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Steve Wiebe

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steven J. Wiebe (born January 3, 1969) is an algebra teacher at Finn Hill Junior High, a school in Kirkland, Washington. Wiebe is best known as a two time world champion of Donkey Kong, most recently holding the title from the 20th of September, 2010 to the 10th of January, 2011 with a high score of 1,064,500 points. Wiebe was the first person to achieve over a million points in the arcade game Donkey Kong with a score of 1,006,600 on July 4, 2004. He is one of the primary subjects of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Wiebe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lia Laats

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Lia Laats (February 17, 1926 – April 24, 2004) was an Estonian stage and film actress whose career spanned over forty years. Lia Laats was born in Tallinn to Karl René Laats and Helmi Karin Laats (née Tähe), who both worked as domestic servants. She had two older half-siblings from her father's previous marriage. She studied at the National Drama Theatre (now, the Estonian Drama Theatre) in Tallinn, but left her studies in 1946 without graduating. Lia Laats made her screen debut in the 1947 Herbert Rappaport directed Soviet-Estonian language drama Elu tsitadellis (English: Life in a Citadel) for Lenfilm, based on the 1946 play of the same name by Estonian author and communist politician August Jakobson. Elu tsitadellis was the first post-World War II Estonian feature film, following the annexation of Estonia into the Soviet Union. The plot largely revolves around the arrival of the Soviets following the German occupation of Estonia in 1944 and justice being meted out to Estonians who had collaborated with German occupying forces. The film ends with jubilant Estonians celebrating their "liberation" and inclusion into the Soviet Union; accepting the communist ideology. Both the film and Laats were awarded the Stalin Prize. Following several more dramas, Lia Laats was paired with Estonian singer Georg Ots in the 1961 Viktor Nevežin directed light comedy Juhuslik kohtumine. Laats' most memorable roles are arguably in three comedies directed by Sulev Nõmmik and paired onscreen with actor Ervin Abel. The first of which was 1968's Mehed ei nuta, followed by Noor pensionär in 1972 and Siin me oleme! in 1979. The three films proved to be very popular and are still often broadcast on Estonian television.
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Ashim Ahluwalia

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Ashim Ahluwalia studied film at Bard College, New York. His directorial debut, JOHN & JANE, premiered at the Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals in 2006. It was the first Indian film to be released theatrically by HBO Films. His second feature, MISS LOVELY, had its world premiere in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. His third film, the true-life gangster epic DADDY opened on 2000 screens worldwide on Sept 8th, 2017. His short film EVENTS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER (2016) made on Super 8 with famed Indian modernist painter Akbar Padamsee opened at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in the Classics section and has gone on to show at the BFI London Film Festival and at the Museum of Modern Art in New Directors/ New Films, amongst numerous others. His newest project, the anthology folk horror film, THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL, had a world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 16th, 2018, after which it opened theatrically in the US (distributed by Neon) and on Netflix. In May 2013, he received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College, his alma mater. The award is "given in recognition of a significant contribution to artistic or literary heritage.” In November 2013, he was selected to be on the Jury of the 8th edition of the Rome Film Festival for the CinemaXXI section. Ahluwalia is the only Indian director to have had his work premiere in the official selections of the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and SXSW festivals. Sight and Sound’s Jonathan Romney has described Ahluwalia as “a very impressive talent”. He was named "one of the ten best emerging film directors working today" by Phaidon Press in "Take 100: The Future of Film."
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Nicholas W. Wilson

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Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling, where he wrestled as Nick Gage. Currently signed to Jersey Championship Wrestling, On Point Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, as of early 2011, Gage had wrestled at nearly every CZW show and had competed in more CZW matches than anyone. He has held the World Heavyweight, Tag Team, Iron Man, and Ultraviolent Underground championships during his career.Nick Gage's brother Chris Wilson is also a professional wrestler who performs under the name Justice Pain. In April 2011 Wilson was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree bank robbery.
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Paco León

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Francisco León Barrios (born 4 October 1974), known as Paco León, is a Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter and activist from Seville, Andalusia. Beginning as a comedy performer, he rose to prominence on channel Antena 3 with sketch show Homo Zapping, and in Aída, playing the main character Luisma. He gained more prominence for portraying María José Riquelme in the Netflix series The House of Flowers, and writing, directing, and starring as Manolo in Movistar's Arde Madrid. He is also a prominent campaigner for HIV/AIDS causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paco León, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kazan the Wonder Dog

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Kazan the Wonder Dog was a gifted German shepherd whose $250 a-day film career began in the early 1930s, not long after actor/stuntman Jack King paid an 85 cent fee and bailed him out of a city dog pound. Kazan would later come close to being put on the auction block after King was forced to declare bankruptcy. An agreement was eventually reached, with the help of a number of Hollywood personalities, which temporarily guaranteed King's creditors a certain percentage of Kazan's future earnings. Biography By: John Barlow
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Dick Pope

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Richard Campbell Pope (August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024) was a British cinematographer, known for his work with director Mike Leigh. Born in Bromley, Richard Campbell Pope took an early interest in photography. He trained at the Pathé lab in London, and began his career in 1968 working as a camera operator on documentaries. He began working as a cinematographer on feature films in the 1980s. He began his collaboration with Mike Leigh in 1990's Life is Sweet, and continued to work with him for over thirty years, until Hard Truths (2024).
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Sangeetha Sringeri

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Sangeetha Sringeri is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada language; popularly known as Sathi/Parvatii for her role in the Kannada daily soap HaraHara Mahadeva. She finished in the top 10 at the Miss India beauty pageant in 2014 and was runner up at the world supermodel contest. She was born into a defense family. Her father (Shiva Kumar K) is an ex-serviceman in Indian Air Force, her mother (Bhavani Shiva Kumar) is a Herbal wellness coach. Sangeetha was born in Sringeri, she is an NCC cadet and represented Karnataka in Kho kho bagging a gold medal in the year 2012
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Maged El Kedwany

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Maged El Kedwany is an Egyptian film and television actor. In 1967, he was born in Shubra in Cairo, but lived in Kuwait up until age 18. He began his professional career while studying design at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He began acting in a number of amateur plays, which led to him being cast in various TV shows like "Qanfad" (Hedgehog) and "Nahnu al Nazre el-Shook." He's worked on dozens of films, among them are some of the most well-known films of the 1990s, like "Afareet el-Asphalt" (Asphalt Ghosts) in 1996 and "Saidi fe Gaea al-Amrikeya" (Saidi at the American University in Cairo) in 1998. His other films include "Harameya Ki-Gi-To" (Ki-Gi-To Thieves), "Harameya fe Thailand" (Thieves in Thailand), "Al-Ragel al-Abyad al-Motawast" (Average White Guy), and "Khaly min Kolesterol" (Cholesterol-Free). In 2012, he appeared in two high-profile movies, "Hafla Montasif al-Leil" (Midnight Party) and "Saaa we Nos" (Hour and a Half). studied in the (design) division of the faculty of fine arts. Thereafter he enrolled in the Institute of Theatrical Arts and graduated in 1995. Amongst the theatrical productions that he has performed in are “Pallo” and “Diwan Al Baqar”. Maged has also made several television appearances, which include roles in “Nahnu la Nazra Al Shawk”, “Al Farar Men Al Hob”, “Al Shara’a Al Jadeed”, “Zayzenia” and “Arabesque”.
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Anna Valle

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Anna Valle (born 19 June 1975) is an Italian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Rome, Anna Valle lived in Ladispoli up to thirteen years; after the separation of her parents she moved to Sicily, in Lentini, the city of origin of the mother. After the high school, she enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the University of Catania, but she interrupted her studies in 1995, when she was elected Miss Italy. The following year she entered the competition at the Miss Universe 1996. After having appeared in some fotoromanzi and a music video with Gianni Morandi Valle began to attend some acting schools in Rome and Milan, and debuted in the 1996 short film Le due bambole rosse.[2][4] She later emerged as actress with the success of several television series such as Commesse and Cuore. She is 178 cm (5' 10") tall.
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