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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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Robert Collison

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Robert Collison is a writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public relations professional based in Toronto. Collison has written for most major Canadian magazines and newspapers and served in major editorial roles at publications in Toronto and Vancouver. He has written, directed, and produced feature-length documentary films for the National Film Board of Canada and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and worked as a corporate communications consultant. Collison has won numerous prizes for his writing, including National Magazine Awards, the Author's Award, the Petroleum Prize, and the ACTRA Award (the precursor of the Gemini Award) for screenwriting.
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Ai Kayano

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Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Pro-Fit.talent agency; she is represented by Office Osawa since 2015. After debuting as a voice actress in 2010, she played her first lead role as Meiko "Menma" Honma in the 2011 anime television series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. She is also known for her lead roles as Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown, Utaha Kasumigaoka in Saekano, Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou and Shiro in No Game No Life. She has also performed opening, ending, and insert theme for various anime she has acted in.
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Vivian Lai

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Vivian Lai made her entry into the Singapore television scene with much fanfare. As the winner of Singapore Star Search '99 and the All-Asian Star Search ‘99 champion, the poised and eloquent beauty has much to offer. Her acting debut in Knotty Liaisons, a dramedy about modern love, as an interior designer introduced TV viewers to this fresh faced beauty. Thereafter, Vivian played a gossipy and vain magazine reporter in the sitcom Adam’s Company starring alongside popular Hong Kong star-VJ David Wu. As with most artistes in their career, there will definitely be a breakthrough role and this for Vivian came when she played the role of Rachel, an independent, ambitious advertising executive in the contemporary drama Three & a Half Women, who only learnt about the love of family and friends after becoming disabled in an accident. Vivian continues to expand the depth and breadth of her acting abilities as she takes on the roles with Love Thy Neighbour, World At Your Feet, Super Senior and The Queen. Her hard work earned her recognition during Star Awards 2012, when she bagged the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Love Thy Neighbour. In 2006, Vivian has another breakthrough in her career when she hosted her first variety programme Property Classified and since when she has hosted many variety programmes. And her most memorable programmes are Say It and Say It 2. Fun-loving and easy-going, Vivian is setting milestones in her acting career for all to enjoy. She successfully ascended to All Time Favourite status in 2015, after getting her 10th Most Popular Female Artiste Award in 2014. She ventured into the world of bubble tea in 2019, and became the founder of her very own tea label.
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Anna Lindh

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Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her assassination in 2003. A leading figure of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Lindh was a Member of the Riksdag representing Södermanland County from 1982 to 1985 and again from 1998 to 2003. On 10 September 2003, four days before a referendum on replacing the Swedish krona with the euro as currency, Lindh was stabbed by Mijailo Mijailović at the NK department store in central Stockholm; she died the following morning at Karolinska University Hospital. She had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed Göran Persson as Social Democratic party leader. Her greatest commitment was to international cooperation and solidarity, as well as to environmental issues. She worked on these issues throughout her career, serving as Environme Minister from 1994 to 1998.
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Violeta Bahchevanova

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Violeta Bahchevanova is a Bulgarian actress, born on March 22, 1935 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The family of Violeta Bahchevanova and maternal and paternal line is impressive. One of her great-grandfather was a member of the revolutionary committee. Interesting personality was the father of Violeta. He had a degree in economics, but more fond of music. He played the guitar and flute, sang very nice - bass in the choir "Gusla" where singing alongside Boris Hristov. Along with their father Violetta and her older sister Mariana too carried away by the music. Violeta graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1959 with a degree in "acting" in the class of Professor Filip Filipov . Then she began to play in the Burgas Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska" and later in the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" . The debut of Violeta was the role of Maria Desislava in "Shishman". With this play Violeta set a record - she played the role for seven years and had 450 performances. Not accidentally, her elder daughter is named Desislava. Violeta played in "Shishman" even being six months pregnant. After a time, she gave birth to her second daughter - Biljana. Violeta is married to Vasil Stoychev , who is also an actor. Their two daughters and Biljana's husband - Atanas Atanasov also are involved in theatre.
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Chandril Bhattacharya

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Chandril Bhattacharya (born May 1) is a popular Bengali columnist, lyricist, poet, singer and director from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Bhattacharya is one of the main lyricists of the Bangla band Chandrabindoo and also occasionally sings for them. His idiomatic lyrics are laced with satire and critique of modern society. Chandril, together with Anindya Chatterjee won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song "Pherari Mon" in the film Antaheen (2009). Chandril Bhattacharya formerly wrote the column "Uttam Madhyam" for Anandabazar Patrika on alternate Sundays, contributing to occasional op-eds in the same newspaper. His Uttam Madhyam pieces were collected as a book. Later, he began to air his views in the weekly Robbar Pratidin, in a column entitled "Du Chhokka Pnaach" ("two sixes and a five" - the highest score you can get in a single turn in the popular board game Ludo). In January 2011 his "Du Chhokka Pnaach" became bi-weekly. His satirical viewpoints addressed cultural phenomena, national and international current affairs, human psychology and social norms. He coins peculiar idioms, playful jargon, Spoonerisms and reconstructs colloquial Bengali phrases and expressions to formulate absurdist, humorous puns in most of his articles.
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Gia Scott-Heron

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Singer | Rapper | Poetess | Event Hostess Gia Scott-Heron, daughter of the legendary poet Gil Scott-Heron is affectionately known as Miss Gia is an award-winning essayist, slam poet, spoken word, and recording artist. She has been interviewed and featured in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times' Entertainment section and various radio stations. Gia writes and performs poetry in honor of her father’s legacy. Her recent release is entitled “The Difference” and is available on iTunes and CdBaby.com. Gia currently stars in Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology presented by Inner City Cultural Center II and Poets Jazz House. iccc2.wootick.com
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Shane Henry

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Shane Henry, singer/songwriter/guitarist from Oklahoma began his musical journey at 19 when he played 30 dates on the B.B. King Festival Tour opening for B.B. himself. Shane's style has evolved over the years from a blues-influenced style to what is now a blend of rock, soul, blues, & pop. Shane has opened for Etta James, The Neville Brothers, Jonny Lang, & many more. His newest album Light in the Dark was released in 2017. TV shows like The Young & The Restless & films such as Approaching The Unknown feature Shane's music. Shane also makes up one half of the band, The Imaginaries, formed in 2018 with wife & singer/songwriter Maggie McClure. Produced by the duo, their debut self-titled album was released March 26, 2021. It serves as both an introduction to The Imaginaries and the beginning of their journey as a band after both singer songwriters have enjoyed their own successes as solo artists. Maggie, with her subtly sweet vocals and piano style fuses seamlessly with Shane's blues-rock grit to form their own unique blend of Americana music. The Imaginaries were selected to open for the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks! Tour (25 dates across the USA) in November-December 2019. They also opened for Judy Collins and John Waite in 2021. Shane has appeared in many feature films and TV shows and has written/produced music for many films as well. He is a Co-Producer of upcoming feature "A Cowgirl's Song" written/directed by Timothy Armstrong. The film stars Cheryl Ladd, Savannah Lee, and Darci Lynne. Shane and Maggie co-start in the film and wrote the entire soundtrack for the film which has distribution with Samuel Goldwyn Films and due for a Spring 2022 release.
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Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh

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Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh (/ˈiːmər niːveɪlˈdaʊnɪɡ/ EE-mər nee vayl-DOWN-ig, Irish:[ˈɪmʲəɾˠ n̠ʲiː ˈweːl̪ˠd̪ˠoːnˠiː]) is an Irish costume designer. Much of her career has been in Irish and British-Irish productions, such as Michael Collins (1996), The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Ondine(2009), The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014), The Rhythm Section (2020), Foundation (2021), and The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). She has been nominated eleven times for Best Costume Design from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning for The Rhythm Section. Other nominations include Emmy, Critics Choice, and Satellite Awards. Eimer was elected to AMPAS in 2020. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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