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Alexandra Cooper

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Alexandra Cooper (born August 21, 1994) is an American podcaster and co-creator and host of Call Her Daddy, a weekly comedy and advice podcast on Spotify. In 2021, Time Magazine called her "arguably the most successful woman in podcasting" after she signed a three-year exclusive deal with Spotify worth $60 million. Making $20 million per year made her Spotify's highest earning female podcaster and the second-highest paid podcaster, behind only Joe Rogan. The show was also the second most popular podcast globally on Spotify for 2022 behind Rogan. Rolling Stone labeled her "Gen-Z's Barbara Walters" for frequently enlisting high-profile Hollywood talent and influential individuals in American popular culture to be guests on her podcast. In 2023, Cooper was named to the Time 100 Next list.
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Dick Miller

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Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante, James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante. He was known for playing the beleaguered everyman, often in one-scene appearances. Miller's main roles in films included Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Explorers, Piranha, The Howling, A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, Not of This Earth, Chopping Mall, Night of the Creeps, The Terminator, The 'Burbs, Small Soldiers and Quake.
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Mam Smith

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Mam Smith is an actress, stuntwoman, aerialist, choreographer,and dancer. In preparation for her professional career she studied classical dance and competed as an elite gymnast. Mam attended New York University's Tish School of the Arts for dance and Theater. Upon graduation from NYU, Mam performed at Lincoln Center and Radio City Music Hall with AntiGravity and toured through out the United States as a featured dancer with the Doug Elkins Dance Co. Mam has appeared in numerous print and Television advertisements. She is a Founding Company Member, Principal Performer and Associate Choreographer for AntiGravity. As such, her work with the Broadway Musical "Nine" garnished the show two Tony awards and a broadcast mention. As an Associate Choreographer, Mam also designed Mariah Carey's aerials for the 2003 Charmbracelet world tour. Ms. Smith received a Masters degree in communications from Emerson College in Boston.
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Leonardo Pieraccioni

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Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian actor, film director, producer, writer, and screenwriter. He grew up in Tuscany and began performing in cabaret as a teenager, later forming a comedy trio with Carlo Conti and Giorgio Panariello before moving into television and theatre. Pieraccioni made his first film appearance in the early 1990s and achieved major success with his own work as both director and actor. His breakthrough came with I laureati (1995) followed by the hugely popular Il ciclone (1996), for which he won the Nastri d’Argento Award for Best Actor in 1997. Known for his distinctive blend of comedy and sentiment, Pieraccioni has written, directed, and starred in many Italian comedies over his long career. He has also published humorous prose and continues to be active in Italian cinema.
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Theresa Tilly

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Theresa Tilly made a monstrous feature film debut as Shelly in Sam Raimi's influential classic, The Evil Dead (1981). After working as a stand-up comedian in her hometown of Detroit, she set her sights on acclaimed improv comedy troupe The Second City Chicago. Her work there earned her a role on a sketch comedy pilot called YouTV, co-starring alongside late-night TV legend Steve Allen. Although the show was not picked up, it served as an impetus for the budding performer to move to Los Angeles in order to pursue her acting career. Tilly has since appeared in over 100 films, TV shows, plays, and commercials, including: Debutante (1998), opposite Selma Blair and Josh Hartnett; Back in the Day (2014), written and directed by actor Michael Rosenbaum; Appearances, a PBS special written by celebrated author Elmore Leonard; Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2007), alongside the late horror icon Gunnar Hansen; and Oz The Great and Powerful (2013), which reunited her with The Evil Dead director Sam Raimi. She was also the first female to announce ESPN's ESPY Awards.
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Janet Gayford

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Gayford has started her career as production secretary on David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (1988, starring Geneviève Bujold) and War of the Worlds (1988-90, starring Richard Chaves) and worked as assistant production coordinator on Camilla (1994) and as assistant production manager on the television drama Christmas in My Hometown (1996) and Johnny 2.0 (1997, with John Neville). Among her credits as production coordinator are the television thriller The Absolute Truth (1997, with Bruce Greenwood), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997, with Jack Palance), the television drama Flood: A River's Rampage (1998, with Kate Vernon), the television drama My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story (1998, with John Colicos), Deep in My Heart (1999, with Alice Krige), the thriller Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999), the television sport comedy Coming Unglued (1999, with Melanie Nicholls-King), Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004, with Brian Markinson, Glenn Morshower, Niel Wray and James Holt), The Big White (2005, with Robin Williams), the television drama Four Minutes (2005, with Christopher Plummer, music by John Frizzell, and executive produced by Gerald W. Abrams), Doomstown (2006), Daniel's Daughter (2008, produced by David Till and executive produced by Gerald W. Abrams), The National Tree (2009, also produced by Till and Abrams), and the television series The Wonderful World of Disney (1999), A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001, with Bill Smitrovich and Saul Rubinek), Veritas: The Quest (2003), Runaway (2006, with Leslie Hope), Nikita (2010-13, starring Melinda Clarke), Beauty & the Beast (2013-15), and Heroes Reborn (2015, with Nazneen Contractor, Greg Grunberg, Cristine Rose, Eve Harlow and Raven Dauda).
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Julian Kay

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Julian Kay (born August 1974) is a British actor who is best known for playing PC Tom Allen in Season 5 & Season 6 of BBC One drama Dangerfield. Other roles include Mr Green in two seasons of ITV's adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Girls In Love and Tracy Barlow's husband Robert Preston in Coronation Street. He is also known for his roles as Dylan Parker in The Long Shadow, Tony Smith in 2 seasons of Meet The Richardsons and Toby Jackson in Emmerdale. Kay attended Bootham School in York, England, before training at the University of Birmingham and Guildford School of Acting. Kay is married to British actress Kate Hampson and lives in York. They have two children.
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Cynthia Rothrock

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Cynthia Rothrock (born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high-level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress. In 2014, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall Of Fame. In 2016, Martial Arts History Museum bestowed Rothrock the official title of "The Queen Of Martial Arts." Rothrock was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and began training in martial arts at the age of 13. She quickly rose through the ranks, winning numerous championships in karate, kickboxing and taekwondo. In 1981, she was named World Champion in Forms and Weapons. In 1985, Rothrock made her film debut, alongside Michelle Yeoh, in the Hong Kong action film "Yes, Madam!" The film was a box office success and made Rothrock a star in Asia. She went on to star in several more Hong Kong films, including "Millionaires' Express" (1986), "Magic Crystal" (1986), "Righting Wrongs" (1986) and "Lady Reporter" (1989). Rothrock would return to the United States to further her acting career in many more martial arts films, including two "China O'Brien" movies in 1990, as well as "Lady Dragon" (1992), "Rage And Honor" (1992) and "Sworn To Justice" (1996). In 2024, Rothrock co-wrote, produced and starred in a crowd-funded martial arts western, entitled "Black Creek," for which there's also an accompanying graphic novel. Rothrock made history by becoming the inaugural woman to grace the cover of Karate Illustrated (August 1981)[20] and holds the distinction of being the first woman featured on the cover three times in the magazine's history. In March 2024, Black Belt Magazine named Rothrock in its list of "The Most Influential Women Martial Artists on the Planet." Along with teaching martial arts, Rothrock is also a successful businesswoman, with her own line of martial arts clothing and accessories.
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Manilyn Reynes

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Manilyn Reynes-Jimenez (born April 27, 1972), simply known as Manilyn Reynes, is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, singer, television host, and commercial model. In the Philippines, Reynes has been referred to as "The Star of All Decades" today due to her acting prowess, staying power, professionalism, and being a household name these days. She was then called Star of the New Decade of the 1990s and is one of the most notable horror queens, establishing her as a Filipino pop culture icon.
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Van Ling

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Van Ling is a visual effects supervisor, film producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs. Ling graduated summa cum laude from the USC School of Cinema-Television. He began his career as a visual effects supervisor for The Abyss and became head of production on Lightstorm Entertainment, for which he continued with many major motion pictures and television, including Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Walking Dead, Starship Troopers, Dr. Dolittle, Vanilla Sky and many others.[3] He had a brief cameo in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, as the Chinese man, who was in real-life, a Chinese passenger booked under the name of Fang Lang (original name Wing Sun Fong, 方榮山), whom Fifth Officer Harold Lowe rescued from the sea. Van is also an active member of the Visual Effect Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America and the Visual Effects Society, the latter in which he served six terms as Board of Directors. He wrote and directed Cliffs of Freedom, an indie drama film starring Christopher Plummer, Billy Zane, Lance Henriksen, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone, Costas Mandylor, and Kevin Corrigan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Van Ling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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