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Chris Pohl
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Christian "Chris" Pohl (born February 9, 1972 in Berlin-Kreuzberg) is a German musician.
He is the thinking head of several projects; Such as Terminal Choice, Tumor, Seelenkrank, Waldgeist, Blutengel, Pain of Progress, Miss Construction and The Lonely Soul Experience. In each of them maintains a different and unique style, managing to create themes that today should be considered icons within the genre; So the variety is quite broad, taking as main tool the electronic music with dark touches. However, not all of these Pohl projects are still on, for now only Blutengel, Miss Construction and The Lonely Soul Experience
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Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
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The NedPhO was formed in 1985 from the merger of three orchestras: the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra Utrecht and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (Dutch: Nederlands Kamer Orkest, NKO) continues to give concerts under its own name, with both it and the NedPhO as part of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (Stichting Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest), which is headquartered in Amsterdam. The NedPhO Foundation comprises the largest orchestra organisation in the Netherlands, with 130 musicians on staff.
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Toby Hargrave
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Described as “a happy Hagrid” (for his more than passing resemblance to the Harry Potter chum) comedian Toby Hargrave shares the character’s imposing physical presence as well as his colossal warmth. Audiences are drawn in (if never completely put at ease) by Hargrave’s humble charm and unwaveringly honest comedy. A gifted storyteller with an absurd ability to pinpoint the unseen hilarity of life, Hargrave has captivated audiences for over 20 years. Credits include appearances at the Just for LaughsComedy Festival in Montreal, Atomic Comedy Festival in Washington State, Whistler & Edmonton Comedy Festivals, Vancouver International Comedy Festival, where he was award title of “Funniest Comedian in Vancouver”. Starting in his home town of Edmonton Alberta, Toby has performed at The Comedy Store, Improv, Laugh Shop, Yuk Yuks, Hermosa Comedy Magic Club, Jon Lovitz Comedy Club and continues to enthrall audiences across North American with his incredible ability to connect with diverse crowds and relate his unique comedic perspective.
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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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Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953; New York City) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the drama critic for The New York Times and The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Herman Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York". Both Mankiewicz and Welles received Academy Awards for their screenplay. Mankiewicz's younger brother was Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993), an Oscar-winning Hollywood director, screenwriter, and producer. His nephew Tom Mankiewicz (1942 – 2010) was also a screenwriter and director.
He was often asked to fix the screenplays of other writers, with much of his work uncredited. Occasional flashes of what came to be called the "Mankiewicz humor" and satire distinguished his films, and became valued in the films of the 1930s. The style of writing included a slick, satirical, and witty humor, which depended almost totally on dialogue to carry the film. It was a style that would become associated with the "typical American film" of that period. Among the screenplays he wrote or worked on, besides "Citizen Kane", were "The Wizard of Oz", "Man of the World", "Dinner at Eight", "Pride of the Yankees", and "The Pride of St. Louis". Film critic Pauline Kael credits Mankiewicz with having written, alone or with others, "about forty of the films I remember best from the twenties and thirties. ... he was a key linking figure in just the kind of movies my friends and I loved best.".
Mankiewicz was an alcoholic. Ten years before his death, he wrote: “I seem to become more and more of a rat in a trap of my own construction, a trap that I regularly repair whenever there seems to be danger of some opening that will enable me to escape. I haven’t decided yet about making it bomb proof. It would seem to involve a lot of unnecessary labor and expense". A future Hollywood biographer went so far as to suggest that Mankiewicz’s behavior “made him seem erratic even by the standards of Hollywood drunks.” Herman Mankiewicz died March 5, 1953, of uremic poisoning, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Barış Falay
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Barış Falay (born 9 April 1972) is a Turkish actor. After working at the Ankara State Theatre for 2 years, he joined the İzmir City Theatre appearing in plays such as Hamlet, Üç Kuruşluk Opera, Misafir, Kamyon, Roberto Zucco, Kırmızı Yorgunları, Azizname, Barış, Bahar Noktası, Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz and Karar Kimin. He directed the plays Deniz Kızı Masalı and Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası, and taught at the theatre's school. Later Falay joined the Kocaeli Metropolitan Theatre.
He is best known for his performances in Ezel (2009-2011), Medcezir (2013-2015), Call My Agent (2020-2021), and Ömer (2023).
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Ali AlMufeedi
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Ali Al-Mofidi was a renowned Kuwaiti actor and director who began his career in radio before transitioning to acting. He made significant contributions to theater, cinema, and television throughout his career.
In theater, Al-Mofidi took part in numerous plays since the mid-1960s, including notable productions such as The Vampire and Hello Dolly. However, it was television that truly defined his career, where he not only acted but also ventured into voice acting by dubbing animated series. Some of his most prominent TV roles include the series To My Father and My Mother with Greetings and Aunt Qamsha. In the world of dubbing, he lent his voice to iconic animated series like The Adventures of Adnan and The Iron Man.
Ali Al-Mofidi passed away in 2008 after struggling with various health issues toward the end of his life.
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Sabrina Carpenter
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Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She made her acting debut in 2011. As an actress, she's best known for her roles the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014—2017), the Disney Channel Original Movie Adventures in Babysitting (2016), and the Netflix Originals Tall Girl (2019) and Work It (2020). In 2019, she also starred in the critically acclaimed indie The Short History of the Long Road. Sabrina is also known for her chart-topping hits "Nonsense", "Feather", and "Espresso".
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John Carlin
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John Carlin (6 November 1929 – 19 November 2017) was a Scottish actor. He appeared on television from 1957 to 1992 and has 109 credits from films and television series.
In the late 1950s, Carlin acted with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He made his radio debut in 1955 on the Children's Hour and went on to appear in a number of television programmes in the 1960s. Also in the 1960s he worked as a disc jockey on the BBC's Light Programme.
Carlin died on 19 November 2017 in Gloucestershire, England
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Jennifer Prediger
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Prediger's first film role was as an out-of-town guest and temptress in 'Uncle Kent', a film directed by Joe Swanberg that premiered at Sundance in 2011 and was purchased by IFC. She has also gone to Sundance with three other films - as the composting love interest in 'The Foxy Merkins' in 2014 (dir. Madeleine Olnek), the nosy roommate in 'A Teacher' in 2013 (dir. Hannah Fidell) and as the tentative Vice Principal in 'First Girl I Loved' in 2016 (dir. Kerem Sanga). Jennifer plays an obsessed cinephile in the Gotham Award nominated comedy 'Red Flag' (dir. Alex Karpovsky), released by Tribeca Film. Jennifer is the star of the dark comedy 'Living Room Coffin' and the site specific fringe festival playwright in the upcoming feature 'Hollywood Fringe'. Prediger also has leading roles in 'Richard's Wedding' and 'Applesauce' (dir. Onur Tukel) and 'Pollywogs' (dir. Karl Jacob).
Jennifer plays a lusty doctor in 'The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes' (dir. Nancy Andrews) which won a Gotham Award for Breakout Series. She also appears in 'Uncle Kent 2' (dir. Todd Rohal) and '7 Chinese Brothers', 'Infinity Baby' and 'Frances Ferguson' (dir. Bob Byington) - all of which premiered at SXSW. She plays opposite Max Casella in Applesauce (dir. Onur Tukel) which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.
'Apartment Troubles' (formerly Trouble Dolls) is her first feature film as a director and writer, co-directed and written with Jess Weixler. The film stars Prediger and Weixler and features Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Jeffrey Tambor, and was released by Gravitas in spring 2015 and aired on Showtime. She also produced 'Song of Back and Neck' (dir. Paul Lieberstein) that premiered at Tribeca in 2018.
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