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Tom Stevens (actor)
Thomas James Stevens (born June 24, 1987) is a Canadian actor, producer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Jason Higgins on Fox TV's ''Wayward Pines''. Stevens regularly performs in theatre in Vancouver and received critical acclaim for his role as "Jerry" in ''The Zoo Story'' during Vancouver's 2014 Fringe Festival season. In 2016, he won a Leo Award for Best Actor in a Guest Starring Role for ''Wayward Pines''. Early life Stevens was born on June 24, 1987, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The child of a writer, Diane Stevens (née Ried) and a visual artist, David Stevens, Tom was always encouraged to nurture his creativity and began playing music and writing songs at a young age. He first began acting in high school plays and received positive responses, but succumbed to nerves before his audition to theatre school and gave up acting for several years. After a period of working jobs in the service sector, including as a janitor, Stevens felt unfulfilled and turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairly Legal
''Fairly Legal'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series which aired on USA Network from January 20, 2011, to June 15, 2012. The series starred Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn, and Ryan Johnson. USA Network canceled the show on November 1, 2012, after two seasons, due to low ratings. Overview ''Fairly Legal'' stars Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed, a young woman who changes her profession from lawyer to mediator and works at the San Francisco law firm her father started. As the series opens, Kate's father has just died, leaving his young widow Lauren in charge as Kate and the firm adjust to the loss. Kate and Lauren, who are approximately the same age, generally engage in comical banter while attempting to work together, and the development of their relationship is a central focus of the series. According to Shahi, the characters "take a couple steps forward and then take gigantic leaps back". She has also stated that their history divides them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Of The Boom
''Valley of the Boom'' (stylized as ''Valley_of_the_BOOM'') is an American docudrama television miniseries created by Matthew Carnahan that premiered on January 13, 2019, on National Geographic (U.S. TV channel), National Geographic. The series centers on the Dot-com bubble, 1990s tech boom and bust in Silicon Valley and it stars Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, John Karna, Dakota Shapiro, Oliver Cooper, and John Murphy. Premise ''Valley of the Boom'' takes a close look at "the culture of speculation, innovation and debauchery that led to the rapid inflation and burst of the 1990s tech bubble. As with its hybrid series ''Mars (2016 TV series), Mars'', Nat Geo [uses] select doc elements to support the scripted drama to tell the true inside story of the dramatic early days of Silicon Valley." The series features interviews with many of the people depicted in the dramatized portions of the production in addition to other Internet personalities such as Mark Cuban and Ari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Award
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia in 1999. Awards categories are numerous, and include but are not exclusive to live action, animated, adult dramatic, children's, documentary film, documentary television, feature films, short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...s. Event history The British Columbia film and television industry provides more than 25,000 jobs and generates more than $2 billion (Canadian) in economic activity each year, making the industry an integral one to the economic and social vitality of British Columbia. The Leos were establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motive (TV Series)
''Motive'' is a Canadian police procedural crime drama television series that aired for four seasons on CTV from February 3, 2013, to August 30, 2016. The series premiere had 1.23 million viewers, making it the number one Canadian series premiere of the 2012–13 season. Premise ''Motive'' is a police procedural crime drama set in Vancouver, British Columbia, following the investigations of working class single mother Detective Angie Flynn ( Kristin Lehman). Each episode reveals the killer and the victim at the beginning; and the rest of the episode details the ongoing investigation, the killer's efforts to cover up the crime, and, via flashbacks, the events leading to the crime. This format is similar to that of the TV series '' Columbo''. Cast and characters Main * Kristin Lehman as Detective Angelika "Angie" Flynn, a feisty Vancouver detective who investigates the motives of killers. * Louis Ferreira as Detective and later Staff Sergeant Oscar Vega, Flynn's former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Halloween
''Grave Halloween'' (also known as ''The Suicide Forest'' and released in some markets as ''Deathly Halloween'') is a 2013 Canadian TV horror film. An original production by CineTel Films for Syfy, it was directed by Steven R. Monroe and written by Ryan W. Smith and Sheldon Wilson. The film is set in Japan, but it was filmed in Canada. Plot On October 31, a Japanese-born American student at a Japanese university, Maiko (Kaitlyn Leeb), risks her life to save the spirit of her dead mother. She travels into Aokigahara Forest to find her birth mother, who has recently committed suicide. Her friends Kyle, Terry, and Amber travel with her, in hopes of producing a documentary for a class project. Cast * Kaitlyn Leeb as Maiko **Isabelle Beech as Young Maiko * Cassi Thomson as Amber * Graham Wardle as Kyle * Dejan Loyola as Terry * Jeffrey Ballard as Craig * Hiro Kanagawa as Jin * Jesse Wheeler as Brody * Tom Stevens as Skylar * Kevan Ohtsji as Policeman * Hyuma Frankowski as Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling Skies
''Falling Skies'' is an American science fiction television series set in a post-apocalyptic era, created by Robert Rodat and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. The series stars Noah Wyle as Tom Mason, a former history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a group of civilians and fighters fleeing Boston following an alien invasion that devastated the world. The series, a production of DreamWorks Television—and from 2014 to 2015, being a production from Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Television—was broadcast in the United States on the cable channel TNT, and in Canada on Super Channel (first-run broadcasts) and on Space (second-run broadcasts on a one-year delay). The series premiered on June 19, 2011. On July 18, 2014, TNT renewed the show for a 10-episode fifth and final season, which started on June 28, 2015, and concluded on August 30, 2015. Series overview ''Falling Skies'' begins six mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reloaded
Reload or Reloaded may refer to: Film * ''Reloaded'' (2009 film), a Nigerian film * ''Reloaded'' (2017 film), a Hindi-language film * Reload (film), a 2019 Sri Lankan comedy thriller film Music * Reload, project by Mark Pritchard Albums * ''Reloaded'' (DJ BoBo album) (2013) * ''Reloaded'' (Green Apple Quick Step album) (1995) * ''Reloaded'' (Alexz Johnson album) (2011) * ''Reload'' (Tom Jones album) (1999) * ''Reloaded'' (Roc Marciano album) (2012) * ''Reload'' (Metallica album) (1997) * ''Reload'' (EP), a 2020 EP by NCT Dream * ''Reloaded'' (Rascalz album) (2002) * '' Reloaded: 20 Number 1 Hits'', a 2015 album by Blake Shelton Songs * "Reload" (Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash song) (2012) * "Reload" (Wiley song) (2013) * "Reload", a 2003 song by Rob Zombie on '' The Matrix Reloaded: The Album'' Other uses * ''Reloading'', the act of requesting the displayed web page again from a server, typically to look for changes. * Another term for Handloading, the small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow (TV Series)
''Arrow'' is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is the first series of the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other related television series. The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 10, 2012, and ran for eight seasons until January 28, 2020. ''Arrow'' was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ''Arrow'' follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell), who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City (later renamed "Star City") to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. Throughout the series, Oliver is joined by others, among them former soldier John Diggle ( David Ramsey), I.T. expert an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood & Chrome
''Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome'' is a prequel to the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series and is the latest installment in the franchise. It was a web-series that became a pilot for a possible series chronicling the early adventures of a young William Adama, but the series was not picked up. It stars Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, and Lili Bordán. Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Taylor, David Eick, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, with Jonas Pate as director. Distribution of ''Blood & Chrome'' began as a 10-episode online series in conjunction with Machinima.com on , and also aired as a television film on on Syfy. Setting Set in the tenth year of the First Cylon War, the story follows William Adama, a young pilot just graduated from the Academy, assigned to one of the battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the '' Galactica''. The series provides a very basic frame of reference to the events that ensued in the time between the prequel series '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural (U
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings since the ancient world, the term "supernatural" emerged in the Middle Ages and did not exist in the ancient world. The supernatural is featured in folklore and religious contexts, but can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods, and spirits. It also includes claimed abilities embodied in or provided by such beings, including magic, telekinesis, levitation, precognition, and extrasensory perception. The philosophy of naturalism contends that nothing exists beyond the natural world, and as such approaches supernatural claims with skepticism. Etymology and history of the conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Days (film)
The term dog days refers to the hottest and most humid time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Dog Days may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Dog Days'' (1925 film), an ''Our Gang'' short film * ''Dog Days'' (1970 film), a Swedish dark comedy * ''Dog Day'' (film), a 1984 crime-drama starring Lee Marvin * ''Dog Days'' (2001 film), an Austrian feature film directed by Ulrich Seidl * ''Dog Days'' (2018 film), an American comedy film * ''Dog Days of Summer'' (film), a 2007 American independent feature film * ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days'' (film), a 2012 film Television * ''Dog Days'' (Japanese TV series), released in 2011 * ''Dog Days'' (U.S. TV series), a 2002 American series * "Dog Days", an episode of the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' Literature * ''A Dog Day: or the Angel in the House'', a 1902 children's book written by Walter Emanuel and illustrated by Cecil Aldin * ''Dog Days'', a 1998 novel by Daniel Lyons * ''Dog Days'', a 2006 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
