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Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on ''Second City Television'' (1976–84) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020) and in films such as '' After Hours'' (1985), '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Home Alone'' (1990), '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992), and '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993). Her other film appearances include the mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest; ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), '' Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), and '' For Your Consideration'' (2006). O'Hara won the 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for ''SCTV Network'', the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 film '' The Life Before This'', and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the 2010 television film '' Temple Grandin''. From 2015 to 2020, she starred as Moira Rose on the CBC sitcom ''Schitt's Creek'', for which she won a Prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Rose
Moira Rose is a fictional character in the Canadian sitcom '' Schitt's Creek,'' which aired on CBC and Pop from 2015 to 2020. Moira is introduced as the eccentric former soap opera star wife of Johnny Rose and mother of their adult children, David and Alexis. She is often portrayed as the family member most resistant to life in Schitt's Creek – viewing their loss of fortune as temporary. In later seasons, Moira's story becomes more community-oriented as she forms closer relationships with the townspeople. Moira was portrayed by actress Catherine O'Hara for the series' entire 80-episode run. She was cast by her long-time collaborator and ''Schitt's Creek'' co-creator, Eugene Levy. Her work as Moira garnered high praise, winning several awards for the role, including five consecutive Canadian Screen Awards; one ACTRA Award; one Canadian Comedy Award; two Television Critics Association nominations for Individual Achievement in Comedy; two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Welch
Robert W. "Bo" Welch III (born November 30, 1951) is an American production designer, art director, film and television director and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with directors such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld. Early life Welch was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Career Welch worked as a production designer on the Tim Burton films ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''Beetlejuice'' and ''Batman Returns'', as well as on the Barry Sonnenfeld films ''Men in Black'' and ''Wild Wild West'', among other films. He made his directorial debut with ''The Cat in the Hat'', which was a critical and commercial disappointment. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, three of them shared with set decorator Cheryl Carasik and another one with J. Michael Riva and Linda DeScenna. The four films are ''Men in Black'', ''The Birdcage'', and ''A Little Princess'' with Carasik, and ''The Color Purple'' with Riva and DeScenna. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Before This
''The Life Before This'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 125. It begins with a massacre perpetrated in a coffee shop by two gunmen, and then uses flashbacks to show how each of the people present found themselves in the shop on that day. The film was inspired by the Just Desserts shooting of 1994. The film premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast Response The film received mixed reviews from critics. Peter Howell of the ''Toronto Star'' wrote that the film had a solid cast, but that "in seeking to make an Altmanesque story about the perfidy of fate surrounding the events leading to a cafe massacre, the movie follows dull characters too far and interesting ones not far enough." Deirdre Dolan of the ''National Post'' wrote that the initial shooting scene was stiffly acted and meaningfully paced, leading her to fear that she was about to watch "another s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Actress In A Comedy Series
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in Comedy Series is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best leading performance by an actress in a Canadian television comedy series. The award was first presented in 1986 as part of the Gemini Awards. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated by sketch comedy rather than narrative sitcoms in the late 1980s, the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in a Comedy Series were discontinued after 1987, with only a single gender-neutral award presented for Best Performance in a Comedy thereafter; separate awards for Individual Performance in a Comedy and Ensemble Performance in a Comedy were introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001, but were still not separated for gender."CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". ''The Telegram'', September 18, 2001. With the revival of scripted narrative comedy series in the 2000s, separate awards for actors and actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCA Award For Individual Achievement In Comedy
The TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy is an award given by the Television Critics Association. Winners and nominees Multiple wins ;2 wins * Louis C.K. (consecutive) *Jane Kaczmarek (consecutive) *David Hyde Pierce (consecutive) *Jon Stewart Multiple nominees ;7 nominations * Julia Louis-Dreyfus ;6 nominations * Jon Stewart ;5 nominations * Pamela Adlon * Ray Romano ;4 nominations * Louis C.K. * Jim Parsons * Amy Poehler ;3 nominations * Alec Baldwin * Stephen Colbert * Tina Fey * Bill Hader ;2 nominations * Aziz Ansari * Christina Applegate * Jason Bateman * Rachel Bloom * Ty Burrell * Steve Carell * Larry David * Lena Dunham * Calista Flockhart * Donald Glover * Kelsey Grammer * Sean Hayes * David Hyde Pierce * Jane Kaczmarek * Megan Mullally * Nick Offerman * Catherine O'Hara * Issa Rae * Jean Smart * Jason Sudeikis * Jeffrey Tambor * Phoebe Waller-Bridge * Constance Wu References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:TCA Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest female acting achievement in a comedy series. Actresses are eligible for the award whether they appear in leading or supporting roles in their respective programs. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Trivia Multiple winners ; 5 wins * Julia Louis-Dreyfus ; 4 wins * Tina Fey ; 3 wins * Megan Mullally ; 2 wins * Uzo Aduba * Betty White Multiple nominees ; 12 nominations * Julia Louis-Dreyfus ; 7 nominations * Edie Falco * Tina Fey * Megan Mullally ; 5 nominations * Christina Applegate * Patricia Heaton ; 4 nominations * Uzo Aduba * Calista Flockhart * Helen Hunt * Lisa Kudrow * Mary-Louise Parker * Sarah Jessica Parker ; 3 nominations * Candice Bergen * Julie Bowen * Ellen DeGeneres * America Ferrera * Jane Fonda * Amy Poehler * Lily Tomlin * Tracey Ullman * Sofía Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Actress – Television Series Musical Or Comedy
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a musical or comedy television series for the calendar year. It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962, under the title Best TV Star - Female, grouping all genres of television series, to Pauline Fredericks. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. The award initially honored actresses in both comedy and drama genres until 1969, when the award was split into categories that honored comedic and dramatic performances separately. It was presented under the new title Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy and in 1980 under its current title. Since its inception, the award has been given to 42 actresses. Jean Smart is the current recipient of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below: * # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation * § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are the first Emmys where there is no representation from any of the big four broadcast networks. Winners and nominations 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Programs with multiple wins ;6 wins * ''Veep'' ;5 wins * ''Murphy Brown'' ;4 wins * '' Mad About You'' ;3 wins * '' All in the Family'' * '' Father Knows Best'' * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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