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Chad Connell
Chad James Connell (born May 20, 1983) is a Canadian actor. Connell is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University, Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)'s theatre program in Toronto. He began acting in local productions in Ottawa at the age of 11. His first starring role was the role of Oliver in the musical of the same name. He played the role of Zakhar in the premiere Jason Sherman's adaptation of Maxim Gorky, Gorky's ''Enemies'' while at university. Connell has appeared in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''Wild Roses (TV series), Wild Roses'', ''Prom Wars'' and Hallmark Channel's ''Taking a Chance on Love (film), Taking a Chance on Love'', as well as Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime's ''Double Wedding'' with Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry. He appeared as the demon Lambert in the 2013 release of ''The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Mortal Instruments'', as well as the vampire Quinn on the television series adaptation, ''Shadowhunters''. In 2018, Conn ... [...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] |
Mike Clattenburg
Mike Clattenburg is a Canadian television and film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as creator, executive producer, writer and director of the TV comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2008), for his work with ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (2004), and as the co-creator of the Adult Swim series '' Black Jesus'' (2014–2019). Early life A native of Cole Harbour, a suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Clattenburg spent his years after high school as drummer in a Police-inspired rock band, The Spawning Grunions. He was formerly married to filmmaker Stephanie Joline from 2009 to 2015. Career Clattenburg's jump from music to television began with his co-hosting and production of a Halifax Cable 10 show, ''That Damn Cable Show'', from 1990 to 1993. The program featured on-location interviews and profiles of Halifax entertainers, many of whom were acquaintances of Clattenburg's through his band contacts. Wedged in between the entertainer segments were comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undressed
''Undressed'' is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999, to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé. Synopsis The series follows the relationships (both romantic and sexual) of young people, often high schoolers, college students, and twenty-somethings in the Los Angeles area. The series was controversial for its frank discussions about sex, including depictions of promiscuous behavior between teens, as well as same-sex relationships. Each season had several recurring characters with each episode focused on two or three specific characters with plotlines presented as interwoven vignettes. Some stories concluded at each season's end while others continued with variable duration. ''Undressed'' ran for six seasons, from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series featured early performances by actors who went on to more popular roles in television and cinema. Cast Season 1 (1999) Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Retreat (2021 Film)
''The Retreat'' is a 2021 Canadian slasher film, directed by Pat Mills. The film stars Tommie-Amber Pirie and Sarah Allen as Renee and Valerie, a lesbian couple who book a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods, only to be abducted and tortured by a mysterious figure who livestreams gruesome killings of gay people on the Internet for profit. The film was directly inspired by a desire to subvert the " bury your gays" and " dead lesbian syndrome" tropes common in horror fiction, by telling a story in which queer characters are placed in a conventional horror film scenario but successfully use their wits to survive and fight back.Anna Menta"‘The Retreat’ on VOD Is a Horror Film Where the Lesbians Actually Live" ''Decider'', May 21, 2021. The cast also includes Rossif Sutherland, Aaron Ashmore, Celina Sinden, Munro Chambers, Chad Connell, Patrick Garrow, Joey Coleman, Gavin Fox and Don Masters. The film was released to video on demand platforms in May 2021. Critical response C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House Down
''White House Down'' is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of the United States when a destructive terrorist assault occurs in the White House. The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, and James Woods. Released on June 28, 2013 by Sony Pictures Releasing, ''White House Down'' received mixed reviews from critics toward the screenwriting and the clichéd storyline, although the performances and action sequences were praised. The film grossed over $205 million worldwide at the box office, against a budget of $150 million. ''White House Down'' was one of two films released in 2013 that dealt with a terrorist attack on the White House; the other, '' Olympus Has Fallen'', was released three months earlier. Plot U.S. President James Sawyer mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posers (film)
''Posers'' is a 2002 Canadian drama film written and directed by Katie Tallo. Plot Adria (Jessica Pare) is a young woman living the young urban career professional life seemingly all around innocent and radiantly angelic with a dark side, she's getting more criminally inclined with a trio of morally depraved young women who live for two things, vanity and revenge, who does a voiceover of the rules of getting their good favor and worshipping the queen bee, Love (Stefanie von Pfetten). They go to a nightclub and then follow Sadie (Danielle Kind), a young woman to the washroom and then swarmbeat her to death for cheating on Love with her boyfriend. Police Detective Sinclair (Adam Beach) investigates the four for the murder and gets nowhere cause a rule by Adria, "When something happens, blame it on a man" and begins a relationship with Adria, learning that her mother is in the hospital. Suddenly, Love has disappeared with blood smeared everywhere in her apartment which traumatises the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abandon (film)
''Abandon'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut. It stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall. It is based on the book ''Adams Fall'' by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titled ''Abandon'' for the movie tie-in paperback printing. The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union and Melanie Lynskey, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews. Plot Senior college student Katie Burke is struggling to deal with the stress of completing her thesis and succeeding in an upcoming rigorous interview process. To make matters even more complicated, Detective Wade Handler, a recovering alcoholic, reopens the two-year-old police investigation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Team (1998 Film)
''Home Team'' is a 1998 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg. Plot summary Mr. Butler is a former pro soccer player whose reputation for partying and gambling has caught up with him. He is sentenced to a year of probation, which includes working as a handyman in a dilapidated boys' home. Karen runs the home for a group of eleven boys whose parents could not raise them for some reason. Karen wants the boys to do something meaningful so she persuades them to start a soccer team known simply as "Home Team". They are terrible, but Mr. Butler, who has concealed his skills so far, is persuaded to coach the team, which eventually improves. A fire damages the home to the point that it must be torn down, and the boys will be separated, but efforts are made to keep the boys together. In a rematch, Home Team ends up defeating the first team they played on the way to a possible championship. The boys' cook Cookie, who likes to bet on horse races, made a bet with a Las Vegas bookie that Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Wine
Natural wine refers to a generalized movement among winemakers for production of wine using simple or traditional methods. Although there is no uniform definition of natural wine, it is usually produced without the use of pesticides or herbicides and with few or no additives. Typically, natural wine is produced on a small scale using traditional rather than industrial techniques and fermented with native yeast. In its purest form, natural wine is simply unadulterated fermented grape juice with no additives in the winemaking process. Other terms for the product include low-intervention wine, raw wine, and naked wine. History Some sources claim that the movement started with winemakers in the Beaujolais region of France in the 1960s. Several winemakers, namely Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Charly Thevenet, and Guy Breton, sought a return to the way their grandparents made wine, before the incursion of pesticides and synthetic chemicals that had become so prevalent in agricult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dete Meserve
Dete Meserve is a film and television producer and novelist. Meserve is a partner of Wind Dancer Films and is producing animation TV and film projects through her company, Silver Creek Falls Entertainment. Producing career Meserve's list of credits span award-winning television series such as ''Home Improvement'' and ''Saint George'' with George Lopez (Executive Producer) as well as movies ''What Women Want'', the comedy '' Bernie'' (Producer), ''The Keeping Room'', and '' Where the Heart Is''. She was an executive producer on ''What Men Want.'' Meserve raised the funding for and executive produced 64 episodes of the animated children’s television series '' Ready Jet Go'', which received the Common Sense Media Selection seal, and airs on PBS in the US and in 120 countries around the world. She has also overseen development and production of ''Ready Jet Go'' games, merchandise, and apps including Space Explorer and Space Scouts. Meserve was the Executive Producer for the TV spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Sam (2019 Film)
''Good Sam'' is a 2019 American-Canadian drama film. The film is a Netflix Original based on Dete Meserve's book of the same name and follows the events of the happenings surrounding an unknown good Samaritan ("Good Sam") who leaves cash on seemingly random doorsteps. The investigative news reporter Kate Bradley ( Tiya Sircar) tries to find out Good Sam's true identity. Plot Set in NYC, the film is about Kate, a TV reporter for Channel 12 who stumbles upon a story about a series of mysterious, seemingly unconnected 100,000 dollar donations. The first recipient, Christina, is an older woman who recently had a lot of financial problems. The second, Maria, is a wealthy oncologist, who plans on donating it toward research. The third, Jesse, is a carpenter, recovering financially from a work-related accident. And the fourth, Faith, was a paralegal, who needs it to further her education. A clue leads Kate to Eric’s apartment, the firefighter who saved her from injury at a recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix Original
Netflix is an American global Internet streaming-on-demand media provider that has distributed a number of original streaming television shows, including original series, specials, miniseries, and documentaries and films. Netflix's original productions also include continuations of canceled series from other networks, as well as licensing or co-producing content from international broadcasters for exclusive broadcast in other territories, which is also branded in those regions as Netflix original content. Netflix previously produced content through Red Envelope Entertainment. The company has since increased its original content. All programming is in English unless stated otherwise, is organized by its primary genre or format, and is sorted by premiere date. These shows had their original production commissioned by Netflix, or had additional seasons commissioned by Netflix. Drama Comedy Kids & family Animation Adult animation Anime Kids & family Non-English langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
