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Gaëtan Chataignier

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Born in 1969, Gaëtan Chataignier front leads a musical career (The Little Rabbits, The French Cowboy) and director of music videos or films for Dominique A, Lou Doillon, Etienne Daho (a rereading of Metropolis by Fritz Lang) HELENA Noguerra, Julien Doré, Sébastien Tellier and Philippe Katerine (work with him was rewarded in 2011 with a Victoire de la Musique for best music video). He recently signed a documentary broadcast on Arte, on the legendary Isle of Wight Festival (Brian Wilson, Mogwai, Primal Scream, Fatboy Slim, Metronomy, The Cure ...) and a documentary about metal music, filmed including Hellfest festival in Clisson. Last April, Canal + broadcast Magnum, an adventure movie and love with zoom and dézooms a fiction to terribly augmented reality co-produced with Philippe Katerine.In collaboration with Christopher Conte Inrockuptibles, he is currently working on producing a docudrama on the film music composer François de Roubaix, disappeared in 1975. Broadcast July 7, 2014 on France 4 Last April, Canal + broadcast Magnum, an adventure movie and love with zoom and dézooms a fiction to terribly augmented reality co-produced with Philippe Katerine. In collaboration with Christopher Conte Inrockuptibles, he is currently working on producing a docudrama on the film music composer François de Roubaix, disappeared in 1975. Broadcast July 7, 2014 on France 4. Last April, Canal + broadcast Magnum, an adventure movie and love with zoom and dézooms a fiction to terribly augmented reality co-produced with Philippe Katerine. In collaboration with Christopher Conte Inrockuptibles, he is currently working on producing a docudrama on the film music composer François de Roubaix, disappeared in 1975. Broadcast July 7, 2014 on France 4.
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Leyla Badirbayli

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Leyla Javanshirova was born on 8 January 1920 in Baku, in the family of Aghalar Badirbeyov, from the generation of Shamkir beys. In 1936, she became the soloist of the Song and Dance Ensemble of Azerbaijan, where she worked up until 1942. In 1942, on guidance of the Azerbaijan State Drama Theatre, named after Meshadi Azizbeyov's invitation, she began to perform on the stage of this theatre. In 1945, Badirbeyli played Gulchohra's part from "The Cloth Peddler" musical comedy. Henceforth she played memorable roles in such films as "Fatali khan", "The Meeting", "Shadows are crawling", "Her Great Heart", "Koroghlu", "The Tempestuous Kura", "Sevil", "Boys of our street", "One fine day", "The Dervish Detonates Paris" etc. In 1951, Leyla Badirbeyli graduated from Azerbaijan State Theatrical Institute named after M.A.Aliyev. The actress died on 23 November 1999.
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Brian Wickens

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Brian Wickens is a semi-retired New Zealand professional wrestler best known as Luke Williams, one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as The Bushwhackers in the WWF. After leaving Stampede Wrestling, the Kiwis began doing double duty in NWA Pacific Northwest as well as the Canadian-based International All-Star Wrestling around 1979-1980 as "The Kiwi Sheepherders". In 1979, the team won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship on three occasions between 21 July and 5 August 1980, before they left the territory. On 22 September, the Sheepherders lost the gold to Dutch Savage and Stan Stasiak, only to regain them a week later. On 11 February 1980, the Sheepherders became double champions when they downed Dutch Savage & Stan Stasiak, this time for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. Top faces Rick Martel & "Rowdy" Roddy Piper teamed up in May, to take the NWA Canadian tag title from The Sheepherders and, in effect, run the duo out of the Northwest region by August, gaining the NWA Pacific Northwest tag titles when the Sheepherders left the promotion. The next stop for The Sheepherders was a brief stay in the Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling territory run by Jim Crockett. In MACW, the two won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship by beating Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer for the gold. The Sheepherders held onto the gold for close to three months before dropping it to Dewey Robertson and Rocky Johnson on 12 December. After losing the titles, Luke and Butch headed for warmer weather as they traveled to Puerto Rico and began working for the World Wrestling Council as Los Pastores. While in Puerto Rico, the team won the WWC North American Tag Team Championship twice while touring the island
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Malcolm Goodwin

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Malcolm Goodwin (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor. He has appeared in American Gangster, Breakout Kings, Detroit 1-8-7, Leatherheads, The Longshots and Crazy on the Outside. Malcolm Goodwin is an actor who had been featured in the magazines Interview, LA Confidential, King, Vibe, and Venice. He has starred in numerous feature films including American Gangster, The Lazarus Project, Brief Interview with Hideous Men, Leatherheads, Mississippi Damned, Crazy on the Outside, and The Longshots. His TV credits include “Raising the Bar,” “Hack,” “Law & Order,” “L&O Criminal Intent,” “K*Ville,” “Detroit 187” and he’s a series regular on A&E crime drama “Breakout Kings.” His love for acting began at Julia Richman Talent Unlimited Program in New York City and he later on trained at SUNY Purchase College Acting Conservatory, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and Film. Goodwin has directed and produced independent commercials, sketches, short films, music videos and public service announcements. He recently appeared in the music video for the song "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO.
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William Gibson

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William Ford Gibson is an American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were bleak, noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans—a "combination of lowlife and high tech"—and helped to create an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s.
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Ziyad Al-Amri

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Ziyad Al-Amri is a Saudi actor who began his career by participating in the sketches of the comedy program "Khambala"—considered his first appearance in a dramatic work. Later, he took part in various projects, most notably the film "Otilla" (2020), "Aurem" (2022), and the film "Al-Khallat+" (2023), in addition to other works such as "Al-Jarima," "Cloud Kitchen," and "The Roof of the World" (2024), which solidified his position as one of the young talents in the Saudi artistic scene.
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Jason Mraz

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Mraz's stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, bossa nova and hip hop. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z that Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts. Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "I'm Yours" from the album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million. The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Mraz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Anésia Pinheiro Machado

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Anésia Pinheiro Machado (Itaí, June 5, 1904 - Rio de Janeiro, May 10, 1999) was a Brazilian aviator. She was the second woman to obtain an aviator's license in Brazil and the first to perform a solo flight in Brazilian skies. She became known worldwide for her activism in feminist causes and for her aerial conquests throughout her life. In May 1940, Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQuenn, president of the Women's International Association of Aeronautics, on a visit to Brazil, praised Anesia's performance after watching an acrobatic display by the Brazilian aviator on a Bücker Jungman training plane in Rio de Janeiro.
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Christine Bermas

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Christine Bermas is a Filipino actress and model born on August 30, 2001, in Manila, Philippines. She began her career in entertainment as a member of the girl group Belladonnas before transitioning to acting in 2021. Christine gained recognition for her performances in Vivamax films such as Moonlight Butterfly (2022), Scorpio Nights 3 (2022), Island of Desire (2022), Relyebo (2022), Nightbird (2023), and Lampas Langit (2023). Known for portraying daring and mature roles, she has often emphasized the difference between her on-screen persona and her real-life personality, describing herself as conservative off-camera. Before entering show business, she worked humble jobs, including selling local delicacies, to support her family. Christine continues to build her reputation as one of Vivamax’s most prominent young actresses, with aspirations to take on more dramatic and emotionally challenging roles in Philippine cinema.
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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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