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Science fiction
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Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a literature of ideas. Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a range of subgenres and themes. Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying science fiction is what we point to when we say it, a definition echoed by author Mark C. Glassy, who argues that the definition of science fiction is like the definition of pornography, you do not know what it is, in 1970 or 1971William Atheling Jr. According to science fiction writer Robert A, rod Serlings definition is fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures. Science fiction elements include, A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, a spatial setting or scenes in outer space, on other worlds, or on subterranean earth. Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots, futuristic or plausible technology such as ray guns, teleportation machines, and humanoid computers. Scientific principles that are new or that contradict accepted physical laws, for time travel, wormholes. New and different political or social systems, e. g. utopian, dystopian, post-scarcity, paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis Other universes or dimensions and travel between them. A product of the budding Age of Reason and the development of science itself. Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Keplers work the first science fiction story and it depicts a journey to the Moon and how the Earths motion is seen from there. Later, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the moon, more examples appeared throughout the 19th century. Wells The War of the Worlds describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians using tripod fighting machines equipped with advanced weaponry and it is a seminal depiction of an alien invasion of Earth. In the late 19th century, the scientific romance was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella Flatland, the term would continue to be used into the early 20th century for writers such as Olaf Stapledon. In the early 20th century, pulp magazines helped develop a new generation of mainly American SF writers, influenced by Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine. In 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs published A Princess of Mars, the first of his series of Barsoom novels, situated on Mars
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Vancouver
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Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, the Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre. With over 250,000 residents, Vancouver municipality is the fourth most densely populated city in North America behind New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. In that census, Vancouver was one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada, Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city. In 2014, following thirty years in California, the annual TED conference made Vancouver its indefinite home, several matches of the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup were played in Vancouver, including the final at BC Place Stadium. From that first enterprise, other stores and some hotels quickly appeared along the waterfront to the west, Gastown became formally laid out as a registered townsite dubbed Granville, B. I. As of 2014, Port Metro Vancouver is the third largest port by tonnage in the Americas, 27th in the world, the busiest and largest in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. While forestry remains its largest industry, Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature, archaeological records indicate the presence of Aboriginal people in the Vancouver area from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. The city is located in the territories of the Squamish, Musqueam. They had villages in various parts of present-day Vancouver, such as Stanley Park, False Creek, Kitsilano, Point Grey, the city takes its name from George Vancouver, who explored the inner harbour of Burrard Inlet in 1792 and gave various places British names. The explorer and North West Company trader Simon Fraser and his became the first known Europeans to set foot on the site of the present-day city. In 1808, they travelled from the east down the Fraser River, perhaps as far as Point Grey. The Fraser Gold Rush of 1858 brought over 25,000 men, mainly from California, to nearby New Westminster on the Fraser River, on their way to the Fraser Canyon, a sawmill established at Moodyville in 1863, began the citys long relationship with logging. It was quickly followed by mills owned by Captain Edward Stamp on the shore of the inlet. This mill, known as the Hastings Mill, became the nucleus around which Vancouver formed, the mills central role in the city waned after the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. It nevertheless remained important to the economy until it closed in the 1920s. The settlement which came to be called Gastown grew up quickly around the original makeshift tavern established by Gassy Jack Deighton in 1867 on the edge of the Hastings Mill property
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Don S. Davis
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He was also a theater professor, painter and United States Army captain. Davis was born and raised in Aurora, Missouri and he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in theater and art from Southwest Missouri State College. He said that during the Viet Nam era he was with the 7th Infantry in Korea and at another point was a personnel and administration officer, I ran records branches. He was a captain at Fort Leonard Wood by the time he left the U. S. Army, and worked with General Officers, so Ive been able to use that in Hammond and other characters. In 1970 he received a Masters Degree in Theatre from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale, his thesis was Design and Construction of Stage Settings for Black Comedy and The Two Executioners. He taught for years before returning to SIU to complete a Ph. D. in Theatre. He began working in the industry in the 1980s, while teaching at the University of British Columbia. In 1987 he stopped teaching in order to pursue acting full-time and he got the role of the eloquently spoken Major Briggs, he said, when I was living in Vancouver and doing local work. But because of my accent in the 80s I couldnt play a Canadian in commercials, so someone suggested that I get an agent in Seattle. I did and was able to get work and acting jobs there. So when they were casting the Twin Peaks pilot my agent sent me out of the audition, I met David and didnt actually read for him — we just visited. David liked me and started writing for me and he liked the chemistry I had with other players. I did three days on the pilot and then went on to the series and that was the luckiest break I could have had. There are at least a dozen people from that show who are friends because of that show. In the TV show MacGyver, Davis was the double for Dana Elcar. He was often mistaken for Elcar, and vice versa, Davis did appear in two episodes of MacGyver, as a different character each time. His first appearance was as a cement truck driver in the episode Blow Out and he also played Dana Scullys father in the series The X-Files. He also played the role of the Racine Belles manager in the movie A League of Their Own and he also had a guest-starring role in the pilot episode of the comedy-drama television series Psych, playing the character of Mr. McCallum
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Fan convention
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Fan conventions are traditionally organized by fans on a not-for-profit basis, though some events catering to fans are run by commercial interests for profit. Many conventions have award presentations relating to their genre, commercial conventions are usually quite expensive and are hosted in hotels. There is often tight security for the celebrities to protect against potentially fanatic fans, anime conventions, gaming conventions, filk-music conventions, and furry conventions may all be considered derivatives of science-fiction conventions, which began in the late 1930s. Fan conventions for various genres of entertainment extends to the first conventions held in the 1930s, the growth of computerized communication, including the Internet and Internet-dependent applications in the 1980s and 1990s
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Stargate SG-1
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Stargate SG-1 is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film Stargate by Dean Devlin, the television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime on July 27,1997 and moved to the Sci Fi Channel on June 7,2002, the series draws primarily upon Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology, Norse mythology and Arthurian legend. The series was a success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe. Stargate SG-1 was honored with awards and award nominations in its ten-season run. Merchandise for Stargate SG-1 includes games and toys, print media, the plot of Stargate SG-1 picks up a year after the conclusion of the events recounted in the original feature film. It follows the adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth. The Ori, a faction of the race as the Ancients who instead use their powers to subjugate other species by religious indoctrination. The SGC is brought back into action when the Stargate is revealed to be part of a network connecting countless planets. SG teams are created to help defend Earth against the Goauld, another alien threat arises in the season 3 finale in the form of sentient machines called Replicators. Meanwhile, rogue agents of an intelligence agency on Earth. Despite Apophiss death in the beginning of season 5, the Goauld Empire remains a major foe in Stargate SG-1 until the end of season 8. The only influential Goauld in the last two seasons of Stargate SG-1 is the System Lord Baal, who is defeated in the direct-to-DVD film Stargate, Continuum. After Apophiss defeat in the season 5 premiere, the half-Ascended Goauld System Lord Anubis assumes the role of the primary antagonist of the show and this new villain possesses much of the knowledge of the Ancients and their technology. In the season 7 finale, SG-1 discovers a powerful weapon in an Ancient outpost in Antarctica that annihilates Anubiss entire fleet and also sets the stage for the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis. Baal subsumes much of Anubiss power in season 8, while Anubis, human-form Replicators begin to conquer the System Lords, but SG-1 finds and adjusts an Ancient weapon to destroy all Replicators throughout the galaxy. Near the end of season 8, it is revealed that the benevolent Ascended being Oma Desala is responsible for Anubiss original ascension. At the end of season 9, the Ori begin an evangelistic crusade with their warships and effortlessly wipe out the fleet of Earth
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Showtime (TV network)
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The Showtime brand is used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to the group of eight multiplex channels in the United States. As of July 2015, Showtimes programming is available to approximately 28.693 million television households in the United States, the channel and its corresponding networks are headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York Citys Broadway district. The following week on July 8, Showtime launched on Viacom Cablevisions system in Dublin, California, the first program and television special to be broadcast on Showtime was Celebration, a concert special featuring performances by Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd and ABBA. By the end of its first year on the air, Showtime had a total of 55,000 subscribers nationwide. On March 7,1978, Showtime became a nationally distributed service after it was uplinked to satellite, turning it into a competitor with HBO, in 1979, Viacom sold a 50% ownership interest in Showtime to the TelePrompTer Corporation. On July 4,1981, Showtime adopted a 24-hour programming schedule,1982 saw the premiere of Showtimes first made-for-cable movie Falcons Gold and its first original series and childrens program Faerie Tale Theatre. The three companies announced their agreement in principle to acquire interests in TMC on November 11,1982. Subsequently, in late December of that year, the U. S. Department of Justice launched a preliminary inquiry into the proposed partnership. On January 7,1983, Viacom International added itself as a partner, under the revised proposal, the four studios would each own a 22. 58% stake in the two networks, with American Express owning a 9. 68% minority interest. In addition, the consortium would appoint a management team separate from those employed by the two channels – which would continue to operate as separate services – to operate the joint venture, on August 10,1985, after Time Inc. and cable provider Tele-Communications Inc. The subsidiary was renamed Showtime Networks, Inc. in 1988, also in 1988, the company formed Showtime Event Television as a pay-per-view distributor of special event programming. In 1990, Showtime ventured into acquiring and premiering independent films exclusively for the channel as part of the 30-Minute Movie short film anthology series. One of its first premieres,12,01 PM, was nominated for an Academy Award, in the years that followed, Showtime expanded its acquisitions into the realm of feature-length fare, including the Adrian Lyne-directed 1997 remake of Lolita. In 2000, Showtime launched Showtime Interactive 24.7, a service that provided DVD-style interaction of its entertainment offerings. On June 14,2005, Viacom decided to separate itself into two companies, both of which would be controlled by Viacom parent National Amusements, amid stagnation of the stock price. A new company assumed the Viacom name kept Paramount Pictures, the MTV Networks and BET Networks cable divisions. Showtime broadcasts its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules and this planned extension to the multiplex did not come to fruition – although a third multiplex service, Showtime 3, would make its debut in 1996. Three additional themed channels made their debut in March 2001, Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next, Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next and Showtime Women do not have distribution by most pay television providers as extensive as the other Showtime multiplex channels
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Amanda Tapping
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Amanda Tapping is an English-born Canadian actress. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and she also starred as Helen Magnus in the science fiction-fantasy television series Sanctuary. Born in Rochford, Essex, England, she moved with her family to Ontario, Canada and she attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute, where she excelled in Environmental Science and Drama. However, when she finished in 1984, she decided to focus her attention on Drama, attending the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts in Windsor, after graduation, Tapping continued to study Theatrical Arts while performing in several stage productions. She appeared in television commercials and played a variety of roles in television and film productions, such as The Outer Limits. She also formed a troupe, the Random Acts, with collaborators Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie Kerr. Tapping is best known for her portrayal of Samantha Carter in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, after SG-1 aired its final episode, Tapping reprised the role of Samantha Carter on Stargate Atlantis as the new commander of the Atlantis expedition. The show expanded on a series of eight webisodes released on the internet in 2007. The bulk of the scenery and characters were entirely green screen, Tapping served as both star and Executive Producer of the show. Tapping was reportedly working with William Shatner on a 2011 animated webisode series The Zenoids, Tapping and Shatner voice characters, and Tapping is Executive Producer. In 2007, she won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress for her role in the short film Breakdown, on 18 September 2012, she was cast as an angel named Naomi on Season 8 of the TV series Supernatural. She was a character who appeared in seven episodes. Tappings first directing experience was during the season of Stargate SG-1 on an episode titled Resurrection. She directed the episode of Sanctuary season two titled Veritas. She has directed three episodes of Primeval, New World, three episodes of Continuum, and four episodes of Olympus and more recently directed episodes of Dark Matter and she also directed Season 1 Episode 12 of Netflix 2016 Original Show Travelers, Tapping married Alan Kovacs in 1994. As of 2004, she lives with her husband in Vancouver, Tapping has one daughter, Olivia, born on 22 March 2005. She has two living brothers, Richard and Christopher, a third brother, Steven, died in December 2006. Official website Amanda Tapping at the Internet Movie Database Amanda Tapping at AllMovie Amanda Tapping at the TCM Movie Database
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Christopher Judge
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Douglas Christopher Judge is an American actor best known for playing Tealc in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. He attended the University of Oregon on a scholarship and was a Pacific-10 Conference player. Christopher Judge was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and he has one younger brother, Jeff Judge, also an actor. Christopher Judge harbored the desire to become an actor from an early age, the television set was my babysitter growing up. I can remember wanting to invoke the feelings that I was getting from television—I wanted to be the one who was the catalyst for those feelings in other people, performing was something Ive always known I was going to do. He always knew that sports would be a stone to an acting career. City football player at Carson High School and graduated from Carson in 1982 and he played for legendary Coach Gene Vollnogle. Judge received a scholarship from the University of Oregon and played defensive back and he led in kickoff return yardage for 1983-84 and interceptions in 1984, and earned the Casanova Award in 1982, given to the freshman or newcomer of the year. While at Oregon, Judge was a three time All-American, a Pacific-10 Conference Selection in 1984 and played in the 1985 Hula Bowl, in 1989 Judge began studying at the Howard Fine Studio in LA. A few of his roles were in the 1990s Bird on a Wire, Cadence. Judges largest role came in 1997 with Stargate SG-1, while at a friends house, he saw his friends roommate practicing for an audition for the show and was intrigued. While the roommate was away, Judge looked at the notes, then called his agent and insisted he get him an audition. At the audition there were three actors trying out for each of the principal roles, but eight or ten for the role of Tealc. Judge was confident that he had acquired the part when they dismissed everyone who had read for the part except him, of all the actors in Stargate SG-1, Judge has been in the most episodes. Judge appeared in Anonymous, the October 26,2010 episode of NCIS, Los Angeles, Judge wrote four episodes of Stargate SG-1, season fives The Warrior, season sixs The Changeling, season sevens Birthright, and season eights Sacrifices. The script was marketed as a two-hour, back door pilot with MGM, Judge has also done voice acting for animated series and video games, including the voice of Magneto on X-Men, Evolution and the canceled Stargate SG-1, The Alliance. In the season eight episode, Avatar, Tealc informs SG-1 that he plays Def Jam Vendetta, alluding to the fact that Chris Judge had provided the voice of D-Mob, the main antagonist in that game. He once again appeared as D-Mob in the sequel, Def Jam, Fight for NY and he is also known for voicing Jericho in Turok
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Michael Shanks
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Michael Garrett Shanks is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, more recently, Shanks has been playing Dr. Charles Harris on the Canadian medical drama, Saving Hope. Shanks was born in Vancouver, and grew up in Kamloops and he made several guest appearances throughout the sixth season playing his own character, as well as voicing the Asgard character Thor. Shanks returned for the seventh and subsequent seasons, winning the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance By A Male in a Dramatic Series in 2004 for the season episode Lifeboat. During the series tenth and final season, he signed up for 16 of the 20 episodes, in 2004, Shanks made a crossover appearance in the Stargate Atlantis pilot, Rising. He also appeared in the tenth and eleventh episodes of Atlantis fifth and final season and he also appeared in the episodes Human and Subversion. In 2001, Shanks guest starred in the episode Star-Crossed in the Sci-Fi series Andromeda, during which he met his future wife, coincidentally, they played two androids who fell in love with each other. In 2002, Shanks starred in the German/UK/South African co-production Sumuru and he also auditioned for the role of Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis. In 2007, Shanks joined the Fox Network series 24, guest-starring as lobbyist Mark Bishop in an arc for season 6. He appeared in the episode All That Glitters, with a mention of his character in the episode A Night At Global Dynamics. Shanks was featured in a role in the SciFi Channels adventure film, The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon as Jacob Thain opposite Beverly Hills,90210. The film premiered on the network on December 20,2008. In 2010, Shanks appeared in an episode of Sanctuary, which stars fellow Stargate actor Amanda Tapping, in the same year he starred in the film Arctic Blast, a disaster film, as physicist Jack Tate. Shanks latest television guest roles were as archaeologist Carter Hall, DC Comics superhero Hawkman, Shanks stars in the Canadian thriller Faces in the Crowd. Shanks has also starred in the Fox comedy The Good Guys as the leader of the Strike Force. In 2011, Shanks was the guest star in the episode of the Showcase show Endgame. In 2012, Shanks returned to primetime as Dr. Charles Charlie Harris on Saving Hope, reuniting with Stargate SG-1, Shanks eldest daughter is from his relationship with model and actress Vaitiare Bandera, who portrayed Share his characters wife, on Stargate SG-1. On August 2,2003, Shanks married actress Lexa Doig and they have a daughter and a son together
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Make-A-Wish Foundation
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The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that arranges experiences described as wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. In order to qualify for a wish, the child must be between the ages of 3 and 17 years at the time of referral and it is the childs physician that ultimately decides if a child is eligible. The national headquarters and founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation are in Phoenix, the organization grants wishes through its 62 chapters located throughout the US. Make-A-Wish also operates in 45 other countries around the world through 38 affiliate offices, the President and CEO of Make-A-Wish America is David A. Williams. In the spring of 1980, 7-year-old Christopher James Greicius was being treated for leukemia and he aspired to be a police officer. U. S. Customs Officer Tommy Austin befriended Chris and worked with officers at the Arizona Department of Public Safety to plan an experience to lift Greicius spirits. Chris spent the day as an officer, rode in a police helicopter, received a custom-tailored police uniform. Greicius died soon after, but his wish became inspiration for the Make-A-Wish wish-granting organization, professional wrestler John Cena holds the title for the most wishes granted by a single individual, with over 500 wishes. Singer Justin Bieber has volunteered in over 250 wishes, National Womens Collegiate Fraternity Chi Omega has raised over $14 million for Make-A-Wish since 2001. All medical information is considered confidential and is not discussed with outside parties unless it is required for the wish and the child’s parent or guardian have given their consent. A child with a medical condition who has reached the age of 2½ and is under the age of 18 at the time of referral, is potentially eligible for a wish. After a child is referred, the treating physician must determine whether the child is medically eligible for a wish. In addition, a child cannot have received a wish from another wish-granting organization, each Make-A-Wish chapter follows specific policies and guidelines for granting a child’s wish. Make-A-Wish works closely with the wish child’s physician and family to determine the most appropriate time to grant the wish, keeping in mind the child’s treatment protocol or other concerns. Most wish requests fall into five categories, I wish to go, I wish to be, I wish to meet, I wish to have, National Board of Directors, The National Board of Directors helps chart Make-A-Wish’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that help maintain Make-A-Wish’s status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization, the board determines the mission and vision, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer and protects Make-A-Wish’s assets. The board enhances Make-A-Wish’s public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity, senior Leadership Team, This team is composed of Make-A-Wish’s top-level management. Each member is a National Office leader in disciplines that include wish-granting, fundraising, legal, brand advancement, the president and CEO guides the strategic plan in areas such as board development, talent development, fundraising, and corporate relations
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California and it is one of the worlds oldest film studios. In 1971, it was announced that MGM would merge with 20th Century Fox, over the next thirty-nine years, the studio was bought and sold at various points in its history until, on November 3,2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGM Resorts International, a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MGM, is not currently affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1966, MGM was sold to Canadian investor Edgar Bronfman Sr. whose son Edgar Jr. would later buy Universal Studios, the studio continued to produce five to six films a year that were released through other studios, mostly United Artists. Kerkorian did, however, commit to increased production and a film library when he bought United Artists in 1981. MGM ramped up production, as well as keeping production going at UA. It also incurred significant amounts of debt to increase production, the studio took on additional debt as a series of owners took charge in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1986, Ted Turner bought MGM, but a few later, sold the company back to Kerkorian to recoup massive debt. The series of deals left MGM even more heavily in debt, MGM was bought by Pathé Communications in 1990, but Parretti lost control of Pathé and defaulted on the loans used to purchase the studio. The French banking conglomerate Crédit Lyonnais, the major creditor. Even more deeply in debt, MGM was purchased by a joint venture between Kerkorian, producer Frank Mancuso, and Australias Seven Network in 1996, the debt load from these and subsequent business deals negatively affected MGMs ability to survive as an independent motion picture studio. In 1924, movie theater magnate Marcus Loew had a problem and he had bought Metro Pictures Corporation in 1919 for a steady supply of films for his large Loews Theatres chain. With Loews lackluster assortment of Metro films, Loew purchased Goldwyn Pictures in 1924 to improve the quality, however, these purchases created a need for someone to oversee his new Hollywood operations, since longtime assistant Nicholas Schenck was needed in New York headquarters to oversee the 150 theaters. Mayer, Loew addressed the situation by buying Louis B. Mayer Pictures on April 17,1924, Mayer became head of the renamed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with Irving Thalberg as head of production. MGM produced more than 100 feature films in its first two years, in 1925, MGM released the extravagant and successful Ben-Hur, taking a $4.7 million profit that year, its first full year. Marcus Loew died in 1927, and control of Loews passed to Nicholas Schenck, in 1929, William Fox of Fox Film Corporation bought the Loew familys holdings with Schencks assent. Mayer and Thalberg disagreed with the decision, Mayer was active in the California Republican Party and used his political connections to persuade the Justice Department to delay final approval of the deal on antitrust grounds
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The Bridge Studios
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The Bridge Studios is a Canadian film studio in Burnaby, British Columbia. It operates the largest effects stage in North America and its eight studios, ranging in size from 4,600 square feet to 40,000 square feet, are located on a 15-acre lot at 2400 Boundary Road. The studios name derives from the use by Dominion Bridge Company. The site was first used for filming after the departure of Dominion Bridge, the government of British Columbia financed the conversion of the lot to permanent studios in 1987. The parenthetical years are filming dates, not release dates, sever The Escape The Experts First Blood The Five People You Meet in Heaven Fly. Glory Days Hidden Target Highlander, The Series Highstakes Hollow Man 2 Iceman The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus It J. J
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a non-profit, marine conservation organization based in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington, in the United States. Sea Shepherd uses direct action tactics to protect marine life, the group has a strong focus on public relations to spread its message via the media. Sea Shepherd currently operates nine vessels, Sea Shepherd claims that their aggressive actions are necessary, as the international community has shown itself unwilling or unable to stop species-endangering whaling and fishing practices. Sea Shepherd has received support for its tactics against fishing, whaling, the tactics of Sea Shepherd have been opposed, even by those who denounce whaling, such as Greenpeace and the governments of Australia and New Zealand. The Japanese government have called them eco-terrorists, however, in March 2014 the International Court of Justice ruled the Japanese whaling program in the Southern Ocean was not, as claimed, for scientific purposes, and ordered Japan to cease operations. Paul Watson and American members of Sea Shepherd are currently prohibited by US courts from approaching or harassing Japanese whalers. Initially without funding and with only a group of supporters, in 1978 Watson convinced Cleveland Amory, head of the Fund for Animals to fund Watsons first vessel. The first direct action undertaken by Sea Shepherd was against Canadian seal hunting in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in March 1979, also in 1979, the group made headlines when, for the first time, they rammed a pirate whaling vessel, the notorious Sierra. Such acts continued with Sea Shepherd claiming responsibility for damaging or sinking multiple whaling ships, the group has attempted to intervene against Russian, Spanish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Makah, Faroese, and Japanese whalers in multiple campaigns around the globe. Setting a pattern that the group would keep up in years, the group managed to scuttle a Portuguese whaling vessel, though the first Sea Shepherd was impounded. Watson states he used the money gained from selling the rights to fund his next vessel. Starting in September 2010, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has positioned a crew in Taiji, Japan to monitor, Sea Shepherd is a non-governmental, non-profit environmental organization. In the United States it has a 501 tax exempt status, most of the organizations revenue—83.2 percent—is spent on its programs, while 16.7 percent of revenue is spent on administrative and fundraising. It is supported by private and corporate donations, lectures by Watson, internet advertising, the group is operated by volunteers and a small number of paid staff. Watson says he is committed to keeping his small. Sea Shepherd is governed by a board of directors, including Watson, the organization has several boards of advisers, each addressing an area of expertise. The Scientific, Technical, and Conservation Advisory Board includes Earth First, founder Dave Foreman and Horst Klienschmidt, a former deputy chair of the International Whaling Commission. The Animal Welfare, Humane and Animal Rights Advisory Board included animal rights philosopher Tom Regan, the Media and Arts Advisory Board includes several major Hollywood stars
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Radisson Hotels
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Radisson Hotels is an international hotel company and a subsidiary of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. It operates the brands Radisson, Radisson blu, Radisson RED, the first Radisson Hotel was built in 1909 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. It is named after the 17th-century French explorer, ranger and furrier Pierre-Esprit Radisson, the hotel was purchased in 1962 by Curt Carlson and is still owned by the Carlson estate. The majority of Radisson-branded hotels are located in the United States, the original Radisson Hotel, founded by heiress Edna Dickerson, was opened on December 15,1909 at 41 South Seventh Street in Minneapolis. Radisson Blu is the name for Radisson hotels primarily outside the United States, including those in Europe, Africa. These are operated by Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, of which Carlson is the main stakeholder, scandinavian Airlines System was previously a major shareholder and licensed its brand for Radisson SAS hotels. Following the withdrawal of SAS from the partnership on February 4,2009, Radisson Blu operates 158 hotels, with 42 projects in development. Radisson Blu previously did not exist within the borders of the United States, the first Radisson Blu in the United States opened in downtown Chicago in Aqua, a skyscraper, in November 2011. The second one opened in March 2013 in Bloomington, Minnesota and is connected to the Mall of America, former Radisson Plaza hotels in Philadelphia and Minneapolis were converted to Radisson Blu. Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotels is a line of 14 hotels in London and Manchester. Radisson RED is a brand targeted at young travelers. It officially launched in 2015, with the first hotel opening in Brussels in April 2016, Hotels will be in cities worldwide, with a target of 60 locations by 2020. Park Inn by Radisson is a group of hotels that has 127 locations worldwide. Their strategy includes expansion into North America and key emerging economies like Brazil, Russia, India, notable locations include the Park Inn Berlin
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Burnaby
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Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and it was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Greater Vancouver Regional Districts government, in 1859 Burnaby had surveyed the freshwater lake near what is now the citys geographical centre. Moody chose to name it Burnaby Lake, in the first 30 to 40 years after its incorporation, the growth of Burnaby was influenced by its location between the expanding urban centres of Vancouver and New Westminster. It first served as an agricultural area supplying nearby markets. Later, it served as an important transportation corridor between Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the Interior and continues to do so. As Vancouver expanded and became a metropolis, it was one of the first-tier bedroom-community suburbs of Vancouver itself, along with the city and district of North Vancouver, Burnaby has shifted in character over time from rural to suburban to urban. Burnaby occupies 98.60 square kilometres and is located at the centre of the Metro Vancouver area. Burnaby, Vancouver and New Westminster collectively occupy the portion of the Burrard Peninsula. The elevation of Burnaby ranges from sea level to a maximum of 370 metres atop Burnaby Mountain, due to its elevation, the city of Burnaby experiences quite a bit more snowfall during the winter months than nearby Vancouver or Richmond. Overall, the landscape of Burnaby is one of hills, ridges, valleys. The land features and their locations have had an influence on the location, type. Burnaby is home to industrial and commercial firms. British Columbias largest commercial mall, the Metropolis at Metrotown, is located in Burnaby. Major parklands and waterways in Burnaby include Central Park, Robert Burnaby Park, Kensington Park, Burnaby Mountain, Still Creek, the Brunette River, Burnaby Lake, Deer Lake, and Squint Lake. The SkyTrain rapid transit system, based in Burnaby, crosses the city from east to west in two places, the Expo Line crosses the south along Kingsway and the Millennium Line follows Lougheed Highway. Major north-south streets crossing the City include Boundary Road, Willingdon Avenue, Royal Oak Avenue, Kensington Avenue, Sperling Avenue, Gaglardi Way, Cariboo Road, and North Road. East-west routes linking Burnabys neighbouring cities to other include Hastings Street, Barnet Highway
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Brad Wright
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Brad Wright is a Canadian television producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known as the creator or co-creator of the television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and he was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before the inception of the Stargate franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and he has also written scripts for several other television series including Neon Rider, Adventures of the Black Stallion, The Odyssey, Highlander, The Series and Poltergeist, The Legacy. He has appeared twice in Stargate SG-1, as an executive in the 100th episode, Wormhole X-Treme. In July of the year, he won the 2007 Constellation Award in the category Best Overall 2006 Science Fiction Film or Television Script for the episode of Stargate SG-1 entitled 200. In late March 2009, Wright was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Script, the nomination was for the season 5 Stargate Atlantis episode The Shrine. In April 2016, Wright created and wrote a new drama called Travelers. Brad Wright at the official Stargate website Brad Wright at the Internet Movie Database
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Dan Shea (actor)
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Dan Shea, Daniel J. Shea is a Canadian actor and stunt coordinator who is best known for his recurring role as Sgt. Siler on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and he is the father of actresses Joey Shea and Stephanie Shea. He was the stunt coordinator and Richard Dean Andersons stunt double on the same series - Stargate SG-1 and he previously served as Andersons stand-in on MacGyver. He has appeared in episodes of three different series with Richard Dean Anderson, MacGyver, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, in Season 1, Episode 18 of Stargate SG-1, Tin Man he appeared as Colonel Jack ONeills clone. He has been credited in all 214 episodes of Stargate SG-1 as either an actor, dan was the stunt coordinator on the movie X-Men, The Last Stand and the show Psych. He appeared in a role as the zombified Father Buckner in the acclaimed 2012 horror film The Cabin in the Woods. He was a College Hockey player but suffered an eye injury ended his sports career
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Gary Jones (actor)
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Gary Jones is a Welsh-born Canadian actor, who has worked on television and on stage in Britain and Canada. He is known for his role as CMSgt. Walter Harriman in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and he has also made guest appearances on such shows as Sliders, Cold Squad, The Outer Limits, Andromeda and Dead Like Me. Gary Jones was a member of the improv group Mission Improvable and he joined Torontos Second City Improv Company in the mid-1980s. In 1986 with Second City he went to Vancouver for Expo 86, after the Expo was finished, Jones stayed in Vancouver, and started his acting career with guest appearances in TV shows such as Wiseguy, Airwolf and Dangerbay. He was also a player of the Vancouver TheatreSports League, gary Jones is known not only for acting on screen and stage but also for hosting events, including several Leo Awards galas and the BCSS Emerald Eve gala. Gary Jones at the Internet Movie Database
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Jay Acovone
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Jay Acovone is an American actor who was born in Mahopac, New York as the son of a dry-cleaning business owners. Acovone starred in movies during the 2000s and also appeared in several television series including Beauty. He also appeared as Charles Kawalsky in season 1,2,3 and 8 of Stargate SG-1 and he can be seen playing the officer pulling over the TX Terminator in Terminator 3. He appeared in Criminal Minds, guest-starring as Detective Morrison of the Palm Beach Police Department who enlists the BAUs help in capturing a bomber in the episode and he also appeared in an episode of Friends. Jay guest starred in three episodes of Sliders, Jay played Skip Lee in the film Cruising. Jay guest starred as a Casino owner with unconfirmed Mafia connections in a 2012 episode of The Mentalist entitled Pink Champagne on Ice, in Independence Day, he played a guard who at first denies Will Smiths character entrance to Area 51. In 2011, he appeared on the How I Met Your Mother episode Field Trip, Jay also appeared in at least three episodes of The X-Files, first in Demons as Detective Joe Curtis. Later, he portrayed Duffy Haskell in Per Manum and Essence, Jay Acovone at the Internet Movie Database Jay Acavone - profile on Industry Central
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Peter DeLuise
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DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 film Hot Stuff. He landed his best known acting role, as Officer Doug Penhall, in the 1987 Fox series 21 Jump Street and his brother Michael came on the show in the fifth season where he played his younger brother, Officer Joey Penhall. DeLuise is also known for his role as Dagwood on the NBC science fiction television series SeaQuest DSV from 1994 to 1996. DeLuise has made guest appearances on the television shows The Facts of Life,21 Jump Street spin-off Booker, Friends, Highlander, The Series, Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda, and Stargate SG-1. In 1997, he working on the series Stargate SG-1, serving as producer, writer, director. He has appeared, normally as an extra, in episode of the series he has directed. He went on to work as producer, director and writer for the Stargate SG-1 spin-off Stargate Atlantis. His father, Dom DeLuise, made a guest appearance in the Stargate SG-1 episode Urgo, Peter also made a cameo in the episode as the Urgo character transformed to be a young man in a United States Air Force uniform. DeLuise directed the CBC television series jPod, based on the novel of the name by Douglas Coupland. He made a cameo appearance alongside Johnny Depp in the 2012 film adaptation,21 Jump Street. Depp, DeLuise and Holly Robinson reprised their roles as Tom Hanson, Doug Penhall and Judy Hoffs, respectively
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Peter Williams (actor)
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Peter Williams is a Jamaican-born actor currently residing in Canada. The majority of his work has been in television, including his role as the primary villain Apophis in the first four seasons of Stargate SG-1, however, he has also appeared on the big screen in films such as Catwoman and The Chronicles of Riddick. His brother Stephen is also in the entertainment business, and has directed episodes of television shows including Dark Angel, Crossing Jordan. In 1995, two prior to Stargate SG-1s premiere, Williams starred in the 1995 movie Jungleground with three other actors from the Stargate franchise, Torri Higginson, J. R. Bourne. Most recently, he played the lead Gene Wright in Frances-Anne Solomons 2007 feature film A Winter Tale. Paul Sweetwater, A True Rock Story, Albert Moore Little Boy Blues, Casino Dealer #2 Moment of Truth, Into the Arms of Danger, Frank She Woke Up Pregnant, Undercover cop Halifax f
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Robert C. Cooper
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Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer and producer best known for his work in the Stargate franchise. He was formerly a producer of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis. He also co-created both Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe with Brad Wright, Cooper has written and produced many episodes of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe as well as directed a number of episodes. Cooper started his career with a series of films, the first of which was Blown Away. Whilst working on Stargate SG-1, Cooper is credited with writing 52 episodes, Cooper became a co-executive producer of Stargate SG-1 in season 4, and a full executive producer in season 5. He made a appearance in the Stargate SG-1 fifth season episode Wormhole X-Treme. in which he was a staff writer who was told to get back to work. Cooper was responsible for creating much of the backstory of the Stargate universe, according to Stargate SG-1, The Essential Scripts, Coopers ideas about the history of the Stargate universe were his own, he wasnt working from ideas in a series bible. Cooper created the Ancients, the race that built the stargates and he also developed the idea of the Alliance of Four Races, even though two of the races had been invented by other writers. In December 2003, it was announced that Cooper and Brad Wright had been working on a Stargate SG-1 spin-off series titled Stargate Atlantis, Cooper made his directorial debut with Crusade a ninth season episode of Stargate SG-1. In the 10th season premiere episode Flesh and Blood, Coopers daughter Emma played the 4 year old Adria, later in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1, in early scenes of the episode Talion, his older daughter Megan Elizabeth Cooper played a jaffa girl. Cooper also directed Unending the final episode of Stargate SG-1, following the conclusion of SG-1, Cooper wrote and directed the direct-to-DVD movie Stargate, The Ark of Truth. After Stargate Atlantis was cancelled, Cooper and Brad Wright went on to create another spin-off, in June 2010, it was revealed that Cooper was stepping back to. A consulting role for the end of Stargate Universe season 2, out of fifteen nominations, Cooper has received four awards. Cooper at Stargate Official Website Robert C. Cooper at the Internet Movie Database
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Teryl Rothery
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Teryl Rothery is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1, Rothery first became interested in a performing career when she danced in the musical Bye Bye Birdie at the age of 13. Rothery knew that she belonged in front of the camera when she played in the CBC Halloween special, Boo, in her teens, being a talented dancer, singer and musician, she was a performer on a North Vancouver-shot TV variety show starring Tom Jones. She is best known for her role of Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1. Rothery has appeared in many other series, including The X-Files, The Outer Limits, First Wave, Stargate SG-1, Jeremiah. Kyle XY, Eureka and many others and she played a small role in the Babylon 5 direct-to-DVD movie, Voices in the Dark, as ISN Reporter, Ms. Chambers. She played Lenore Molee in the 1994 TV movie, For the Love of Nancy, in 2010, she was on the Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, as Evelyn. In 2011, she played Mrs. Turner in the Nickelodeon TV movie A Fairly Odd Movie, Grow Up and this was followed by A Fairly Odd Christmas on November 29,2012. From 2013 to 2015, she was a regular cast member in the Hallmark Channel drama series Cedar Cove, Rothery has acted in theatre in her native Vancouver — appearing in Kiss Me, Kate and The Taming of the Shrew in March 2006. In March 2007, she appeared in A Delicate Balance, a play by Edward Albee, in 2009, Rothery starred in the Canadian premiere of Good Boys and True, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and directed by Jeff Hyslop. The play ran at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, Rothery has been nominated for four Leo Awards. In 2008, she was nominated in the category, Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama for her work in the short film Coffee Diva. In 2009, she was nominated in the category, Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for the episode Sound of Loneliness from The Guard, Rothery was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She gave birth to a daughter, Londyn, on October 3,2008, official website Teryl Rothery at the Internet Movie Database
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Tony Amendola
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Tony Amendola is an American actor who is best known for playing the Jaffa master Bratac in Stargate SG-1. Amendola is also known for his role as revolutionary leader Edouard Kagame of Liber8 in the television show Continuum. He is currently playing a character on ABCs Once Upon a Time as Pinocchios creator/father, amendolas major movie roles include Blow, The Mask of Zorro and its sequel, The Legend of Zorro. He also appeared in Dexter where he played one of Dexters mothers killers and he also played Gepetto/Marco in ABCs fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time. Tony Amendola at the Internet Movie Database Fan site, Selmak. Org Tony Amendola on Twitter
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Best Western
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Best Western International, Inc. operator of the Best Western Hotels & Resorts brand, operates about 4,100 hotels and motels. The chain, with its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The brand was founded by M. K, david Kong is the president and CEO of Best Western, and Dorothy Dowling is the chief marketing officer. In 1964, Canadian hotel owners joined the system, Best Western then expanded to Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand in 1976. In 2002, Best Western International launched Best Western Premier in Europe, in 2011, the chains branding system-wide changed to a three-tiered system, Best Western, Best Western Plus, and Best Western Premier. Since it no longer operates under a brand, Best Western concurrently modified its slogan in 2011 from the worlds largest hotel chain to the worlds largest hotel family. Best Western began in the years following World War II, at the time, most hotels were either large urban properties or smaller family owned roadside hotels. In California, a network of independent hotel operators began making referrals of each other to travelers and this “referral system” consisted of phone calls between one desk operator and another. This small and informal network eventually grew into the modern Best Western hotel chain founded by M. K, the name Best Western was a result of most of their properties originally being in the United States west of the Mississippi River. This partnership made sense geographically, but was not successful in the long run, Best Westerns Gold Crown logo was introduced in 1964 and would continue with a few minor revisions over the next 32 years until it was replaced by a blue and yellow logo in 1996. In 2015, Best Western introduced a new family of logos, replacing the logo and adding signage for Best Western Plus. Best Western used to call itself a cooperative association. Around 1985, it abandoned the cooperative terminology after courts insisted on calling it a franchisor despite its nonprofit status, now there are over 260 Best Western hotels within Great Britain. In 1981, Homestead Motor Inns of Australia affiliated with Best Western and this move put International after the Best Western name. The company has since known as Best Western International. In early 2007, Best Western Australia took over the rights to operate Best Western properties in New Zealand from the previous company and this was a bold but beneficial move for the brand as it made way for better quality properties to be brought into the brand. Currently, Best Western Australia has 205 properties in the group, as of 21 May 2013, Best Western International has announced that it will take over management of the Green Hill Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. The acquisition will give the hotel Best Westerns brand name and place presence in Myanmar as Best Westerns first hotel establishment in the country, Best Western charges its franchisees a rate that is based on an initial cost plus a fee for each additional room
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Colin Cunningham
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Colin Alexander Cunningham is an American television and film actor. Cunningham is best known for his role as John Pope in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies, Cunningham began his acting career when he was dared by a friend to audition for a role in a public casting call. He was a member of the Open Fist Theatre Company. He had a role on Stargate SG-1 as USAF Major Paul Davis. Another major role was his portrayal of Brian Curtis, a cop, in the popular. He reprises the role of Brian Curtis in the 2006 sequel series and he appeared as Steven Lefkowitz in the short-lived jPod and in several episodes of The L Word. Other appearances include the Canadian series Flashpoint and in Sanctuary, where he plays the husband of a biologist friend of Henry Foss. His most notable role is as John Pope on Falling Skies He starred as an anti-clone activist named Tripp in the 2000 thriller The 6th Day and he wrote, directed, and starred in a short film titled Centigrade, a contemporary thriller. It was the winner of the 2007 Kick Start Award, Colin Cunningham at the Internet Movie Database Colins Facebook Page Colin Cunningham on Twitter Colins Web Page Centigrade the Movie Falling Skies site Colin Cunningham Fans
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Erick Avari
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Erick Avari is an Indian-American television, film and theater actor known primarily for his roles in science-fiction serial productions. Erick Avari was born Nariman Eruch Avari in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India and his father, Eruch Avari, ran two movie theatres, the Capitol and the Rink. His early education was at the prestigious North Point School, which he attended as a day-scholar and he later studied at the College of Charleston. Erick is a member of the Avari-Madan family of Darjeeling and Calcutta and his great-great-grandfather was Jamshedji Framji Madan, one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. He is one of two actors, along with Alexis Cruz, to appear in both the original Stargate movie and the spin-off series Stargate SG-1. C. The Sarah Silverman Program, Leverage, Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman, Covert Affairs and he appeared in cameo roles in JAG, Living People, NYPD Blue, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, Roseanne, Judging Amy, NCIS, and Everwood. In the video game Zork Grand Inquisitor, he played Grand Inquisitor Mir Yannick and he also appeared in The Librarian, Return to King Solomons Mines. Beginning in the autumn of 2006, a photograph of Avari and he did not appear onscreen until the episode Seven Minutes to Midnight, as his character is part of the backstory and had died before the events of the pilot. When his character does appear, it is only in flashbacks until the episode Six Months Ago, in this episode, Suresh moves to New York and contacts people on the list he generated of those he believes to have special genetic aberrations. Over the course of his career, Avari has portrayed representatives of more than 24 ethnicities, as of November 2006, he has appeared in 33 feature films and over 70 television episodes. Avari has appeared with Brent Spiner in four different productions, Star Trek, The Next Generation, Independence Day, The Master of Disguise, and Home Alone 4. He performed opposite Richard Gere in a film based on a true story, Hachi, A Dogs Tale, in which he played Jasjeet. Avari was scheduled to reprise in his role as Kasuf in the Stargate SG-1 Season Six finale Full Circle, but was unable to do so due to his commitment to Dragnet. In January 2009, he played a cell phone salesman in Paul Blart, Mall Cop, in 2014, Avari voiced Master Rahool in the science fiction video game Destiny. In 2017, Avari will be seen in the U. S Conspiracy Thriller Project Eden, Vol. I. C
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Virginia Hey
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Virginia Hey is an Australian actress, known for her role as Pau Zotoh Zhaan in the science fiction television series Farscape. In Australia, she is known for playing the Warrior Woman in Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior. Hey began her career as a model after being discovered at a bus stop. Hey appeared on magazine covers and started her acting career in television advertisements, television drama and films in Australia. She appeared in the video for Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles as a woman being lowered in a giant test tube. The video is remembered best for being the first music video broadcast on MTV in 1981 and her film and television credits include the Warrior Woman in Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior and General Pushkins girlfriend in the Bond film The Living Daylights. She is well known for the role of the blue-skinned alien priestess Zotoh Zhaan in Farscape, Hey has also appeared in various Australian soap operas including Prisoner as Leigh Templar, Neighbours as Beth Travers, E Street as Jennifer St. James, and Pacific Drive as Margaux Hayes. Since leaving Farscape, Hey has started her own company, White Flower Lei and she currently resides in the UK. Hey teaches meditation across the United States and UK, and is certified in natural therapy, official website Virginia Hey at the Internet Movie Database
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Corin Nemec
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Corin Corky Nemec is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. Nemec is known for playing the character on Parker Lewis Cant Lose, Jonas Quinn on Stargate SG-1. Nemecs mother was a graphic artist as well as a painter, writer and his father, Joseph Charles Nemec III, works in the film industry as a set designer and production designer. Nemec works also as an assistant director He is close friends with actor David Faustino of Married, with Children, with whom he has a production company and is co-starring in Star-ving, a webseries spoofing HBOs Entourage and airing on Crackle. Nemec was inspired to become an actor after watching the childrens film The Goonies at the age of 13 and he also cites his parents artistic professions as a major influence, and that acting seemed the right thing to do. Nemec began training with the Centre Stage LA theatre company and signed on with an agent after performing in one of their talent showcases. He was booked for several such as Suzuki and eventually landed a guest-spot on the TV show Sidekicks starring Ernie Reyes. His first major role was Tucker, The Man and His Dream in 1988. He appeared in several TV shows, earning an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Steven Stayner in the television film I Know My First Name Is Steven and he starred alongside legendary actors Jack Palance, Peter Boyle and Charlton Heston in the 1990 feature film Solar Crisis. Nemec played the lead in the TV series Parker Lewis Cant Lose from 1990 to 1993, also, in 1993, Nemec was cast as Harold Lauder in a TV adaptation of Stephen Kings The Stand. In 1997, he played a role in the movie Goodbye. He also starred in the TV movies My Brothers Keeper alongside Jeanne Tripplehorn, Nemec has made appearances on several TV shows, including Tales from the Crypt, Smallville, CSI, NY, CSI, Miami, Supernatural, and Ghost Whisperer. He also portrayed the serial killers Richard Speck and Ted Bundy and he played leading parts in some original Sci Fi Channel made TV-movies as Sea Beast, Mansquito, SS Doomtrooper, and Dragon Wasps. During the 1990s, Nemec had a foray into hip-hop, recording an entire album with the group Starship of Foolz, developed by Matt Robinson and Dedra Tate. He produced a new series starring Paul Mooney as the president of the United States. He also appeared in the music video Beer for My Horses by Toby Keith, from 2002 to 2004, he appeared as Jonas Quinn on Stargate SG-1, temporarily replacing Michael Shanks in the line-up of the SG-1 team. In January 2013, while working on the film Poseidon Rex, Nemec was involved in a accident in which, while being transported to set. His leg was shattered and he required multiple blood transfusions to save his life, webster as Nicky Papadopolis Tucker, The Man and His Dream as Noble Tucker Whats Alan Watching
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Joseph Mazzello
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Mazzello was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in Hyde Park, New York, the son of Virginia and Joseph Mazzello, Jr. who owned a performing arts school. He has one sister, Mary, and a younger brother, John. His father is of three quarters Italian and one quarter German Jewish ancestry, while his mother is of Irish, Polish, Mazzello went to Catholic school Our Lady of Lourdes. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, entering the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2001 following a letter from director Steven Spielberg. Mazzello paid for school with his salary from an appearance in The Lost World, Jurassic Park. Mazzellos first film appearance was a role in Presumed Innocent. He followed up that success with a role as an abused child in the drama Radio Flyer. In 2010, Mazzello played Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook in the David Fincher-directed film The Social Network. Mazzello made his debut with the short film Matters of Life and Death in which he also stars, the cast includes David Strathairn, Daniel Gillies. Official website Joseph Mazzello at the Internet Movie Database Matters of Life and Death official website
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Martin Wood (director)
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Martin Wood is a Canadian television director who has been directing since the mid-1990s. Specializing in science fiction, where he is best known for his work as a director and producer on Stargate SG-1, Martin Wood began his television career in 1995. In addition, Martin directed two TV specials on sudden infant death syndrome, along with Peter DeLuise, Andy Mikita and Will Waring, Wood was one of Stargate SG-1s main directors during its 10-year run. He is also featured on many Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis DVD special features, such as featurettes, recently, Wood was the director for the science-fiction series Sanctuary, starring Amanda Tapping and Christopher Heyerdahl. He was also set to direct Stargate, Revolution, the third Stargate SG-1 direct-to-DVD movie, Wood has won 1 award, out of 5 nominations. Martin Wood at the Internet Movie Database Martin Wood at Stargate Official Site Martin Wood on StargateWiki
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Suanne Braun
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Suanne Braun is a South African TV presenter and actress. Braun made her debut in 1988 working as a TV presenter in her native South Africa. For five years she hosted a travel series Bon Voyage for which she travelled to numerous countries, Braun co-presented Miss South Africa and Miss World for three consecutive years in the early 1990s, and received the Peoples Choice award for South Africas most beautiful woman in 1993. A number of TV specials followed, after a brief visit to the USA, Braun was signed by the William Morris agency and decided to stay in the country for some time. She has appeared in a number of American television shows and theatre productions Just Shoot Me, Prowler, FX-the series and her last recurring role on series television was on the troubled series Starhyke, filmed in 2004 and eventually aired in 2011. Braun has performed stand up in Los Angeles and South Africa, since moving to London, Braun has continued to work in theatre and television. West End credits have included the role of Tanya in Mamma Mia, Fraulein Kost in Rufus Norris award winning production of Cabaret, Braun appeared in the UK premiere of the musical Bernada Alba, which ran at the Union Theatre in London in 2011. Braun has also returned to her roots on several occasions hosting gala benefits, red carpet events. Braun has also recorded a cover of Feeling Good on Passion Jazz as well as singing lead vocals on the hit song, Braun married industrial psychologist Christopher Garner, son of South African actor Rex Garner, in 2002. Stargate SG-1 F/X, The Series Wings Silk Stalkings The Big Time Red Dwarf XI Suanne Braun at the Internet Movie Database
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Alex Zahara
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Alex Zahara is a Canadian actor and a voice actor. Zahara was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, according to his mother, he has always enjoyed performing for others. He grew up loving the classics in acting, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and he was involved with theatre while still in school, performing in a stage version of MASH. While he was taking time off to travel Europe and while lying on a beach in Greece. Zahara later taught the Acting for Teens class at the Vancouver Film School, Zahara graduated with a BFA from the University of Alberta and University of British Columbia
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Dan Payne
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Dan Payne is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think. Payne was a volleyball player, after his retirement he traveled to Australia where he began his acting career by creating short films with his brother. Payne played the part of the Kull Warriors in Stargate SG-1, Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in Mulligans, a role that Payne described as It is still one of my proudest efforts. He also appeared as Dollar Bill in Watchmen, Payne starred as Cesar Divine in the web based television series Divine, The Series that stretched four episodes. Payne has starring roles in Hallmark Channels 2016 movies All Yours, with Nicolette Sheridan and A Time To Dance, Payne also landed a recurring role on Good Witch. Film Television Official website Dan Payne on Twitter Dan Payne on Facebook Dan Payne at the Internet Movie Database
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David Winning
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David Winning is a Canadian and American dual Citizen film and television director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and occasional actor. Although Winning has worked in film and TV genres, his name is most commonly associated with science fiction, thrillers. Winning was born in Calgary, Alberta and he became a dual citizen of the US and Canada in 2003 and lives in Los Angeles. He was making films at age ten with a Super 8 camera and it was shot with money that his father had set aside for film school and was screened at Cannes. It took four years to finish and was released by Golan-Globus Cannon Films International, a December 11,1989 LA Times review called the film taut, ambitious and darkly comic. At 27, he directed episodes of Friday the 13th, The Series for Paramount and his second feature Killer Image followed in 1992, the mystery-thriller starred Michael Ironside and M. Emmet Walsh. He directed Kim Cattrall, Sean Young, and Eric McCormack in the award-winning thriller Exception to the Rule and his biggest budget studio movie to date is the $29-million kids sci-fi action sequel Turbo, A Power Rangers Movie for 20th Century Fox. He directed seven episodes of the Cannell police series Street Justice with Carl Weathers, Winning said “Episodic TV gets no respect” in a March 2000 Toronto Star interview. He directed a 16-year-old Ryan Gosling in the Pilot and seven episodes of the Paramount UPN kid series Breaker High, according to the February 2010 Avatar issue of Sci Fi Magazine, he was slated to direct the movie Sinbad, The Fifth Voyage with Patrick Stewart. He is directing XIII, The Series with Stuart Townsend, produced by Roger Avary for French Canal +, Winning has won the 1995 Gold Hugo Award and two Silver Plaques from the Chicago International Film Festival, and four national Gemini Award nominations for Best Director/Dramatic Series. In 2002 he accepted the first national award from the Directors Guild of Canada Best TV series Drama for Twice in a Lifetime and was nominated again in 2006. His episode of Stargate, Atlantis, Childhood’s End, won three awards for Directing, New York, Houston and Chicago in 2005. In April 2008, Winning won two Directing awards at the Houston Film Festival/WorldFest in Texas and a Special Jury Award for his work on the Lifetime Television vampire series Blood Ties, Winning was honored at the 2008 Big Island Film Festival in Hawaii. He received a Special Career award on May 17,2008 with a reception in his honor in Waikōloa Village, Swamp Devil also won the Golden Honu for Best Foreign feature film. A doublebill of his two movies was presented at the outdoor festival, Swamp Devil starring Bruce Dern and Black Swarm starring Robert Englund. The first in his trilogy was Something Beneath with Kevin Sorbo in 2007, Black Swarm also screened at the Boston Film Festival on Friday the 13th of June,2008. Both films were produced in Montréal by Muse Entertainment for the SYFY Channel, official website David Winning at the Internet Movie Database
