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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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Dennis Thompson
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Dennis Thompson (born September 7, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) was the drummer with the 1960s/1970s Detroit proto-punk/hard rock group MC5, which had a #82 US single with "Kick Out The Jams" and a #30 US album with the same name. Thompson was given the nickname "Machine Gun" because of his "assault" style of fast, hard-hitting drumming that sonically resembles the sound of a Thompson machine gun (commonly referred to as a "Tommy Gun"). His powerful drumming pre-figured and influenced punk, metal, and hardcore punk drumming styles. After the MC5 broke up, Thompson was a member of the 1975–1976 Los Angeles based super-group The New Order, the 1981 Australia based super-group New Race, The Motor City Bad Boys, and The Secrets. In 2001, he guested for Asmodeus X on the song, The Tiger (St. Thomas Records).
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Michael Davis
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Michael Davis (June 5, 1943 – February 17, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the MC5. After dropping out of the fine arts program at Wayne State University, Davis became the bassist for the MC5 in 1964, replacing original bassist Pat Burrows when singer Rob Tyner and guitarist Wayne Kramer decided that they liked Davis's style and wanted him in the band. He played on the band's three original albums, including their debut Kick Out the Jams, and remained in the group until 1972.
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Ruth Wood
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Ruth Wood (born Margaret Ruth Runner, formerly Eastwood) is mother of actor/director Clint Eastwood, and his sister Jeanne. She was the widow of Clinton Eastwood Sr. (1906-1970), and John Wood (1913-2004).
Ruth was often her son's date at the Academy Awards. By all accounts, Eastwood and his mother had a very strong relationship, and he often turned to her for advice. She first suggested casting Meryl Streep opposite Eastwood in the steamy romance "The Bridges of Madison County," which he directed.
Mrs. Wood was a devoted fan of her son's movies, saying once that she watched several of them many times and was "the first one in the theater every time." Her favorite Eastwood movie, however, occupies an almost forgotten corner of his celluloid output: the musical "Paint Your Wagon."
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Ryan Reynolds
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Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor and film producer. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), and had minor roles before landing the lead role on the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl between 1998 and 2001. Reynolds then starred in a range of films, including comedies such as National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Waiting... (2005), and The Proposal (2009). He also performed in dramatic roles in Buried (2010), Woman in Gold (2015), and Life (2017), starred in action films such as Blade: Trinity (2004), Green Lantern (2011), 6 Underground (2019) and Free Guy (2021), and provided voice acting in the animated features The Croods (2013), Turbo (2013), Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) and The Croods: A New Age (2020).
Reynolds' biggest commercial success came with the superhero films Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018), in which he played the title character. The former set numerous records at the time of its release for an R-rated comedy and his performance earned him nominations at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
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Alan Gibson
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Alan Gibson (April 28, 1938, London, Ontario, Canada - July 5, 1987, London, UK) was a Canadian director active in British film and television. Particularly notable for his work in horror, cinematic films directed by him include the 1968 Journey to Midnight, the 1970 Crescendo, the 1974 The Satanic Rites of Dracula, the 1977 Checkered Flag or Crash and the 1982 Witness for the Prosecution, along with the 1974 television play Churchill and the Generals.
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Scott Ly
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Ly's family were boat refugees out of Vietnam right after the fall of Saigon in April 1975. Scott, the youngest of four children, is the first born in America, in Houston Texas. However, he was raised and considers the San Gabriel Valley, Southern California his hometown. As a natural born athlete, he was the captain of his high school's basketball and wrestling teams. Scott went on to be an expert fighter with dedication and training influenced by the late Bruce Lee. Scott's dedication led him to his daily practice of circuit training, yoga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA pursuits. His passion for performing on stage and in front of the camera led him to his craft for acting as his main focus.
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Julius Sumner Miller
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Julius Sumner Miller, a physicist, science educator, and television performer, was born on May 17, 1909 in Billerica, Massachusetts, USA. He was the youngest of nine children, with his father being a farmer from Latvia and his mother from Lithuania. Originally named Julius Simon, he later changed his name to Sumner. Julius received his education from local schools, Boston University, and the University of Idaho. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in 1932, a Master's degree in 1933, and another Master's degree in 1940. On April 21, 1934, he married Alice Marion Brown, who worked as a maid, and they did not have any children. For two years, Julius worked as a butler to support himself.
Miller taught physics at Dillard University in New Orleans from 1937-38 and 1941-52, as well as at El Camino College in California from 1953-74. He also served as a visiting lecturer at the US Air Force Academy from 1965-85. Miller was a guest on several popular TV shows, such as ‘The Groucho Marx Show’, ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ and ‘The Tonight Show’ hosted by Johnny Carson. Additionally, he recorded science shows in the United States.
Miller visited Australia multiple times between 1962 and 1986. His visits were primarily for giving demonstrations and lectures at the annual science school for high-school students in the physics department at the University of Sydney. These lectures were televised for many years. Additionally, he hosted a television program called 'Why Is It So?' for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Miller enjoyed showcasing the wonders of nature and rarely provided detailed explanations. Instead, he encouraged his audience to seek answers themselves. Despite being a serious scientist, he exuded infectious enthusiasm and brought each presentation to life by sharing the history of the subject and the meanings of relevant words. His sessions were dramatic and punctuated with phrases like 'Watch it now! Watch it!' or 'He who is not stirred by the beauty of it is already dead!'. He also set traps to keep the audience engaged, such as asking them to verify if a glass was empty and then berating them for not noticing that it was filled with air.
Australian newspapers published a daily question posed by Miller, a ‘Millergram’, and also an answer to the previous day’s question. He also appeared in television advertisements for non-stick saucepans, Ampol petroleum, and Cadbury's chocolate. Miller was a prolific writer, with numerous publications to his name. These included many articles in the American Journal of Physics, as well as books based on his television and radio shows. Some of his notable works were "Why It Is So" and "The Kitchen Professor". He also wrote a book called "Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds" and an autobiography titled "The Days of My Life". Miller passed away on April 14, 1987, at his home in Torrance, Los Angeles, California. He left his body to the University of Southern California's School of Dentistry. In his memory, the Australian Science Foundation for Physics established a fellowship in 1993.
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Loore Aaslav-Kaasik
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Loore Aaslav-Kaasik (formerly Loore Martma; born September 15, 1985) is an Estonian educator and former actress and director.
She graduated from Keila Gymnasium in 2004 and from Tartu University in 2007 with a degree in music and in 2011 from Tartu University Viljandi Academy of Culture with a degree in directing. From 2014 to 2016, she studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater for a master's degree in theater pedagogy, studying anxiety, stage fright, work stress, depression and related burnout among Estonian actors and directors, and in 2016 she defended her master's thesis "The Art of Burnout". She continues her studies in Tallinn University's doctoral program in the field of health behavior and well-being.
From 2011 to 2014, she worked as the music director of the Von Krahl Theater, was also an actress and, in 2012, the producer of the play "13". She has been a freelancer since 2014
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Duran Fulton Brown
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An award-winning actor (MIFF) and writer (Old Vic New Voices), Central London-born Duran is the youngest of six brothers, with the eldest four of Arabic descent. Having had the privilege of being a company member of the acclaimed National Youth Theatre in Britain, throughout his career, he has collaborated with esteemed directors such as Oscar nominee James Mangold (known for 'Le Mans '66' and 'Logan'), Oscar/BAFTA nominee Paul Greengrass ('United 93,' 'Captain Phillips,' 'The Bourne Ultimatum'), and twice with Oscar winner writer James Lucas ('The Phone Call').
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