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Shiyas Kareem
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Shiyas Kareem is an Indian model who has walked the ramp for top designers from India and abroad. He is now one of the contestants in the big reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 1.
Shiyas Kareem was born and brought up in Perumbavoor, Kochi, Kerela, India. He was one of the top five finalists at the International Mr Grand Sea World 2018 competition held in Bulgaria. Shiyas was selected in the top five along with contestants from Brazil, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, and Iraq. He also participated to win two sub-titles like ‘Mr. Photo Model 2018’ and ‘Popularity Model 2018’. He is the only contestant from India to have entered the competition. For Shiyas Kareem, it is happy to be a part of the top five and also about being selected to represent his country that makes him proud.
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Elvin Ng
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If you caught the drama serial "A Life of Hope", then you will undoubtedly remember the charismatic performance by Elvin Ng. His first major role in his first production, Elvin captured the hearts of many fans playing the character LiangYi an endearing, good-natured and filial hooligan, and loan shark runner born into adverse conditions and compelled by external circumstances. Elvin graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in English Literature. Despite being an English Literature major, he is equally proficient in both Mandarin and English. His talents include writing, drawing and various sports especially soccer and swimming. He was involved with inter-constituency soccer at a semi-professional level for a number of years. Elvin's image versatility is a bonus for his acting career, making him equally convincing as the evil antagonist or your great-guy next door. This, coupled Elvin's willingness to learn and his humble demeanour, has put him in good stead for a bright and promising career. It was not surprising then that Elvin became the first Mediacorp Artiste to be invited by Cambodia TV network to be involved in their TV production in 2014 as the male lead to overwhelming response. He also won the hearts of many and emerged as the winner for the first Cambodia PPCTV Mediacorp Awards favourite male lead and male character. Elvin is also the youngest male artiste to receive the "All-Time Favourite" Award in 2017 Star Awards after winning 10 times in a row in the Top 10 most popular artistes during his 10 years in showbiz. Elvin has always a heart towards people with Autism and have always wanted to do more to create more awareness for the cause. He was appointed as the Ambassador for Autism Association for Singapore since 2017. In 2019, Elvin did his 1st co-production "All is Well" between Singapore and Taiwan and received good reviews.
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Korapat Kirdpan
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Nanon Korapat Kirdpan is a Thai actor, singer, and model signed under GMMTV. He is the son of actor Khunakorn Kirdpan (Co). He got his start in the entertainment industry at a very young age by appearing in several TV commercials. He made his acting debut in 2014 with a guest role in the series "Hormones 2."
Nanon was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Leading Role" award at the 24th Asian Television Awards for his portrayal of the lead character in the 2018 series "The Gifted."
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Jacques Dufilho
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Jacques Dufilho is a French comedian, born February 19, 1914 in Bègles (Gironde, France) and died August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère (Gers, France).
Originally from the south-west of France, Jacques Jacques-Gabriel Dufilho studied agriculture then went to Paris to live his passion for painting and sculpture. It was there that he met Charles Dullin, a great man from the theater world who passed on his passion for the stage to him and made his cabaret-theatre debut in 1951 with Agnès Capri. Jacques Dufilho then begins by playing sketches before turning to the big screen. In 1939, he participated in Marc Allégret's project in the film "Le Corsaire" but the film remained unfinished. Jacques Dufilho is not worried about it as two years later, he plays the role of a lumberjack in André Zwobada's feature film "Croisières Sidérales".
Subsequently, the actor chained the roles in the cinema but it was in 1949 that he was noticed by the general public in "La Ferme des Sept Péchés" by Jean-Devaivre. Jacques Dufilho also went to the theater and went on stage for the first time in Dostoyevsky's play, "The Brothers Karamazov" directed by André Barsacq. When the Second World War broke out, Jacques Dufilho was part of the 2nd Hussard Regiment, particularly in the 29th infantry division reconnaissance group as he received the Legion of Honor in 1998. In 1953, he played in the play by Molière "The Doctor Despite Him" under the direction of Jean-Pierre Darras. The following year, he returned with André Barsacq to the Théâtre de l'Atelier in "Colombe" by Jean Anouilh. He still plays in the cinema as in "Marie-Antoinette, Reine De France" by Jean Delannoy in 1956. Same year, same director, he plays in "Notre-Dame De Paris".
In 1961 and 1962, Jacques Dufilho returned to the stage with André Barsacq in "Les Maxibules" by Marcel Aymé and "L'Avare" by Molière. The actor made an impression in "The Guardian", adapted from the English play "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter. The year 1978 marks a new turning point in the career of Jacques Dufilho, with the film "Le Crabe-Tambour" by Pierre Schoendoerffer, thanks to his interpretation of the role of the chief mechanic in the film, he will be rewarded with a César in the Best Supporting Actor category. In 1980, he played Adrien Dussart in "A bad son" by Claude Sautet, which earned him a second César award, still in the same category. At the theater, in 1988 the actor was awarded the Molière du Comédien for his role in Herb Gardner's play "Je Ne Suis Pas Rappaport" directed by Georges Wilson. Over the years, Jacques Dufilho will play under the direction of Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, André Hunebelle, Yves Robert and many others. In 1999, he played in "C'est Quoi La Vie?" by François Dupeyron, which earned him a new nomination for the Césars. On television, he received the Seven d'Or for best actor after his role in the film "Une Femme Innocente". In 2003 he released his autobiography "Les Sirènes Du Bateau-Loup" published by Fayard.
The actor died on August 28, 2005 in Ponsampère at the age of 91 after playing his last role in "Up There, A King Above The Clouds" by Pierre Schoendoerffer.
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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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Mulie Jarju
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Mulie Jarju (Gàmbia, 1957) is a Spanish actor of Gambian origin. At the end of the 1980s he left his country with the intention of settling in Austria, but he decided first to go to Europe and went to Spain. He settled in Mataró, where he learned Catalan and Spanish and became an affectionate actor. He met Montxo Armendáriz, who hired him to play an illegal immigrant in Las cartas de Alou, with which he won the Silver Award for best actor at the 1990 Sant Sebastià International Film Festival. After appearing in some successful television series such as Farmacia de guardia and Los ladrones van a la oficina, in 1995 he participated in El techo del mundo and settled in Madrid. He has appeared in television series such as Policias, El comisario, Los Serrano and Hospital Central.
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Brooke Lynn Hytes
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Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe, a drag queen, performer, ballet dancer, the 2014 holder of the "Miss Continental" title as well as one of the Season 11 contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she placed 2nd. She is also one of the permanent judges on Canada's Drag Race. Before embarking on her drag career, Brooke was at Canada's National Ballet School. In 2013, she became "Derby City Entertainer of the Year", the 1st alternate for 2013 "Entertainer of the Year", the crowned "Miss Michigan Continental" and the 1st alternate for "Miss Continental" on nationals. By 2015, she was the reigning "Miss Continental" as well as "Miss Canada Ultimate", in addition to her 6 other titles at the time. After that, Brooke was offered a job at PLAY Dance Bar in Nashville, Tennessee until she had to leave to start filming for the 11th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". Brooke's name is a play on "Brooklyn Heights" and was given to her by her drag mother, Farra N. Hyte. Farra was inspired by Hytes' real name, Brock, her own surname, and the fact that her drag daughters, including Brooke, are tall.
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George Burns
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George Burns (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor, and writer.
His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three quarters of a century. Beginning at the age of 79, Burns' career was resurrected as an amiable, beloved and unusually active old comedian, continuing to work until shortly before his death, in 1996, at the age of 100.
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Georges Séguy
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Georges Séguy (16 March 1927 – 13 August 2016) was a French trade union leader.
Born in Toulouse, Séguy's father was a communist and trade unionist, and Pierre Semard was a family friend. In 1940, Séguy joined the illegal Communist Youth. After Semard was executed in 1942, Séguy became more involved in the resistance, keeping watch while the movement was sabotaging the railways. He found work at Henri Lion's printing works, which served the resistance, and he soon became its main contact with the underground French Communist Party (PCF), General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and National Front.
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Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
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Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, often referred to as JJSS (13 February 1924 – 7 November 2006), was a French journalist and politician. He co-founded L'Express in 1953 with Françoise Giroud, and then went on to become president of the Radical Party in 1971. He oversaw its transition to the center-right, the party being thereafter known as Parti radical valoisien. He tried to found in 1972 the Reforming Movement with Christian Democrat Jean Lecanuet, with whom he supported Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's conservative candidature to the 1974 presidential election.
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