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Shaun T

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Shaun T is a world-renowned health and fitness expert and creator of some of Beachbody's best-selling fitness programs including Insanity, Hip Hop Abs, Focus T25, Insanity Max:30 and Cize. A native of New Jersey, Shaun T received a BS in Sports Science and a minor in Theater and Dance from Rowan University. He's shared the stage with Val Kilmer in the musical version of The Ten Commandments, appeared in Pippin, Applause, Six Feet Under and the feature film Beauty Shop. He's danced with Mariah Carey as well as Aaron and Nick Carter, and choreographed for USTA's Arthur Ashe Kids Day, the NCAA Final Four Halftime Show and the movie Bring it on: All or Nothing. Through personal appearances, his workout programs and his podcast Trust and Believe, Shaun T is focused on affecting positive lifestyle changes in people around the world and proving that becoming the best version of your self is attainable.
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Samina Ahmad

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Samina Ahmad is a Pakistani television actress, stage performer, television producer and television director. She had started her career with serious plays on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), however she is known for comedy plays like Akkar Bakkar, Taal Matol, Alif Noon and Such Gup. She also acted in the famous comedy drama Family Front. She has recently acted in another TV comedy named Side Order. Her switch to the comic roles proved to be highly rewarding for her, and she quickly became a top media person in Pakistan
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Mstislav Rostropovich

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Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 1927 – 27 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since. He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces, forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Henri Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris, Leonard Bernstein, Aram Khachaturian and Benjamin Britten. Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights, and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya and had two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich. Mstislav Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, to parents who had moved from Orenburg: Leopold Vitoldovich Rostropovich, a renowned cellist and former student of Pablo Casals, and Sofiya Nikolaevna Fedotova-Rostropovich, a talented pianist. Mstislav's father (1892–1942) was born in Voronezh to Witold Rostropowicz, a composer of Polish noble descent, and Matilda Rostropovich, née Pule of Belarusian descent. The Polish part of his family bore the Bogoria coat of arms, which was located at the family palace in Skotniki. Mstislav's mother Sofiya, of Russian descent, was the daughter of musicians. Her elder sister Nadezhda married the cellist Semyon Kozolupov, who was thus Rostropovich's uncle by marriage. Rostropovich grew up in Baku and spent his youth there. During World War II his family moved back to Orenburg and then in 1943 to Moscow. At the age of four, Rostropovich learned the piano with his mother. He began the cello at the age of 10 with his father. In 1943, at the age of 16, he entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied cello with his uncle Semyon Kozolupov, and piano, conducting and composition with Vissarion Shebalin. His teachers also included Dmitri Shostakovich. In 1945 he came to prominence as a cellist when he won the gold medal in the Soviet Union's first ever competition for young musicians. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1948, and became professor of cello there in 1956. Rostropovich gave his first cello concert in 1942. He won first prize at the international Music Awards of Prague and Budapest in 1947, 1949 and 1950. In 1950, at the age of 23 he was awarded what was then considered the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, the Stalin Prize. At that time, Rostropovich was already well known in his country and while actively pursuing his solo career, he taught at the Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) Conservatory and the Moscow Conservatory. In 1955, he married Galina Vishnevskaya, a leading soprano at the Bolshoi Theatre. ... Source: Article "Mstislav Rostropovich" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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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Edith Margarita Massola Mederos

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Edith Margarita Massola Mederos nació el 7 de septiembre de 1967. Es de Centro Habana. Ha tenido una amplia carrera artística que comenzó un 7 de septiembre a la edad de 14 años cuando ingresó en estudios de danza. Debutó en “Una novia para David” con el personaje de Olga, para después consolidar su carrera en los predios del teatro musical y la televisión. Su versatilidad puede constatarse en series dramatizadas como “El año que viene” o “Al compás del son” y películas de reciente producción, entre ellas “Nada” y “La noche de los inocentes”. Conduce desde 1998 el popular programa 23 y M de la Televisión Cubana, durante varios años bajo la dirección de Julio César Leal. Actualmente ella es la Directora del programa.  Massola es una de las artistas cubanas más carismáticas en la actualidad. Tiene el don de desdoblarse magistralmente para realizar cualquier caracterización o actividad. Prueba de todo ello ha sido su debut en el cine con el papel de Olga en el filme Una novia para David, además de las interpretaciones en las películas “Nada” de Juan Carlos Cremata en el 2001 y “La noche de los inocentes”.  Ha trabajado en novelas cubanas y series dramatizadas como “El año que viene” donde popularizó la frase “Dime algo, Fernández”, “ Al compás del son”, Maritere en “Salir de noche”. En teatro en obras como “Las viejas putas” de Juan Carlos Cremata, en personajes humorísticos como Maritrini, personaje del programa musical “Sabadazo”, la simpática secretaria de Albertico Pujols en “Su respuesta, Doctor”, en un teleplay con Rigoberto Ferrera, entre otros.
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Cathy Berberian

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Catherine Anahid Berberian (July 4, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. She worked closely with many contemporary avant-garde music composers, including Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp zu Eulenburg and others. As a recital curator, she presented several vocal genres in a classical context, including arrangements of songs by The Beatles by Louis Andriessen as well as folk songs from several countries and cultures. As a composer, she wrote Stripsody (1966), in which she exploits her vocal technique using comic book sounds (onomatopoeia), and Morsicat(h)y (1969), a composition for the keyboard (with the right hand only) based on Morse code. Cathy Berberian was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Armenian parents, Yervant and Louise Berberian. The elder of two children, she spent the first 12 years of her life in Attleboro, then the family moved to New York City in 1937 where she graduated from Manhattan's Julia Richman High School for Girls. From an early age, she showed an interest in Armenian folk music and dance as well as traditional opera. While still in high school, she was the director and soloist of the Armenian Folk Group in New York City. For a time, she was an undergraduate at New York University, but left to take evening classes in theatre and music at Columbia University, working during the day to support her studies. She went on to study music in Paris with Marya Freund in 1948, and in 1949 she went to Milan to study singing at the Milan Conservatory with Giorgina del Vigo. In 1950, she received a Fulbright scholarship to continue her studies there. Although she had appeared in several student productions, radio broadcasts and informal concerts during the early 1950s, she made her formal debut in 1957 at Incontri Musicali, a contemporary music festival in Naples. The following year her performance of John Cage's Aria with Fontana Mix in its world premiere, established her as a major exponent of contemporary vocal music. Her American debut came in 1960 at the Tanglewood Music Festival where she premiered Circles by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. From 1950 to 1964 Berberian was married to Luciano Berio, whom she met when they were students at the Milan Conservatory. They had one daughter, Cristina Berio, born in 1953. Berberian became Berio's muse and collaborator both during and after their marriage. He wrote, for her, Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958), Circles (1960), Visage (1961), Folk Songs (1964–73), Sequenza III (1965), and Recital I (for Cathy) (1972). ... Source: Article "Cathy Berberian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Mookda Narinrak

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Mookda Narinrak, nicknamed Mook, is a Thai model, dancer actress born and raised in Ranong, Thailand. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce. She began in the entertainment industry when she competed in Miss Teen Thailand in 2011 and won. Also, Mookda was a dancer and won the 'TO BE NUMBER ONE IDOL' 2012 Contest (Dance Team). In 2016, Mookda signed a contract with Channel 7 to be one of its actresses. Her very first debut was the remake of the lakorn "Kamin Kub Poon". In 2020, the Instagram star signed a contract with Channel 7 for five years more.
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John Fogerty

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John Fogerty is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principle songwriter of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, which was officially formed in 1967, though the band members had played together under different names since 1959. Following CCRs dissolution in 1972, Fogerty went on to a successful solo career, releasing several solo albums and touring, playing both solo and CCR hits. Fogerty also occasionally appeared in small roles - usually as himself - in movies and TV shows. Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Jean Yonnel

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Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor. Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in Obsession (1933), Amok (1934), Fanatisme (1934), White Nights of St. Petersburg (1937), The Imperial Tragedy (1939) and A Funny Parishioner (1963). Yonnel died in Paris in 1968. Source: Article "Jean Yonnel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Suvanant Kongying

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Kob Suvanant Kongying is a Thai actress. Kob grew up with her two close co-stars; Sornram Theappitak and Kunchai Kumnerdploy. The three of them went to the same country school and grew up together and now are acting together. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. Her first performance in a traditional Thai folklore drama won her widespread popularity and her first major acting award, to which she has since added many. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many years. She was considered Thailand's most famous actress and her koo kwan (leading lakorn partner) was Sornram Theappitak. Suwanan is also known for co-hosting the famous show "Jun pun dao" with Natthawut Skidjai. She's now married to actor-turned-politician Danuporn Punnakan, also known by his nickname Brook, who had been her acting partner in 5 lakorns. They have two children, a boy (Punnadol "Nadol" Punnakan) and a girl (Punnada "Nada" Punnakan)
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