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Mario Kassar
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Mario F. Kassar (Arabic: ماريو قصار; born October 10, 1951) is a Lebanese-American film producer and industry executive who produced the first three films of the Rambo series, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, The Doors, Angel Heart, Jacob's Ladder, Rambling Rose, Basic Instinct, Universal Soldier, Chaplin, Showgirls, and Stargate, among other films.
He founded the now-defunct Carolco Pictures with Andrew G. Vajna.
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André Roussimoff
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André René Roussimoff, known worldwide as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor who gained international fame due to his extraordinary size, the result of a medical condition known as acromegaly (gigantism). Born on May 19, 1946, in Coulommiers, France, he was nicknamed “The Eighth Wonder of the World” and became one of the most iconic figures in professional wrestling during the 1970s and 1980s.
Roussimoff began his wrestling career in 1966 in France under the name Jean Ferré, and his size quickly drew the attention of international promoters. In 1971, he moved to North America, where he was promoted by Vincent J. McMahon, founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), as a global attraction. Renamed André the Giant, he remained one of the most popular wrestlers in the world for over a decade, known for his imposing presence and gentle demeanor.
Throughout his career, André wrestled in various territories and promotions worldwide, including Japan, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the United States. He was a central figure in the wrestling boom of the 1980s, starring in one of the most iconic rivalries in sports entertainment history: his feud with Hulk Hogan, which culminated at the historic WrestleMania III (1987) before more than 93,000 fans. In that match, Hogan famously body-slammed André in what became known as the body slam heard around the world, a defining moment in WWF history.
In 1988, André briefly won the WWF World Championship, only to immediately “sell” the title to Ted DiBiase in a storyline that led to the championship being declared vacant. In the following years, his health declined due to complications from acromegaly, though he remained active in the ring, particularly in Japan and Mexico with promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling and UWA.
Parallel to wrestling, André pursued an acting career. His most beloved role was Fezzik in the film The Princess Bride (1987), a character he cherished and which cemented his status as a beloved figure outside the ring. He also appeared in other productions, such as Conan the Destroyer, The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Fall Guy, among others.
In his personal life, André was known for his generosity, reserved personality, and legendary drinking feats—stories of which became part of wrestling folklore. He had a daughter, Robin Christensen, and spent his final years on a ranch in North Carolina. He passed away on January 28, 1993, in a Paris hotel due to heart failure, shortly after attending his father's funeral.
His legacy endures as one of the most recognized and beloved figures in wrestling history. He was the first-ever inductee into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1993 and has been honored through documentaries, books, films, video games, and the creation of the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, an annual WWE event. He also inspired the visual artist Shepard Fairey, creator of the iconic “Obey” street art campaign.
André the Giant was not just a wrestling legend but also a symbol of resilience, spectacle, and humanity in an industry defined by drama and exaggeration. His story is that of a man whose physical greatness was matched by a remarkable human spirit.
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Robert R. Johnson
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Robert Ryan Johnson, often refereed to as a modern day renaissance man because of his passion for the performing arts has exploded on the film scene playing the lead role of Timmy “TJ” Jackson from the movie that is becoming an online sensation, Idiots Product & Money 2.
His popularity continues to grow ever so quickly, and he is becoming now one of the fastest rising A-list actors on the big screen. Robert is also slated to return as the lead Actor for Idiots Product & Money 3.0 The Dirty Duck Weed Plan.
As a producer Robert is also turning heads with over top edgy comedies such as the F*N show and Piles Of Dirty Duck Weed. As a result Robert R. Johnson was named one Zcuk's 2010 Hawest Who's Who celebrities in their annual rankings.
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Katsu Kanai
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Katsu Kanai (金井 勝, Kanai Katsu, born 9 July 1936) is a Japanese experimental and avant-garde film director. The Harvard Film Archive has called him "one of the most vital and inventive filmmakers in the history of Japanese underground film".
Born the son of a farmer in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanai graduated from the College of Art of Nihon University before finding work at Daiei Film. He later became a freelance cinematographer and founded Kanai Productions in 1968. His first film, The Deserted Archipelago (1969, aka The Desert Island) won the grand prix at the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival. His second film, Good-Bye (1971), was the "first post-war, post-liberation Japanese feature to be filmed in Korea," and according to the film scholar Oliver Dew, illustrated "how a surreal, decided non-representational approach could block the determinations of cultural essentialism". His 2003 work, Super Documentary: The Avant-Garde Senjutsu, was awarded the FIPRESCI award at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Kanai has been the subject of retrospectives at Oberhausen, the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, and the Harvard Film Archive.
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Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov (born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (The sole exception being the 100s: philosophy and psychology, although he did write a foreword for The Humanist Way, which is published in the 100s).
Isaac Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He wrote many short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.
The prolific Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much non-fiction. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, as well as numerous works on astronomy, mathematics, the Bible, William Shakespeare's works and, of course, chemistry subjects.
Asimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, New York elementary school, and one Isaac Asimov literary award are named in his honor.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Tessa E. Osborne
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Tessa Osborne is an award-winning photojournalist/ film director based in Michigan’s Capital City. Born in Changsha, China, and adopted and raised in Michigan. Osborne studied Journalism and Documentary Production at Michigan State University. She spent most of her time reporting, editing podcasts, shooting documentaries, and managing news staff. Osborne is known for co-directing 'Volador' which has garnered recognition both across the nation and internationally. Osborne currently works as a full-time Creative Services Producer at WILX News 10. Previous to this role she has edited promotional videos for non-profits and wrote list articles for The Collider. Her mission as a filmmaker is to uplift women of color by telling their stories. She hopes to be one of the many successful women in film and add nuances to the ideas we have about womanhood/girlhood.
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Emily Cline
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Born and raised in a small Iowa town, Emily started modeling with Elite and moved from Chicago to Milan, Paris, and finally London. She then based her modeling career out of New York for 10 years while she studied acting with Bill Esper and Wynn Handman. There she also worked acting and producing Off-Off Broadway theatre.
Shortly after 9/11, she moved with F. Scott Shea, whom she married the next year, to Los Angeles allowing her to work more in entertainment and less in fashion. Emily has done some television and theatre, though she prefers to focus mainly on independent films. Once she quit modeling, Emily and Scott had a son, Hatcher, in June of 2006 and their next child is in the works: a independent film based on "The Buffalo Soldier", a national best-seller, written by novelist Chris Bohjalian. The book is being adapted by "Tennessee" screenwriter Russell Schaumburg; the film is being produced by Stu Pollard of Pollard Films.
She is currently studying collage/montage art at Art Center for Design.
Emily and her family make their home in the Hollywood Hills, with their kat Prince William and genetically challenged dog, Stella Blue.
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Kirsten Grace Hoge
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Kirsten Hoge is an adept producer and production manager based out of Los Angeles, CA. Kirsten entered the world of filmmaking at an early age beginning her career as an actor, then soon after transitioned into casting and producing at age eighteen. By spending nearly her entire life in the entertainment industry, Kirsten has helped lead several projects to fruition including but not limited to: Peacock's "Boxed In," starring Reginae Carter, Lionsgate's "The Minute You Wake Up Dead," starring Morgan Freeman and Cole Hauser, Rivulet Films', "Taurus," starring Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker), Cedar Park's "Good Mourning," starring Megan Fox, Pete Davidson and Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker). In addition, "Man in the Long Black Coat," starring Christopher Lloyd, Dermot Mulroney and Neal McDonough, and supernatural thriller, "The Movers," starring Terrance Howard and Jena Malone are expected to release by 2025. While working in casting full time, Kirsten attended and received a degree from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), majoring in Film and Television Producing. She then furthered her education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. While well versed in filming on-location in various parts of the United States, Kirsten's career has ventured internationally over the years taking her work to Hong Kong, London, Greece, Norway, and Mexico City with plans to continue expanding.
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Aineias Tsamatis
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Aineias Tsamatis was born in Elbasan, Albania, on November 16, 1984. He graduated from the Modern Music School of Athens (MMS) in 2007 and from Nellie Karra’s Higher School of Dramatic Art ARCHI in 2011. He acts, writes, and directs for cinema and the theater. In 2021, he directed his first short film, “The Crossing,” together with Katerina Mavrogeorgi. In the theater, he has collaborated as an actor with Dimitris Karantzas (“The Persians,” “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” “Three Sisters,” “Nephele,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Waves,” “Sladek”), Aris Biniaris (“Wake Up, Vassili”), Ektoras Lygizos (“Hamlet”), Lena Kitsopoulou (“Blood Wedding”), Argyro Chioti (“The Libation Bearers”), Nikita Milivojević’s (“Lucrezia Borgia”), Kostantin Bokomolov (“Demons”), Pantelis Dentakis (“Dear Herbert,” “Penthesilea”) Pantelis Flatsousis (“National Fashion Show”), Natasha Triantafylli (“Waiting for Godot,” “Brothers Karamazov”), Marianna Calbari (“The Island of Slaves”), Efi Gousi (“Cleansed”), Yiannis Skourletis (“STELLA Travel – The Recited Land”), and Takis Tzamarias (“Our Little Town”).
In cinema, he has collaborated with Stelios Kammitsis (“Jerks”), Constantina Voulgaris (“A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant”), Yorgos Zois (“Interruption”), Pantelis Voulgaris (“Little England,” “The Last Note”), Stavros Tsiolis (“Women Who Passed My Way”), Sepideh Farsi (“I Will Cross Tomorrow”), Nicholas Dimitropoulos (“Echoes of the Past”), Thanos Anastopoulos (“Travelling Ghosts”), and Mariano Pensotti (“The Audience”). In television, he has participated in the series “Dark Sea,” “Postcards,” “One Νight in August.”
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