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Coleen Gray
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Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was born in Staplehurst, Nebraska. After graduating from high school she studied dramatics at Hamline University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, she then decided to see America and traveled to California, stopping off at La Jolla where she worked as a waitress. After several weeks there, she moved to L.A. and enrolled in a drama school. Her performances attracted a talent scout from 20th Century-Fox, with whom she signed a contract after a screen test. Although Fox put her in several good pictures (Kiss of Death (1947), Nightmare Alley (1947), The Razor's Edge (1946) in which she acquitted herself well, many of the roles they gave her were not worthy of her talent and she never became as big a star as many thought she should have. Still, she has an extensive list of credits in films, TV, radio and on the stage.
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Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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Ben Bernie
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Ben Bernie (May 30, 1891 – October 23, 1943), born Bernard
Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often
introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable
bits of snappy dialogue.
Bernie was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. By the age of 15 he
was teaching violin, but this experience apparently diminished his interest in
the violin for a time. He returned to music doing vaudeville, appearing with
Phil Baker as Baker and Bernie, but he met with little success until 1922 when
he joined his first orchestra. Later, he had his own band, "The
Lads," seen in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound short, Ben Bernie and
All the Lads (1924–25), featuring pianist Oscar Levant. He toured with Maurice
Chevalier and also toured in Europe.
Bernie's orchestra recorded throughout the 1920s and 1930s;
Vocalion (1922–25), Brunswick (1925–33), Columbia (1933), Decca (1936), and ARC
(Vocalion and OKeh) (1939–40). In 1923 Bernie and the Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
recorded Who's Sorry Now. In 1925 Ben Bernie and his orchestra did the first
recording of Sweet Georgia Brown. Bernie was the co-composer of this jazz
standard, which became the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Bernie was a freemason, member of Keystone Lodge № 235, New
York City.
He died from a pulmonary embolism in October 1943, aged 52.
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JJ Feild
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John Joseph Feild (born 1978), better known as JJ Feild, is a British American film, television, and theatre actor. He started his television career in 1999. Feild played Fred Garland in Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North television adaptations. In 2007, he starred as Henry Tilney in the television film Northanger Abbey. The following year, he made his West End debut in a production of Ring Round the Moon. From 2014 to 2016, Feild portrayed Major John André in Turn: Washington's Spies. Feild's film credits include Telstar (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Austenland (2013), and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).
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Duncan Heyde
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Duncan got into radio after realising that bricklaying wasn't his cup of tea! Over the last 14 years, he has developed an unwavering passion for the media and the people involved.
After a stint doing breakfast radio in Blenheim, Dunc moved to the big smoke to work at The Rock, where he had a number one show with comedic duo Jono and Ben; then a number one show with Thane Kirby. For the last six years, he has been working on The Rock Drive show.
At the start of 2019 Dunc teamed up for some shenanigans with his good friend Jay Reeve, and now they co-host the top-rating afternoon slot.
His love of people and performing has helped him become a polished event MC. He has MC’d a swag corporate gigs including the 2degrees Customer Care Awards; and the Master Builders Auckland Winter Ball and Awards.
He has also hosted high-energy events including Wellington Homegrown, Queenstown Winterfest, V4 & Rotarys Car show, ACC Shiny Side Up Motorcycle Show, Methven & Auckland Big Air, The Beach & Boat Fishing Competition, and also done ground-announcing for The Auckland Blues - and he's always keen for more!
In his spare time, Duncan likes to fuel his obsession with fishing, and when the weather isn’t playing ball, you can find him renovating his home with his wife or restoring his classic car. Duncan is a proud father of three boys – as well as a dribbly British bulldog.
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Jade Hurst
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From an office that sits atop K'Road looking out over the comings and goings of one of this country’s most infamous strips, Jade Hurst runs her branding and communication business, one that sees her working on some of New Zealand’s most enticing events. With an absolute passion for luxurious indulgence (whether it be jet-setting to Bali, or trying the latest avant-garde beauty treatments), she’s the perfect crash test dummy for all women who like a little pampering now and then (no matter what the cost).
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Ala Nunu
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Polish animation director currently based in Portugal. She has experience in directing and art directing for commercial and artistic projects including TV series, social campaigns, music videos and short films. Her portfolio includes working for Adult Swim Toonami, Universal Studios and Frank Sinatra Estate, The Atlantic or the On Being Project. Her film Ahead has been screened at festivals like Animafest Zagreb, Bucheon International Animation Festival, Festival Anima in Brussels and her latest film Telsche, co-directed with Sophie Colfer premiered in Annecy, was screened at festivals like Tokyo Anime Awards and was awarded inter alia at the Cinanima festival for best Sound Design. She regularly teaches at the University of Algarve in Portugal and PJWSTK in Warsaw, Poland. She is also a co-founder of COLA international production cooperative, where she helps bring to life a wide variety of projects from short films to VR experiences. As an animator, Nunu has recently worked on films such as the Oscar nominated Ice Merchants or the multi awarded Slow Light.
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Katrina Hobbs
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Interweaving her studies as a Photographer & Interior Designer and work as an Actress & Presenter, Katrina loves to combine with these creative strands when working with design clients.
Studying Interior Design at Sydney Design School, she specialised in colour & textiles.
After graduating she spent 4 years working with the renowned Interior Designer & Textile importer Tigger Hall.
This job saw Katrina working alongside Sydney's top Interior Designers to help source exquisite textiles, lighting & products for high end residential & commercial interiors.
It was this experience that led her to design her first collection of textiles & homeware products.
When Katrina returned to NZ in 2018 she opened a retail space on Ponsonby Road, stocking not only her own line of soft furnishings but an array of the gorgeous homewares she'd been introduced to with her work in Sydney.
Applying her Interior Design skills she's now working with clients here in Auckland and around the world to create spaces that make their homes unique.
Post Covid (if it's not too early to say that!) Katrina has moved her retail store to an online only presence with the popular range of silk velvet and pure linen printed cushions available alongside her photographic work.
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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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Marcela Santamaria
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Marcela Santamaría is a Salvadoran model, TV presenter and media personality, born in El Salvador. She gained national recognition as Miss World El Salvador 2015, representing her country in the Miss World pageant and previously competing in international contests such as Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 and Miss International 2011.
She worked as a television host on Salvadoran programs including Play and the reality series Top Chef El Salvador, and later continued her career in media while residing in the United States. Santamaría has also studied acting and is a bilingual performer with experience in both English and Spanish-language projects.
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