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Stephen Tobolowsky
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Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood, Bob Bishop in Heroes, Sandy Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack Barker in Silicon Valley, Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in One Day at a Time, Principal Earl Ball in The Goldbergs, and Dr. Schulman in The Mindy Project.
Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951, in Dallas, Texas. He studied geology at Southern Methodist University but switched to theater after being cast in a production of "The Crucible." He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with a degree in drama.
Tobolowsky began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in films such as The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Nobody's Fool (1986), and Spaceballs (1987). He also had a recurring role on the television series Seinfeld (1989-1998).
Tobolowsky's breakthrough role came in 1993, when he played Ned Ryerson in the comedy Groundhog Day. His performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and he has since become one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood.
Tobolowsky has continued to work steadily in film and television over the years. He has appeared in numerous other films, including Memento (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), and The Informant! (2009). He has also had recurring roles on the television series Deadwood (2004-2006), Heroes (2006-2007), Californication (2007-2014), and Silicon Valley (2014-2019).
In addition to his acting career, Tobolowsky is also a writer and a podcaster. He has written two books, The Dangerous Animals Club (2002) and The Tobolowsky Files (2017). He also hosts the podcast The Tobolowsky Files, in which he tells stories about his life and career.
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Evo Morales
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Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959), popularly known as Evo, is the 80th and current President of Bolivia, having held that position since 2006. Politically a socialist, his presidency has also seen a focus on implementing socialist policies in the country, introducing land reforms, nationalising various key industries and opposing United States and corporate involvement in the country's politics.
Born into a working class family in Isallawi village in the Orinoca Canton, Evo is of native Aymara descent. Initially pursuing various manual jobs such as llama herding, he eventually settled into growing coca, becoming actively involved in the cocalero movement, the coca growers' trade unions.
Morales was first elected President of Bolivia on December 18, 2005, with 53.7% of the popular vote. Two and a half years later he substantially increased this majority; in a recall referendum on August 14, 2008, more than two thirds of voters voted to keep him in office. Morales won presidential elections again in December 2009 by 63% and continued to his second term of presidency.
Morales is the leader of a political party called the Movement for Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo, with the Spanish acronym MAS, meaning "more"). MAS was involved in social protests such as the gas conflict and the Cochabamba protests of 2000, along with many other groups, that are collectively referred to as "social movements" in Bolivia. The MAS aims at giving more power to the country's indigenous and poor communities by means of land reforms and redistribution of gas wealth.
Morales is also titular president of Bolivia's cocalero movement – a loose federation of coca growers' unions, made up of campesinos (rural laborers) who are resisting the efforts of the United States government to eradicate coca in the province of Chapare in central Bolivia.
A critic of the United States' foreign policy and the involvement of transnational corporations in Latin America, he has been a firm ally of the socialist governments of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Fidel Castro in Cuba. In October 2009, Morales was named "World Hero of Mother Earth" by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Ryan Murphy
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Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for creating and producing a number of television series including Popular (1999–2001), Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), Glee (2009–2015), American Horror Story (2011–present), Scream Queens (2015–2016), American Crime Story (2016–present), Pose (2018–2021), 9-1-1 (2018–present), The Politician (2019–2020), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020–present), Ratched (2020–present), American Horror Stories (2021–present), and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). Murphy also directed the 2006 film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir Running with Scissors, the 2010 film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir Eat, Pray, Love, the 2014 film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart, and the 2020 film adaptation of the musical The Prom.
Murphy has received six Primetime Emmy Awards from 36 nominations, a Tony Award from two nominations, and two Grammy Award nominations. He has often been cited as "the most powerful man" in modern television, including having signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalised characters to the masses".
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Steve Barry
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Steve Barry was born on January 30, 1965 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. A singer songwriter best known for his involvement in a number of bands (such as D.O.M., and The Wonders Band) he got into acting through his casting agency.
At first lending his French and English voice over talents to commercials (Claritin Liberator, Royal Lepage, Videotron, Bell Canada) and then appearing in local TV shows such as Virginie (1996).
He moved his way up slowly from background work to landing roles in speaking parts such as in Enquête
(2007), Krach (2010) and Sang-Froid: Un conte de loups-garous(2013).
He continues to perform in various venues as a singer and appears in Hollywood productions shot in and around Montreal, Quebec such as X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). - IMDb Mini Biography
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Carlo Aquino
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Carlo Jose Liwanag Aquino (born 3 September 1985) is a Filipino actor and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Kollide and formerly on JCS with John Prats and Stefano Mori. Aquino achieved critical recognition for his performance in the 1998 film Bata, Bata… Pa'no Ka Ginawa? with veteran actress Vilma Santos based on the award-winning novel by Lualhati Bautista.
Aquino started his showbiz career as a child actor and rose to popularity as a teen actor during the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Formerly an exclusive contract star of ABS-CBN's Star Magic, he also appeared in some shows of rival station GMA Network as a contract artist under GMA Artist Center. As of 2012, he exclusively works for ABS-CBN again.
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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.
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Isabel Adrian
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Isabel Maria Adrian (born 30 August 1977) is a Swedish television personality, producer, author and model. She was a contestant in Expedition Robinson 2004 which was broadcast on TV3 and also made a centerfold in the men's magazine Café in the same year. Adrian has worked as a model. She is a well-known Swedish and international blogger and a clothing designer.
In 2004, Isabel met her future husband, the musician Steve Angello. In 2013 she married Steve, who is one of the members of Swedish music group Swedish House Mafia. Adrian and Angello reside in Los Angeles and now the couple have two daughters.
In 2013, Isabel and her friend Rebecca Stella released a podcast at Expressen called Isabel och Rebeccas podcast. It turned out to be a success, and after only its first episode it was ranked number one on iTunes.
In 2014, Isabel released her best-selling book Sex, Drugs and The DJ. The fictional book is loosely based on Adrian's personal experiences. The book showcases the rise of electronic dance music and the people who are along for the ride. Her book is a love story involving hate, greed, envy, success, and music. At the beginning of 2016, Isabel had teamed up with her husband Steve Angello to produce a feature film based on the book. For the movie she created the music video and song, Bring Me Light together with Audrey Napoleon.
In 2015, Isabel and her husband Steve appeared on one episode of Arga Snickaren VIP together, where Isabel received a new office built by the team which aired on Kanal 5.[15] In 2015 they also attended the Swedish television show Renées Brygga as a couple.
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Selma Blair
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Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She's known for her roles in the comedies Legally Blonde (2001) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), and achieved international fame with her portrayal of Liz Sherman in the big-budget fantasy films Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).
After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair began acting in the mid-90s. Blair began her career with small roles and guest roles in various television series. Blair appeared with co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, for which Blair won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Lesbian Kiss between Blair and co-star Gellar.
She went on to star as Zoe Bean in two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000), She rejoined actress Reese Witherspoon in the comedy film Legally Blonde (2001). She also starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Lustig's Kill Me Later and Todd Solondz's controversial Storytelling, and one of her most recognized roles, Liz Sherman in Hellboy (2004) and its successful sequel released in 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, based on the popular comic.
Her films include The Deal, The Big Empty, and Ed Burn's Purple Violets. Her other notable film credits include Highway (2002), A Guy Thing (2003), A Dirty Shame (2004), The Fog (2005), WΔZ (2007), Feast of Love (2007), The Poker House (2008), Dark Horse (2011), In Their Skin (2012), Ordinary World (2016), Mothers and Daughters (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), After (2019) and A Dark Foe (2020).
She starred opposite Molly Shannon in the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name. She also starred as Kate Wales on the sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014); and as Kris Jenner in the first season of the FX drama series American Crime Story (2016). In 2010, Blair narrated the audiobook The Diary of Anne Frank, earning a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
She can also be seen in the My Friend Steve 1998 music video Charmed. Her stage work includes the role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston's Alley Theatre in October 2009.
In October 2018, Blair revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August of that year.
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Sandra Nashaat
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Sandra Nashaat Bassaal graduated from the faculty of Arts French section in 1993, a year after finishing studies at the Higher Institute of Cinema.
Her first short film was “Akher sheta” and directed “Al-moviola ” a documentary film about the editor Kamaal Abul-Ela. “Mabrouk & Bolbol” was her first feature film (1996) starring Yahia al-Fakharaany and Dalaal Abdul Azeez, then directed the successful “Leih khalletny ahebbak ” (1999) starring Karim Abdel Azeez, Mona Zaky, Hala Sheeha, and Ahmed Helmy. Also directed “Harameyya fee KG2 ” starring Karim Abdel Azeez, Hanan Turk, and Maged al-Kedwaany which tells the story of a safe burglar who fell in love with the kindergarten teacher of his friend’s daughter who helped him to quit stealing, the film was shot by Ihaab Muhammad Aly and written by Belaal Fadl.
Sandra directed video clips like Muhammad Fouad’s “Fakrak ya nasseeny ”, Khaled Aggaag’s “Asaab hobb ” and Ghada Ragab’s “Lemaatha”.
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Yutaka Kobayashi
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Kobayashi was born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. While getting the confectionery health nurse license in confectionery of vocational school after graduating from high school, he worked as a pastry chef in Shiga and Tokyo. With the aim of the entertainment industry into an opportunity that it has submitted the recommendation of a friend in Junon Super Boy Contest, he started entertainment activities from November 2009 to belong to the Thani promotion. While after the debut, Kobayashi had parallel work and entertainment activities of making cake.
In June 2010, he participated in the predecessor project Ikemen☆Nagoya of Boys and Men. Kobayashi was not a from Tokai, but the residents were along the concept of the project, he was participated in the audition by the intention of the agency, he became an established member of Boys and Men.
In 2011, his introduction performed was the role of Mizuki in The Prince of Tennis Musical 2nd Season. For practice and performances appearance of the same work, Kobayashi was temporary suspended the activities of Boys and Men. He returned to the unit activity, he had also appeared in the stage outside.
In February 2012, Kobayashi's CD debut as a member of the internal unit YanKee5 of Boys and Men. In November of the same year, his first solo debut was the single "Boku no sekai ga kawatte iku / seven colors ☆ love".
In 2013, Kobayashi's first regular appearances in a television drama was Kamen Rider Gaim. He served as the rival Kaito Kumon / Rider Baron.
In the end of July 2014, Kobayashi made recipes at the community site Cookpad, and start posting of cuisine under the heading of Yutaka Kobayashi's kitchen. In November of the same year, his recipe is the subject of announcing the single "Love Suites recipe" series where Setona Mizushiro worked on lyrics.
In 2014, Kobayashi won at second place in the popular vote of Boys and Men. In the same year, his first starring role in a television drama was Naze Todo-in Seiya 16-sai wa kanojo ga dekinai no ka?
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