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Eric Bana
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Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor, comedian, producer, and director. He began his career in the sketch-comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy-drama The Castle (1997). He achieved critical recognition for starring in the biographical crime film Chopper(2000) and as the titular character in Hulk (2003).
After a decade of roles in Australian television shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention for his performance in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001) and as Bruce Banner in the superhero horror film Hulk(2003). He played Hector in the war epic Troy (2004) and took a leading role in Steven Spielberg's historical thriller Munich (2005). In 2009, he played the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek, which was a critical and commercial success. Bana continued to work steadily in the 2010s, portraying Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Kristensen in Lone Survivor(2013) and playing police Sergeant Ralph Sarchie in the horror film Deliver Us from Evil(2014). In 2018, Bana played the title role in a true crime miniseries, Dirty John. In 2020, he returned to Australia to star in outback thriller The Dry.
Bana has received several Australian Film Institute awards and has performed distinctive lead and character roles across various genres—from epics to science fiction and action thrillers. In addition to acting, Bana is a motor-racing enthusiast and has participated in multiple racing competitions in Australia. Bana was appointed Member of the Order of Australia(AM) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for his services to drama.
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Tawny Cypress
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Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976) is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She portrayed Simone Deveaux on the TV series Heroes. She previously starred on Fox's drama K-Ville as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau, a police officer who suffers the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Her father is of Hungarian and German extraction and her mother is of African-American and Native American ancestry. Cypress was born and raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and now lives in New York City.
Her older brother Toby Cypress is a comic book artist.
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Dipika Kakkar
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Dipika Kakkar (previously known Samson and also known as Dipika Ibrahim), is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing the role of Simar Prem Bharadwaj in Sasural Simar Ka. She was a contestant in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 8. In 2017, she was participating in Nach Baliye 8 along with her present husband Shoaib Ibrahim. She is all set to make her Bollywood debut with JP Dutta’s Upcoming Film Paltan. She played a extended cameo role opposite Abhinav Kohli and Nirbhay Wadhwa in Star Plus Television Series Qayamat Ki Raat. She is presently a contestant on the reality TV show Bigg Boss on Colors and is said to be the first-highest paid contestant in the house this season.
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Luke Combs
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Luke Albert Combs (born March 2, 1990) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Combs has released two albums for Columbia Nashville, which have combined to produce 10 singles, all of which reached number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart: "Hurricane", "When It Rains It Pours", "One Number Away", "She Got the Best of Me", "Beautiful Crazy", "Beer Never Broke My Heart", "Even Though I'm Leaving", "Does to Me", "Lovin' on You", and “Better Together.”
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Kit Wilson
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Are Pretty Deadly the fastest-rising tag team on SmackDown? YES, BOY!
While Kit Wilson and his partner Elton Prince may seem like they’re more concerned with their looks and fashion choices, Pretty Deadly have proven themselves to be a cunning tag team, willing to do whatever it takes to pick up a victory. Don’t let their good looks fool you; Pretty Deadly hit hard and aren't averse to using questionable tactics. And though it took some time for the eccentric tandem to hit their stride, they quickly rose through the ranks to become NXT UK Tag Team Champions.
In April of 2022, Pretty Deadly made their NXT 2.0 debut and found immediate success, winning the NXT Tag Team Championships a mere week after arriving. At Worlds Collide 2022, Pretty Deadly captured their second NXT Tag Team Championship. During the 2023 WWE Draft, Pretty Deadly took their charisma and style to SmackDown.
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Yoyo Sham
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Yoyo Sham, born on November 7, 1984 is a Chinese pop singer. In April 2008, Yoyo Sham appeared in the "Lust, Caution Concert" as a backing vocalist for Liu Meijun. In 2010, Yoyo Sham was appreciated by Eason Chan and served as a backing vocalist in his "DUO Concert" and sang "The End of The World" solo. In 2011, she released her personal EP "4-6PM". In 2012, she released her second EP "2/2" and was invited to perform at the Simple Life Festival at the end of the year. At the 2014 "Project Wao-Women As One Women's Unity Music Festival First Year-Hong Kong Station", Sandy Lam invited Yoyo Sham to sing on the same stage. In January 2015, Yoyo Sham released her first official album, Here. The limited edition was quickly sold out, breaking the sales record of independent releases in Hong Kong and Taiwan for 20 years. She was nominated for the Best New Artist at the 27th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for the album Here, and won the Best Mandarin Female New Artist Award at the 16th Chinese Music Media Awards on December 16 for the album Here. In 2017, Yoyo Sham received more attention for singing the theme song "Light Chaser" in the popular TV series Summer Is Yet to Come. The song was listed on the NetEase Cloud Music 2017 Annual Chart and won the 25th Shanghai Oriental Billboard Annual Golden Melody Award. In March 2018, she won the 25th Oriental Billboard Dynamic 101 Annual Golden Melody Award for "Light Chaser".
In 2019, she was nominated for the Best Mandarin Female Singer and Best Album Producer at the 30th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her song "Nothing is Under Control". In the same year, "Nothing is Under Control" won the 3rd Taiwan Music Workers' Committee Music Award for [Best Recording Engineering]. She also sang the ending song "fly" for the movie "Better Days".
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Keen'V
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Kevin Bonnet (born 31 January 1983), better known as Keen'V, earlier Keen V, is a French ragga musician. He made his breakthrough with the single "J'aimerais trop" in 2011, peaking at number 3 on the French Singles Chart.
Kevin Bonnet was born on January 31, 1983, in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. He studied at the André Maurois college in La Saussaye and then at the Ferdinand Buisson high school in Elbeuf. Subsequently, he became a volunteer firefighter in Amfreville-la-Campagne, and DJ and entertainer at the "Moulin Rose" nightclub in Belbeuf and César's in Gournay-en-Bray. The beginnings of Keen'v are made at the "Moulin Rose", the DJ of the discotheque offers him to take the turntables and Kévin accepts the offer. Because the public appreciates his performance, the singer decides to return and finds himself alone in front of an audience for the first time.
In 2005, he met the composer Fabrice Vanvert (also known as Fab'V), with whom he composed the songs Loco la salsa and Soca soca te quiero, and performed in around fifty nightclubs in France. He met singers Obed and L'Rayan and together, they released a music video, Dancehall Musik, composed by Fab'V. A few months later, he met DJ Yaz who asked him to become his producer. He then obtains a contract at Universal Music which allows him to release new titles. In 2007, he met Toy Nawaach, a dancer from Limoges who would become his sidekick on stage.
Beginning on 15 April 2024, Keen'v is the host of the new game show "The Song" in France on the NRJ television station.
Source: Article "Keen'V" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Teet Hanschmidt
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Teet Hanschmidt (born on February 22, 1950 in Türi) is an Estonian Lutheran clergyman, a teacher at St. Martin's parish in Türi and the former dean of Järva deanery.
In 1969, he graduated from Paide Keskkooli and in 1974 with honors from the 6th flight of the theater arts department of the Tallinn State Conservatory. Among others, his classmates were Elle Kull, Rita Raave and Lauri Nebel.
Later, he worked as an actor at the Estonian Drama Theater and from 1977 to 1983 as an actor and director at the Rakvere Theater.
In 1985, he started studying at the EELK Theological Institute. He was ordained as a deacon teacher on June 6, 1990, he received his teaching rights in 1999, when he graduated from the Institute of Theology. The topic of his final thesis was "The Office of the Bishop in the Time of the Apostolic Fathers" (supervisor Alar Laats).
On June 15, 1990, he was confirmed as a teacher of St. Martin's parish in Türi. In the years 1993–2003, he was the acting dean of the Järva deanery and in the years 2003–2019, the dean of Järva. He handed over the leadership of the rectory to Katrin-Helena Melder, an assessor and teacher of the Järva-Jaani parish.
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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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Jake Wood
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Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is a British actor and podcaster from Westminster, known for his role as Max Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He has also made guest appearances in series including Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf. In 2014, Wood competed on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dancer Janette Manrara. In the United States, he is known as the voice of the GEICO gecko in a series of television adverts for the American insurance company GEICO. In 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver.
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