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Morten Harket

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Morten Harket (born 14 September 1959) is a Norwegian singer who is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band A-ha. A-ha has released 11 studio albums as of 2024, and topped the charts internationally with their hit "Take On Me" in 1985. Harket has also released six solo albums. Before joining A-ha in 1982, Harket appeared on the Oslo club scene as the singer for blues outfit Souldier Blue. Harket was named a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. The son of Reidar, a chief physician at a hospital, and Henny, an economics teacher, and brother to Gunvald, Håkon, Ingunn and Kjetil, Morten grew up in Asker in southern Norway. His early musical influences included Uriah Heep, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, David Bowie, and James Brown. Morten's father had contemplated becoming a classical pianist; Morten also took piano lessons for a while but lacked the discipline to practice. At the age of 4, he started writing music and playing piano. The trio, comprising lead vocalist Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (Pål Waaktaar until his marriage in 1994), and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed on 14 September 1982, and left Norway for London to make a career in the music business. They chose the studio of musician, producer, and soon-to-be-manager John Ratcliff, because it had a Space Invaders machine. Ratcliff introduced the band to his manager, Terry Slater, and, after a few meetings, A-ha had two managers. Slater and Ratcliff together formed T.J. Management. Ratcliff dealt with all the technical and musical aspects; Slater was the international business manager and liaison to Warner Brothers' head office. The band says the name "A-ha" comes from a title Paul contemplated giving to a song; he was dithering between the titles "A-ha" and "A-hem". Morten was looking through Paul's notebook, and came across the name, which he liked, and immediately decided that it was the right name. In 1984, A-ha released their first single, "Take On Me", which became a hit only on the third attempt in 1985, after it had been re-recorded and accompanied by a music video directed by Steve Barron. The single's international success helped A-ha's debut album Hunting High and Low to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. Their second studio album was Scoundrel Days, followed by Stay on These Roads and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. The band then issued the commercially disappointing Memorial Beach, after which the band went on hiatus. Harket re-joined his colleagues in A-ha in 1998[7] to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize concert. Since 1998, A-ha has released four studio albums and several compilations. Their eighth studio album Analogue was released in 2005, and became a big hit worldwide, achieving Platinum certification in the UK. The band's last studio album before their split, Foot of the Mountain, was released in the spring of 2009. ... Source: Article "Morten Harket" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Sarita Choudhury

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Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is an English actress. Born in Blackheath, an affluent neighborhood in London, to an English mother and a Bengali father, Choudhury was raised in Jamaica, Mexico, Italy and England due to her father's work. She landed her breakout role starring opposite Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's romantic drama film Mississippi Masala (1991) despite never formally studying acting. Since then, she has appeared in numerous American and international film productions, including A Perfect Murder (1998), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), Midnight's Children (2012), and The Green Knight (2021).
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Payal Rajput

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Payal Rajput (born December 5, 1992) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Punjabi cinema alongside Hindi and Tamil films. She began her acting career in television before making her feature film debut with the Punjabi romance *Channa Mereya* (2017), which earned her the Filmfare Award Punjabi for Best Debut Actress. She made her Hindi cinema debut with *Veerey Ki Wedding* (2018). Rajput made her Telugu cinema debut leading the romantic drama *RX 100* (2018), winning the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. Her subsequent Telugu releases include *RDX Love* (2019), *Venky Mama* (2019), *Disco Raja* (2020), *Tees Maar Khan* (2022), and *Ginna* (2022). She also expanded into Kannada cinema with the period crime drama *Head Bush* (2022). In 2023, she headlined the Telugu psychological mystery thriller *Mangalavaaram*, earning a nomination for the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She followed this with the investigative crime film *Rakshana* (2024).
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Mena Suvari

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Mena Alexandra Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, producer, fashion designer, and model. She's best known for her roles as Angela Hayes in American Beauty, Heather in the American Pie film series, Coty Pierce in Kiss the Girls, Edie on HBO's Six Feet Under (for which she earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination), Francesca Bonacieux in The Musketeer (2001), Joanne in Beauty Shop, Annie Huttinger in Rumor Has It..., Isabella on the second season of NBC's Chicago Fire, Maria Abascal on WEtv's South of Hell, and Kathleen on Paramount's dramedy American Woman. After beginning her career as a model and guest-starring on several television shows, she made her film debut in the 1997 drama Nowhere. She rose to international prominence with her appearances in the critically acclaimed drama American Beauty (1999), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable film credits include Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Loser (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), Sonny (2002), Spun (2003), Trauma (2004), Domino (2005), Factory Girl (2006), Brooklyn Rules, Stuck (both 2007), Day of the Dead (2008), and You May Not Kiss the Bride (2010). She also portrayed Elizabeth Short in the anthology series American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), and reprised the part in American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018). She has been a model for Lancôme cosmetics and print ads for Lancôme Paris Adaptîve, as well as a long-time supporter and activist for the Starlight Children's Foundation and the African Medical and Research Foundation. She is married and has one child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mena Suvari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Eduardo Varrichio

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Eduardo Varrichio is a 24-year-old Brazilian director, screenwriter, and photographer from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. A self-taught student of cinema and dramatic writing, he developed his craft through independent study of narrative structure, visual language, and character psychology. "Fórmulas Vazias" ("Empty Formulas") marks his directorial debut. His work explores emotional tension, moral consequence, and the cyclical patterns of human behavior, often examining the dystopian nuances embedded within everyday reality. His upcoming projects include "Amor e Culpa" ("Love and Guilt") and "O Inevitável Pedaço do Tempo" ("The Inevitable Piece of Time"), continuing his exploration of human fragility and existential themes.
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Taylor Schilling

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An American actress. She is known for portraying Piper Chapman on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–present), for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. She made her film debut in the drama Dark Matter (2007), alongside Meryl Streep. Schilling also starred as Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy (2009–10). Her other films include Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012) and the political thriller Argo (2012)
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Petchara Chaowarat

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Petchara Chaowarat (Thai: เพชรา เชาวราษฎร์, born January 19, 1943, in Rayong Province, Thailand) is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborate hairstyles. Her first film and starring role was in Love Diary of Pimchawee, in 1961. She co-starred with popular leading man, Mitr Chaibancha, and they proved to be popular pair, starring together in more than 150 films. One of their most popular films was 1970's Magical Love of the Countryside, a musical rhapsodizing Thai rural life. In 1964, Petchara was named best actress by the Thailand National Film Awards committee for her role in Nok Noi, and received the award from the hands of King Bhumibol. After Mitr's accidental death on the set of Insee tong in 1970, Petchara continued to act in films. She starred in the 1971 musical comedy Ai Tui (Mr. Tui), in which she co-starred with Sombat Metanee, who became a popular leading man after Mitr's death. Her last film was Ai Khuntong, which was released in 1979.
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Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro

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Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro (born June 19, 1988), better known by the ring name Daga, is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his tenure with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, becoming a one-time AAA World Cruiserweight Champion and one-time AAA Latin American Champion. Currently, he frequently performs for Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he is a former two-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, one-time GHC Tag Team Champion and one-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He has also made appearances for American promotions Impact Wrestling (now TNA Wrestling), Lucha Underground and Major League Wrestling (MLW).
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David Bruce

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David Bruce (born Marden Andrew McBroom; January 6, 1914 – May 3, 1976) was an American film actor, known for his chilling performance as Ted Allison in The Mad Ghoul. He was a company member of Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin in 1939. Born in Kankakee, Illinois, he signed a movie contract with Warner Brothers in 1940. The Northwestern University graduate appeared in many movies from the 1940s until 1955 when Bruce decided to give up acting. The 6' 1" (1.85 m) actor appeared in over 60 movies including Flying Tigers (1942), Christmas Holiday (1944) and Lady on a Train (1945).
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Michael Reagan

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Michael Edward Reagan was an American author and motivational speaker. He was the adopted son of former American president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Academy Award winning actress Jane Wyman. In 1987, he acted in soap opera Falcon Crest, which starred his mother. He authored many books, including On the Outside Looking In (1988), The Common Sense of An Uncommon Man: The Wit, Wisdom and Eternal Optimism of Ronald Reagan (1998), Twice Adopted (2004), and The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan's Principles Can Restore America's Greatness (2011). For over 26 years, he hosted a live political radio show The Michael Reagan Show, which was presented by Premiere Radio Networks. Reagan was a speaker on issues related to conservative politics, adoption, and the life lessons he learned from his parents. He was also the founder and chairman of The Reagan Group, LLC. Michael Reagan died on January 4, 2026 in Los Angeles, California from cancer.
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