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"Border Cafe may refer to: *Border Cafe (film), a 1937 film *Border Cafe (TV series), a British TV series *Café Transit a 2005 film directed by Kambuzia Partoviaka, also known as Border Café "
"Charles "Chas" Lawther is a British-born Canadian actor, comedian and writer. Lawther came to local prominence in Toronto when in the 1980s he created the character of Chuck The Security Guard for CFMT-TV's The All-Night Show, on the ostensible premise that as the station's night security he would be allowed to use the broadcast facilities to play classic television shows, short films and music videos between sign-off and 6 a.m. Lawther and his comedy partner Suzette Couture formed the comedy duo Joined at the Hip, regularly playing comedy venues across Canada and at one point getting their own special on CBC. Lawther has written and hosted several comedy "stand-up mockumentaries" on CBC Radio. He also wrote episodes for television shows including Bob and Margaret, The Raccoons and The All-Night Show and the direct to video film The Sex and Violence Family Hour. He also created a television movie documentary film called Is It Arf? in which he hosted and starred with his wife Gail Kerbel. Many know him for his role hosting "The Showcase Revue" after the Showcase channel launched in Canada in the early 1990s. Lawther is still a working actor, and was a recurring character as a seemingly gormless television executive on CBC's Made in Canada. Filmography *1966 : Blowup - Waiter (uncredited) *1979 : Matt and Jenny - Friar *1980-1981: The All-Night Show (CFMT-TV, TV series host) - Chuck the Security Guard *1982 : Chuck's Choice Cuts (straight to video special produced for Admit One Video) - Chuck the Security Guard *1983 : The Littlest Hobo - Drugue / Proust / Mr. Proust / Murphy *1985 : Terminal Choice - Kingsley's Son-in-law *1986 : Mafia Princess - Make-up Artist *1986 : Police Academy 3: Back in Training - Mr. Delaney *1987 : Ford: The Man and the Machine - Connors *1988 : Friday the 13th: The Series - Phil / Bernie Bell *1989 : Champagne Charlie (TV movie) - David McLeod *1989 : George's Island - Blinky *1990 : Dracula: The Series - Lane Zorro *1991 : Street Legal - Ed Hollis *1992 : The Shower - Wayne *1993 : Shining Time Station - Ringmaster *1993 : E.N.G. - Philpott *1994 : The Ref - Santa Family #2 *1994 : Paint Cans - Wick Burns *1994 : The Mighty Jungle - Brill *1995 : Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (TV movie) - Arnie *1995 : Iron Eagle IV - Col. Birkett *1995 : Kung Fu: The Legend Continues *1996 : F/X: The Series - Konich *1997 : Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (TV series regular) - Video Customs Officer *1997 : Good Will Hunting - M.I.T. Professor *1998 : Elimination Dance *1998 : Made in Canada - Brian *1998 : La Femme Nikita - Gufeld *1999 : Power Play - Harrison Boulder *1999 : Love Letters (TV movie) - Harry *2000 : Urban Legends: Final Cut - Dean Patterson *2000 : The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne - Dr. Cordoba *2002 : Puppets Who Kill - Dr. Lester / Chester the Great *2003 : Slings and Arrows - Mr. Stewart *2004 : Zixx: Level One *2004 : Wonderfalls - Pastor *2004 : This is Wonderland *2007 : Is It Art? (CBC Television) \- Himself - Host *2007 : Full of It - Mr. Von Der Ahe *2008 : The Border - Bennett Barden *2009 : Little Mosque on the Prairie - Rivertree's Father *In development: Things That Intimidate Me (TVOntario) References External links * Northern Stars: Chas Lawther Foolish Earthling Productions: 10,000 Shiftless Nights production information All-Night Show reunion programme. *Chas Lawther at TV Guide Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:British emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian television writers Category:Canadian screenwriters Category:Canadian male television writers Category:Canadian male television actors Category:Canadian male film actors Category:Canadian male voice actors Category:Male actors from Toronto Category:Writers from Toronto "
"Nikki Hemming (born 1967) is the CEO and part owner of Sharman Networks and President of LEF Interactive, an agency based in Sydney, Australia, responsible for promoting and developing Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file sharing network, since 2002. As such, she has been a figure in the dispute between peer-to-peer networks and the music industry including a legal case between the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She is also suing Jon Newton, founder and editor of Canada's p2pnet, for alleged defamation. Early career She was born Nicola Anne Hemming in Northampton, England in 1967, and she emigrated to Australia in the early 1990s to work for Virgin Interactive. Hemming had previously worked in setting up offices in Germany, Spain and South Africa as well as working for Virgin Interactive and Grandslam Entertainment in the UK before relocating to Sydney. By 1997, Hemming was the CEO of Sega World, a now defunct theme park in the Darling Harbour district of the city. Sega World cost A$70 million to build but failed to attract sufficient visitors even during the Sydney Olympics. After it closed in 2000, Hemming worked for Viacom for a short while. Sharman Networks By 2002, Hemming had established LEF Interactive Pty Ltd, standing for Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, which would be responsible for managing Sharman Networks. Sharman Networks was established in Vanuatu, with the stated intention of investing in Internet companies. In March 2002, Sharman licensed Kazaa and the associated Fasttrack software from company founder Niklas Zennström after Kazaa had been sued by every major record label and movie studio in the US. As at March 2002, Sharman Networks had a decentralised structure which Hemming had set up. Hemming was the only public figure associated with the company and was widely believed to be the owner. The secretive nature of the new ownership arrangements meant that it took nearly a year for the record and movie industries to have enough information to take legal action against the company. In the meantime, Kazaa had become popular, reaching an estimated 64 million downloads of the software with four million installations of the program running at any one time. By 2003, Kazaa was the ninth most popular website in the world. In 2003, a judge in Los Angeles found that Kazaa was subject to US copyright rules. The US Supreme Court found in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. decided during June 2005, that peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa could be sued for copyright infringement. Although the justices could not agree whether it changed a previous ruling in, what is known as the "Betamax case" Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. that it is exempt if there are significant legitimate users of the technology. Kazaa was originally a party but action was dropped against it because it was based in Vanuatu and Australia. Hemming claims that she has offered to work with the recording industry to develop a secure system to download files. She signed a licensing deal with Altnet and Streamwaves to allow the distribution of 20,000 songs. Kazaa settled all of its outstanding legal issues together with Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the original founders of Kazaa, in August 2006 and all litigation ceased in Australia and the rest of the world. Sources * About Sharman Networks page * ZDNet Australia story on Hemming's plans for Kazaa 24 April 2002 * Wired article on Kazaa published February 2003 * Biography Research Center Online Gale Group Farmington Hills Michigan retrieved 13 August 2005 * * Melbourne Age article on Nikki Hemming, 5 March 2003 * Sydney Morning Herald report on raids February 2004 * Sydney Morning Herald article on evidence by Sharman Director of Technology Phil Morle on the acquisition of Kazaa References Category:Australian businesspeople Category:1967 births Category:Living people "