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Geoff Outlaw
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Born in New York in 1946, Geoffrey Bowie Outlaw grew up in Greenwich Village and later in western Massachusetts. He attended elementary school and later at the Stockbridge School with longtime friend and Musician Arlo Guthrie. The two would act alongside one another in the 1969 film Alice's Restaurant as partners in crime who got caught dumping the garbage on Thanksgiving. Geoff was apart of the Berkshire Folk Music Society and later played guitar and sang for the band The Fugs. In 1974, Geoff moved to Austin, Texas where he worked at the Split Rail and booked many Musicians. According to his neighbors, Geoff lived the life of a hermit. He devoted the majority of his life to Music. He worked as a local Clerk, a horse riding Instructor at camp, a vivid storyteller and a loyal neighbor. Geoff was considered a local guardian angel to many whom he had watched over in his community for decades.
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Gary Hemming
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Gary Hemming is a trained climber in Yosemite Valley. He moved to France in the early sixties and took university courses in Grenoble, while climbing with John Harlin. Gary Hemming had a son with Claude Guerre-Genton in 1963. He participated in the opening of committed climbing routes in the Mont-Blanc massif, among others with John Harlin, Tom Frost, Stuart Fulton and Royal Robbins.
On August 18, 1966, in Entrèves in the Alps, the American Gary Hemming and his climbing partner, the German Lothar Mauch, sipped coffee while ruminating because bad weather conditions spoiled their project on the south face of Mont Blanc. The copy of the Dauphiné Libéré lying on the table announces two Germans in perdition on the west face of the Drus and a difficult rescue for the soldiers of the EHM. Hemming's blood boils: "We have to go, Lothar!". With René Desmaison and other excellent climbers, they took the Berardini-Magnone route, ahead of the official rescue team, and descended with the two injured climbers via the "La Directe Américaine" route that Hemming had opened with R. Robbins in 1962. What provokes a lively controversy, Desmaison will be excluded from the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix and Hemming erected as a hero. On this occasion, the French press nicknamed him "The beatnik of the peaks" because of his long hair and his wandering appearance.
In September 1966, only a few weeks after the rescue of the Drus which made him a hero, Gary Hemming was once again talked about. The newspaper Le Monde devotes two articles to his new exploit, of a different kind. Caught climbing the gate of a villa in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Gary Hemming is in custody at the Sceaux police station. No burglary in the case, but rather a story of spurned lovers. The villa belongs to the family of Hemming's girlfriend, who has just broken up with him. He was released on bail four days later, thanks to the intervention of his friend and climbing companion Pierre Mazeaud. Hemming is dismissed. He left France some time later to return to the United States.
On Wednesday August 6, 1969, at the age of 34, he was found dead with a bullet in the head at the edge of Lake Jenny, in the Grand Teton National Park, in northwestern Wyoming (United States). The inquest concludes a suicide.
Even today, Comet Hemming appears as a climbing legend, a character as romantic as it is elusive. He seems to have commanded the admiration of all those who knew him, including his friend Pierre Mazeaud, with whom he lived for a time. For the climbers who succeeded him, he also embodies a pure approach to the mountains, to climbing, and a libertarian vision of existence, freed from social diktats, which already foreshadowed the protest movements of the late 1960s.
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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. He 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, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Yoon Chan-young
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Yoon Chan-young (윤찬영) is a South Korean actor born on April 25, 2001, in South Korea. He began his acting career in 2013 as a child actor, appearing in various television dramas where he often portrayed the younger versions of main characters. Through these early roles, he gained attention for his emotional depth and natural screen presence.
He gradually built his career with supporting roles in notable dramas such as Mama (2014), Dr. Romantic (2016), and Nobody Knows (2020), showcasing his growth and versatility as an actor. His breakthrough came with the role of Lee Cheong-san in the Netflix original series All of Us Are Dead (2022), which earned him international recognition and significantly expanded his global fanbase.
Following the success of the series, Yoon Chan-young took on leading roles in projects such as Hope or Dope (2022) and Delivery Man (2023). He is widely recognized for his ability to portray emotionally complex characters and is considered one of the most promising young actors of his generation in the South Korean entertainment industry.
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RM
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Kim Nam-joon (김남준; born September 12, 1994), known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the leader of the boy group BTS, under Big Hit Music. Born in Seoul and raised in Ilsan, RM began his music career in the underground Korean hip-hop scene as a teenager, going by the name Runch Randa. He joined Big Hit in 2010, and debuted as part of BTS in June 2013.
RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, in 2015, followed by his second mixtape, mono, in 2018. The latter became the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist in the US in history when it peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200. He made his official solo debut in 2022, with the release of his studio album Indigo, which featured contributions from various artists including Erykah Badu and Anderson Paak. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist of all-time. In 2024, he experimented with alternative music on his sophomore album Right Place, Wrong Person, which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and garnered critical acclaim. RM has also collaborated with artists such as Warren G, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Primary, Gaeko, Wale, Fall Out Boy, Younha, Megan Thee Stallion, Tablo, and Lil Nas X.
In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea, along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture. In 2020, RM was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She had her breakthrough with the western film True Grit (2010), which earned her various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Steinfeld gained wider recognition for her roles in the Pitch Perfect film series (2015–2017) and The Edge of Seventeen (2016), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She also starred in Ender's Game (2013), Begin Again (2013) and Bumblebee (2018). She voiced Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its 2023 sequel, and Vi in the Netflix series Arcane (2021–2024). She portrayed Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson (2019–2021), and has portrayed Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2021.
Steinfeld gained recognition in music after performing "Flashlight" in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), signing with Republic Records soon after and released her debut single, "Love Myself", followed by her debut EP Haiz (2015). She went on to release a series of successful singles, including "Starving", "Most Girls" and "Let Me Go". In 2020, she released her second EP, Half Written Story.
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Ahmed Mourad
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An Egyptian writer, novelist, professional photographer , and screenwriter. He studied at The High Institute for Cinema. He achieved a bachelor's degree and was listed as the first among other students. His graduation films achieved many awards in European festivals. His films are Alhaúmon, And On The Seventh Day, and The Three Papers.
He started his writing career in 2007 by publishing his first novel, Vertigo. Vertigo received critical and commercial success throughout all of Egypt and was translated into English, French, and Italian. It was also made into a television series starring actress Hend Sabri in 2012.
Ahmed Mourad with "VERTIGO" has won the Award for The Mediterranean Culture Award of 2013 in fiction section.. The award ceremony was held Friday, October 4, 2013 at 17:30 at the Teatro "Rendano" of Cosenza.. Italy
The success of Vertigo led Mourad to publish his second work, Diamond Dust, in 2010, which was translated into the Italian language and received generally positive reviews. He later published The Blue Elephant in 2012, his most successful novel and the best-selling novel in Egypt which was listed for the Arabic Booker Prize 2012. The novel has received unanimous positive reviews and is being turned into a theatrical film directed by Marwan Hamed, the director of The Yacoubian Building. It stars Karim Abdel Aziz as Yehia, the main protagonist and the narrator of the novel. The film was released on 27 July after the end of Ramadan in 2014 before midnight by two hours and received highly positive reviews, and is Egypt's most successful movie in reviews, with lots of people saying the movie makes the Egyptian Cinema move at a higher rank.
The next novel is 1919, based on the Egyptian revolution of the same year. Although it was a commercial successes, the novel received mixed reviews unlike its predecessors.
His latest novel The land of god was released in March 2016
He is the screenwriter of The Originals (Arabic: الأصليين), also directed by Marwan Hamed. Mourad was initially going to write it as a novel before he decided to make it as a theatrical film. The film was released on June 25, 2017 across Egypt to a mixed critical reception from audiences and critics alike. It was also screened at Fantastic Fest in the same year
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Alex Wexo
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Alex Wexo is an American movie and television actor. He is sometimes credited as Al Wexo.
At age five he and his family moved to London, England where he was raised. After graduating from high school at age seventeen, he moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where he resided for the next two years.
Wexo was introduced to director Rob Reiner, who cast him in the major motion picture A Few Good Men. Next, Wexo ventured into the television arena with guest starring roles in such hits as NYPD Blue and V.I.P.. Wexo’s first series was The Pretender appearing as "Young Sydney / Young Jacob " for the four-year duration of the network run.
Going from one series to the next, he was mostly seen portraying "Conner" on the former hit show The Invisible Man. Since then Wexo has guest starred on numerous hit television show's such as The Mentalist, CSI, The Unit, Entourage and Dexter.
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Robb Guinto
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Robb Guinto is a Filipino actress and model recognized for her captivating screen presence and emotionally grounded performances in Vivamax titles such as Foursome (2023), Afam (2023), and Sugar Baby (2023). Transitioning from modeling to acting, she quickly distinguished herself with a mix of sensuality and sincerity, often portraying complex women caught between vulnerability and strength. Beyond her daring roles, Robb is known for her work ethic and commitment to her craft, seeing each project as both artistic expression and personal growth. Emerging as one of the most promising actresses of her generation, she continues to expand her range while remaining rooted in the stories that launched her career.
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Robert Miller
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Robert W. Miller has been a prolific composer in film, television, and the concert hall for over 33 years. A graduate of the Mannes College of Music in New York City, Robert was encouraged to enter the world of film scoring by his mentors Aaron Copland, William Schuman, and Edgar David Grana.
Robert has provided scores for nearly 3,000 commercials with notable directors including Lance Acord, Noam Murro, Rupert Sanders, Dante Ariola, John Hillcoat, and Nicolai Fuglsig. His work is featured in over 80 film scores, two television series, and numerous works for the concert hall and stage. Among Robert’s work in film are several collaborations with pioneering editor and sound designer Walter Murch, renowned documentarian Eugene Jarecki, ten-time Emmy award-winning director Jon Hock, director Steven Spielberg (as executive producer), and Oscar-winning director Thomas Lennon. In 2017, Robert collaborated with choreographer Troy Schumacher on a new ballet entitled “The Wind Still Brings” for the New York City Ballet.
Robert also has a long-standing creative relationship with Neil deGrasse Tyson and The American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium, having scored seven Space Shows since 2008, including the planetarium’s current show, “Encounters in the Milky Way,” which premiered this summer.
Among other new film projects, Robert just completed scoring ESPN’s biggest series to date, entitled “The Yankees Win,” directed by John Hock and produced by JJ Abrams.
Robert’s work has garnered the industry’s highest honors: British Academy Television Awards, ADDY’s, AICPs, seven CLIOs, and five Emmy Awards.
The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency in Los Angeles represents Miller in film and television.
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