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Axel Cruysberghs

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Axel Cruysberghs (born October 12, 1994) is a Belgian professional street skateboarder. In 2015, Cruysberghs made his debut at the X Games in Austin, Texas. He made his first appearance at the X Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2018. Cruysberghs represented Belgium in the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. He finished 13th in the semifinal round in Tokyo for street skating and did not make the finals. In October 2020, Cruysberghs married Finnish-American professional skateboarder Lizzie Armanto.
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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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Bren Foster

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bren Foster (born 2, November 1976) is an Australian actor and martial artist. Best known for his lead in The Last Ship on TNT. Bren Foster holds black belts in taekwondo, hapkido, hwarangdo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Best known for being on hit TNT show The Last Ship for four seasons. He has appeared in television series such as Days of Our Lives and Melissa & Joey, and films such as Cedar Boys and Force of Execution. Foster plays Max Rockatansky in the video game Mad Max. In 2015, Foster landed the recurring role of CPO Wolf "Wolf-Man" Taylor on the TNT post-apocalyptic drama series The Last Ship.
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Maria Palmer

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This lovely Austrian-born actress was born (in 1917) and raised in Vienna, performing as a child on stage and appearing in various productions for the renowned Max Reinhardt. Trained in dance, she was a member of the Bodenwieser Ensemble, a European troupe. Following a few high school plays and dance recitals, she went on to study drama and voice at the Vienna Conservatory. Maria arrived in the United States at the outbreak of war in 1938 and first performed on the New York stage, notably in the 1942 production of "The Moon Is Down." Spotted for films, she was one of many foreign actresses Hollywood took in at the time to fill their quota of exotic mystery ladies in war-era intrigue and film noir. She made her debut in Mission to Moscow (1943) for Warner Bros. and continued on freelancing for other studios with Days of Glory (1944), opposite Gregory Peck, Lady on a Train (1944), The Web (1947), The Other Love (1947), Strictly Dishonorable (1941), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Outcasts of the City (1958), among others. Her film career waned in the 1950s and she turned to radio, TV and commercials. She formed her own production company, Maria Palmer Enterprises, and hosted her own local Los Angeles show "Sincerely, Maria Palmer" in the early 1960s. In later years she wrote a number of unproduced teleplays, often under the pseudonym Eliot Parker White. Dying of pulmonary failure while battling cancer in 1981, she kept extensive journals of her life and career which were later available to the public. (IMDB)
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Michael Ray Williams

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Michael Ray Williams was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 4, 1986, and has been working in independent film since debuting his improvisational skills in "Move Cary" (2006). He has played a host of roles of varying sizes since then, specializing in indie horror. His favorite film role to date is Jack in "Between Hell and a Hard Place" (2014). Michael is also a veteran of the stage, having appeared with local community theaters and traveling acting companies alike. Some of his favorite stage roles have included the title role of Sweeney Todd, Frederic in "Pirates of Penzance", and John Proctor in "The Crucible". When he is not acting, he leads acting workshops and classes, directs, and designs lighting for local productions. He and his wife, Meg, currently live in Haw River, North Carolina with their dog and four cats.
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Kelly Younger

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Kelly Younger is a screenwriter and award-winning playwright with work staged off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Younger has spent the past two years developing and writing a forthcoming Disney Animation Feature film, and continues work as a Story Consultant for the studio. He has been a member of the Disney Animation Story Trust since 2016, working on such films as Moana, Frozen 2, Wreck-It Ralph 2, and others in development including the live-action Tinkerbell (prod. Reese Witherspoon) and the live-action Aladdin (dir. Guy Ritchie); and a participant in the Pixar Animation Brain Trust on Cars 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, and other forthcoming films. He co-wrote the hit comedy Kalamazoo with Michelle Kholos Brooks (Dramatists Play Service, 2016; Riva Shriver Comedy Award.) Other theater projects include Banished Children of Eve (Off-Broadway); and Ink (finalist Joanne Woodward/Paul Newman Drama Award.) His play Tender was nominated for Best New Play IRNE award, was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award, and was part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s “7@7” series, directed by Lynne Meadow, starring David Harbour. Younger’s short play, Mandate (Samuel French, 2015) won the 39th Samuel French Off-Off- Broadway Short Play Festival and has received productions as far away as Dubai. Other short plays include Let’s Get Physical (Hollywood; Miami; Edinburgh Fringe Festival), and Best Lei’d Plans (Hollywood, Barrington MA; Miami.) Younger is currently developing a feature film with Josephson Entertainment (Enchanted), having previously developed with Mandeville Films; Gil Netter Productions; DreamWorks Animation; Disney Channel; as well as individual projects with Robert Lawrence (Clueless), Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure), and Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean). He is also a Story Consultant for Illumination Animation Studios. He is managed by Washington Square Arts and Film in New York, and represented by CAA in Los Angeles and New York. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Younger earned an MA in Classics at Loyola University Chicago and PhD in Drama Studies from University College Dublin in Ireland. At LMU, he teaches courses in Dramatic Literature, Play Writing, and a popular seminar Fairy Tales.
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Andy Rukes

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Andy Rukes was born Andrew Rukavina in Guelph, Ontario and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. He was bitten by the acting bug early in life and at age eleven played the title role in his grade five's production of "Robin Hood". Andy went on to perform in a number of theatrical productions throughout Ontario, among his favorites are Lee Blessing's "A Walk In The Woods", Mollière's "Tartuffe" and Sherman Snukal's "Talking Dirty". While in Ontario he co-produced murder mystery dinner theatre with the now defunct "Dead Funny Murder Mysteries". In the fall of 1999 Andy moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he has amassed over fifty film and television credits.
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Matthew Varacallo

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Dr. Matthew Varacallo is a practicing Physician and pioneer in the field of Orthopedic Surgery in addition to his acting, producing, and musical artist careers. Dr. Varacallo has a background as a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist starting at a very young age. He began as a Disc Jockey (DJ) at age 13 and built his company into a busy entertainment brand covering the entire east coast. Dr. Varacallo (also known as DJ VcityTM) was, and still is, known for his progressive mixes and unique genre blending capabilities and he had several remixes and mashups featured throughout the national and international music and club scene. He has also DJ'd internationally in Cyprus. In college, Dr. Varacallo was a multi-sport athlete in addition to majoring in Biochemistry and Entrepreneurial Studies. His DJ company and evolving global brand (Vcity Entertainment and Vcity Bros, LLC) continued to grow during his medical school and surgical training. He was featured at many night clubs in the Philadelphia area. As he transitioned to focus on his career as an Orthopedic Surgeon, his DJ/entertainment company and brand grew to over 20 DJs. Dr. Varacallo completed his medical school training at the Penn State College of Medicine in 2013. He finished his Orthopedic Surgery residency at Drexel College of Medicine / Hahnemann University Hospital in 2018. He pursued and completed his Sports Medicine Fellowship training at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY in 2019. He has been in practice across the central/western Pennsylvania region as he and his associated sports medicine department cover many regional high schools and colleges. Dr. Varacallo operates on athletes across the United States with many flying in across the country to be treated by his team and cutting-edge techniques. He specializes in knee ligament reconstructions, robotic joint replacements, and many primary to complex shoulder, hip, and knee conditions and injuries. Dr. Varacallo is already considered a pioneer in the field of Orthopedics and he continues to publish research to advance the field of medicine. He has almost 250 publications to date. He obtained his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Delaware in 2023. Dr. Varacallo made his on-screen debut in 2024 with the upcoming film Astral Plane Drifter.
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Donald E. Westlake

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only two writers (the other is Joe Gores) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald E. Westlake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Aidan Pierce Brennan

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Aidan is an American child/teenage actor, internet personality, and social media presence. He is famous for The Punisher (TV Series) 2017, New Amsterdam (TV Series) 2021, City on a Hill (TV Series) 2022, and The Watcher (TV Mini-Series) 2022. Actor Aidan Pierce Brennan was born in California, United States on March 28, 2008. This American actress's full name is Aidan Pierce Brennan, and her nickname is Aidan. He began his acting career at a young age "The Secret", isn't his only film. - IMDb Mini Biography By: yusufpiskin
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