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John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist is best known for writing mostly horror novels and short stories. Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. His debut novel Let the Right One In, a romantic, social realistic vampire horror story published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden and abroad. Handling the Undead was published in 2005 and involved the raising of zombies in the Stockholm area.  His works are published by Ordfront and have been translated into many languages, including English, Bulgarian, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Dutch and Russian.
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Marianna Hill

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Marianna Hill, born Marianna Schwarzkopf, is an American stage and screen actress mostly working in American television. Her initial acting experience came when she was an apprentice at the Laguna Playhouse and later as an actress at the La Jolla Playhouse. She is a life member of The Actors Studio. She has appeared in more than 70 feature films and television episodes. She co-starred in the Elvis Presley film Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1966 as Lani Kaimana; the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter as Callie Travers in 1973; and in The Godfather II as Deanna Dunn-Corleone.
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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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Alan J. Pakula

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Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982). Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan J. Pakula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alexander Polinsky

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alexander Polinsky (born October 7, 1974) is an American actor, voice actor, and singer who is perhaps best known for his role as Adam Powell on Charles in Charge. After the show ended, he has made TV, voice, and movie appearances, as well as working as a mold-maker at a movie prop design studio. He works with the Walt Disney Company, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and Nickelodeon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Polinsky  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Atom Egoyan

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Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian independent film maker. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. In 2008 he received the Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past".
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Lilita Ozoliņa

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Lilita Ozoliņa (born 19 November 1947 in Riga) is an actress of Latvian theater and cinema. Before the war, Lilita's mother, Albertina, worked as a director's assistant at a German film studio, and father Arvids was a pilot-pilot. Lilita, having passed the admission competition, successfully entered the Riga Film Studio folk cinema actor studio. In parallel with her studies in 1966, she began working at the Latvian Academy of Arts Daile Theater of the Latvian SSR. In 1969, Lilita graduated from cinema actor studies, and in 1971, faculty of actors at the Latvian Academy of Music, Jāzeps Vītols. Received Lilita Berzina Award (2008). "The Night of the Night" as the best actress of the year for the role of Alice in the production of A. Strindberg's play "Dance of Death" at M. Chekhov's Riga Russian Theater (1996). as an annual actress in the role of the second. Lilita Ozoliņa has a daughter Liliāna Ozoliņa, who has been the director of the television channel MTV Latvia. From Wikipedia (lv), the free encyclopedia
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Pilou Asbæk

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Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles as Euron Greyjoy on HBO's Game of Thrones, Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur (2016), Bouchard in The Great Wall (2016), Batou in Ghost in the Shell (2017), Captain Wafner in Overlord (2018), Cyrus in Samaritan(2022), Gage in Uncharted (2022), and a troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish TV political drama Borgen. He was among the recipients of the Shooting Stars Award at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. On 10 May he was co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, with Lise Rønne and Nikolaj Koppel. Some critics commented adversely on the obscure jokes shared by the presenters throughout the televised show.
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Krista Sutton

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2003 Dora Award nominee and co-star of the 2004 Genie nominated The Dogwalker, Krista Sutton has years of professional acting experience both in Toronto and in New York. Sutton's career soared to new levels of industry awareness with a key scene in the much talked about film, American Psycho. Called the "It Girl" at Sundance, Sutton's role opposite Christian Bale generated international coverage. Her performance was a hot topic at Sundance 2006 with the screening of Kirby Dicks popular documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated. A very familiar face for not only her widely played hit comedic commercials for Special K including with Cindy Crawford, Sutton has played a range of supporting and leading roles.
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David Siu

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David Siu entered Hong Kong showbiz in the late 80s, as a trainee of the 17th TVB acting class in 1987, in company with the Hong Kong "Heavenly King" Aaron Kwok. The road to stardom of David Siu was quite lucky and smooth. In 1987, TVB held a talent contest to select actors. Be supported by his friends, he entered for the contest. Eventually, he won the champion in the contest. Immediately thereafter, TVB invited him sign up with them. Siu also wanted to give it a try, so he resigned the first job to become an actor. Joining the entertainment less than one year, thanks to his good-looking appearance and ideal height, he impressed film producers. TVB promoted him actively through leading roles in many TV series. For about five years he participated in 20 series including: Behind Silk Curtains, The Tribulation of Life, Mo Min Kap Sin Fung, A triad of lifetime, Three in a crowd, The Ruin Of War, Impossible dream, The Enforcer's Experience, A Time of Taste, Land of condor, The Greed of Man, The Link, and Remembrance. Among them, the role Ting How-hai (丁孝蟹) in the 1992 TVB classic series The Greed of Man is his featured role in his career. In 1993, he played the character Sung Man Jeun ( 宋文俊) - a rich and kind young man in the famous TV series in 90s – The Link. His character falls in love with a rising movie star (played by Amy Kwok). Their love in the film weathered many storms before having a happy ending. The chemistry between him and Amy Kwok is great and fantastic. They are a nice-couple in The Link. The success of this role helped him raise his popularity in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Immediately, A Taiwan broadcast television invited him star in the film "Days Of Tomorrow" (天長地久). In 1995, Siu left TVB because he had not reached agreements in signing the new contract with TVB company. Later, he signed with Asia Television (ATV) a short contract. He shot some TV series’s ATV such as: Justic Bao, Coincidentally, and Beggar king. Until 1997, he decided to take leave of HongKong Entertainment. He began to devote to running a 4-wheel drive conversion shop in Hong Kong. In 2012, he returned Hong Kong Entertainment to reshoot films. A Wall-Less World III – a short film ‘s RTHK television marked his return after many years. In 2014, he shot the film " Dot to Dot". After that, he participated in "The anniversary" in 2015. In the film, he reunited with the co-star Loletta Lee after 23 years from their success in The greed of man. In April 2015, the classic TV series "The greed of man" was back on the air at late night on TVB. Once again, the film created a phenomenon for the media and audience. His name became hot again.
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