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Kenta Kobashi

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Kenta Kobashi (小橋 健太, Kobashi Kenta; ring name: 小橋 建太) (born, March 27, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired wrestler. Broadly referred to by the nickname "Tetsujin" (鉄人; Iron Man), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. He is best known for his two runs in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, of which he captured AJPW's Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship thrice, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship once. He is the winner of numerous Match of the Year and Wrestler of the Year awards, including from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) and Tokyo Sports.
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Sharmila Thapa

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Sharmila Thapa is an Indian actress and anchor, who is working in Tamil film and television industry. She was born in Nepal. Thapa made her acting debut in the Tamil television serial “Thendral” along with Deepak Dinkar, directed by S.Kumaran and produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd. She also acted with well known actors like Ajith Kumar, Soori, Robo Shankar, Rajendran and Prabhu. She has appeared in some well known films such Tea Kadai Raja, Vedalam and Kappal. Her performances in many films were lauded especially in “Vedalam” which was one of the Best films of the year 2015. She worked with some of the top names of that time like Thapa in “Sakalakala Vallavan” along with Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Anjali and Vivek. Thapa currently Anchoring in Adithya TV. List of movies acted ; Konjam Konjam, Tea Kadai Raja, Vedalam, Kappal, Sakalakala Vallavan.
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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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Michael Manna

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Michael Stephen Manna is an American professional wrestler and podcaster, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. He currently works for Lucha Libre USA and previously wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He has also made appearances for Ring Of Honor (ROH). He has held over 40 titles in his career, including the WWE Hardcore Championship 21 times, the ECW World Tag Team Championship twice and the NWA National Heavyweight Championship once. He is the current (and first) Extreme Rising World Champion.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey

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Wendi McLendon-Covey (born October 10, 1969) is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. She's best known for her role as Deputy Clementine Johnson on the Reno 911! franchise. She is also known for her role as Beverly Goldberg, the family matriarch, on the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs, for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. After her a breakout performance in the 2011 comedy film Bridesmaids, she has appeared in numerous films including What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), The Single Moms Club (2014), Blended (2014), Think Like a Man Too (2014), What Men Want (2019), and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). Her best known voice roles are as Monica Rappaccini / Scientist Supreme on Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., Doreen on Crossing Swords, Nancy Green on Big City Greens, and multiple roles on American Dad!.
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Victor Borge

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Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish- American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane". He was born in Copenhagen and started out as a classic concert pianist, having his first major concert in 1926. In 1933 he started his now famous "stand up" act, with the signature blend of piano music and jokes, and married American Elsie Chilton the same year. Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When Germany invaded Denmark on 9 April 1940, he was touring Sweden, and fled via finland to the USA with his American wife. Once in the USA,  he took the name Victor Borge, and quickly managed to adapt his jokes to the American audience, learning English by watching movies. In 1941 he was hired by Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall, and from then on, his fame just grew and grew.
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Geo Corvera

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Geovanny D. "Geo" Corvera (born 8 November 1977, San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran-American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, fight choreographer, and actor based in Los Angeles. He holds a Third Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and has over 126 stunt credits across 170+ productions. He won SAG Awards as part of the ensembles for Iron Man (2008) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). His stunt work spans the MCU (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Ant-Man), DC (Blue Beetle, Shazam! Fury of the Gods), and major films like Sicario, Zero Dark Thirty, and Bright. As an actor he has appeared in Harsh Times (2005), Barry (2018), Cobra Kai (2024), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015).
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Burk Uzzle

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Burk Uzzle (August 4, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, previously member of Magnum Photos and president from 1979 to 1980. Burk Uzzle has spent his life as a professional photographer. Initially grounded in documentary photography when he was the youngest contract photographer hired by Life magazine at age 23, his work continues to reflect the human condition. For sixteen years during the 1970s and 1980s, he was an active contributor to the evolution of Magnum and served as its President in 1979 and 1980. While affiliated with the cooperative, he produced the iconic and symbolic image of Woodstock (showing Nick Ercoline and Bobbi Kelly hugging), helped people grasp an understanding of the assassination and funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and powerfully projects comprehension of what it means to be an outsider - from Cambodian war refugees to disenfranchised populations without voice or agency to portraits of communities not identified on a roadmap. His life, philosophy, and continuing work was explored in the critically acclaimed 2020 documentary feature film F11 and Be There by director Jethro Waters. WIKIPEDIA
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Seda Aznavour

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Seda "Patricia" Aznavour (born Seda Aznavourian, Armenian: Սեդա Ազնավուրյան, Seda Aznavuryan; May 21, 1947) is a French-Armenian singer and artist, the daughter of Charles Aznavour. She studied at the Armenian Virgins College of Paris, at Jan-Luciere and Matie Alter musical schools. She started her musical career in the 1960s, as a radio and TV singer, then released "Rien Que Nous" album (with David Alexandre Winter). She recorded the "Safo" (1970) movie songtrack (written by Georges Garvarentz), played in several French films. In the 1960s she moved to the United States, where in 1980 she gave a concert tour with Lucy Saroyan. In 1988 Seda recorded "Chants traditionnels Armeniens" album where she performs Yes Qo Ghimetn Chim Gidi (Ես քո ղիմեթն չիմ գիտի) song by Sayat-Nova in a duet with Charles Aznavour. In 2010 they recorded a new duet in Armenian. Source: Article "Seda Aznavour" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Al Gomez

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A veteran of the Entertainment Industry, Al Gomez has worked as a Producer, Writer, and Actor in Feature Films, Television, and Commercials. A Los Angeles native and honor graduate, Al dove headfirst into Hollywood's creative waters as an actor at the age of 18. With some training and eyes closed, he secured an acting role in his first audition, an independent feature film "Hi-Riders" starring legendary OG actors from the 1950's Mel Ferrer, Ralph Meeker, and Neville Brand. An on set huddle with the three of them encouraged Al to continue seeking a career as an actor. Over the years he got roles in various movies, including Universal's "Cloak & Dagger" with Dabney Coleman and a number of other Independent films Still In his early 20's, Al discovered an innate storytelling ability, writing his first screenplay, a teen comedy called "Joysticks" starring Joe Don Baker and a number of young comedy actors, Corrine Bohrer, Jon Gries, and Leif Green. Joysticks turned out to be one of the top independent release hits as its opening weekend box-office numbers ranked it behind the studio megahits, Tootsie, Gandhi, and 48 Hrs., and is considered a cult classic video game movie from the 80's! While continuing with his screen writing, Al decided to extend career options within the studio system and found an opportunity at Universal Studios with the Producers of The Breakfast Club. This allowed him to observe and work with the likes of Producer Ned Tanen, President, Feature Films, Universal Studios, Co-Producer Michelle Manning, President, Production, Paramount Studios, mega-comedy filmmaker John Hughes, and pioneering editor Dede Allen, best known for her work with with Warren Beatty on Bonnie and Clyde, and the Academy Award winning Reds. Al is asked by Universal Studios-Television executives to be part of a new venture called the Hispanic Film Project, a film series that promotes new talent within the Latino community. As Associate Producer-Assistant Director, he teams with 'Robert Diaz LeRoy' to create the award winning, "I'll Be Home For Christmas," a dramatic film short about one man's identity crisis and the dilemma he faces when his 9-year-old son comes to visit him in prison as a Christmas gift. Continuing to hone his creative instincts leads Al to the Video Game Industry where he discovers the fascinating interactive options of non-linear storytelling at the Dreamers Guild. Using his production and writing skills, he brings a feature film quality to various CD-Rom games, which include Dinotopia for Turner Interactive, Pandemonium Golf for IBM Interactive Over the years, Al collaborated with Robert LeRoy as a Producer on a number of film, television, and web series, including web series "Crime Scene X", a children's TV series puppet show "Noah's Park", and horror streaming series "Dark Gospels". He also Executive Produced his first horror film, a creature feature "Monsters In The Woods", about a group of actors making a horror film in the mountains and running into a real nightmare of blood and gore. Al now focuses on the rich opportunities afforded his experience and the many roles available as a character actor.... but he is always looking for a good story to tell!
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