Subsequently moving to Los Angeles, he took the stage name David James Elliott, having found an actor was already named David Smi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Street (Toronto)
Bay Street is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial services industry since succeeding Montreal's St. James Street in that role in the 1970s. Bay Street begins at Queens Quay (Toronto Harbour) in the south and ends at Davenport Road in the north. The original section of Bay Street ran only as far north as Queen Street West and just south of Front Street where the Grand Trunk rail lines entered into Union Station. Sections north of Queen Street were renamed Bay Street as several other streets were consolidated and several gaps filled in to create a new thoroughfare in the 1920s. The largest of these streets, Terauley Street, ran from Queen Street West to College Street. At these two points, there is a curve in Bay Street. North of College past Grenville Street to Breadalbane Street was St. Vincent Street, which was later bypassed with new alignment t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * the party occupies the left, to centre-left on the political spectrum, sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The federal and provincial (or territorial) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and have shared membership (except for the New Democratic Party of Quebec). The NDP has never won the largest share of seats at the federal level and thus has never formed government. From 2011 to 2015, it formed the Official Opposition, but apart from that, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. However, the party has held considerable influence during peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
