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George Harrison

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George Harrison,  MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles.  Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",  Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards.  His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
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Jean-Marc Vallée

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Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963 – December 25, 2021) was a Canadian director, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including "Stéréotypes" (1991), "Les fleurs magiques" (1995), and "Les mots magiques" (1998). His debut feature, "Black List" (1995), was nominated for nine Genie Awards, including nods for Vallée's direction and editing. His fourth feature film, "C.R.A.Z.Y." (2005), received further critical acclaim and was a financial success. Vallée's followup, "The Young Victoria" (2009), garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations, while his sixth film, "Café de Flore" (2011), was the most nominated film at the 32nd Genie Awards. Vallée's next films, the American dramas "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013) and "Wild" (2014) continued this acclaim, and the former earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Vallée ventured into television by executive producing and directing two projects for HBO, the drama series "Big Little Lies" (2017) and the thriller miniseries "Sharp Objects" (2018). For the former, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
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Olivia d'Abo

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Olivia Jane d'Abo (born 22 January 1969) is an English actress, voice actress, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer (1984), Karen Arnold on The Wonder Years, Mara Simons in Beyond the Stars (1989), Angela in Point of No Return (1993), Betty Jo in Wayne's World 2 (1993), Molly Richardson in Greedy (1994), Marie Blake on the NBC sitcom The Single Guy, Anna Montgomery in The Big Green (1995), Tracey Meltempi in It Had to Be You (2000), and Nicole Wallace on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She has voiced the characters of Jane Porter in the Disney Channel animated series The Legend of Tarzan and the movie Tarzan & Jane, Rox in the 'Matriculated' segment of The Animatrix, Natalia Romanoff / Black Widow in the animated movies Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2 , Luminara Unduli in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. She was engaged to singer Julian Lennon, which ended in 1992. Her son, Oliver William d'Abo, was born in 1995. In 1998, she became engaged to actor Thomas Jane after working with him on several projects, but the couple called it off in 2001. She was married to songwriter and music producer Patrick Leonard from 2002 to 2012. She dated professional skateboarder James Quakenbush from 2019 to 2022. Her father is singer-songwriter Mike d'Abo, lead vocalist of the group Manfred Mann. Some information ​is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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William Sadler

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, and—perhaps most notably—the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a role for which he was nominated for, and won, the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2.
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Mick Ferry

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Mick Ferry is renowned as a fine purveyor of lugubrious surrealism and has quickly established himself as one of the most sought after comics on the British and International comedy circuit. One of the finest comperes around, Mick Ferry performs regularly at The Comedy Store in London and Manchester as well as headlining at comedy venues nationwide. He is also a regular member of the prestigious topical Cutting Edge Team at the Comedy Store. On our TV screens, Mick has recently starred in BBC One`s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow as well as Comedy Blue and The Comedy Store for Comedy Central. He made his big screen debut in 2009 in Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric – a hit feature film at the Cannes film festival where it was nominated for the prestigious Palm D’Or. A prolific writer, Mick was a writer on John Bishop’s Britain for BBC One and has also previously written for BBC3`s Smalltime. Mick made his debut at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2009 performing The Comedy Final at the Gilded Balloon. He returned in 2010 with a brand new show The Missing Chippendale (Body Issues) to great critical acclaim.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Brendan Fraser

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Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a Canadian-American actor. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in Dogfight (1991). Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring role in George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). He took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004), and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled (2000) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008). Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid 2010s due to various health problems and fallout from a reported 2003 sexual assault by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He branched into television with roles in the Showtime drama The Affair (2016–2017), the FX series Trust (2018), and the HBO Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023). Fraser's film career was revitalized by appearances in auteur-directed films such as Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move (2021) and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale (2022). His starring role in the latter won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Canadian winner
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Kiera Hogan

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is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment (2015-2017) Kiera made her debut on April 17, 2015 for Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment at AWE Home Grown 2015 in a match won by Dementia D'Rose. At AWE To Be The Man!, Kiera defeated Priscilla Kelly. At AWE Season 2 Premiere, Kiera lost her rematch to Kelly. During the August 18, 2015 edition of AWE, Kiera won a three-way match against Dementia D'Rose and Priscilla Kelly. At AWE Tales Of An Arabian Facebuster Kiera wrestled a four-way match won by Dementia D'Rose against Ashton Starr and Priscilla Kelly. On October 25 at AWE Destination Atlanta, Kiera lost to Ashton Starr. At AWE Follow The White Rabbit 2: There Is No Spoon, Kiera teamed with Edang Coldhard in a tag match won by Ashton Starr & Priscilla Kelly. On October 25 at AWE Destination Atlanta, Kiera was defeated in singles action by Ashton Starr. Kiera finished out her first year in AWE with a tag team rematch against Ashton Starr & Priscilla Kelly on November 28 at AWE Follow The White Rabbit 2: There Is No Spoon, where she and Edang Coldhard were defeated by Starr and Kelly. During June 19, 2016 at the AWE Bobby And Stan's Most Excellent Tag Team Tournament, entering the tag title tournament with Joey Ryan as team Booty Call, in a three-way tag match against Team IOU (Kerry Awful & Nick Iggy) defeat The Sound And The Fury (Joe Black & William Huckaby), but were eliminated in the first round. On August 14 at AWE The Summer Of George III: Heroes Apply Here!, she teamed with Owen Knight to join a #1 Contender Rumble for the AWE Tag Team Championship. At AWE ROAR, she wrestled Su Yung. Hogan finished her second year in AWE at AWE Show Of The Year 3 in a dark match won by Ivelisse. While away from Impact Wrestling, Kiera returned to AWE on March 11, 2018 at AWE Oh Lort! where she teamed with Chris Mayne, Owen Knight and Sugar Dunkerton in an Anything Goes Eight-Man Elimination tag match, defeating The Hierarchy (Adrian Armour, Blacklist Uno, Slade Porter and Su Yung). Queens Of Combat (2016-2017) Kiera debuted on September 17, 2016 at QOC 15 where she teamed with Rudy Jordan in a tag match won by Malia Hosaka & Roni Nicole. She returned on February 18, 2017 at QOC 17, teaming with Aja Perera to join a QOC Tag Team Championship tournament but was eliminated by in the first round by Laurel Van Ness & Taeler Hendrix. On that same date, QOC 18 was held, where she wrestled her first QOC singles match against Samantha Heights. On November 26 at QOC Super Show, Kiera teamed with Aja Perera and Savannah Evans in a tag match won by Ivory Robyn, Madi Maxx & Renee Michelle. Impact Wrestling (2017-present)
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Ken Johnson

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Kenneth "Ken" Johnson is an American professional wrestling manager, better known by his ring name, Slick. Slick is best known for his appearances with WWE in the late 1980s and early 1990s, where he was the first African American manager in WWE history After retiring from wrestling, Johnson graduated from Campbellsville University. He received a bachelor's and master's degree and is now an ordained minister in Louisville, Kentucky.On April 1, 2007, Johnson, reprising his role as Slick, appeared at WrestleMania 23, dancing with various WWE wrestlers and legends. Johnson also made several appearances for IHWE, an independent promotion in Fort Worth, Texas in 2009. Johnson was inducted into the IHWE Hall of Fame on October 30, 2009. Johnson also appeared in June 2010 at the promotion's Supercard. Johnson reprised the Slick character on the "Old School" edition of WWE Raw on November 15, 2010, joining legends the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff in the ring. In 2012, Johnson appeared for TX Stampede Wrestling where he received a lifetime achievement award. On July 23, 2012, Johnson made a special appearance on Raw 1000. He served as the reverend presiding over the wedding that involved Daniel Bryan and AJ Lee. On April 2, 2016, Johnson appeared as Slick to induct Big Boss Man into that year's class of the WWE Hall of Fame. In July 2016, Johnson was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit is litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE
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Shane McRae

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shane McRae (born 23 July 1977) is an American actor. He appeared in Hack, guest starred on One Life to Live, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Cold Case, and was one of the stars of the ill-fated sitcom, Four Kings. McRae was born in Gainesville, Florida.[1] In theatre, McRae played the part of Jason Chenier in the Tony-winning play Take Me Out. In 2005 McRae appeared in Richard III as Richard's nemesis, Richmond. He currently resides in New York. He completed a MFA from NYU in 2003. He appears with his "The Collective" co-star, Kelly Overton, in the music video for the song "Terrified" by Katherine McPhee with Zachary Levi.
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