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Romolo Valli

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Romolo Valli (7 February 1925 – 1 February 1980) was an Italian actor. Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors from the 1950s to his death. He worked for both the stage and the silver screen. Among the directors he collaborated with were Vittorio De Sica, Sergio Leone, Roman Polanski, Roger Vadim, and Luchino Visconti, who cast Valli in three feature films (Il Gattopardo, Morte a Venezia, Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) and the episode Il lavoro of Boccaccio '70. Valli died in a car accident, less than one week before his 55th birthday. Source: Article "Romolo Valli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Constantine Giannaris

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Konstantinos Giannaris (Sydney, 1959) is a Greek film director. Born in Sydney. He studied economics, history and philosophy at Keele and Birmingham Universities in Britain. His film career began in England, where he completed short, low-budget independent films. He was involved in the 1982 experimental English documentary The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts in which gay teenagers ask English heterosexuals about their views on homosexuality. His first Greek film, A Place in the Sun in 1995, won the Best Greek Film Award at the Drama Short Film Festival. It was followed in the same year by the film Close to Paradise and in 1998 by the film From the Edge of the City, which won the second prize for Best Film of the Ministry of Culture. In 2001 he filmed Dekapentaugustos and in 2004 Homer. His films have been screened at many international film festivals and forums. His first feature film Near Paradise was financed and shot in London. Today he works and lives in Athens. He has openly declared that he is homosexual and an atheist.
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Michael Joseph Pierce

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Michael Joseph Pierce is a 2nd generation San Diegan and has lived his entire life in Southern California. During part of his youth he studied and worked with Marie Hitchcock who was known as the San Diego Puppet Lady, in which the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater in Balboa Park was named after. He also spent many years studying the art of magic and performing magic shows in San Diego. He attended Santana High School and while there, studied and performed theater and also competed in Speech and Debate tournaments. After High School he studied at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. His roles in Television started with appearances on the Soap Opera 'General Hospital' in the 1980's as a dancer in the disco during the Luke and Laura disco story line. His theater resume spans over many years beginning with the San Diego Repertory Theater in 'Mother Courage' with Whoopi Goldberg. He continues acting in local theater today. For over Twenty Five years Michael has been in a management capacity in the Retail Industry in Global Operations, Vice President or Director Roles, and has worked for companies such as Rand McNally, No Fear and LEGO toy Stores but remains active in acting appearing in commercials, TV shows and Films.
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Layaly Badr

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Layaly Badr is a Jordanian with Palestinian roots. She started working as a children’s story writer, before studying film-making in Germany and screenwriting in the New York Film Academy. She has two published books: ‘Lobana Wal Qamar’ and ‘Nahr Wa Shajara’. Badr haswon several awards for her films and television work. Her films are distinguished musicals, combining live action with animation. Her short movie “The Way To Palestine” won The Golden Lorbeer from the German TV, the best complete piece of work for children at the Arab TV Festival in Tunisia, the Pioneer Prize at the Damascus TV festival, and received a Special Mention at the Isphahan Children Film Festival. Badr was the head of ART Children's Channel, then moved into the cinema industry as a producer and distributor. She worked as a managing director in the two biggest networks in the Middle East: ART and Rotana. She has also worked as a consultant for two of Egyptian networks: Al Nahar and ON TV. Currently she works as a freelancer. (Courtesy Another Gaze Journal - Another Screen)
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Hasse Wallman

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Hans E. Wallman, in Sweden known as Hasse Wallman (1 May 1936 – 22 September 2014) in Stockholm, was a Swedish entrepreneur, impresario, composer, director, author, producer and entertainment executive. At his own venues in Stockholm he has presented acts like the Beatles (1963), Rolling Stones and Lill-Babs. Wallman went to Beckmans school of advertising, was in charge of publicity for Elektra Records in Sweden 1965–1966 and was hired to head promotion for the Gröna Lund amusement park 1961–1968. From 1956 he has had his own company; he ran an entertainment palace called Kingside 1956–1962, the restaurant Badholmen Saltsjöbaden in 1962–1968, Knäppingen in Norrköping 1964–1968, Bacchi Wapen 1972–1993, the hotel ship Mälardrottningen on the Lady Hutton 1982–1996, China Theater 1982–1991 och Folkan Theater 1991–2005. In Stockholm he had Engelen och Kolingen from 1969, Golden Hits from 1994, and Intiman Theatre from 1997. He started the Wallman's Saloons chain in 1991 and developed the concept of waiters and waitresses putting on a big nightclub show. For his contributions to entertainment he was awarded Guldmasken in 1991, named "company owner of the year" for Stockholm in 2000, was given the Albert Bonnier Prize for company owners in 2003 and dubbed Old Dane of the Year by an organization in Malmö in 2007. Wallmans Nöjen (Wallman's Fun Things) continues to run many of the restaurants he had.
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Cameron Waldbauer

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Cameron Waldbauer is a Canadian (mechanical and physical) special effects supervisor. Waldbaurer was nominated for the Best Visual Effects at the 87th Academy Awards for his work on the film X-Men: Days of Future Past. His nomination was shared with Tim Crosbie, Lou Pecora, and Richard Stammers. He received his second nomination at the 88th Academy Awards for his work on the film The Revenant. His nomination was shared with Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, and Jason Smith. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cameron Waldbauer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Leah Ayres

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leah Ayres (born May 28, 1957) is an American actress who played Valerie Bryson on the daytime serial, The Edge of Night, in the early 1980s. Ayres is well known for her role in Bloodsport, alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme. Ayres is also known for portraying Marcia Brady (in lieu of Maureen McCormick) in The Bradys, the 1990 dramatic revival of The Brady Bunch. Ayres was born Leah Simpson in Baltimore, Maryland. She is known as Leah Kalish and was the Program Director for Yoga Ed. in Los Angeles. She is also the co-creator of the Yoga Kit for Kids and Games for Life, a book of games and visualizations for children. She also wrote and stars in Living Arts/Gaiam’s Yoga Fitness for Kids videos. She is now the creator of Yoga Playgrounds and developing children's television programs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leah Ayres, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Keke Palmer

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Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer (/ˈkiːki/ KEE-kee; born August 26, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Time magazine included her on its list of most influential people in the world in 2019. Palmer debuted as a child with roles in the films Barbershop 2: Back in Business and The Wool Cap (both 2004) before achieving her breakthrough role as Akeelah Anderson in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee (2006). Her career progressed with roles in films such as Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Jump In! (2007), The Longshots (2008), and Shrink (2009), and the release of her debut studio album So Uncool (2007). She rose to prominence on Nickelodeon, playing the title character in the sitcom True Jackson, VP (2008–2011), providing the voice of Aisha in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club (2011–2014), and headlining the television film Rags (2012). Palmer transitioned to mainstream roles with the VH1 biographical film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013) and afterwards made her Broadway debut as Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (2014–2015). She has since starred in the Fox satirical horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016), the Epix drama series Berlin Station (2017–2019), and the slasher series Scream (2019). Her film roles include Animal (2014), Pimp (2018), Hustlers (2019), Nope (2022), and One of Them Days (2025), with the last two earning her critical attention. As a singer, Palmer has released five extended plays. In addition to acting, she has hosted the talk shows Just Keke (2014) and Strahan, Sara, and Keke (2019–2020) and the game show Password since 2022. In 2024, she released her second book, Master of Me, a hybrid memoir and self-help manual. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keke Palmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hieronymus Glover

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Hieronymus Elvis Glover is a young English born filmmaker with a growing body of work that spans directing, writing, and acting. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, he has written and directed three short films: 'The Imperfect Invisible', 'Supremacy', and 'Changing Hands'. Each exploring complex themes through a bold visual and narrative style and is the co-founder of the film production company 'The Exuberant Moose'. Currently, he is developing his most ambitious project to date, 'We Who Hunger', a film that promises to further establish his voice as a distinctive and daring storyteller. In addition to his creative work, Hieronymus has gained on-set experience as a runner, deepening his understanding of the filmmaking process from the ground up. Driven by a commitment to craft and a curiosity for human experience, he continues to evolve as a filmmaker with a clear vision and a strong foundation in collaborative production.
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Carlo Aquino

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Carlo Jose Liwanag Aquino (born 3 September 1985) is a Filipino actor and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Kollide and formerly on JCS with John Prats and Stefano Mori. Aquino achieved critical recognition for his performance in the 1998 film Bata, Bata… Pa'no Ka Ginawa? with veteran actress Vilma Santos based on the award-winning novel by Lualhati Bautista. Aquino started his showbiz career as a child actor and rose to popularity as a teen actor during the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Formerly an exclusive contract star of ABS-CBN's Star Magic, he also appeared in some shows of rival station GMA Network as a contract artist under GMA Artist Center. As of 2012, he exclusively works for ABS-CBN again.
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