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Yasiin Bey
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Yasiin Bey (/jæˈsiːn ˈbeɪ/; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def, is an American retired rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor.
Regarded as one of hip hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def, has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium. With the release of "Universal Magnetic" (1996), he became an underground favorite in the hip-hop world, leading to his legendary collaboration with Talib Kweli. The two formed Black Star whose debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, would become one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums. He followed with his 1999 solo debut, Black On Both Sides, which was certified gold and credited by critics as bringing hip hop back to its soapbox roots.
He was a former child actor in television films, sitcoms, and theater, and continued acting as an adult after launching his rap career. He appeared in Spike Lee's Bamboozled, MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 2002's critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, Showtime, and the 2002 romantic comedy Brown Sugar, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination. He hosted Def Poetry Jam from 2002 to 2007.
He completed his Broadway debut in 2002 in the Tony-nominated, Pulitzer Prize-winning, Topdog/Underdog. He then re-teamed with Topdog playwright, Suzan Lori Parks and director George Wolfe for the off-Broadway play Fucking A, for which he earned an Obie Award.
In 2003, he starred in The Italian Job alongside Ed Norton, Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron. In 2004, he starred opposite Alan Rickman in the critically acclaimed HBO movie Something the Lord Made, for which he received a 2004 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie. He was also nominated for both a Golden Globe Award (Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture) and Golden Satellite Award (Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television) for the same role.
He continued his music career by releasing his highly anticipated and critically acclaimed sophomore solo release, The New Danger (2004). The first single, "Sex, Love and Money" earned him a 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative/Urban Performance, and the album has been certified gold by the RIAA.
The following year, he appeared alongside Bruce Willis in the crime thriller 16 Blocks (2006), in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, and had a cameo appearance in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Also in 2006, he released his third solo album, True Magic.
The next year, he appeared in the 2007 PBS historical documentary, Prince Among Slaves, and in 2008 he played the role of Chuck Berry in Cadillac Records. In 2009, he released the album The Ecstatic, which proved to be his second highest-charting album to date. He then appeared in the urban comedy Next Day Air, and (as himself) in the 2010 mockumentary film I’m Still Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Mos Def announced in September of 2011 that he changed his name to Yasiin Bey, and would go by it henceforth. In the first month of 2016, Bey declared his retirement from both the film and music industries.
In 2014, About.com listed him 14th on its "50 Greatest Rappers of All Time".
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Don Michael Paul
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Don Michael Paul, (born April 17, 1963) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. He starred in the movie Heart of Dixie. He wrote the screenplay for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. He was one of the three brothers in the short-lived 1992 CBS detective series, The Hat Squad. ("Winter People") He also played a prominent role in Models Inc. Robot Wars.
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Max Gillies
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Max Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor.
Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s.
In 1984 and 1985 he hosted the television program The Gillies Report, on the ABC. This was followed in 1986 by Gillies Republic and in 1992 by Gillies and Company. He was famous for being able to dress up and parody mercilessly a wide range of political figures, both in these television series and in two live solo theatrical performances he delivered later – The Big Con, and You're Dreaming.
In July 2008 Gillies resurrected his caricatures of Australia's former Prime Ministers in a in a live production of No Country for Old PMs: An Evening with Max Gillies at the Noosa Long Weekend festival.
He said in an interview with The Courier-Mail that he and co-writer Guy Rundle were also watching Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a possible new caricature in a new production being developed.
"I'm watching him closely," he said.
Gillies became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990.
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Charlie Chaplin
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Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
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Subhashree Ganguly
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Subhashree Ganguly (born 3 November 1990), also credited mononymously as Subhashree, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bengali movies. She forayed into showbiz by becoming the winner of Fairever Anandalok Nayikar Khonje talent hunt in 2006. One of the highest paid and leading actresses of Tollygunge Film Industry, Ganguly made her acting debut in 2007 with the Prabhat Roy film Pitribhumi (2007).
She has worked in numerous commercially successful Bengali films like Challenge (2009), Paran Jai Jaliya Re (2009), Romeo (2011), Khokababu (2012), Khoka 420 (2013), Boss (2013), Game (2014), Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay (2014), Abhimaan (2016), Boss 2: Back to Rule (2017), Nabab (2017), Chalbaaz (2018) as well as Parineeta (2019), Boudi Canteen (2022), Shontaan (2024), Grihapravesh (2025) and Dhumketu (2025).
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Andy Gould
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Andy Gould has firmly planted his feet in the film world as a producer, and a specialist in film financing. He's produced all of Rob Zombie's films including the controversial and critically acclaimed Lionsgate films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. Gould also produced Zombie's re-imagining of the horror classic Halloween (2007) for The Weinstein Company, which broke Labor Day box office records. He continued his role as producer on Halloween 2, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Zombie's animated feature), and a Butcher Brothers feature, The Violent Kind. Gould and Zombie's 7th feature film, The Lords of Salem, produced in conjunction with Jason Blum and Oren Peli (Insidious, Paranormal Activity franchise), and premiered to critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012. After much speculation and a heated bidding war, Anchor Bay Films emerged as the new home for The Lords of Salem which was released in April of 2013. Gould also has two projects in development, slated for production in 2014. He and Zombie have optioned the rights for the underdog story of the ruthless Philadelphia Flyers hockey team in the 1970s titled The Broad Street Bullies. He's also producing an independent film entitled Scumbag.
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David Greene
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L. David Syms-Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California.
Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for his television series and television film productions.
He died aged 82 on April 7, 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai, California.
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Christa Miller
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Christa Miller (born May 28, 1964) is an American actress who has achieved success in television comedy series. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show and Jordan Sullivan on Scrubs (which was created by her husband Bill Lawrence). She has also made appearances on Seinfeld and CSI: Miami. Since 2009, she has a starring role in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, also created by husband Bill Lawrence.
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Paige Solopitias
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Paige Solopitias is a Greek Australian aspiring actress. She started her acting career in 2022 with her debut role of Dahlia in the short film Possession. She has been praised for her role, encapsulating the horrors of possession in a refreshing and unique way. Since then she has also had a leading role as Bela in That Tall Poppy. Her methodology of getting into character with the use of mood boards and music curated to each new performance is a marvel. Her close friendship with Director Massimo Kimberlee has helped her test and pursue her abilities and skills in acting, achieving some truly incredible performances with more to come.
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