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Lalo Schifrin
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Lalo Schifrin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlalo ˈʃifɾin]; born Boris Claudio Schifrin; June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025) was an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He was best known for his large body of film and television scores, which incorporate jazz and Latin American musical elements alongside traditional orchestration.
Schifrin's best known compositions include the themes from Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967), as well as the scores to Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Rush Hour trilogy (1998–2007). Schifrin was also noted for collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry film series. He composed the Paramount Pictures fanfare used from 1976 to 2004.
Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy Awards. In 2019, he received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in recognition of his successful career.
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Mandy Patinkin
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Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin (born November 30, 1952) is an American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre, television, and film. As a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, he collaborates with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Patinkin's leading roles on stage and screen have received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for seven Drama Desk Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Patinkin made his theatre debut in 1975, starring opposite Meryl Streep in the revival of the comic play Trelawny of the "Wells" at The Public Theatre's Shakespeare Festival. He played Che in the first Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita (1979), earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, as well as the roles of Georges Seurat/George in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George (1984) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He portrayed Lord Archibald Craven in the original Broadway cast of Lucy Simon's The Secret Garden (1991). On Broadway, Patinkin replaced Michael Rupert as Marvin in William Finn's Falsettos (1993). He starred as Burrs in The Wild Party (2000) and earned a second nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Patinkin had leading roles in television shows, playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in Chicago Hope (1994–2000); SSA Jason Gideon in the CBS crime-drama series Criminal Minds (2005–2007); Saul Berenson in the Showtime drama series Homeland (2011–2020); and Rufus Cotesworth in the Hulu mystery series Death and Other Details (2024). He earned seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his television work, winning Outstanding Leading Actor in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope in 1995. He had recurring roles in Dead Like Me (2003–2004) and The Good Fight (2021).
He also had film roles portraying Inigo Montoya in Rob Reiner's family adventure film The Princess Bride (1987) and Avigdor in Barbra Streisand's musical epic Yentl (1983), for which he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. Other film credits include Ragtime (1981); Maxie (1985); Dick Tracy (1990); True Colors (1991); Impromptu (1991); Wonder (2017); and Life Itself (2018). Patinkin also voiced roles in Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky (2003) and The Wind Rises (2013).
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An xin
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Zhou Anxin (born 25 December 2006) is a Chinese actor and singer, and a member of the boy group ALPHA DRIVE ONE. Born in Shanghai, he is of Han ethnicity.
Zhou made his film debut in Boxing Storm (2014), playing the young Gao Yuan. He gained early recognition in 2015 after covering The Vast Sky on Beijing Television’s Music Masterclass, later performing the song with Terry Lin on CCTV’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. That year, he also appeared on I Want to Perform on the Spring Festival Gala and sang the finale at Beijing TV’s New Year’s Eve Gala.
In 2016, Zhou performed Unforgettable Tonight and Bringing Happiness Home on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala and Lantern Festival Gala, and appeared in the film Second Child. He took part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala countdown in 2017 and released the single When the Hills Bloom with Flowers through the Youth Era Music Project. The following year, he starred in the film Love Ahead and later performed Bringing Happiness Home on CCTV’s China Arts.
In 2024, Zhou competed in the Korean survival show MAKEMATE1, where he placed 14th overall. In 2025, he participated in Boys II Planet, finishing second overall and debuting as a member of ALPHA DRIVE ONE.
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Mitski
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Mitsuki Miyawaki (born Mitsuki Laycock; September 27, 1990), known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012) and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business(2013) while studying studio composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. The albums were initially made as her senior project. Her third studio album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, was released in 2014 on the label Double Double Whammy.
Mitski signed with Dead Oceans in 2015 and released Puberty 2 (2016), Be the Cowboy (2018), and Laurel Hell (2022), the last of which made the top ten in several countries. In 2022, The Guardian dubbed her the "best young songwriter" in the United States. That same year, she co-composed "This Is a Life" with Son Lux for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Her seventh studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, was released in 2023. The album's third single, "My Love Mine All Mine", became Mitski's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
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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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Eiji Miyashita
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Eiji Miyashita (宮下 栄治, Miyashita Eiji, September 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor from Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, who is affiliated with Breeze. He was formerly affiliated with Ken Production, Production Baobab and Apte Pro. His main roles include Kyohei Kashihara in Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Sosuke Sugaya in Assassination Classroom, Airzel in Bakugan, Papa in Higepiyo, Kenji Ito in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Gen Shishio in Kekkaishi, and Takeo Tsurumaru in Shadow Star Narutaru.
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Hamado Ouedraogo
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Born in Burkina Faso (West Africa) on 1979, Hamado OUEDRAOGO is Teacher, Writer, Director, Producer, scene-setter and Consultant in cultural and artistic projects of some NGOs and Associations. He holds two degrees in writing series TV issued by CIFAP (International Center of Production and Audiovisual of Montreuil), School Studio the Bourgou of National Center for Cinematography of Mali (CNCM) and French Cooperation. Hamado OUEDRAOGO has participated in a Master Class in writing and directing of documentary films. Additionally, he has had several internships in writing, directing and producing in independent production companies. Hamado OUEDRAOGO is author-director, co-writer and producer of numerous TV spots and radio, and co-writer of multiple film projects that were selected in may films festivals around the world. He moved on September, 2012 to pursuit his career in Hollywood where he learned and wrote 5 features fiction films and a TV series of 10 x 26 min with three screenwriter Consultants in Los Angeles. Now, it is time for Hamado Ouedraogo to make things become true. I am too patient and love to listen carefully everyone around me. I always worked with people from several countries and cultures and gained a lot of experiences. So my goal now is to stop knocking the closed doors, begging people to fund my films and surround myself with hard working team to shoot two features films every year in U.S for a win-win deal. FILMOGRAPHY (Own films)
-PLUS QUE FORCE, short, fiction, 2003: writer-Director-Producer -LE REVE DE MAX, short, fiction, 2005: writer-Director-Producer
-LES MEMES PROBLEMES, comedy fiction series TV, 2005: writer- Director-Producer
-LE DRAME, short, fiction, 2007: writer-Director-Producer
-HAPPINESS, BUT WHEN?, Short, fiction, 2012: writer-Director-Producer.
-IMPOLITE BOYS, feature, comedy, 2020: writer-Director-Producer
July 1st, 2004 Award recipient of Script contest in theatre organized by the FITBB.
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Anthony Natale
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Born in 1967, opportunity was scarce for a deaf boy like Anthony Natale. A first-generation Italian-Canadian, Natale grew up in Saint Catharines, Ontario as the the middle child in a family of five. The only Deaf person in his family, Natale the boy was known as handsome and funny, a class clown destined to seize his dream, whether Deaf, hearing, or otherwise.
The dream first captured Natale following the 1978 release of the hit musical comedy Grease. At the time, closed captioning was widely unavailable for deaf moviegoers, so Natale improvised, bringing a pop-up book about the movie to the theater. From that day forward, Natale knew he wanted to be an actor, "like John Travolta."
Beginning his his education at Ontario's Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf, Natale transferred to a mainstreaming program for gifted students, graduating as valedictorian before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production and a minor in Theater Arts from California State University Northridge. Natale the man is as a prominent figure in the world of Deaf media and a distinguished performer in film, television, and theater. A 23-year member of SAG and AFTRA, Natale currently resides in Los Angeles, basking in the California sun and staying active in a variety of sports. He remains profoundly thankful for the tremendous contributions of his family, who offer a constant source of support in all endeavors.
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Mike Enriquez
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Miguel "Mike" Castro Enriquez (September 29, 1951 – August 29, 2023) was a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. He started his career as a radio broadcaster in 1969, and after signing with GMA Network in 1995, he became a TV anchor for Saksi and 24 Oras. He was also the Consultant for radio operations of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc., and the Station Manager of Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM.
Enriquez was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the Philippines and a "pillar" of the Philippine broadcasting industry.
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Momo Asakura
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Momo Asakura is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, employed by Music Ray'n. After passing an audition held by Music Ray'n, she made her voice acting debut as Yumi in the anime My Little Monster in 2012. She played her first main role as Ayumi Otosaka in the 2015 anime television series Charlotte.
In 2015 She form a group Unit call "Try Sail" 3 voice actress (Momo Asakura, Sora Amamiya, Shiina Natsukawa), Mange by Sony's Music Ray's Subdivision. Their 1st single "Whiz" reached the 4th palce on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. And still active to this day.
In 2017, they song Original "Interviews with Monster Girls, Adrenaline!!!" for "Eromanga Senl-sei".
In 2018, they song azure for "Zoku monogatari", "Wanted Girl" and "Truth" for "Time Bokan 24.
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