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Sophia Latjuba

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Sophia Latjuba was born to Azzizurrahman Latjuba, a Bugis-Javanese, and Anna Muller, a German-Austrian, in West Berlin, West Germany, on 8 August 1970. In her youth, she moved back to Indonesia with her father; she later reported that she felt closer to him than her mother. She graduated from Senior High School 3 Jakarta. Latjuba made her film debut in 1987 with Bilur-Bilur Penyesalan (Stripes of Regret), while still in high school. She later appeared in numerous films, culminating with Kuldesak, directed by her then-sister-in-law Mira Lesmana which she appeared in for free, in 1998. During her film career, Latjuba was considered a sex symbol; Bruce Edmond, writing for The Jakarta Post, described her as being "many an Indonesian man's fantasy woman" at the time. She also released several albums, including Hanya Untukmu (Only For You), which won the 1994 BASF Award for Best Album Arrangement.
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Tor Johnson

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tor Johnson (19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971) was a Swedish professional wrestler (billed as The Super Swedish Angel) and actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in a number of B-movies, including police inspector turned zombie Daniel Clay in Plan 9 from Outer Space and playing the role of a recurring lab assistant often named "Lobo". Description above from the Wikipedia article Tor Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Amy Jo Johnson

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Amy Jo Johnson (born October 6, 1970) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known for her roles as Kimberly Ann Hart, the first Pink Ranger of the Power Rangers franchise in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and as Julie Emrick on The WB's college drama Felicity. She also played Stacy Reynolds on the Lifetime police drama The Division, and in 2005 she joined the cast of the TV drama Wildfire as famous jockey Tina Sharp. Johnson is currently starring as Julianna “Jules” Callaghan in the Canadian CTV television series Flashpoint. For this role she was nominated for the 2009 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Jo Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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May Velásquez

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This talented Salvadoran began in the artistic world at the age of 13, since she confesses that before she dedicated herself to the practice of the Polynesian martial art of lima lama; However, music is something that she carries in her blood, because she inherited her taste from her father and her sister Any Velásquez. He made his first performances in hotels and parties with Chepe Toño and his Guanabambú Orchestra, then he worked with the Hermanos Cárcamo trio and later joined the Tropisonora, the group of his sister Any and at the age of 18 he was part of the Sonora Dinamita project. Remembering his start with the Cárcamo brothers, Velásquez performed one of his most nostalgic songs from that romantic time with “Sabor a mí”. In 2013, her career took a turn when, without having planned it, she was the last to sign up for the casting in El Salvador to participate in the La Academia Centroamérica program, which took place in Guatemala City, where she won the contest, competing with 21 other talented representatives from the area. In 2015 May's voice reached the Cumbia Reyna group, a project she created together with her friend Marlon Henríquez.
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Gwendoline Taylor

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Gwendoline Taylor is an actress from New Zealand. She first appeared on screen in 2007 in Show of Hands, which was filmed in her hometown of New Plymouth. In 2008, Gwendoline moved to Auckland to study post-production at South Seas Film & Television School, where her tutors insisted that she belonged in front of the camera. In 2012, she was cast as Sibyl in Spartacus: War of the Damned, a television series on the Starz network. She has made a number of appearances in short films and on the series Go Girls. Her other film credits include a featured role as Emily in Sione's 2: Unfinished Business, the sequel to the NZ smash hit Sione's Wedding.
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Jae Head

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Jae Head (born December 27, 1996) is an American teen actor. He is best known for portraying Sean Junior (S.J.) Tuohy, son of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy (played by Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock), in the 2009 film The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock. Head first gained popularity by playing Bo Miller, a young boy befriended by Tim Riggins on the television series Friday Night Lights. Subsequently, show creator Peter Berg cast Head in his film Hancock alongside Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman.
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Jimmy Pardo

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A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night television, Jimmy Pardo has appeared on such shows as "The Tonight Show", "Conan", "The Late Late Show" and his own half hour special on Comedy Central. Utilizing his trademark crowd work skills, Jimmy spent the last 6 years as Conan O'Brien's opening act at "Conan" tapings. Jimmy has also appeared on "Conan" as a panel guest, a field correspondent and recently filled in as co-host. He also conducts the unconventional celebrity backstage interviews for Teamcoco.com's "The Pardo Patrol." In 2006, Jimmy Pardo became a podcasting pioneer when he began hosting the raucous-but-smart weekly podcast "Never Not Funny", which Entertainment Weekly called "one of the sharpest and gut-bustingest shows on the Internet." The show has been named a top comedy podcast by The AV Club, Esquire, GQ and USA Today, and its guest list (Conan O'Brien, Jon Hamm, Richard Lewis, Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman, just to name a few) reads like a Who's Who of Hollywood. Never Not Funny also hosts the annual Pardcast-a-Thon fundraiser, a 12-hour marathon webcast to benefit Smile Train. To date, the Pardcast-a-Thons have raised over half a million dollars for the charity. Over the years Jimmy has also been seen on such shows as "Comedy Bang Bang", "@Midnight", "Maron" and "Monk". He hosted "National Lampoon's Funny Money" for Game Show Network, four seasons of AMC's "Movies at Our House," and episodes of NBC's "Late Friday", VH1's "The Surreal Life" and "The Playboy Morning Show". Jimmy has recorded three comedy albums: "Uno," "Pompous Clown" and 2013's "Sprezzatura," which Entertainment Weekly named one of the 5 Best Stand-Up Albums of the year.
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Gérard Lanvin

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Gérard Lanvin (born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire. In 1995 he won a César Award for Best Actor with Le Fils préféré. Other appearances include Une semaine de vacances and 3 zéros. During the 2000s, he returned to the big screen with popular comedies. In 2001, he received the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role with The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gérard Lanvin, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  
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Anneke Putri

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Anneke Putri, whose full name is Anneke Lutfia Puteri, was born in Banyuwangi, East Java, August 24, 1966. Anneke is an Indonesian model and film star of the 1980s. Anneke herself is the wife of Ronggur Sihombing, a young director who is also the son of director Wahyu Sihombing and screenwriter Tatiek Maliyati. CAREER His first film debut DO NOT WANT TO OWN (1985) produced by PT. Kanta Indah This film is based on the popular song Dian Piesesha has sung. In the film directed by Ida Farida, Anneke supports the role played by Rano Karno and Meriam Belina. In addition Anneke is also a magazine writer and entertainment tabloid. Even once published a collection of poetry, story cassettes, and children's songs. Later also played soap operas, including replacing the role of Mother in the drama series FAMILY CEMARA.
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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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