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Cassandra Webb
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Cassandra grew up both in Sausalito, California and in the Australian Outback. She studied in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in Slavic Languages and Literature. At Berkeley, she was awarded a President's Fellowship to translate and produce three Russian One-Act plays with Professor Simon Karlinsky and Professor Andrew Wachtel, now a Dean at Northwestern University. As Cassandra Webb, she had a successful acting career in Australia, starring as Suzi in the British Sci Fi film Starship, and played the blind Kelly Burns on the successful Australian television series Sons and Daughters. Her stage work includes Nora in the Australian National Premiere of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Australian National Tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and she portrayed several of Shakespeare's heroines Hermia, Juliet and Desdemona. She starred in Peter Gabriel's video of San Jacinto. Cassandra Wiseman lives happily and haphazardly in the wild woods of Topanga Canyon and has three children. She has served on boards of several charities, focusing on feeding the hungry and providing free classes in the arts to children at risk. She has created many school fundraisers. Her non-fiction essays have been published online on Freshyarn and in print in the Topanga Messenger and Marinscope..
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Alex Felton
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Alex Felton is a Welsh actor who trained at Drama Centre London. A Midsummer Night's Dream is his firstemperformance with Bristol Old Vic. His other theater credits include All's Well That End's Well (National Theatre); As You Like It (Clwyd Theatr Cymru); The Winter's Tale (Old Vic Tunnels); The Importance of Being Earnest (Library Theatre); Passing By (Finborough Theatre); The River Line (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Reluctant Debutante (Theatre Royal Bath); Pride and Prejudice (Theatre Royal Bath); and 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic). He has appeared on the television series Bonekickers and Holby City (BBC). Current as of March 2014
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Keith Deller
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Keith Kelvin Deller is an English former professional darts player best known for winning the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship and Unipart British Professional Championship in 1987. He was the first qualifier ever to win the championship and remains one of the youngest champions in history.
His checkout of 138 to clinch the trophy at the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship is amongst the most memorable in darting history. His opponent Eric Bristow had left himself 50 to stay in the match, but decided to throw for single 18 with his last dart to leave double 16 instead of a more difficult attempt at the bullseye. Deller then hit treble 20, treble 18, double 12 for the title, and even to this day commentators often refer to 138 as the "Deller checkout" if a player is left with that score.
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Wayne Mardle
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Wayne Mardle (born 10 May 1973) is an English former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO). He was runner-up in three PDC majors, losing to Phil Taylor on each occasion. He was also a five-time world semi-finalist. He currently works as a pundit and commentator.
He has been known as "Hawaii 501" since 2000, a play on the title of the popular television series Hawaii Five-O, due to the Hawaiian shirts he started wearing in 1998 for a bet, and 501 being the start score of a leg of darts. This dress sense coupled with his crowd-pleasing onstage activity (such as dancing to the interval music) saw him become one of the most popular players on the circuit.
Mardle made his commentating debut for the PDC at the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, working alongside Sid Waddell in a few matches. He also co-presented some of the event with Dave Clark and predicting some of the match results with Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow.
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Bob Kerrey
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Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietnam War, as a United States Navy SEAL officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat. During the action for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he was severely wounded, precluding further naval service. He later faced controversy for being the commanding officer during the Thanh Phong raid, where numerous civilians were killed.
Kerrey was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992. He retired from the Senate in 2000 and was replaced by former governor and fellow Democrat Ben Nelson. From 2001 to 2010, he served as president of The New School, a university in New York City. In May 2010, he was selected to become the head of the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA, however, could not reach an agreement with him and chose former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd instead.
In 2012, Kerrey sought election to his old Senate seat to succeed his successor, the retiring Democratic incumbent Ben Nelson. He lost to Republican nominee Deb Fischer.
In 2013, Kerrey joined the Carmen Group lobbying firm.
Kerrey is a co-chair for the advisory board of Issue One, an organization that describes its mission as "fighting for real solutions to the problem of money in politics". In 1987, Kerrey was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.
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Paul Lim
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Paul Lim Leong Hwa, known simply as Paul Lim (born 25 January 1954), is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his nine-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. His nine-darter remained the only nine-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world championships, until Raymond van Barneveld hit one against Jelle Klaasen in the quarter-final of the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. It was however the only nine-dart finish ever achieved at the BDO World Darts Championship as no other was achieved prior to the conclusion of the its final edition in 2020.
Lim represented four countries at darts; Singapore was not affiliated with the sport's governing body, the World Darts Federation (WDF), so Lim played briefly for Papua New Guinea, but settled in California and represented the United States in international competition, before also playing for his native country when they became a WDF playing nation. Lim has also represented Singapore at the PDC World Cup of Darts, and in the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, he and his teammate Harith Lim, reached the quarter-finals, defeating the top seeds Scotland (Gary Anderson and Peter Wright) in the first round. However, in the 2019 WDF World Cup he represented Hong Kong.
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William S. Sessions
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William Steele Sessions (May 27, 1930 – June 12, 2020) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the fourth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sessions served as FBI director from 1987 to 1993, when he was dismissed by President Bill Clinton. After leaving the public sector, Sessions represented Semion Mogilevich, international leader of the Russian mafia. He is the father of Texas Congressman Pete Sessions.
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Sid Waddell
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Sid Waddell (10 August 1940 – 11 August 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the "Voice of Darts" due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC and Sky Sports. Due to his joke telling skills he was also nicknamed the Thief of Bad Gags, firstly by Dave Lanning. He was nominated for two prestigious awards for his work, and published several books.
Following his death on 11 August 2012, the day after his 72nd birthday, the decision was made to rename the PDC World Darts Championship trophy the Sid Waddell trophy from 2013.
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U-Kwon
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Kim Yu-kwon (Hangul: 김유권), better known by his stage name U-Kwon, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actor. He is best known as the lead dancer and vocalist of the boy group Block B and its sub-units Bastarz and T2U. Born in Suwon, South Korea, he made his debut in the entertainment industry in April 2011 with Block B's single "Do You Wanna B?".
Beyond his activities with Block B, U-Kwon has established a distinct presence in musical theater and variety television. He gained significant attention in 2016 as a contestant on the dance competition show Hit the Stage, where his cinematic performance as the Joker went viral. His musical theater credits are extensive, including lead roles in Korean productions of In the Heights, All Shook Up, The Great Catsby, and Evil Dead: The Musical.
As an actor, U-Kwon made his screen debut in the 2015 web drama Jumping Girl and later appeared in the KBS2 drama Radio Romance (2018). He has also expanded his musical discography with solo releases, including the single album Rise Up (2019) and the digital single "Wanna Do" (2023).
U-Kwon enlisted for his mandatory military service in May 2020 and was officially discharged in November 2021. Following the expiration of his contract with Seven Seasons in early 2023, he left the agency but remains an active member of Block B.
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Phil Taylor
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Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English former professional darts player. Nicknamed The Power, he dominated darts for over two decades and won 214 professional tournaments, including a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. He is the most successful darts player in history.
Taylor won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002, reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 and reached 21 world finals overall, all of which are records. He held the world number one ranking for thirteen years in total, including eight in a row from 2006–2013. He won 70 PDC Pro Tour events, which was a record until Michael van Gerwen passed it in February 2019. Taylor hit a record 11 televised nine-dart finishes (and 22 overall). He was also the first person to hit two nine-dart finishes in the same match.
Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) until 1993. Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO, he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation, the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and was twice nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in 2006 and 2010; in the latter event he finished as runner-up, making him the only darts player ever to finish in the top two. He was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame in 2011. Taylor retired from professional darts after the 2018 World Championship.
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