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Bianca Jagger

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Bianca Jagger (born Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías; 2 May 1945) is a Nicaraguan social and human rights advocate and a former actress. Jagger currently serves as a Council of Europe goodwill ambassador, founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA, and a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust. She was married to Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, from 1971 until 1978. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bianca Jagger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Cameron Diaz

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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. Prolific in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $3 billion in the U.S. box-office. Her output of romantic comedies in the late 1990s and early 2000s established her as a prominent sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, and in 2013, Diaz was named the highest-paid actress over 40. She has received various accolades, including nominations for a British Academy Film Award and four Golden Globe Awards. Born in San Diego, California, Diaz was raised in Long Beach. While still in high school, she signed a modelling contract with Elite Model Management. Diaz made her film debut at age 21 in the comedy The Mask (1994). Following a supporting role in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), she starred as the titular character in the Farrelly brothers' comedy There's Something About Mary (1998), which brought her increased fame and her first Golden Globe nomination. Diaz's following two projects—the sports drama Any Given Sunday and Spike Jonze's fantasy film Being John Malkovich (both 1999)—earned her recognition as a dramatic actress. Diaz received praise for her supporting roles in Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) and had greater commercial success in the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2000) and its 2003 sequel, as well as for voicing Princess Fiona in the Shrek franchise since 2001. Her subsequent films include the comedies In Her Shoes (2005), The Holiday (2006), What Happens in Vegas (2008), Knight and Day (2010), The Green Hornet (2011), and Bad Teacher (2011). After starring in three successful comedies in 2014—The Other Woman, Sex Tape and Annie—Diaz retired from acting to focus on her family, but made a return to the profession with the action comedy Back in Action (2025). Diaz has also written two health books: The Body Book (2013), a New York Times bestseller, and The Longevity Book (2016). Her personal life has drawn media attention throughout her career, mainly regarding her relationships and fashion choices. In 2015, Diaz married Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden; they have two children via surrogate. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cameron Diaz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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John Kitzmiller

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John Kitzmiller (December 4, 1913 – February 23, 1965) was an American actor who worked in his native land, as well as Italy and the United Kingdom. Kitzmiller achieved his greatest fame as a popular and versatile actor in Europe, making an estimated 40 European films. He was the first Black actor to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 1957 for his role in the Yugoslav (Slovenia) film Valley of Peace. He is best-known for his role as Quarrel in the first EON-produced James Bond movie, Dr. No. From Wikipedia.
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Ron Paul

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Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012. A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of several of the federal government's policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. In 1976, Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, both free-market groups focused on limited government. He has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement, a fiscally conservative political movement started in 2007 and popularized in 2009 that is largely against most matters of interventionism.
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Elza Radziņa

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Elza Radziņa (February 10, 1917; Kharkiv, Russian Empire – August 18, 2005; Riga, Latvia) was a Latvian theater and cinema actress, master of the spoken word (reader). She received award of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of the Three Stars in 1995. She studied in Jelgava theater studio in 1942. After the World War II worked in Jelgava Drama theater (1945-1953). For a brief moment she worked in Valmiera Drama theater, but from 1954 worked in Latvian National Theater, where she became one of the leading actresses. In 1949 she made her debut in biographical drama film "Rainis" from Riga Film Studio.
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Ed Guiney

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Edward Michael Guiney is an Irish-American film producer, co-founder, and co-CEO of the film and television production company Element Pictures. He won a British Academy Film Award and was nominated for four more in Best Film and Outstanding British Film for The Favourite, The Wonder and Poor Things. He was also nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Picture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Guiney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lynnette Gaza

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Lynne (A.K.A. "Swannie") was born in Sydney, Australia to Minnie and Joseph. She attended Fort St. Girls High School. Despite leaving at age 15, she passed the entrance exam and enrolled in the nursing school at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, graduating as Valedictorian in December 1964. She moved to London in the 1960's, worked as a Private Nurse at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers and Gentlemen, serving The Prime Minister, members of The Royal Family, and other distinguished patients. Lynne then worked in Hong Kong as a medical secretary, a barmaid, a nurse at the Hilton Hotel, and eventually as Sales/Marketing Manager of eight factories that produced semiconductors, printed printed circuit boards, etc. This job sparked a fateful encounter with James Gaza, who would become her husband of 40 years. James was an engineer from Chicago, who ran International Components Corporation, or "ICC", an international manufacturing firm. They married in Tokyo where Lynne studied Japanese language and calligraphy. The couple relocated to Chicago, where Lynne worked extensively in the Chicago Public Schools: publishing yearbooks, teaching the Great Books Courses, and coaching Academic Bowl teams - winning the City Championship nine times and inspiring many students along the way. She earned a Bachelors of Science in pre-med from Loyola University Chicago, graduated cum laude, and became a member of the Jesuit Honor Society despite being an atheist. In addition to her yoga practice, Lynne became a Master Swimmer, competing in the World Games in Montreal. Additionally, she was a docent for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, served on the board of the Chicago Hearing Society, and chaired a Literature Group for the International Women Associates, or "IWA". She served as President of IWA from 2005-2007. Lynne performed voice overs, and in several plays in theaters in Chicago. She began flying between Chicago and LA where she performed in student films and small indie films. She spent a summer at BADA in Oxford, and another summer at the LA Academy. Eventually she appeared in soap operas, television shows and movies. One of Lynne's greatest passions was travel, and she visited more than 80 countries, and every single continent. She was extremely social and adventurous, going on safaris, learning different languages, and meeting people from all walks of life. Lynne passed away on August 14, 2023, she is survived by her children, Michelle and Jonathan; her daughter-in-law, Kristine; her grandchildren, Malakai and Janaia; as well as cousins in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and a circle of friends around the world.
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Benoît Chamoux

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Benoît Chamoux was a French mountaineer, born on February 19, 1961, in La Roche-sur-Foron, Haute-Savoie, and died on October 6, 1995, at the age of 34, on Kangchenjunga in Nepal. A reserved but curious child, he grew up in a mountain environment where peaks were part of the daily landscape and developed a strong taste for physical exertion, navigation, and the outdoors from a very young age. As a teenager, he discovered mountaineering in local clubs, trained in climbing and ice climbing techniques, and quickly demonstrated extraordinary abilities, both in terms of his endurance and his determination. Drawn to high mountains from a young age, he climbed the Diamond Couloir on Mount Kenya, Kenya, in 1982. The following year, in 1983, he climbed the south face of Huascarán in Peru, before turning his attention to the Himalayas, where he quickly established himself as one of the most brilliant mountaineers of his generation. From 1985 onwards, he summited a string of 8,000-meter peaks, climbing thirteen of the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in the world between 1985 and 1995—a feat that made him a major figure in French mountaineering. A proponent of fast and lightweight ascents, which he called "express ascents," he completed several high-level solo climbs, notably on Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, and K2, which he summited in record time. A leader of international teams in extreme conditions, he also spearheaded the "Team Spirit" project, where he demonstrated his leadership qualities as well as his commitment to humanity. In 1992, Chamoux distinguished himself by directing the first satellite measurement of Everest's altitude from the summit, installing some fifteen kilograms of instruments on the peak to obtain a reading of 8,846 meters with unprecedented precision. He then continued his scientific and sporting expeditions, notably climbing Dhaulagiri in 1993 and Lhotse in 1994, while also participating in high-altitude medical research. On May 7, 1995, he reached the summit of Makalu, his thirteenth 8,000-meter peak, although this ascent would later be debated by some Himalayan mountaineering commentators. In the autumn of 1995, he set out for his fourteenth and final major summit, Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak at 8,586 meters. On October 6, 1995, just a few dozen meters from the summit, he disappeared along with cameraman Pierre Royer and their Sherpa Riku, leaving his quest to summit all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks unfinished. Five months after his death, his widow, Fabienne Clauss, established the Benoît Chamoux Foundation, under the auspices of the Fondation de France, to honor his memory and continue his commitment to the communities of the high Himalayan valleys. Through his sporting achievements, his penchant for taking risks, and his reflections on the meaning of commitment in the mountains, Benoît Chamoux remains an emblematic figure of modern Himalayan mountaineering, often referred to as a “little prince of the Himalayas.”
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Mikul Robins

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Born in Los Angeles The campus of the High School he attended contained a Public Access TV Station that allowed him to produce, direct, write and appear as on-screen talent for various shows that were broadcast to the community. He attended Los Angeles Valley College, intending to become either a camera person or director. While there, he became a Disc Jockey for the College radio station that was broadcast to the San Fernando Valley and became one half of the on-air morning comedy team. He also wrote and performed many radio plays and sketches. He began studying acting with various schools and instructors including Stella Adler and well-established character actor Bruce Glover. He began appearing in many stage productions. His first principal movie role was in Weird Science as a supporting character, working with John Hughes. Unfortunately, John Hughes did not have final cut approval and Mikul's 10 scenes were cut almost entirely. Mikul was cast at Detective Garner in the long-running Witchcraft movie series and that started a period of appearing in many B horror movies. Many of them bad, but fun to watch. Throughout his career he has continued working behind-the-scenes on an uncountable amount of projects in virtually every aspect of filmmaking. He became a photographer early on as a way to help other actors against high cost head shots. He continues to photograph actors, models, musicians, and authors and works as a on-set and behind-the-scenes photographer.
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Victor Rebengiuc

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Victor Rebengiuc (known in full as Victor-George Rebengiuc; born February 10, 1933) is an award-winning Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist. Since 1957, he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company, acting in more than 200 roles on that stage alone. Having had his breakthrough performance with Liviu Ciulei's The Forest of the Hanged, Rebengiuc became a major figure in Romanian cinema, and became especially known for his 1986 appearance in Stere Gulea's Moromeţii. He also starred in films by Dan Piţa (Tănase Scatiu; Dreptate în lanţuri; Faleze de nisip; The Man of the Day) and Lucian Pintilie (De ce trag clopotele, Mitică?; Balanţa; Too Late; Last Stop Paradise; Niki and Flo; Tertium non datur). Rebengiuc was celebrated for his stage performances, appearing in plays directed by, among others, Ciulei, Radu Penciulescu, Andrei Şerban, Cătălina Buzoianu, Yuri Kordonsky, Gábor Tompa and Alexandru Dabija. The former husband of actress Anca Vereşti, he is married to Mariana Mihuţ, his Bulandra colleague. Rebengiuc's life under the communist regime provided him an anti-communist perspective, and some of his 1980s films were censored or banned by the country's officials. In 1989, he took part in the Romanian Revolution, when he was among the people who stormed into the Romanian Television building and broadcast the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu and an end to communist rule. Rebengiuc subsequently spoke out against political forces he believes stand for the regime's legacy in modern society, and called for the retrospective condemnation of communism. As a public figure, he has had a brief career in politics, and, since the mid-1990s, endorses non-governmental organizations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Rebengiuc, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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