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Jon Hurwitz

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Jonathan Benjamin "Jon" Hurwitz (born November 15, 1977) is an American screenwriter. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as well as an alumnus of Randolph High School. Jon Hurwitz, with Hayden Schlossberg, wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and wrote/directed Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. They first met and became friends in high school in Randolph, NJ, and sold their first script "Filthy" to MGM while seniors in college. Hurwitz was studying finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and Schlossberg a history major at the University of Chicago with plans of attending law school. Upon selling "Filthy", they moved to Hollywood to begin their career in the entertainment industry. Hurwitz and Schlossberg's next project is a relaunch of the American Pie franchise, which they will be writing and directing. In addition, they have several projects in development such as Grandma vs. Grandma, which they scripted for Paramount Pictures, and 21 Shots, which they are producing with Montecito Pictures.
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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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Yuka Iguchi

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Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, Iguchi Yuka, July 11, 1988) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is affiliated with Office Osawa and her record label is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Iguchi's major roles include Index in A Certain Magical Index, Tsukihi Araragi in Monogatari, Maria Takayama in Haganai, Tamaki Irie in Majestic Prince, Miku Kohinata in Symphogear, Mea Kurosaki in To Love Ru Darkness, Norie Okazaki in Tamayura, and Hinata Miyake in A Place Further than the Universe.
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Mel Blanc

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Mel Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, Speedy Gonzales, Elmer Fudd and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. At the time of his death, it was estimated that 20 million people heard his voice every day. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ariana Grande

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Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her personal life and music have been the subject of widespread media attention. Grande has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 30 Guinness World Records. Grande began her music career at age 15 in 2008 Broadway musical 13. She rose to fame for playing Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and Sam & Cat (2013–2014). Grande signed with Republic Records in 2011 after label executives viewed YouTube videos of her covering songs. Her 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B debut album, Yours Truly (2013), topped the US Billboard 200, while it is the lead single, "The Way", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100. She continued to explore pop and R&B in her second and third studio albums, My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016). Dangerous Woman became her first of four consecutive number-one albums in the UK. Personal struggles influenced her trap-infused fourth and fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). Sweetener won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, and Thank U, Next broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album and was nominated for Album of the Year. The singles "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" made Grande the first solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously and the first woman to succeed herself at the top of the UK Singles Chart. In 2020 Ariana collaborate on "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga who win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Grande expanded on the trap genre with her sixth studio album, Positions (2020), which both the album and its title track debuted at number one in the UK and the US. Her collaborations with The Weeknd on the remixes of "Save Your Tears" and "Die For You" garnered her sixth and seventh US number-one singles, respectively. In 2024, she earned another two number one singles with the high anticipated releases of “Yes And?” & We Can’t Be Friends both on her 7th studio Album “Eternal Sunshine.” She also made her acting return playing Glinda in the broadway adaptation of Wicked: Wicked Part 1.
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Anouchka Delon

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Anouchka Delon (born 25 November 1990) is a French-Dutch actress. Delon is the daughter of Alain Delon and Rosalie van Breemen. She has a younger brother, Alain-Fabien Delon, and two older half-brothers, Christian Aaron Boulogne, from her father's affair with German singer, actress and model Nico, and Anthony Delon, from his marriage to actress and model Nathalie Delon. She is the aunt of the supermodel Alyson Le Borges. She has different colored eyes, one brown and one blue. At age 12, Delon appeared alongside her father in the TV film Le Lion, an adaptation of the novel by Joseph Kessel. From 2007 to 2010, she trained at the Cours Simon in Paris. In 2011, she performed with her father on stage at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. In 2015, Delon was a participant in the game show Fort Boyard. In November 2019, it was announced Delon was expecting a child with her boyfriend Julien Dereims. Their son was born on 14 February 2020. They have been married since 2021. Source: Article "Anouchka Delon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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LaNease Adams

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LaNease Adams began performing in plays, as a child. As an adult she's trained at the Aaron Speiser Acting Studio, the Ivana Chubbuck Acting Studio, The Groundlings, as well as with Bobbie Chance. She has been a Series Regular, Guest Star, and Lead. She has filmed commercial, TV, and film roles alongside many veterans. She also played the leading character role in music videos for major music stars including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Mya, Jagged Edge, Snoop Dogg, The Calling, Dirty Vegas, and K-Ci. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, and The Howard Stern Show. She has been featured in Vanity Fair and People magazine. She was a contestant on Season 1 of ABC's "The Bachelor" - and she was the "first kiss in Bachelor history". Most recently, she played the lead in a film that she also wrote, directed, and produced, called "Heaven's Revenge," - a film that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of love and loss.
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Tony Nash

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Tony Nash got his start acting in high school plays and winning awards at regional theatre festivals for his stage presence and immersion into character. Following a run of the staple Canadian production, 'The Farm Show,' the play's writer, Paul Thompson of Theatre Passe Muraille remarked, 'This kid acts like a young Marlon Brando.' Upon graduation with an Hons. Double Major in French and Political Science, Tony took some time away from acting to pursue a career in law before eventually turning to education to become a French teacher. He holds a Master's Degree in Adolescent Education. Tony Nash eventually returned to acting, trading the stage for the screen. You can catch him on Suits, The Detectives, Good Witch, the Audience Network's Condor and as Omar on CBS's new action-adventure series, Blood and Treasure. He also narrates the audio-book of Rawi Hage's novel, De Niro's Game. Tony is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic. His favorite actor, to whom he owes his gratitude for setting the path, is Marlon Brando.
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Taavi Eelmaa

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Taavi Eelmaa (born June 15, 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor. Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he worked for six years at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and from 2002 to present at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn. Eelmaa made his screen debut in 1993 in the Rainer Sarnet-directed short film Merehaigus (English: Seasickness) and has gone on to appear in roles in numerous Estonian films. Among his more memorable roles were as Theo in the 2007 Veiko Õunpuu-directed drama Sügisball (English: Autumn Ball), inspired by Estonian writer Mati Unt's novel of the same name, and as the title character in Õunpuu's 2009 black comedy Püha Tõnu kiusamine (English: The Temptation of St. Tony). The film was selected as Estonia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.[4] He has also appeared on television, most notably as the character Priit Post in the Kanal 2 crime series Kelgukoerad.
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Dayton Callie

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Dayton Callie is a Scottish American actor, best known for playing Charlie Utter on HBO's Deadwood and Ernie Dell on CSI. He now portrays Police Chief Wayne Unser on Sons of Anarchy. He has also voiced Whitaker in Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, appeared in Halloween 2, & had small roles in episodes of the The Unit and Seinfeld. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dayton Callie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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