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Alex Nibley
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Alex Nibley grew up own Provo, Utah with a fascination for the performing arts. He left Utah for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where he studied acting, directing and arts administration. He eventually became a teacher in the Conservatory and an associate director.
Alex later went to Los Angeles, where he studied film analysis and screenwriting with renowned cinema educator Franišek “Frank” Daniel. He returned to Utah and began teaching Frank Daniel’s approach to filmmaking at UVU in 2002. Over the next two decades, in what would become the Digital Media Department, Alex created the Film Production Analysis curriculum, the Writing For Digital Media major emphasis, and the Writing for Entertainment Media Minor.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah in Film Radio & Television and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater. In addition to his academic work, he continues to work as an actor, writer and director in various media. He is known for Field of Honor (2016), Thorpe and H8RZ (2015).
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Paolo Calabresi
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Oltre alle produzioni teatrali, ha preso parte a fiction televisive come Nati ieri, R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti, Distretto di Polizia, La squadra e ai film tv Don Bosco, Padre Pio e Maigret. Nel 2008 ha condotto il programma televisivo Italian Job, su LA7, nel quale si è calato nei panni di numerosi personaggi famosi. Interprete di svariati spot pubblicitari, dal 2007 è lo scorbutico elettricista Augusto Biascica nella "fuoriserie italiana" Boris. Dal 2008, diventa una "iena" ufficiale de Le Iene su Italia 1; nei suoi servizi è solito travestirsi.
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Daisy Haggard
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Daisy Haggard is a British actress and comedian. She is known for Doctor Who (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) . She is the daughter of film director Piers Haggard and his wife Anna Sklovsky.
She was raised in Dulwich, South London, where she attended James Allen's Girls' School. She later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
In 1996, Haggard made her acting debut in an episode of ITV crime drama, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. The episode was directed by her father, and during the auditions, the producer stated that he wanted to audition Daisy, despite opposition from her father, who did not want his daughter to become an actor.
Haggard later graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She appeared in the BBC Three sketch show Man Stroke Woman, and in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing as Emmy. She also made an appearance in an episode of Peep Show, playing a nurse who examines Mark Corrigan's testicles, and in the BBC Two comedy Psychoville by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
In the 2008 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Haggard portrayed the role of Miss Steele, the sister of Lucy Steele. In 2009, she played Donna Mitchell in an episode of the BBC crime drama Ashes to Ashes.
Haggard was also the voice of the Ministry Lift in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. In 2010, she appeared in the CBC television film Abroad, playing Poppy Young.
Haggard played Sophie in the Doctor Who episode "The Lodger", a role she reprised in "Closing Time".
In 2010, Haggard starred in the independent British film Honeymooner. In 2012, she starred in the short film Tooty's Wedding, which was later screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, she began appearing in the BBC/Showtime comedy Episodes. She portrayed the role of Myra Licht until the series ended in 2017.
Haggard also appeared on the stage, including at the National Theatre and as the title character in Gina Gionfriddo's play Becky Shaw at the Almeida Theatre.
In July 2012, Sky One began airing the series Parents, in which Haggard played the role of Chrissie.
In 2013, she co-starred with Rose Byrne in the British romantic comedy I Give It a Year as Helen. In 2014, she was cast as Sam in the BBC comedy Uncle. In 2016, she appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2017, she appeared in the premiere production of Consent at the Royal National Theatre, London.
In April 2019, Haggard began playing the lead role of Miri Matteson in BBC Three sitcom Back to Life. The first series, consisting of six episodes, premiered on 15 April 2019 and was followed by a second series in 2021. She also co-wrote and created the series. In 2020 Haggard appeared in the comedy-drama Breeders as Ally.
She plays one of the leads in the 2023 series Boat Story alongside Paterson Joseph.
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Jethro
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Geoffrey Rowe known by his stage name Jethro, was a British stand-up comedian and singer, born in Cornwall.
He was born in St Buryan, Cornwall, the son of a farmer, and after leaving school apprenticed as a carpenter and worked in the Levant tin mine. He joined the local operatic society in St Just, as a bass singer, and then started touring pubs and clubs in Cornwall, singing traditional songs and developing his comedy act. From 1967 he also played rugby as a prop forward in over 100 matches for Penzance & Newlyn RFC, which later became the Cornish Pirates. The name 'Jethro' came from his real name, Geoff Rowe, influenced by the character Jethro in The Beverly Hillbillies television show.
After his popularity grew in Cornwall and Devon through the 1980s, he made his first national television performance in 1990 on the Des O'Connor Show, making several subsequent appearances. He also appeared on Jim Davidson's programmes, and on regional television, though much of his material was considered unsuitable for a television audience. He produced his first video, A Portion of Jethro, in 1993, followed by several others. He has also claimed that, during the height of his popularity, he sold some 250,000 theatre seats a year. In 2001, he appeared in a Royal Variety Performance.
He lived for some time at Lewdown, in Devon close to the Cornwall border, where he bred horses and owned a comedy club which closed in 2012. In 1995, he walked from Land's End to Lewdown and raised £20,000 for a cancer scanner appeal. In February 2020 he announced that he was retiring from public performances at the end of the year.
He died in Plymouth on 14 December 2021, at the age of 73. An official notice said that he had contracted COVID-19 in the time leading up to his death.
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Vasiliy Artemiev
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Vasiliy Grigoryevich Artemiev is a Russian professional rugby player who plays as a three-quarter defender (winger) or trailing (full-back) for the Russian team CSKA. The best rugby player of Russia in 2015 and 2018. TV presenter on Match TV and STS channels. Vasily started playing rugby at the age of 9 at the Sports School of Zelenograd. Before starting high school, he went to Ireland, graduated from Blackrock College. He entered the University College Dublin at the Faculty of Law, where he was invited by the dean of the faculty, a fan of rugby. In exchange for studying at the Faculty of Law, Vasiliy received the right to a place in the rugby team and a special scholarship. In 2009 he successfully graduated from the university, having passed the final exams. As a university student, Vasiliy played for the youth squad of the Leinster team, the main team of which plays in Pro12 and the Heineken Cup. In 2009, Vasiliy returned to Russia, joining the VVA-Podmoskovye team. In mid-February 2011, Vasily sensationally moved to England, signing a two-year contract with the Northampton Saints team (previously, the Sale Sharks tried to lure him into their squad). He became vice-champion and champion of England together with the team. In 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Krasny Yar. In 2014, he was recognized as the best player on the team. After the end of the 2019 championship, he moved to CSKA Moscow. Artemiev was noted for a series of performances for the junior national team of Ireland, being a student. Since 2009, he has been playing for the Russian national team: from January to April, he was at the training camp of the Russian team, leaving its location in May before the exams. In 2010, Vasiliy played three meetings at the Churchill Cup and, thanks to his performances, attracted the attention of Northampton Saints scouts: in one of the meetings, he single-handedly bypassed all the defenders and broke through to the end zone. In 2011, he competed at the World Championship in New Zealand, scoring 5 points thanks to a completed try against Ireland. At the 2019 World Cup in Japan, Vasiliy Artemiev was the captain of the Russian team, playing all 4 matches.
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Susan Featherly
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Born in Syracuse, New York in 1963, Susan Featherly was a late bloomer in the soft erotica market, not hitting her stride until she was already midway through her 30s. However, having a very wholesome and natural look unlike many of her contemporaries and easily being able to pass for a young 20 something, Susan managed to rack up credits in over two dozen late night film and TV shows in just a few short years (1998 to 2002). She also landed a few mainstream gigs, like a bit on the show Arli$$ and playing a serial killer's victim in Ted Bundy. After hitting 40 she threw in the towel and became a real estate agent.
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Dom Hélder Câmara
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Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialist, he was the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, serving from 1964 to 1985, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was declared a Servant of God in 2015.
Câmara was an advocate of liberation theology. He did social and political work for the poor and for human rights and democracy during the military regime. Câmara preached for a church closer to the disfavoured people. He is quoted as having said, "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist."
He was born Hélder Pessoa Câmara on 7 February 1909 in Fortaleza, Ceará, in the poor Northeast Region of Brazil. His father was an accountant and his mother was a primary school teacher. He was educated in local Catholic schools and entered seminary in 1923.
He was ordained a priest in 1931, with direct authorization of the Holy See over his premature age. Câmara was named auxiliary bishop of Rio de Janeiro by Pope Pius XII on 3 March 1952. During his first years as a priest he was a supporter of the far-right Brazilian Integralist Action (Ação Integralista Brasileira, AIB), an ideological choice that he later rejected. He also founded two social organizations: the Ceará Legion of Work, in 1931, and the Women Workers' Catholic Union, in 1933. On 12 March 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Olinda e Recife.
During his tenure, Câmara was informally called the "bishop of the slums" for his clear position on the side of the urban poor. With other clerics, he encouraged peasants to free themselves from their conventional fatalistic outlook by studying the gospels in small groups and proposing the search for social change from their readings. He was active in the formation of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference in 1952, and served as its first general secretary until 1964. In 1959 he founded Banco da Providência in Rio de Janeiro, a philanthropic organization to fight poverty and social injustice by facilitating the contraction of loans by poorer populations.
He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council and played a significant role in drafting Gaudium et spes. On 16 November 1965, a few days before the council ended, 40 bishops led by Câmara met at night in the Catacombs of Domitilla outside Rome. They celebrated the Eucharist and signed a document under the title of the Pact of the Catacombs. In 13 points, they challenged their brother bishops to live lives of evangelical poverty: without honorific titles, privileges, and worldly ostentation. They taught that "the collegiality of the bishops finds its supreme evangelical realization in jointly serving the two-thirds of humanity who live in physical, cultural, and moral misery". They called for openness "to all, no matter what their beliefs". ...
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Lorraine Michaels
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Gorgeous, busty and shapely brunette knockout Lorraine Michaels was born on January 23, 1958 in Canterbury, Kent, England. An Air Force brat, Michaels lived in twenty-two different states in America and attended college in New Mexico. Following graduation from college, Lorraine moved to Los Angeles, California and worked in the insurance industry. Michaels was working as a bank teller when she was discovered by former Playmate Daina House, who suggested her to "Playboy." Lorraine was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1981 issue of "Playboy." In the wake of her Playmate stint Michaels went on to have a brief acting career: She not only popped up in a few movies, but also made guest appearances on episodes of the British TV series "Watching" and "The Manageress." Lorraine is the mother of two children. Moreover, Lorraine Michaels became the vice president of her kids' school as well as an active member of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
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Eric Maher
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Eric Maher is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Eddie Edwards. He is currently signed to IMPACT Wrestling, where he is a former IMPACT World Champion, two-time IMPACT X Division Champion and IS a five-time IMPACT World Tag Team Champion with Davey Richards. Edwards has also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former World Champion, the inaugural Television Champion, and a two-time World Tag Team Champion with his partner Davey Richards as The American Wolves. He won ROH's Survival of the Fittest tournament in November 2010 which propelled him to win the World Championship. His World Championship victory made him the first wrestler to win the ROH Triple Crown and the only wrestler to ever hold both the Impact Wrestling and ROH Triple Crowns. He was also a regular for the Southern California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and has made several tours of Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion, and is, to date, the only foreigner ever to win said championship. Between Impact, ROH, and Noah, Edwards has won 13 total championships (including three world championships) and is the only wrestler to have held the IMPACT, ROH, and GHC world championships.
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Daniela Melchior
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Daniela Melchior (European Portuguese: [dɐniˈɛlɐmɛlʃiˈɔɾ]; born 1 November 1996) is a Portuguese actress. Born in Almada, Setúbal, she launched her career in 2014 with a role in the telenovela Mulheres. She went on to appear in the teen drama Massa Fresca (2016), telenovelas Ouro Verde (2017), and A Herdeira (2018). Melchior made her film debut in 2018 with The Black Book. She provided the Portuguese dubbing for Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and was cast in the comedy-drama Parque Mayer in the same year. Her performance in the latter earned her a nomination for the Sophia Award for Best Actress.
She had her international breakthrough as Cleo Cazo in the DCEU film The Suicide Squad (2021), which earned her a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Portuguese Golden Globes. Subsequently, she took on minor roles in English-language films, including Marlowe (2022), Assassin Club (2023), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and Fast X (2023).
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