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Switching Channels
''Switching Channels'' is a 1988 American comedy film remake of the 1928 play ''The Front Page'', the 1931 film of the same name, and the 1940 film ''His Girl Friday''. It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L. Sullivan IV, Christopher Reeve as Blaine Bingham, Ned Beatty as Roy Ridnitz, Henry Gibson as Ike Roscoe, and George Newbern as Sigenthaler. The film was notorious for its harsh infighting between Reynolds and Turner during filming. The film was a box office failure and received mixed reviews from critics. It is available on DVD in Regions 2 and 4. It is also available as a burn-on-demand DVD-R in Region 1. Synopsis John L. "Sully" Sullivan, IV is the news director of Satellite News Network (SNN), a Chicago-based TV cable news station. Christy Colleran, his best reporter and ex-wife, goes on vacation, where she falls in love with Blaine Bingham, the owner of a sporting goods company. Christy returns to Chicago with Blaine and meets with Sully, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Kotcheff
William Theodore Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931) is a Bulgarian-Canadian film and television director, writer and producer, known primarily for his work on British and American television productions such as ''Armchair Theatre'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. He directed numerous successful films including the Australian '' Wake in Fright'' (1971), action films such as the original '' Rambo'' movie '' First Blood'' (1982) and '' Uncommon Valor'' (1983), and comedies like '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977), '' North Dallas Forty'' (1979), and '' Weekend at Bernie's'' (1989). He is sometimes credited as William T. Kotcheff, and resides in Beverly Hills, California. Due to his ancestry, Kotcheff has Bulgarian citizenship. Early life Kotcheff's name was registered in official documents as ''William Theodore Kotcheff'' in Toronto, where he was born into a family of Bulgarian immigrants, who changed their last name from ''Tsochev'' ( bg, link=no, Цочев) to ''Kot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Girl Friday
''His Girl Friday'' is a 1940 American screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife Hildy Johnson, newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. The screenplay was adapted from the 1928 play '' The Front Page'' by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. This was the second time the play had been adapted for the screen, the first occasion being the 1931 film which kept the original title '' The Front Page''. The script was written by Charles Lederer and Ben Hecht, who is not credited for his contributions. The major change in this version, introduced by Hawks, is that the role of Hildy Johnson is a woman. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough (born May 23, 1936) is an American actor, best known for his role as the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on '' Murphy Brown''. In 1990, his performance in the role earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series". Biography Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kimbrough has extensive stage experience. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kimbrough and his first wife Mary Jane were part of the resident company of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre where they appeared in such plays as Georges Feydeau's '' Cat Among the Pigeons'' and Jules Feiffer's ''The White House Murder Case''. In 1971, he was nominated for a Tony for best featured actor in a musical as Harry in Stephen Sondheim's '' Company''. In 1984, he performed in the original Broadway cast of Sondheim's ''Sunday in the Park with George''. He starred in the original Off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney's comedy '' Sylvia'' in 1985. Around 1976–1977, he appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Duffy
Jack Duffy (September 27, 1926 – May 19, 2008) was a Canadian singer, comedian and actor. Life and career Born in Montreal, Duffy grew up in Toronto, dropping out of Central Technical School to become a singer. At age 19, he was hired as a studio singer with CBC in Toronto and in 1948 he started a three-year affiliation with Tommy Dorsey, initially as a member of the vocal group Bob-O-Links. Duffy was performing as a member of the musical act the Town Criers in 1950 and would frequently appear on CBC-TV variety shows through the 1950s. In 1957, he was hired by Norman Jewison to appear as a comedian on the CBC series ''Showtime''. Duffy had his own CBC variety show called '' Here's Duffy'' that ran from June 1958 through October 1959. In 1961, he became a regular on ''Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall'', performing as one of the Kraft Music Hall Players, alongside Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard and others. The show finished its run in 1963. Duffy battled alcoholism after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Reid
Fiona Reid, CM (born 24 July 1951) is an English-born Canadian television, film, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Cathy on the TV series '' King of Kensington'' and Harriet Miller in the film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding''. Early life Reid was born in Whitstable, Kent, England. Her father was a doctor in the British Army. She lived in Germany, Africa, and the United States before settling in Canada with her family in 1964. She studied acting at McGill University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Career Fiona Reid is one of Canada’s best known stage actors, having performed in theatres across the country, including five seasons with the Stratford Festival and twelve seasons at the Shaw Festival, as well as theatres in Great Britain and the U.S.. Over her career her performances have garnered her two Dora Mavor Moore awards, a Jessie Award (Vancouver) and a Sterling Award (Edmonton). In 2015, Fiona receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura McKinlay Robinson
Laura McKinlay Robinson (born 1957/1958) is a Canadian actress, author, game designer, singer, speaker, and television producer. She co-invented multiple board games, beginning with '' Balderdash'' (1984), which has sold millions of copies internationally, and was the basis for a television game show (2004–2005). As an actress, she had a major recurring role on the television series '' Night Heat'' (1985–1988), and starred in the television series ''Veronica Clare'' (1991), among lesser roles on stage, movies, and television. She co-produced the television game show ''Celebrity Name Game'' (2014-2017), which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show. It was based on ''Identity Crisis'', another board game she co-invented. As a writer, she co-wrote or contributed stories to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series books ''Count Your Blessings'' (2009), ''O Canada'' (2011), ''Hooked on Hockey'' (2012), and ''Miraculous Messages from Heaven'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Akin
Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor. Akin has had roles in major American films such as '' The Sum of All Fears'', ''S.W.A.T.'', and '' Get Rich or Die Tryin'''. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the ''X-Men'' animated series and Tripp Hansen in '' Monster Force''. Life and career Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica, as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived in Ontario ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school's first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of '' Caesar and Cleopatra''. In 1983, Akin began studying Yoshinkan aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo kung fu and t'ai chi ch'uan. Akin first came to prominence in the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Richardson
Jackie Richardson (born January 4, 1947) is a Canadian singer and actress. Richardson is known for her screen roles in ''Turning to Stone'', ''The Gospel According to the Blues'', '' The Doodlebops'', and '' Sins of the Father''. She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show '' Catwalk'' where she played the grandmother to Atlas (Christopher Lee Clements). Early life Richardson was born in Donora, Pennsylvania in 1947, and is of African-American descent. In 1954, Richardson moved with her family to Toronto. Career Richardson was a member of 1960s Toronto-based girl group The Tiaras along with Brenda Russell, Arlene Trotman, and Colina Phillips. Richardson is a three-time nominee for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award, and won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for ''The Gospel According to the Blues.'' In 2003 she was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Rosato
Antonio Rosato (26 December 1954 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor and comedian, who appeared in television and films. He was best known as a cast member on both '' SCTV'' and ''Saturday Night Live'', and for voicing Luigi in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World''. Early life and career beginnings Rosato was born in Naples, Italy, and came to Canada at age four. He was raised in Halifax, Ottawa, and Toronto. He graduated from Oakwood Collegiate Institute. He planned to study chiropractic medicine, but dropped out of the University of Toronto after he began doing improv comedy at The Second City. Career Rosato first gained attention when he and Robin Duke joined the cast of the first incarnation of '' SCTV'' in its final season during the fall of 1980. His most well-known character on the program was the notoriously drunk TV chef Marcello Sebastiani. Rosato then moved with Duke to the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' for the 1981– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Silver
Joe Silver (September 28, 1922 – February 27, 1989) was an American stage, television, film and radio actor. His distinctive deep voice was once described as "the lowest voice in show business; so low that when he speaks, he unties your shoelaces." Biography He was born on September 28, 1922 in Chicago. He was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin and attended Green Bay East High School and the University of Wisconsin. Silver made his Broadway debut in 1942 in a revival of '' Tobacco Road''. He was in the original production of '' Gypsy: A Musical Fable'' (1959) and was nominated for a Tony Award as a supporting actor for playing nine different roles in ''Lenny'' (1971). In 1947, he made the first of more than 1,000 appearances on television, as a panelist on '' What's It Worth''. Two years later, he became a member of the cast of the CBS educational children's television show ''Mr. I. Magination''. In 1950, he appeared on the short-lived variety show '' Joey Faye's Frolics''. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Sherwood
Anthony Sherwood is a Canadian actor, producer, director and writer. Biography Sherwood was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sherwood's grandmother, Alice Kane (née Alice White), was a musician and music teacher, his mother was an amateur singer, and his first cousin once-removed was Canadian opera singer, Portia White, Canada's first African Canadian opera singer. Sherwood's family moved to Montreal, where he grew up in the neighborhood called Little Burgundy. Sherwood commenced an eight-year career as a R&B singer before switching focus to acting. He has acted in both Canadian and American feature films and television series and received several awards for his work in the entertainment industry. Career Sherwood began his acting career on stage and started in musical theatre in Montreal starting in 1975. He starred in such stage musicals as '' Ain't Misbehavin''', ''Cabaret'', and ''The Music Man''. He began acting in several Canadian and American feature films starting in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Waxman
Albert Samuel Waxman, (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and director of over 1,000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series '' King of Kensington'' ( CBC) and '' Cagney & Lacey'' ( CBS) and '' Twice in a Lifetime'' (CTV). Early life Waxman was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jewish immigrants from Poland. His parents operated and owned Melinda Lunch, a small restaurant. His father, Aaron Waxman, died when Al was nine. Career Waxman's career began at the age of twelve on CBC Radio, but it was not until 1975, when he began playing the role of Larry King on CBC's '' King of Kensington'', that he became a Canadian icon. In the 1980 award-winning film ''Atlantic City'' starring Burt Lancaster, Waxman appeared as a rich cocaine buyer with a seemingly endless amount of cash. During the 1980s, Waxman starred as the gruff but endearing Lt. Bert Samuels in the highly successful CBS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
