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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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Mike DePoli

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Michael DePoli is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Amish Roadkill, where he wore traditional Amish dress and was billed from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an area with a large Amish population. Roadkill was trained by Taz and Perry Saturn at the House of Hardcore in 1996. Once his training was complete, he joined the ECW roster, and had his first professional match on October 18, 1996 in LuLu Temple in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania against Taz. In December 1997, Roadkill formed an unlikely tag team with his fellow House of Hardcore graduate, "Dastardly" Danny Doring. They were managed by Miss Congeniality until she left ECW in 1999 to join WWE, and then by Elektra until she turned on them in 2000. Doring and Roadkill quickly embarked on a two-year-long feud with Nova and Chris Chetti. This was followed by a series of feuds with the Impact Players, Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, Joey Matthews and Christian York, and then Tommy Dreamer and Raven. The team won the ECW World Tag Team Championships on December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view, defeating Tony Mamaluke and Little Guido. They held the titles until ECW declared bankruptcy on April 4, 2001. Doring and Roadkill were the last team to hold the ECW Tag Team Titles. Roadkill made an appearance in 2001 on The Real World: Back to New York, confronting cast member Mike Mizanin's wrestling character The Miz, while in the Amish Roadkill character, about his wrestling antics.
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Julie Walters

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Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born February 22, 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress, author, and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. Walters has been nominated twice for an Academy Award: once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in Educating Rita (1983), a role which she originated in West End theatre. She has appeared in a number of films, including Personal Services (1987), Stepping Out (1991), Sister My Sister (1994), Billy Elliot (2000), the Harry Potter series (2001–2011) as Molly Weasley, Calendar Girls (2003), Wah-Wah (2005), Driving Lessons (2006), Becoming Jane (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Brave (2012), Paddington (2014) and its 2017 sequel, Brooklyn (2015), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). On stage, she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for the 2001 production of All My Sons. On television, Walters collaborated with Victoria Wood; they appeared together on several television shows, including Wood and Walters (1981), Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987), Pat and Margaret (1994), and Dinnerladies (1998–2000). She has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress four times, more than any other actress, for My Beautiful Son (2001), Murder (2002), The Canterbury Tales (2003), and her portrayal of Mo Mowlam in Mo (2010). Walters and Helen Mirren are the only actresses to have won this award three consecutive times, and Walters is tied with Judi Dench for the most nominations in the category with seven. In 2006, the British public voted Walters fourth in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. She starred in A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009), which won her an International Emmy for Best Actress. Walters was made a Dame (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
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Stefan Schnabel

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stefan Schnabel (February 2, 1912, Berlin, Germany – March 11, 1999, Rogaro, Italy) was an actor best remembered for having portrayed Dr. Stephen Jackson for sixteen years on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light, on which he appeared from 1965 to 1981. In addition to his television work, Schnabel appeared frequently on the stage, including playing the role of Metellus Cimber in Orson Welles's "Blackshirt" stage version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, set in Fascist Italy, in 1937. (Welles himself played Brutus.) Schnabel was also in over sixty films, including The Iron Curtain (1948), with his last role in the 1990 film Green Card. He also played the Soviet First Secretary in the 1982 Clint Eastwood suspense thriller Firefox. He was the son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stefan Schnabel,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Marguerite Moreau

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marguerite Moreau (born April 25, 1977) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the television series Blossom, her role as Katie in the comedy cult film Wet Hot American Summer, and her role in The Mighty Ducks series of films. She has also made appearances on the popular television series Smallville, Lost, Cupid and The O.C. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marguerite Moreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Brad Hammer

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Brad Hammer is a former actor turned director and is known as one of the top producers and directors of LGBTQ music videos and commercials. He is also the owner of Brad Hammer Productions. Brad Hammer has directed over 50 music videos and has worked with Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross, Erasure, Trixie Mattel, Alaska Thunderfu*k, Willam, Shangela, Manila Luzon, Brian Justin Crum, Janel Parrish, and more! Brad was one of the first directors to ever feature gay men and drag queens in commercials, as a way to sell product to a consumer. His viral videos have over 100 million views online.
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Manoush

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Manoush is an actress and singer. Manoush was born 1972 or 1973 as Manoush Barandaj or Manoush Barandyai in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer as the third child of a mother of French Manouche Sinti and Ashkali origin and a German-American father. She was raised in Haarlem, North Holland, Cologne, (Germany) and Biel, Switzerland. At the age of 18, Manoush began modelling, but her career stopped short at age 20 after a car accident left scars on her stomach and legs. She immigrated to the United States in the summer of 2006 and returned to Europe approx. in 2015. Manoush pursued film in 1997. In 2000, she was offered the role of the "nymphomaniac" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie, which opened many doors in the film and TV industry for Manoush, as well as establishing her as a "bad girl". Manoush often gets credit as an action and horror actress or as a professional in roles which can be intense and difficult to play. In 2004 she played fighter Carda in Angel of Death 2, closely followed by Timo Rose's The Legend of Moonlight Mountain (2005), Marian Dora's Cannibal (2006), Timo Rose's Barricade (2007), and Andrey Iskanov's Philosophy of a Knife (2008). Manoush won Best Supporting Actress in 2011 at the PollyGrind Film Festival in Las Vegas for her role as Olga in The Super. She started out as a cyberpunk singer. Besides her acting and writing career, she worked as a singer in the band Cyanide Savior alongside her husband, Chris Vazquez. In 2016 and 2017 she recorded two tracks with 1980s UK band Bronski Beat and US producer Man Parrish. Source: Article "Manoush" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Elizabeth Barondes

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Elizabeth Barondes is an American actress born on June 28, 1964, in Sausalito, California, USA. She has had a diverse career in film, television, and theatre. Here are some key points from her biography: Birth and Early Life: Elizabeth Barondes was born on June 28, 1964, in Sausalito, California, USA. She was raised in La Jolla, California, and later graduated from the University of California with a degree in history. Career Beginnings: Her first on-screen credit came in 1988 with the short film “Moonlight Resurrection.” Notable Roles: She is known for her roles in “Oscar” (1991), “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” (1993), and “Natural Selection” (1999). She also played Lucy Lane in the first season of “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” but was replaced by Roxana Zal in the second season. Other Works: She has appeared in various other films and television shows, including “Walking Tall: Lone Justice” (2007), “Second in Command” (2006), and “Made” (2001). Interactive Media: Barondes held a starring role as Col. Tamara “Panther” Farnsworth in the interactive movie/game “Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom” for PC-CDROM. Theatre: She has appeared extensively on and off-Broadway, as well as in regional theatre productions. Personal Details: Her birth sign is Cancer, and she has an alternate name, Elizabeth Barones. Her parents’ names are not publicly available. Elizabeth Barondes has had a varied and extensive career in the entertainment industry, with roles in both film and television.
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Mickey Deymon

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Mickey Deymon is very talented and her imagination is prodigious. She enjoys painting, writing, acting, filming and music. She developed a passion for Film after her first project in 2010 in which she Directed and Acted. Besides her passion in the film industry, she also wrote her first book Detarru Island in 2012 and had the opportunity to published in the year 2018. She passionately networked with many in the industry and got some Acting and Directing skills. She filmed her second short film called El Barbero in 2014, who's idea was by her friend, Albert Nouel. Within a week, it reached a ton of views. Because the audience loved the Horror comedy short so much, she decided to film other bigger productions in which she Involved more people. In 2014, she filmed her Third project El Exorcismo de Anna which got her into Telemundo 47 Acceso Total show on a LIVE interview and many radio talk shows. She later filmed her Fourth Project called Robin (Teaser) which she directed, acted and wrote. Robin Teaser was produced by John Thomas and Co-Directed by Deshon Hardy, Director of The Lake on Clinton Road. Robin was accepted at the Best Short Competition Film Festival and at the Urban Action Showcase which was nominated by HBO/CINEMAX. Her film was also accepted at the Winter Film Awards Festival, and was also Nominated for an award in 2016. Robin teaser was a huge learning experience and it jump-started her film career. It challenged her to take her skills to a whole new level. In 2016, she filmed Short Action Film DUO and it won a Special Mention Award at the Global Shorts Film Festival. Besides her recent film nominations and Award, she was also nominated by Telemundo 47 as best Actress of the year 2016 by Premios Urbano.
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DMT Azul

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DMT Azul is the best known ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Azul is best known for his time in Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He originally wrestled under the ring name El Romano but in 2009 he was given a new name and mask, Metro, a ring name that had been used by at least three other CMLL wrestlers before 2009. The "Metro" ring character was sponsored by the Mexico City Metro newspaper, incorporating the newspapers logo and color scheme (red and gold) in the mask and wrestling trunks. In early 2012 he was given a new image and ring name, dropping the sponsored ring name to become Diamante Azul instead. Diamante Azul is Spanish for "Blue Diamond".
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