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Smita Gondkar
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Smita Gondkar is an Indian actress who works primarily in Marathi and Hindi films.[1][2][3][4][5] She also featured in the Marathi music video "Pappi De Parula".
Smita Gondkar has worked in the United States with Disney Cruise Line alongside people from 55 nations. She is also a professional stunt biker. She was the only female semi-finalist on the show MTV Stunt Mania in 2009. She started her career with Marathi films like Mumbaicha Dabewala, Satya-More Than Human, Hip Hip Hurrah and Bayko No 1. The 2017 Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival nominated her for Best Actress for her performance in Gadbad Gondhal. She is currently doing the Marathi film Light Ek Kaloakh. Her romantic Marathi film Gadbad Gondhal is due to release in 2018. She was a contestant in Season 1 of Colors Marathi's reality show Big Boss Marathi.
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Reza Kianian
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Reza Kianian is an Iranian actor. Reza is the second child of a family of 9; he has 4 brothers and 2 sisters. When he was 1 year old, the Kianian family moved to Mashhad. His first acting coach was his older brother, Davood. In 1965, Davood directed and coached Reza in his first role in a play entitled 'Az Paa Nayoftadeha', written by Gholam Hossein Sa'edi. He continued to work with Davood's theater troup for the next 3 years, when he moved back to Tehran to study fine arts at the University of Tehran, where he graduated in 1976. Reza Kianian married his wife - Hayedeh- on March 21 on the Persian New Year in 1983.
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Runa Toyoda
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Runa Toyoda (豊田 ルナ Toyoda Runa) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. In 2007, at the age of 5, Toyoda made her entertainment debut as a child actress. On December 25, 2016, she was chosen as one of the founding members (and leader) of the Platinum Production idol group Shibu3 project. She graduated from the group along with 7 other members on March 28, 2021, coinciding with her graduation from high school that month.
On May 7, 2019, she was chosen as one of the top 16 of that year's edition of the gravure pageant Miss Magazine; she was the youngest candidate chosen. On July 23, she was awarded the Grand Prize.
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Steven Andrews
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Born in San Antonio, TX. Steven was brought up by his grandparents, a garbage truck driver and a Mexican immigrant. Raised in a rough neighborhood in the west side of town his grandfather took him to learn how to defend himself at a local boxing gym. Steven was a natural boxer who went on and maintained an undefeated record and won 3 Golden Gloves tournaments until the age of 17. Growing up he was raised watching 80's action and sci-fi films, such as Robocop, Predator, and the Terminator. Idolizing the action stars such as Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Van Damme he would self teach himself to write stories and make believe sequels to his favorite films. With a hidden talent in writing he received a scholarship to the University of Austin for creative writing. He passed on the offer to follow in his uncle's footsteps in joining the Marine Corps at the age of 17. His first unit in the Marine Corps he was the youngest Marine in his entire battalion, gaining the title of "youngest Marine" for the Marine Corps ball in 2001. In 2004 he was sent along with his unit to participate in the second battle of fallujah also known as "Operation Phantom Fury". He witnessed things that changed him forever. He would later be deployed 2 more times afterwards but none were as traumatic as Phantom Fury. Coming home he realized he was different than when he left. It wasn't until a trip to the Doctors where he found out he suffers from Post traumatic stress from combat and depression. To cope with this he entered the Texas wrestling academy and transitioned to the world of professional wrestling, channeling his aggression to perfecting his craft in the ring. Trained under Rudy Gonzalez, former head trainer of the Shawn Michaels academy. He became a breakout talent his first year and received the award for rookie of the year in San Antonio Texas. His journey he wrestled the likes of Chavo Guerrero sr, Shawn Davari, Ken Johnson, and many others. After 8 years wrestling in the independent circuit, he decided to hang up his wrestling boots. He was never able to chase his dream in becoming an actor until 2022 when a friend told him about a casting call, reluctant he went and answered the part. His part went from being an extra to being written into the film as a supporting character. Since then, he has done a complete overhaul with his physique, embodying the characters he plays and learning to improve his acting skills by attending acting school. He has appeared in various film projects and has made his film debut as the main antagonist in "My Rocking Chair". His film career is just beginning but already he's garnered the attention of various filmmakers. His dedication to a role and the quality of his performance makes him a stand out actor.
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Kristen Stewart
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Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress and filmmaker. The world's highest-paid actress in 2012, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Stewart first gained notice at age 12 for her role as the daughter of Jodie Foster's character in David Fincher's thriller Panic Room (2002), which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. She subsequently starred in Speak (2004), Catch That Kid (2004), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), and Into the Wild (2007). She went on to achieve global stardom for her role as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga film series (2008–2012), which ranks among the highest-grossing film franchises; for the role, she was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2010.
After starring in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Stewart eschewed roles in big-budget films in favor of independent productions in the years following. She took on roles in the dramas Camp X-Ray (2014) and Still Alice (2014), and the science fiction romance Equals (2016). In 2015, she garnered critical acclaim for her performance in Olivier Assayas' drama film Clouds of Sils Maria, which won her the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stewart reunited with Assayas the following year in the supernatural thriller Personal Shopper (2016) and made her directorial debut with the short film Come Swim (2017). She returned to mainstream Hollywood with leading roles in the action film Charlie's Angels (2019) and the romantic comedy film Happiest Season (2020). Stewart's portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales in Pablo Larraín's biographical drama Spencer (2021) earned her widespread critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Kira Kosarin
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Actor, producer, musician, and content creator Kira Kosarin is, as TeenVogue put it, "a real-life superhero." Kira is currently Executive Producing and starring in the new spin-off to her wildly popular 2013-2018 Nickelodeon show 'The Thundermans', after spearheading its reunion with the 2023 Paramount + film 'The Thundermans Return'. In August this year, Kira also premiered her role as Betsy Kelso on the hit Netflix series 'That '90s Show' to incredible excitement from audiences across the world.
When it comes to multi-camera comedy, Kira is in a league of her own, and with 40 million fans across social platforms avidly watching as she shares her experiences, educates, and entertains, she shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
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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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Rodd Cyrus
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Rodd Cyrus is a mixed Iranian-English-Scottish-Italian-American actor/singer/writer who recently graduated from Juilliard's drama department with an MFA in Acting after getting his BA from UCLA. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently based between New York City and Los Angeles.
Rodd has been seen on screen in TV shows, independent films, music videos, and commercials as well as multiple Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. His most recent theatre credits include playing Giuseppe opposite Ruthie Ann Miles in "The Light in the Piazza" at Encores! NY City Center, Hamlet in "Hamlet" at The Juilliard School, Don Juan in "Valor" at The Guthrie Theater, Eddie in "Mamma Mia!" at The Hollywood Bowl, and workshopping Martyna Majok's new one man play at the McCarter Theatre Center.
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Zak Bagans
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Zachary "Zak" Bagans is an American paranormal investigator, actor, TV personality, museum operator, producer, director, and author. He is the principal host of the Travel Channel paranormal investigation series Ghost Adventures.
A graduate of the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, Bagans moved to Las Vegas to become a documentary filmmaker and explorer of the paranormal.
In 2004, Bagans teamed up with Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin to produce a documentary-style film called Ghost Adventures. The film aired on the SciFi Channel in 2007. A successor series premiered in 2008 on the Travel Channel and has aired for 19 seasons as of 2019. Ghost hunting shows in general, and Ghost Adventures in particular, have been accused of fakery.
From 2014 to 2016, Bagans helmed a spin-off series titled Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks, which focused on changes to people's lives after prior Ghost Adventures investigations.
On April 2, 2016, Deadly Possessions premiered on the Travel Channel; the show featured Bagans finding items for a prospective "haunted museum" in Las Vegas, Nevada. The museum opened to the public in October 2017. It consists of 33 rooms with various artifacts on display. Visitors are given guided tours of the rooms. Some of the items on display include Bela Lugosi's mirror, the Dybbuk box, Peggy the Doll, and Jack Kevorkian's "Death Van".
In 2018, the museum received Las Vegas Mayor's award for historic preservation and adaptive reuse. In 2021, the transaxle salvaged from the American actor James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder was added to the museum's collection. In May 2021, Discovery+ Channel announced its plans to broadcast The Haunted Museum, an upcoming horror anthology show for which Zak Bagans will be the host and an executive producer.
Bagans co-wrote a book with author Kelly Crigger titled Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew. On September 23, 2011, the book debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list at No. 18. In December, 2019, Bagans published the book Ghost-Hunting For Dummies.
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Freddie Fox
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Frederick Samson Robert Morice "Freddie" Fox is an English actor with an early career highlight as singer Marilyn in a biopic about Boy George. Fox was born in Hammersmith, London, England. He is the son of actress Joanna David and actor Edward Fox. His elder sister is the actress Emilia Fox. Fox attended Bryanston School in Dorset. Freddie trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and graduated in 2010. He went on to appear on the London stage at the Old Vic in A Flea In Her Ear and Cause Célèbre.
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