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Gary Trousdale

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gary A. Trousdale (born June 8, 1960) is an American film director known for directing movies such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He frequently directs films with Kirk Wise. Trousdale planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in 1982 to design storyboards and do other animation. He then went to work designing restaurant menus and t-shirts. Trousdale was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1985 as an effects animator on The Black Cauldron. He gained true prominence in his field with the success of his animated film directorial debut Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won a LAFCA Award. He later directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996. In 2001 he directed Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He moved to DreamWorks Animation in 2003, where he worked on projects such as The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, Shrek the Halls and more recently Scared Shrekless. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Trousdale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chitrapu Narayana Rao

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Chitrapu Narayana Rao (born Chithrapu Narayana Murthy 1913) was an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He received a Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Tamil Film for Edhir Paradhathu (1958) and Annaiyin Aanai (1962). He also won the Nandi Award for the 1967 Telugu film Bhakta Prahlada. He started his film career assisting his younger brother Chitrapu Narasimha Rao in films like Seetha Kalyanam, Sati Tulasi, Mohini Rukhmangadha and Krishna Jarasandha. His directorial debut was Bhakta Markandeya starring Vemuri Gaggayya and Sriranjani.[5] The film had done well establishing him as a director. He subsequently directed many movies like Myravana, Bhakta Prahlada, Daksha Yagnam, Bheeshma in both Telugu and Tamil languages. He has produced the film Krishna Kuchela in 1961. It was a failure and he went into financial problems. During the same period, He wanted to direct a movie for AVM Productions to regain his financial status. They started working on Bhakta Prahlada in 1965, for the first time in Eastman color. It was technically far superior to the Black and White version he made 25 years earlier. D. V. Narasa Raju was the co-writer for the project. The film was a box office success.
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Väino Aren

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Väino Aren (August 11, 1933 – April 18, 2023) was an Estonian ballet dancer, actor, and operetta singer. Born in Pala, Tartu County, Aren studied at Vanemuine Ballet Studio in Tartu. From 1953 until 1955, he studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School. In 1959 he graduated from Tallinn Choreographic School. From 1950 until 1971 (with pauses), he was ballet soloist at Estonia Theatre; from 1971 until 1975 operetta soloist and since 1978 a stage manager at Estonia Theatre. He also played in films and television series, such as his longstanding role as Kristjan Rosenkampf-Jägerfreund in the Eesti Televisioon drama series Õnne 13 from 1993 until his death in 2023. Väino Aren's father was a railway worker and his mother a kindergarten teacher. His older brother was actor Rein Aren. Aren was married to ballerina and frequent stage partner Helju Aren. They were married until her death in 1984. Aren was the partner of opera singer Anu Kaal from 1986
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Brandy Leary

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Brandy Leary creates contemporary performances through the body. Active as a performer, creator, collaborator and curator in the fields of dance and circus, she is the artistic director of Anandam Dancetheatre. Her performance works have been produced and performed in Canada, Europe, India, South Africa and the United States in theatres, urban environments, festivals, museums, art galleries and isolated landscapes. She has lived between Canada and India for the past eighteen years training, collaborating and creating (both explicitly and implicitly) in the traditional Indian performing languages of Seraikella and Mayurbhanj Chhau (dance), Kalarippayattu (martial art) and Rope Mallakhamb (aerial rope). In Canada she works with western approaches to aerial rope, post contemporary dance/circus practices and psychic/shamanistic explorations to create performances. Brandy is a founder and Co-Director of Collective Space (an alternative performance and rehearsal venue in Toronto’s west end), founder and Co-Artistic Director of CCAFT (Contemporary Circus Arts Festival of Toronto), developer of Anandam’s Audience In Residence Program and curator/co-producer of the Body Brake series at Theatre Passe Muraille and co curator of the new Contemporaneity series with Soraya Peerbaye.
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Zhone

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Zhone is a Grammy-nominated writer/producer from Maryland, based in LA. He has releases with artists such as Charli XCX (“Talk Talk ft. Troye Sivan”), Troye Sivan (“Rush”), Kesha (“JOYRIDE”), Debbii Dawson (“Happy World”, “Downer”, “Eulogy For Nobody”, etc.), Loreen (“Forever”), INJI (“UNTZ UNTZ”, “Hate Your Guts”), Maude Latour (“Too Slow”, “Cursed Romantics”), METTE (“BET”, “Muscle”) and has worked with a slew of other artists including Kylie Minogue, Demi Lovato, METTE, Kim Petras, Jade Thirlwall, Jessie Ware, Bebe Rexha, Ashnikko, etc. Recent collaborators include Ali Tamposi, Pablo Bowman, Madison Love, Jake Torrey, Lostboy, Sarah Hudson, Leland, Coffee, Castle, Lauren Aquilina, Alex Chapman, etc. Cuts and holds with Damiano, Kylie Minogue, Jax Jones, Alesso, Bebe Rexha, Kesha, Demi Lovato, etc.
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Elitza Gueorguieva

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Elitza Gueorgieva is an author of documentary films, performer, and writer. She was born in Sofia and has been living and working in Paris for the past 15 years. After completing her M.A. in Cinema, she worked as an assistant director and editor for a number of production companies. She also authored a number of documentaries, namely Waiting for, and Every Wall Is a Door (2 Specials Mentions of the jury of Cinéma du réel in Paris). Elitza Gueorguieva is also a writer. Her first novel "The Cosmonauts Are Just Passing by" was published in September 2016 by the Éditions Verticales (Award SDGL André Dubreuil for first novel). In addition, she has published short texts in different literary magazines (Dyonisies, Jef Klak et Vue sur cour). Elitza is a regular performer of literary texts on different stages and in various forums (le Tarmac, Le Théâtre Ouvert, le Khiasma, le Festival Hors-Limites, la Maison de la poésie in Paris, Paris en toutes lettres, etc).
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Sheryl Ang

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This 23-year-old attractive lass is not one to be belittled as she has an edge over the other contestants in the Star Search 2019 where she emerged as the top 12 finalists. Her modelling experience has trained her well in posing naturally in front of the cameras without fear and most importantly, with poise and confidence. She was also chosen as the campaign girl for established brands. Not only modelling, she also dwells before in theatre and film. She has a good grasp in languages and conversant in Korean too. Equipped with her 3rd language as well as her built confidence and good stage presence, she may be able to communicate and understand scripts better than the others, and hence enter into another character faster and also engage with audience more naturally.
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Diane Rehm

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diane Rehm (born Diane Aed; September 21,1936) is the host of Diane Rehm: On My Mind podcast, produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C. She also hosts a monthly book club series, Diane Rehm Book Club, at WAMU. Rehm is also the former American public radio talk show host of The Diane Rehm Show, which was distributed nationally and internationally by National Public Radio. The show was also produced at WAMU. Rehm had announced her plans to retire from hosting the show after the 2016 elections. The final program was recorded and distributed on December 23, 2016. Rehm announced she was going to host a weekly podcast, which she began doing in January 2017. Rehm is also the co-producer, narrator, and interviewer of When My Time Comes, distributed by PBS stations across the country. Her book by the same name was published in 2020 by Knopf. The Washington Post describes Rehm as a leading voice in the right to die debate.
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Janusz Monarcha

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Janusz Monarcha was born in Poland, studied at the University of Music in Wroclaw and won several singing competitions. He was first engaged at the Wroclaw Opera House. In 1986 he came to the Wiener Kammeroper, one year later Janusz Monarcha was already member of the ensemble of the Volksoper. Guest appearances led him to France, Monte Carlo, Hungary and the USA. Since 1991 he is member of the ensemble of the Wiener Staatsoper and has sung e.g. Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Oberpriester (Hérodiade), König (Aida), Pope (Lady Macbeth von Mzensk), Lord Valton (I puritani), Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Albert (La Juive), Daland (Fliegende Holländer), Geronte (Manon Lescaut), Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Colline, Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Kardinal Alfonso (Gesualdo), Oberpriester (Nabucco), Dorfrichter (Jen˚ufa), Bailli (Werther), Angelotti (Tosca), Reinmar von Zweter (Tannhäuser), Vanuzzi (Schweigsame Frau), Warlaam (Boris Godunow), Mönch (Don Carlo), Rocco (Fidelio), Pistola (Falstaff) and Pfarrer/Dachs (Schlaues Füchslein).     http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Monarcha.en.php
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Kelley Poling

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Cleveland-born Kelley Poling has transitioned from being one of the top bathing suit and athletic models of the late 90's to working as an actress in film and television. As a model, Kelley worked on campaigns with Hawaiian Tropic, Nike, Yamaha, and Harley Davidson. For a year between her modeling days and her acting career, she was on tour with Madonna. Kelley is trained in automatic weapons and martial arts techniques specific to film and television. When not filming, she travels the world as a competitive Classical Fencer and is proficient with foil, small-sword, dueling sword, rapier, and sabre. Poling has been training for more than 20 years in New York with Maestri Jeannette Acosta Martinez and Ray Martinez of the prestigious Martinez Academy of Arms. She also surfs, runs 5k races, and performs Celtic/Scottish music.
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