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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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Davis Aguila

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Marine Corps combat veteran Davis Aguila is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from James Ford Rhodes High School and joined the United States Marine Corps in 2003. Assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, he served in the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In early 2004, he deployed to Haiti with Operation Secure Tomorrow followed by two consecutive deployments in Iraq. Davis returned in 2007 and served an additional three years in the Reserves. During this time, he traveled to Quantico, Virginia to train pre-deployment Reserve Marines in convoy formations, vehicle and personnel searches and S.W.A.T. tactics. Throughout his service, Davis's natural talents helped his fellow Marines maintain their cohesiveness and motivation. He boosted morale by being charismatic and outgoing. He loves to entertain and this allowed him to be of deeper service to his unit. Upon separating from the Marine Corps in 2010, Davis pursued a career in entertainment. Represented by The Talent Group, he booked his first regional commercial in 2011 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York. While exploring other artistic outlets, Davis landed multiple theater roles. First being cast as Manta Ray in 'Akarui'; a play by Jen Silverman and directed by Raymond Bobgan. Davis' recent works include a television mini-series, 'T.R.A.C.E.: A Doctor Who Fan Film', a web series, 'Greek Chronicles', a television movie, 'With This Ring', and movies, 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'The Tank'. Along with Commercial and Film work, he continues his work in Theater and Performing arts.
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Angela Russo-Otstot

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Angela Russo-Otstot is the chief creative officer of the AGBO production company. Overseeing AGBO's full slate, Russo-Otstot ensures creative quality, brand management, and story cohesion amongst a host of films, series, video games, animation, audio, comics, merchandise, and experiences. Her AGBO credits to date include executive producer and contributing writer Amazon's "Citadel" starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, as well as local-language series releasing by way of Italy, India, and Mexico; producer on Netflix's The Electric State starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, directed by the Russo Brothers and currently in post-production; producer on The Bluff starring Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, currently in production ; producer on Extraction 2  starring Chris Hemsworth and executive producer on Extraction 1, both of which are in Netflix's top 10 most-watched films of all time; executive producer on The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, a top 5 most-watched film of all time for Netflix; producer on the upcoming animated film, Fudge, for Disney; and executive producer on Amazon's upcoming event series "Butch and Sundance" starring Regé Jean Page and Glen Powell. In addition to the large-scale, commercial content AGBO has become known for, Russo-Otstot leads AGBO's mission to champion new, innovative, and under-represented voices via independent films under the company's Gozie Agbo banner. Among such efforts, she executive produced IFC's Sundance hit Relic, awarded a National Board of Review "Top 10 Film of 2020." Prior to her position as CCO, Angela served as AGBO's President of Creative and, before that, as Senior Vice President of Story, where she worked under fellow writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, developing projects such as Everything Everywhere All At Once, A24's highest-grossing title of all time and a seven-time Oscar winner. She eventually co-wrote and executive produced Cherry, directed by the Russos and starring Tom Holland, which was acquired by Apple TV+. Russo-Otstot first began her career when she sold a pilot to HBO and then went on to write and produce in television for the next decade on dramatic series that include FX's critically acclaimed "The Shield." She has taught screenwriting and playwriting at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of Art.
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Annie Cordy

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Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements. Cordy was born in the Brussels suburb of Laken, Belgium, the daughter of Maria de Leeuw and Cornelius January Cooreman. She had a brother, Louis, and a sister, Jeanne. At the age of eight, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. She learned piano and music theory, while pursuing her studies, and participated in charity galas. Between the dance numbers, she sang the hits of the day. Artistic director of Le Lido encouraged her to leave Brussels, her hometown, and Annie Cordy arrived in Paris on 1 May 1950, to be hired as a lead dancer. Cordy recorded her first songs in 1952 ("Les Trois Bandits de Napoli", "Quand c'est aux autos de passer", "La bourrée d'Auvergne montagnarde") and made her debut in the musical, "La Route fleurie", alongside Georges Guétary and Bourvil. This lasted until 1955. Then she made her film debut in 1953 when she appeared as herself in Boum sur Paris, next to Jacques Pills and Armand Bernard. That same year, she had her first hit record with "Bonbons, caramels, esquimaux, chocolats" or "Léon". In 1954 she starred in April Fools' Day as Charlotte Dupuy, alongside her friend Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Denise Grey, and Maurice Biraud. The film was a big success with almost three million ticket sales. She also played Madame Langlois in Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles, with Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Claudette Colbert, Nicole Courcel, Daniel Gélin, Jean Marais, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Gérard Philipe, Micheline Presle, Tino Rossi, Orson Welles, and Nicole Maurey. The film was the #1 movie in France in 1954. It is still one of the 100 most successful films at the French box office of all time, the 89th highest grossing title. In 1955 her song "Fleur de Papillon" became a hit. She also starred in two motion pictures. First, Hello Smile ! directed by Claude Sautet, with Henri Salvador, Louis de Funès, Darry Cowl and Jean Carmet and an Italian comedy, Beautiful but Dangerous, in which she just made a short appearance. In 1956 she starred as Cri-Cri in Le Chanteur de Mexico, directed by Richard Pottier, with Luis Mariano, Bourvil, and Fernando Rey. The film was again a big success, with almost 5,000,000 tickets sold, and it was #5 at the box office for 1956 and #247 of all time in France. At the same time she had a hit on the song charts with the French version of The Ballad of Davy Crockett, which stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks in France in August 1956. In 1957 she played Titine in a West German remake of Victor and Victoria, directed by Karl Anton. That same year, she starred in her second musical, "Tête de linotte" with Jean Richard which lasted until 1960. ... Source: Article "Annie Cordy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Walter Busó

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Walter Busó (The correct name is Walter Busó Dohnert, sometimes credited as Walter Buxó) was a Puerto Rican dubbing actor, who doubled Frank Sinatra in The Detective and various characters in TV series and animated. He acted in Telemundo programs in Puerto Rico, including Un Romance every Monday and before the law. He also co-starred in "Cristobalito el Calypso Colt," an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney in 1970. Described in one of his first hand programs as "one of our most promising young actors", Walter Busó Döhnert was born in Naguabo on May 12, 1921. The son of Adolfo Busó Porrata and Inocencia Döhnert Correa graduated from high school of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Before being a leading man of novels, he joined the United States Army. He completed military service in Panama, the Pacific, the United States and Puerto Rico after graduating from the Fort Benning Infantry School. He completed his military career in 1945 reaching the rank of 1st Lieutenant of the US Army.
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Arianne Fraser

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Ms. Fraser's first experience in the business was as a producer on the film Wassup Rockers, directed by Larry Clark, where she handled the sale of the film's worldwide rights. This led to a career in film sales. In August, 2005, Ms. Fraser became Director of Foreign Sales and Distribution for First Look International, where she handled sales of the company's library consisting of over 800 titles and the then-current film slate. Ms. Fraser decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge in early 2010 with the formation of Highland Film Group (HFG), where she partnered with Delphine Perrier. Ms. Fraser continues to use her unique and integral approach for film sales and her passion for commercial and quality packages to assist in financing films and bringing them to audiences worldwide.
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Héctor Garza

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Héctor Solano Segura was a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Héctor Garza. During his career he worked for various major Mexican professional wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Perros del Mal Producciones and, at the time of death, AAA. Garza also worked for several major promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. Solano was a second-generation wrestler, son of Humberto Garza. His own son, known as El Sultán, also became a professional wrestler after Garza's death. The extended Garza family includes Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo (formerly known as Último Ninja). In 2017 Garza Jr. adopted a ring persona similar to that of Solano, paying homage to his uncle's rudo ("bad guy") persona and wrestling style. At the time of his death, Garza was in the middle of his second reign with the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship. He had also won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship three times, the CMLL World Trios Championship five times in CMLL and the IWC World Heavyweight Championship, the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship and the Mexican National Tag Team Championship. He was posthumously inducted in the AAA Hall of Fame.
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Saxon Sharbino

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Saxon Paige Sharbino (born June 11, 1999) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Amelia Robbins in the Fox series Touch and Kendra Bowen in the 2015 remake of Poltergeist. Sharbino was born in Lewisville, Texas, the daughter of Angela and Ron Sharbino. She began acting at the age of nine. Saxon is the older sister of Brighton Sharbino and Sawyer Sharbino. She attended Bridlewood Elementary School for a few years, choosing to finish her elementary schooling at home while focusing on her acting. She would later come back to Flower Mound and skip a grade when starting Downing Middle School. In 2013, she and her family moved to Los Angeles, California.
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Ahmed Mekky

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Ahmed Mekky began his career in cinema after graduating from the directing division at the Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing Al Hassa Al Sab'a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed Al Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Ahmed Mekky has collaborated with his sister Inas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Harija (Crucial Moments) and Tamer wa Shawqiyah (Tamer and Shawqiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour. Mekky stars in the Ramadan comedy El Kebir Awi in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of El Kebir Awi introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.
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Kanou Yoshiyuki

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Yoshiyuki, aka Yoshi, is a member of a Jpop group Ballistik Boyz (BBZ) from Exile Tribe, managed by LDH. He was selected to join the group after being one of the finalists from the 2017 Vocal Battle Audition 5 (Vocal category). The group made their official debut on May 22, 2019. He dropped out of college to pursue his dream of becoming an artist, and was a student in LDH's dance school EXPG in Miyagi. The only member of Ballistik Boyz who doesn't have extensive experience in dancing, however he's their strongest vocalist.
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