Liana K
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Liana Kerzner better known by her stage name
, Liana K, is a Canadian television
entertainer who co-hosted the talk show
Ed & Red's Night Party and is a well-known cosplayer.
and Anthropology
at York University
, she abandoned her academic studies in 1997 when she was hired for behind-the-scenes work on Ed's Night Party. This eventually led to Kerzner earning the positions of senior producer and co-head writer of the program. By 2004, she joined Ed the Sock
, voiced by her husband Steven Kerzner, to become the first female co-host on the show.
Kerzner has also been involved in many of Ed the Sock's other media projects, including the annual Fromage
specials and Smartass: The Ed the Sock Report, both on the Canadian cable
music
and variety
television channel
MuchMusic
. She and Ed also co-hosted the 2007 Constellation Awards.
She has also written for the Accidental Comics series Ed and Red's Comic Strip (in which she appears in both photographs and art), and has appeared at a number of comic book and science fiction conventions
to promote the comic and Ed's Night Party.
Kerzner has been also active as a performer in theatre and competitive dance from a young age. Kerzner has been married to Steven Kerzner since 1999. She wrote an article for the Toronto Star about constructing a costume in advance of the 2009 Toronto Fan Expo.
From the fall of 2009 to September 2010, Liana and Steven Kerzner were the hosts of the weekly radio show Sunday Nights with Liana and Steven on NEWSTALK 1010 CFRB in Toronto.
After two years off the air, Ed the Sock
returned to TV on CHCH with a new show This Movie Sucks!
which is similar to his old show on City-TV, Ed's Nite In. The show is once again co-hosted by Liana K and also features comedian Ron Sparks. The show has featured such movie "classics" as Bride of the Gorilla and Starman.
, such as the infobox illustrated example at right in which she appeared as Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn
, and the 2008 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
for which she dressed in Princess Leia's slave girl outfit from Return of the Jedi.
Together with others in the Toronto community, Liana is putting together a brand new convention called Futurecon, for New Year's Eve 2010.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
, Liana K, is a Canadian television
Television
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entertainer who co-hosted the talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
Ed & Red's Night Party and is a well-known cosplayer.
Biography
After studying English LiteratureEnglish literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
and Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, she abandoned her academic studies in 1997 when she was hired for behind-the-scenes work on Ed's Night Party. This eventually led to Kerzner earning the positions of senior producer and co-head writer of the program. By 2004, she joined Ed the Sock
Ed the Sock
Ed the Sock is a puppet, created and voiced by Steven Kerzner, that became a Canadian television personality in the 1990s, best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and his own talk show, Ed's Night Party, later renamed Ed & Red's Night Party...
, voiced by her husband Steven Kerzner, to become the first female co-host on the show.
Kerzner has also been involved in many of Ed the Sock's other media projects, including the annual Fromage
Fromage
Fromage was an annual one-hour special produced by the Canadian MuchMusic cable channel. Originally hosted by songwriter Christopher Ward, beginning in the late 1980s , Fromage pays "tribute" to music videos that are considered the worst or cheesiest of the year by MuchMusic staff.- History :Since...
specials and Smartass: The Ed the Sock Report, both on the Canadian cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and variety
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
television channel
Television channel
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MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
. She and Ed also co-hosted the 2007 Constellation Awards.
She has also written for the Accidental Comics series Ed and Red's Comic Strip (in which she appears in both photographs and art), and has appeared at a number of comic book and science fiction conventions
Fan convention
A fan convention, or con , is an event in which fans of a particular film, television series, comic book, actor, or an entire genre of entertainment such as science fiction or anime and manga, gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and...
to promote the comic and Ed's Night Party.
Kerzner has been also active as a performer in theatre and competitive dance from a young age. Kerzner has been married to Steven Kerzner since 1999. She wrote an article for the Toronto Star about constructing a costume in advance of the 2009 Toronto Fan Expo.
From the fall of 2009 to September 2010, Liana and Steven Kerzner were the hosts of the weekly radio show Sunday Nights with Liana and Steven on NEWSTALK 1010 CFRB in Toronto.
Return to TV
Ed the Sock
Ed the Sock is a puppet, created and voiced by Steven Kerzner, that became a Canadian television personality in the 1990s, best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and his own talk show, Ed's Night Party, later renamed Ed & Red's Night Party...
returned to TV on CHCH with a new show This Movie Sucks!
This Movie Sucks!
This Movie Sucks! is a Canadian comedy television series hosted by Ed the Sock, premièring on May 28, 2010, two years after Ed's Night Party went off the air. The show is similar to another former Ed the Sock series, Ed's Nite In...
which is similar to his old show on City-TV, Ed's Nite In. The show is once again co-hosted by Liana K and also features comedian Ron Sparks. The show has featured such movie "classics" as Bride of the Gorilla and Starman.
Comic convention appearances
She usually appears at these events dressed in the costume of a comic book or sci-fi characterScience fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, such as the infobox illustrated example at right in which she appeared as Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn
Dawn (comics)
Dawn is a fictional character created by comic book artist Joseph Michael Linsner. She first appeared on the cover of Cry for Dawn #1 before featuring in her own one shot Drama from the new publisher Sirius Entertainment and then the miniseries Dawn: Lucifer's Halo, Dawn: Return of the Goddess,...
, and the 2008 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
for which she dressed in Princess Leia's slave girl outfit from Return of the Jedi.
Together with others in the Toronto community, Liana is putting together a brand new convention called Futurecon, for New Year's Eve 2010.
| # | Convention/Event | Date | Cosplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon | 2006 | Hawkgirl Hawkgirl Hawkgirl is the name of several female fictional superhero characters, all owned by DC Comics and existing in that company's universe. The character is one of the first costumed female superheroes... |
| 1 | San Diego Comic Con | 2006 | Sheena Sheena Sheena is an anglicisation of Sine, the Scottish Gaelic form of the name Jane, in turn the feminine form of John.Of Hebrew origin, it means "God is gracious".The name Sheena can refer to:... |
| 2 | Wizard World: Chicago | 2007 | Power Girl Power Girl Power Girl is a DC Comics superheroine, making her first appearance in All Star Comics #58 .... |
| 3 | Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon | 2007 | Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman is the name of several fictional characters, female counterparts to the superhero Batman. The original version was created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. Her alter ego is Kathy Kane. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media beginning in Detective... |
| 4 | San Diego Comic Con | 2008 | Poison Ivy |
| 5 | Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo | 2008 | Princess Leia (slave outfit) |
| 6 | Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon | 2008 | Dawn Dawn (comics) Dawn is a fictional character created by comic book artist Joseph Michael Linsner. She first appeared on the cover of Cry for Dawn #1 before featuring in her own one shot Drama from the new publisher Sirius Entertainment and then the miniseries Dawn: Lucifer's Halo, Dawn: Return of the Goddess,... |
| 7 | Wizard World Toronto Comicon | 2011 | Hatter |