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Christopher Plummer

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds. In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal. Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award. On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".
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Lois Kelly-Miller

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Lois Kelly Miller, also spelled Lois Kelly-Miller and formerly known as Lois Kelly-Barrow, (15 October 1917 – 8 April 2020) was a Jamaican theatre and screen actress. She became a household name in Jamaica for her decades-long, professional career in theatre and pantomime, particularly with the Little Theatre Movement (LTM) National Pantomime. Kelly Miller was best known to international audiences for her role in the American film Meet Joe Black (1998) opposite Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lois Kelly-Miller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ava Gardner

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Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Considered one of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, she was ranked as the 25th greatest female screen legend by the American Film Institute. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the classic film noir The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Her career flourished in the 1950s with notable performances in films like Mogambo (1953), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Night of the Iguana (1964), which earned her a BAFTA nomination. Off-screen, Gardner's personal life and progressive politics attracted significant attention. Her marriages to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw were gossiped about, but her tumultuous relationship with Frank Sinatra particularly headlined. Gardner was a strong supporter of racial equality and desegregation, and became a member of the NAACP in 1968. Gardner was a heavy smoker, which deteriorated her health as she grew older. She continued acting in minor roles in the 1980s before she suffered a stroke in 1986 and retired. Gardner moved to Spain and England, where she spent her final years before passing away from bronchopneumonia on January 25, 1990.
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Björk

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Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
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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. He 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, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Melissa Keller

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melissa Keller (born 1979 in Long Lake, Minnesota) is an American model and actress. Keller began her modeling career when she was 15 years old and has modeled for Parasuco, Noxzema, GAP, Revlon, L'Oréal, Aveda, and for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2002, 2003, and 2004.  In addition to working with photographers on her Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair's body painting work.  Sports Illustrated and Nissan previously held a sweepstakes allowing people to register for a chance to attend a sporting event with Keller. Her film credits include Impact Point. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Keller, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Reza Oktovian

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Muhammad Reza Oktovian or also known as Reza Arap, Rapyourbae or YBRap is an Indonesian Youtuber and musician. His debut in feature length film as an actor was in Youtuber (2015). He is mostly known for his bad boy persona, and his most iconic-in-century song line "Reza Arap Oktovian, Gamers ganteng idaman. F*ck pencitraan, nakal tapi tampan. Di Youtube gue ngomongnya anjing bangsat, tapi di Instagram semua cewek cowok mendekat. Sok suci? ha ha ha ha, gue bukan ustad. Gak punya sayap, tapi mirip malaikat. Dulu sahabat, sekarang jadi bangsat"
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Anthony Daniels

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Anthony Daniels (born February 21, 1946) is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films (every film of the Skywalker saga, Rogue One and The Clone Wars theatrical film). He is the only actor to have either appeared in or been involved with all theatrical films in the series, and has been involved in many of their spin-offs, including television series, video games, and radio serials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Daniels, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Denise Tantucci

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Before entering the entertainment world, Denise began studying theater with maestro Mauro Pierfederici in her hometown. At 15 she moved to Rome to study acting at the Yvonne D'Abbraccio Academy. She began her career in the role of Giusy in the fifth season of Play It Again (Play It Again), the teacher and part of Daphne in the ninth season of Don Matteo (Don Mateo). In August 2013 she was chosen to play the character of Giada Spanoi, an Albanian girl in search of parents who emigrated a long time ago, in Un Medico in Famiglia 9 (A Family Doctor 9) - (ninth season). In the series she falls in love with the son of the new doctor in the family, Tommaso "Tommy" Martini. At the same time she dedicated herself to singing and writing. In 2012 she released her first song: Dressed in Blood, in October 2013 she published her first book of poetry: Fantasticherie e congetture (Dreams and conjectures), published by Aletti Editore. In 2014 she wrote and produced her first show, Un Doppio Legame (A Double Link), which was staged in September. In the same year she joined the cast of the second season of Braccialetti Rossi and in the third of Fuoriclasse (Champion). In September she plays the movie Ma tu di che segno 6? (But you, what sign are you), Directed by Neri Parenti, released in theaters on December 11, 2014. In 2015 she continues her film experience, she joined the cast of the international film Ben-Hur, a remake of the famous Ben-Hur by William Wyler. She will reprise the role of Nina, also in the third season of Braccialetti Rossi.
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Shusuke Ueda

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Shusuke Ueda , better known as Syu (シュウ Shū) is a Japanese musician, known for being the founder and guitarist of the power metal band Galneryus . He has participated in bands such as Spinal Cord , Animetal (Heavy Metal), Valkyr (Power Metal) and Aushvitz (Power Metal). Aside from his talents as a guitarist, he doesn't hesitate to sing whenever he has the opportunity, in the form of guttural choruses in Galneryus and as lead vocalist in Spinalcord. He has recorded many DVD demos for specialized magazines and even a VS with guitarist Jani Liimatainen , former guitarist of Sonata Arctica . As an extra fact, he said in an interview that he got into the world of music thanks to the Japanese group X Japan , a band he admires and that served as an influence for the young musician. Syu played drums at the time, but when he saw Yoshiki (leader of that band) he said he couldn't reach his level, so he looked for another instrument, which was the guitar, he went from acoustic to electric, until he reached the level of being called "Virtuoso." Syu belongs to the group of virtuoso guitarists from Japan , in which he shares positions with Hisashi Takai, Satoshi Katada, Norifumi Shima (Concerto Moon), Hizaki and Teru (VERSAILLES) Tomoaki Ishizuka, Gentaro Satomura, Takayoshi Ohmura, Akira Takasaki (Loudness) among others. Syu has his own line of ESP guitars , called "Crying Star." He currently uses Orange brand amplifiers.
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