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FINNEAS
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Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997), known mononymously as Finneas (stylized in all caps), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has written and produced music for various artists, most notably his sister, Billie Eilish. He has won eight Grammy Awards among 13 total nominations, including nominations for the Big Four categories. He has made history as the youngest act to win the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. For his work with Eilish, he has won Record of the Year twice in a row, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. He was also nominated for Best New Artist for his solo work. Their song "No Time to Die" from the film of the same name earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and another Grammy.
Finneas has released several singles as a solo artist, and his debut EP, Blood Harmony, was released in October 2019. The EP includes "Let's Fall in Love for the Night", his most successful song to date, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart. His debut studio album Optimist was released through Interscope Records in October 2021.
Finneas starred in the 2013 independent film Life Inside Out. He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. He has also made an appearance on the American sitcom Modern Family.
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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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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John Harron
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John Harron (March 31, 1904 – November 24, 1939) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1918 and 1940.
Born in New York City, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron.
Harron graduated from Santa Clara University. His film debut came in Through the Back Door (1921). After acting for Universal, he was under contract to Warner Bros. Harron "achieved great success on the silent screen but was reduced to minor roles or minor films with the coming of sound."
Harron died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles
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Sári Fedák
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Sári Fedák (26 October 1879, Beregszász (present-day Berehove, Ukraine) – 25 May 1955, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well-known prima donnas of her time. According to American journalist and non-fiction writer Richard Traubner, Fedák and Sári Petráss remain "the two best-remembered Hungarian female operetta stars of all time".
She studied acting with Szidi Rákosi until 1899, beginning her career the same year with the Magyar Színház theatre company. Beginning in 1900 she played in Pozsony (now Bratislava), and in several theatres in Budapest, including Népszínház, Király Színház, and Vígszínház. Following World War I, she spoke out against the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Later, during the era of the Hungarian Soviet Republic she agitated for joining the Red Army.
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Cecilia Gessa
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Cecilia Gessa (born November 22, 1977) is a Spanish actress best known by the stage name Celia.
She was trained in the school of film and television “Estudio Recabarren”, continuing her studies in verse with Yayo Cáceres and with the theatre company “Simpañía”. She was formed in singing and dancing by Óscar Mingorance and Karen Taff. Besides, she carried out acting training with Jo Kelly. On cinema, she has taken part in the collective film Sequence, sponsored by Montxo Armendariz (included in the short-film “Vigilantes” of Hermanos Prada). Currently, she has waiting to release the movie “Hambre” of Manu Herrera and she will participate in Bloody West, the first feature film of Manuel Velasco. On television, we can highlight their interventions in series such as “Impares”, “Bicho Malo” and “RIS Científica” In theatre she has taken part, among others, in plays such as “El Comedor” directed by Eduardo Recabarren; “El diario de Ana Frank” directed by Daniel Gacía; “¿Está ocupada esta silla?” and “Todo a su tiempo, cósmico” directed both of them by Max Lemcke; and “¡Ay, que me viene!” directed by Carlos Bardem. She combines her work as actress with the direction and management of Gessas’ Events Company. Furthermore, in 2009 she was awarded in Colombia with the Zootropo Prize as best actress.
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Christina Garibaldi
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American professional wrestler. Working primarily as an independent wrestler, Darling's performances include such actions as wrestling in the Ohio Valley, National Wrestling Alliance, SHINE Wrestling and Full Impact Pro. Content [show] Professional Sports Career Various promotions Darling first appeared professionally for wrestling in the Ohio Valley in July 2011. After struggling in several NWA and OVW competitions in the Kentucky and Tennessee regions, Darling continued to hold SHINE matches in Florida. , NWA Florida Underground Wrestling (FUW) and Southern Wrestling Championship. Shine Wrestling debut (2013) Darling debuted for SHINE Wrestling on SHINE 9 on April 19, losing to Rhia O'Reilly in a three-way match in which Britney Savage participated. Darling later joined Nikki Rocks and Duffney to form the Daffney All-Star squad on SHINE 11, but Darling won’t get her first Shine victory until SHINE 14 on October 25, when she defeated Soo Young. Su was defeated by Su in a rematch at SHINE 15 on December 13th.
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Jüri Karindi
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Toivo-Jüri Karindi (2 August 1942 Tallinn - 24 July 2017 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor and theater director.
He graduated from Tallinn 21st High School in 1961, studied theater studies at GITIS from 1963 to 1969, and graduated from the Drama Theater Study Studio in 1969.
He worked as an administrator at the Drama Theater from 1962 to 1964 and as an actor from 1968 to 1980.
In the years 1980-1997 he was the director and actor of the Old Town Studio, from 1997-2004 he was an actor of the same theater.
From 2005, he worked as a troupe leader at the Old Baskin Theatre.
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Henri Letondal
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Henri Letondal was a French-Canadian music critic, administrator, cellist, playwright and actor. He was a man of wide interests and wrote many sketches and revues, including, on occasion, the music. In his youth he studied the cello with Gustave Labelle. Around 1920 he became a critic of concerts and variety shows for "La Patrie" (Montreal) and served 1926-29 as that paper's Paris correspondent. He also wrote about music for "Le Petit Journal" and was music critic around 1935 for "Le Canada". For CKAC radio in Montreal he was artistic director 1929-38 of 'L'Heure provinciale,' which was sponsored by the Quebec government to promote the province's musicians and composers. He also was director general of the film company France-Film.
It has been estimated that Letondal wrote some 160 radio plays and sketches 1937-1948, producing them himself and occasionally writing the music. In 1946 he embarked on an intensive Hollywood film career, appearing in 35 Hollywood films and one Canadian, before he he died in Hollywood in 1955.
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Jiani Wu
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Wu Jiani is a actress from Shanghai. Her Dramas include: Boy & Girl (CCTV, 2003), 101st Proposal (BTV, 2004), Princess Sheng Ping (PPTV, 2005), The Legend of Lu Xiao Feng (CCTV-6, 2007), Shao Nian Yang Jia Jiang (TTV, 2006), The Legend and The Hero (2007), Swan Dive for Love (BTV-1, 2015), Royal Sister Returns (CCTV, 2017), Waiting For You In The Future (iQiyi, 2019) or Love a Lifetime (iQiyi, 2020).
In February 2006, Wu Jiani and Taiwanese actor Ma Jingtao were in love for a long time while filming the TV series "Feng Ming Qishan". They fell in love in April of the same year and got engaged in Shanghai on June 26.
On February 14, 2007, on Valentine's Day and also Ma Jingtao’s birthday, Wu Jiani and Ma Jingtao registered their marriage in Shanghai. Wu Jiani is Ma Jingtao’s second wife, younger than Ma Jingtao, at this time she is pregnant. At noon on June 6, Wu Jiani gave birth to a son. On February 2, 2009, Wu Jiani gave birth to her second son.
In November 2015, Ma Jingtao and Wu Jiani had a make-up wedding on the show "I'm Not a Star". The couple kissed sweetly, hugged and wept. Two handsome sons also became little flower girls, and a happy family.
On March 30, 2017, Ma Jingtao posted a long article on Weibo entitled "Ten Years of Foolish Public Dream", in which he announced the end of her 10-year marriage and divorced Wu Jiani.
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Karima Mokhtar
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Karima Mokhtar earned a bachelor's degree from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, and worked later with Baba Sharo in children's programs, and has worked for years on the radio and could not work in the cinema at the beginning because of the refusal of her family,till the opportunity after her marriage to film director and actor "Nour Eldemerdash", and participated in the tournament many movies with charismatic mother of all variants, from her films: (grandson, a man has lost his mind, tonight promised, Saad orphan, El farah, hour and half), also in the TV drama, from its series: (Ytraba fe Ezo, Scrooge and me, Zohra and her five husbands).
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