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Eric Johnson

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Eric Johnson is a director and writer, known for Touch the Wall (2012), Demon at the Door: Our Heroin Crisis (2017) and KOMO 4 News (1953). Eric was the Sports Director at KOMO for many years, but recently he became the anchor for the 5:00 news. He was raised in Spokane (East Valley High School), and majored in broadcasting in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University. He also played baseball at WSU (he says with very limited success). In his 15 years at KOMO, Eric has been awarded more than 25 Regional Emmy Awards, and in 2007 was given the highest prize in local television news, a National Edward R. Murrow Award for best feature story in the country. He has been in the middle of most of the major Seattle sports stories of the past decade and a half. He was there for the '95 Mariners, and the '96 Sonics, the Seahawks Super Bowl run, too many Apple Cups to count, and the Storm's championship season. In 1993 he created a popular weekly feature called, "Eric's Little Heroes." Seattle laughed for years at kids running the wrong way, saying the wrong things, and proving every week what sports are truly about. And after being gone for a couple of years, "Eric's Little Heroes" has returned to KOMO 4. Eric has a wife and two children; a boy and a girl. In his spare time he plays in an adult baseball league, works on his antique Ford, plays piano, and writes music.
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Johnny Nash

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John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston. Born in Houston, Texas, USA, he was also an actor known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Take a Giant Step (1959). He was married to Carlie Collins and Doris Vann. He died on October 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA. From Wikipedia.
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Mini Anden

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Susanna "Mini" Andén (born 7 June 1978) is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host, and producer. She was born in Stockholm and began modeling at the age of ten, joining Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE. She's been in fashion campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, BCBG, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Gucci. Anden has also been in the Victoria's Secret catalog many times. She is currently seen as the face for Giorgio Armani's new perfume Armani Code for women edP. When videogame company Eidos Interactive were looking for a new live version of Lara Croft for the upcoming game Tomb Raider: Legend she auditioned for the role but the role was given to model Karima Adebibe. She was a judge in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2001. She was the host of the Swedish section of Scandinavia's Next Top Model which premiered February 16, 2005. Anden has appeared in a handful of films and even produced 2003's Buffoon. She appeared in MyNetworkTV's Fashion House in which she plays a self-destructive model named Tania Ford. She married model Taber Schroeder in 2001, and they live together in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mini Andén, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Neetu Chandra

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Neetu Chandra (born 20 June 1984)is an Indian actress, producer and theatre artist. She is also an established classical dancer and an active sportsperson, involved in the promotion of basketball in the country through her close association with the NBA and Taekwondo, being a fourth Dan blackbelt. She has her own production house called Champaran Talkies, winning the National Award for the film Mithila Makhaan. The national award winning film was directed by her brother Nitin Chandra.Her younger Brother Abhishek Chandra is Fashion Designer In Hindi Films.
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Robert Dorfmann

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Robert Dorfmann (3 March 1912 – 11 August 1999) was a French film producer who worked from the 1950s to the 1970s. He is the father of French film producer Jacques Dorfmann. His notable films include Luis Buñuel's Tristana (1970), Jean-Pierre Melville's Le cercle rouge (1970), Jacques Tati's Trafic (1971) and Papillon (1973). He was awarded an Honorary César in 1978. He was involved with the French production and distribution company Les Films Corona. Source: Article "Robert Dorfmann" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Alex Rocco

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in The Godfather (1972) and his Primetime Emmy Award–winning role in The Famous Teddy Z. Rocco did a significant amount of voice-over work later in his career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Rocco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Coolio

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alexandre Rockwell

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Alexandre Rockwell was born in Boston in 1956. His first film, LENZ, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 1982. After his road movie HERO (1983), he directed the legendary SAM FULLER IN SONS (1989). In 1992 he won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his film IN THE SOUP, which made his reputation as one of the most interesting filmmakers on America’s independent film scene. SOMEBODY TO LOVE (1994) competed at the Venice flim Festival. Rockwell also directed ‘The Wrong Man’ segment of the anthology film FOUR ROOMS (1995), as well as the comedies LOUIS & FRANK (1998), 13 MOONS (2002) and PETE SMALLS IS DEAD (2010). In 2017, he was appointed head of directing at the graduate film department of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His film SWEET THING (2020) was selected at the Berlinale Generation 2020.
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Matt Monro

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Matt Monro was an English singer who became one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Known as The Man with the Golden Voice, he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls, and stadiums in Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas in his 30-year career. AllMusic has described Monro as "one of the most underrated pop vocalists of the '60s", who "possessed the easiest, most perfect baritone in the business". Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Monro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Veena Nandakumar

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Veena Nandakumar, an Indian actress prominent in Malayalam cinema, marked her debut in the 2017 Malayalam film "Kadamkatha," directed by Senthil Raj. Unfortunately, the film faced box office failure, hindering her initial recognition. Her entry into Tamil cinema occurred with "Thodraa," portraying Divya, a girl from a wealthy family who elopes with a man from a lower caste. Despite the film's reception, Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle praised her performance as "decent." However, Veena Nandakumar gained widespread attention with her breakthrough role in the 2019 Malayalam romantic drama "Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha," where she portrayed the character Rincy. Described as "very restrained" by Veena herself, Anna Mathews of Times of India lauded her for playing the role with "just the right amount of restraint." In 2020, she took on supporting roles, playing Annie in the family drama "Kozhipporu" and Haritha in the black comedy psychological thriller "Love." Her upcoming film is "Nadikar Thilakam" and web series "Pharma".
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