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Jenna Lynn Van Bemmel

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Jenna Lynn Van Bemmel is an American female bodybuilder and professional wrestler best known by her ring name Jenna Van Muscles. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE Van Bemmel was trained by womens professional wrestler Rain. She debuted on May 7, 2011 at NWA Battlezone in a lumberjill match against Ms. Brittany. She returned on April 9, 2016, debuting in American Combat Wrestling at ACW Retribution defeating an opponent named Hollywood. On May 14, Jenna debuted at Ring Warriors at May Mayhem, teaming with Lindsay Snow & Stormie Lee in a three-on-two handicap match lost to Brandy & Chelsea. She also entered a May Mayhem Battle Royal won by Steve Madison. On December 17, Jenna returned to ACW at ACW Yuletide Beatings where she defeated Aria Blake to win the ACW Women's Championship. Returning to the ring on June 3, 2017, Jenna wrestled at ACW Tradition Continues where she successfully defended the Women's title against Kaci Lennox. Jenna made her World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) debut on June 24 entering the Mercedes Martinez Women's Tournament, advancing in the first round after eliminating Tesia Price. On July 15 at ACW Pride Jenna successfully defended the ACW Women's title, defeating Natalia Markova. She successfully retained the title in a match at ACW Retribution, defeating Kikyo. On August 26, Jenna returned to WXW to compete in the semifinals of the Women's Tournament where she was eliminated by Jaime D. Jenna ended 2017 with a debut in Pro Wrestling 2.0 on October 3 at PW2.0 Hallomean, defeating Kaci Lennox. Jenna returned on January 27, 2018, debuting in Pro Wrestling Kingdom at PWK Kingdom Rumble, first wrestling in a three-way match against Tasha Price and Ava Storie. She later entered the Kingdom Rumble match to crown the new Kingdom Heavyweight Champion but lost to Jesse Neal. Three months later, Jenna made her debut in RISE Wrestling at RISE 7: Sensation in a dark match, defeating Laynie Luck. On May 5, Jenna debuted in Platinum Pro Wrestling at PPW Cinco de Mayo SlamFest in a title match for the Diamonds Division Starlight Championship but did not succeed in defeating the champion Dynamite DiDi. Two weeks later she returned to PPW on May 19 at PPW LuchaMania 2, defeating La Varoneza in a singles match.
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Michel Vuillermoz

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Michel Vuillermoz (born 18 December 1962) is a French actor and scriptwriter. Vuillermoz has appeared in more than 100 films and 40 plays. In 1998, he received two Molière Award: Best Male Newcomer and Best Play for André le Magnifique. Since 2007, he is one of the Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française. In 2009, Vuillermoz signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case. Source: Article "Michel Vuillermoz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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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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Kinjal Rajpriya

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Indian actress, Kinjal Rajpriya is best remembered for her performance in the Gujarati comedy Chhello Divas, which released in 2015. She was also a part of the 2015 feature film Rough Book, which focusses on the importance and state of education in India. Before its 2016 release the movie was screened at various film festivals in 2015 across the globe, and garnered immense praise and won a number of awards under different categories. The actress then made her Bollywood debut with the comedy film Days of Tafree in 2016.
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Maria Vieira

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Maria Vieira é uma actriz portuguesa nascida em 2 de março de 1957. Estreou-se como actriz no extinto Teatro Adóque, com a peça Paga as Favas (1981). A sua interpretação valeu-lhe, de imediato, o Troféu Nova Gente como Revelação do Teatro de Revista, tendo no ano seguinte sido agraciada com o Prémio da Imprensa para Teatro Ligeiro. Na televisão, começa por colaborar com Júlio Isidro no programa Festa é Festa, iniciando depois uma longa relação profissional com Herman José e participando em programas como Hermanias (1984), Humor de Perdição (1987), Casino Royal (1989), Crime na Pensão Estrelinha (1990), Herman SIC (2000/06), Serafim Saudade - o regresso do herói (2001), O Fabuloso Destino de Diácono Remédios (2002) ou Hora H (2007). Salienta ainda 1, 2, 3 (1985) ao lado de Carlos Cruz, Grande Noite (1990) de Filipe La Féria, Alentejo sem Lei (1991) de João Canijo, (estréia como apresentadora)Encontros Imediatos(1993), e participação em skteches do talk show da tarde da RTP, Portugal no Coraçãojuntamente com outros actores (2007/2008). Ao longo da sua carreira tem trabalhado com variados encenadores de teatro, como Francisco Nicholson, Filipe La Féria, Fernando Gomes, António Pires e Mário Viegas. Publicou em co-autoria com Fernando Rocha, seu marido, os livros Viagens da Parrachita (2004), As Minhas Viagens (2005) e Às Voltas com o Mundo (2006). Atuou também no Brasil, interpretando a personagem Aurora - da novela Negócio da China-, de Miguel Falabella. O último trabalho dela foi a personagem Brites, da novela Aquele Beijo, também de Miguel Falabella.
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Khaled Taja

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A Syrian actor of Kurdish origins, born in Damascus. At the age of eight he discovered that he was fond of drawing and fell in love with the imagination of the shadow. At the age of ten he began to frequently visit the seven theaters of Damascus, such as "Al-Nasr", "Al-Rasheed" and "Andalus". He starred in two theatrical works written and directed by one of his high school teachers. In 1956 he moved to the Free Theater troupe. He played a number of roles on stage, after which he moved on to writing and directing for theater. Among his works in this field is The Servants of the Rich, which he also co-starred in. He also wrote the play The Crazy, which did not see the light due to the bad financial circumstance he suffered after his father’s death. In 1965, the Yugoslavian director Boško Futonovic chose him to star in the movie Truck Driver.
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Deborah Chow

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Deborah Chow is a Canadian filmmaker, television director and screenwriter known for her independent films and her work on Star Wars television. Two of her first short films, Daypass (2002) and The Hill (2004), have both won awards at various international film festivals. Her first feature film was The High Cost of Living (2010), which she both wrote and directed. Chow has directed various projects for television, including the 2014 TV movie adaptation of V. C. Andrews' Gothic novel Flowers in the Attic and episodes of the series Copper, Murdoch Mysteries, Reign, Beauty and the Beast, and Mr. Robot. Chow is also a director on the first season of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019) and directed all six episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) for Disney+. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Chow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ˈweɪ.ənz/ WAY-ənz; born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his siblings in the cast. One of these films, Scary Movie (2000), which Wayans directed, was the highest-grossing movie directed by an African American until it was surpassed by Tim Story's Fantastic Four in 2005. From 1997 to 1998, he hosted the talk show The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. In 2014, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keenen Ivory Wayans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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April Ritzenthaler

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April Ritzenthaler (née Hermann) is one of the original founders of Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), formerly known as Texas Lonestar Rollergirls, a banked track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Ritzenthaler, aka La Muerta (originally "Queen Destroyer"), was featured in "Hell on Wheels," a documentary released in 2007 about the creation of the all-female roller derby league founded in 2001 that sparked the modern derby revival. In 2006, she also appeared in a 13-episode reality television series on A&E titled "Rollergirls," the 2012 documentary "Leave It On The Track," and the Netflix docuseries "Home Game," released in 2020.
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Shahien

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Ahmed Shahin (aka Shahyn) is one of the first names in the Egyptian/Arab hip hop scene, who at a young age was already recording independent tracks and hitting the stage with Alexandrian rap group “Y Crew.” His performance in award winning Egyptian movie “Microphone” further cemented his name in the entertainment industry and for many years Shahyn became synonymous with Egyptian Rap. Shahyn is now presenting a new identity as he is performing and recording as a solo hip-hop artist. His tracks are receiving wide acclaim and his fan base is rapidly expanding across the region.
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