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Richard Mofe-Damijo
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Popularly known as RMD, Richard Mofe-Damijo was born July 6, 1961 he is a Nigerian actor and politician. In 2005 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Since January 2009 he is the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria. Mofe-Damijo was born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. He attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education and studied Theatre Arts. In 1997 Mofe-Damijo returned to the university to study law at the University of Lagos and graduated in 2004.
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Kathy Kelly
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Kathleen Ann Kelly (born 6 March 1961) is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, she is the third child of the musical family group The Kelly Family, a multi-generational pop group that achieved success in Europe in the 1990s.
In 1999, Kathy released her first solo album titled The Best Of Kathy Kelly which, in addition to her best songs from the albums of The Kelly Family (see The Kelly Family discography), contained five new songs. While still recording and touring with the group throughout the 2000s, Kathy worked on her solo projects, which resulted in three more LPs up to date and a number of singles. Some of the songs included were new versions of the traditional songs from all over the world previously sung by the group from as early as the 1970s; notably "Amazing Grace", "Motherless child", "Old Black Joe", "The Rose of Tralee".
Kathy was born in the US, on 1961. She is the third of five children born from the marriage of Daniel Kelly, Sr. and Joanne.
Kathy was homeschooled, just like her elder and younger siblings. She also learned ballet and to play the violin. Later, she was also the teacher of her younger siblings. Kathleen can also play the guitar, accordion, keyboards, piano among others.
In 1974, Kathy, Caroline, Paul, John and Patricia formed The Kelly Kids, to play at children's parties or in the streets. The band was later called The Kelly Family, as Dan and Barbara also joined, later followed by Kathy's siblings.
The Kelly Family became popular in their early years as a street band. Kathy usually played the violin along with Paul, but when Caroline left, she started to play the accordion more frequently. Kathy was also the one who arranged most of the songs and she was the first of the siblings to write a song, as she is credited as the writer of Lonely, a song recorded in 1981 which features lead vocals from then-main vocalist John, and Papa Dan. She was also one of the main producers and has recorded most of the albums from the '80s until the late '90s.
1994 was the year of the breakout for the Kelly Family, after the Kellys started to sell CDs on shops. Their CD Over the Hump sold 5 million copies. This was followed up by Christmas for All, Almost Heaven, Growin' Up, and From Their Hearts. In the last, Kathy's son, Sean, is also present doing vocals on "Dance to the Rock 'n Roll".
In 2000, Kathy Kelly left the band to pursue a solo career. Her last song sung for the band was By Myself but Not Alone with her brother John in 1999.
She later returned to tour with the band from 2007 to 2008.
She also participated at Paddy Kelly's Stille Nacht Tour, along with Paul, Patricia, Joey Kelly, Michael Patrick Kelly and guest Caroline Kelly in 2011. Recordings of the concerts were taken and released in a live CD called Stille Nacht Live-CD 2011.
She also took part in the 2012 tour, called Stille Nacht 2012, and another live CD was released from the tour in September 2013.
In 2017, the Kelly Family reunited with seven members, and once again Kathy was part of the band. The Kelly Family released an album called We Got Love, on which Kathy sings six songs. ...
Source: Article "Kathy Kelly (musician)" 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.
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Yury Bykov
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Yuri Bykov was born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk, a small town in the Ryazan region of Russia. Coming from a family of factory workers, he studied acting in the famous VGIK (Institute of Cinema named after Gerasimov) and appeared in various theatres of Moscow after receiving his diploma in 2005.
In 2006, Yury Bykov started to write and direct his first short films. In 2009, his short film “The Boss”, in which he also played the lead role, won the main prize at the All-Russian National film festival Kinotavr. In 2010, Bykov directed his first feature film, “Live!”, Special Jury Prize at Taipei International Film Festival. In 2013, his second feature, “The Major”. was selected in Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, “The Fool” received important awards at the festivals of Locarno (Best Actor Leopard, Ecumenical Jury Prize, Junior Jury Award, First Prize) and Les Arcs, among many others. Both “The Major” and “The Fool” enjoyed international theatrical releases.
Yury Bykov both writes and directs his films. He has also edited and scored his early projects, as well as playing one of the lead roles in “The Major”.
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Vladimír Ptáček
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Herec Vladimír Ptáček byl rodákem ze středočeského venkova a profesionální pouť po českých divadlech zahájil hned po skončení války bez odborného vzdělání. Jeho první štací bylo Jihočeské divadlo v Českých Budějovicích, následovalo Beskydské divadlo v Hranicích na Moravě a Vesnické divadlo, které pořádalo zájezdová představení po celé republice. Na všech těchto scénách strávil Ptáček jen po jedné sezóně, načež působil v Městském divadle v Novém Boru a v Krajském oblastním divadle v Karlových Varech. Trvalé působiště nakonec našel v Pardubicích a na jevišti zdejšího Východočeského divadla hrál od roku 1955 až do svého předčasného úmrtí.
Celoživotní mimopražské angažmá do značné míry omezilo Ptáčkovy možnosti širšího uplatnění ve filmu, přesto jeho filmografie zahrnuje bezmála čtyřicet titulů a v šedesátých letech vystoupil hned v několika zásadních dílech československé kinematografie. Na filmovém plátně debutoval nevelkou postavou diverzanta v dramatu CESTA HLUBOKÝM LESEM (1963). V dnes již legendárním dramatu z konce války KOČÁR DO VÍDNĚ (1966) hrál partyzána, v páralovské adaptaci SOUKROMÁ VICHŘICE (1967) jsme jej mohli vidět v roli hostinského. Ve slavném filmu VŠICHNI DOBŘÍ RODÁCI (1968) se připomněl úlohou řezníka Rabona, nejdůležitější položkou v jeho práci před kamerou se pak stala postava Mlíkaře v Menzelově filmu SKŘIVÁNCI NA NITI (1969).
Kromě zmíněných snímků se jeho jméno objevuje i v titulcích dalších filmů různých žánrů, dnes již méně známých. V dekádě sedmdesátých let byl ke spolupráci pravidelně zván tvůrci dětských filmů a hrál například v dodnes populárních titulech jako DÍVKA NA KOŠTĚTI (1971) nebo PÁNI KLUCI (1975), menší role odehrál také v několika kriminálkách. Jeho poslední filmovou rolí byla postava mlynáře Budila v dnes již zapomenutém povídkovém filmu PLACHÉ PŘÍBĚHY (1982).
Vladimír Ptáček zemřel 5. prosince 1985 ve věku 59 let.
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Julie K. Smith
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Julie K. Smith (born August 18, 1967) is a German actress. She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 1993.
Smith appeared in a number of mainstream Hollywood films and B-movies before settling into the world of softcore pornography. She had an early starring role in the 1987 sex comedy Pretty Smart, alongside Patricia Arquette, as a rich sexpot at a private school in Greece, but her other roles in mainstream films of the late 1980s and early 1990s (such as The Last Boy Scout and Disorderlies) were minor. She had an uncredited role in the 1976 Alan Parker film Bugsy Malone.
With her entry into softcore films came more leading roles. She became a staple of the softcore scene in the late 1990s, appearing in three episodes of Erotic Confessions in 1996-97, The Bare Wench Project series, and several Andy Sidaris films, such as L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach.
Smith had a long-running professional relationship with director Jim Wynorski, having appeared in numerous films of his during the 1990s and 2000s. According to the documentary Popatopolis, Smith announced her retirement from acting in 2005, after the completion of The Witches of Breastwick. However, in 2007, she came out of retirement and resumed making films with Wynorski.
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Kirsten Gair
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I am a current costume trainee for film and tv, I am also looking for work in fashion and textiles for fashion as well as costume. I have experience and skills in :
Sewing, CAD, screen printing, digital printing (textile), breakdown and crowd costume. Looking for particular work in Fashion Design, Design in Costume, Breakdown, Print Design and Making but open to everything.
I have a MFA in Textiles at Edinburgh College of Art and a BA(Hons) in Fashion and Textiles at Gray’s School of Art. I have a interest in sustainable design and I’m always keen to learn new skills and to further develop by experiencing new and challenging environments in fashion, textiles and costume.
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Finneas O'Connell
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Finneas Baird O'Connell (born July 30, 1997), known mononymously as Finneas (stylized in all caps), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has written and produced music for various artists, most notably his sister, Billie Eilish. He has won eight Grammy Awards among 13 total nominations, including nominations for the Big Four categories. He has made history as the youngest act to win the Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category. For his work with Eilish, he has won Record of the Year twice in a row, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. He was also nominated for Best New Artist for his solo work. Their song "No Time to Die" from the film of the same name earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and another Grammy.
Finneas has released several singles as a solo artist, and his debut EP, Blood Harmony, was released in October 2019. The EP includes "Let's Fall in Love for the Night", his most successful song to date, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart. His debut studio album Optimist was released through Interscope Records in October 2021.
Finneas starred in the 2013 independent film Life Inside Out. He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. He has also made an appearance on the American sitcom Modern Family.
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Julie Depardieu
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Julie Marion Depardieu (born 18 June 1973) is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films.
Born 18 June 1973 in Paris, she is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu and Élisabeth Depardieu and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu – all of whom have worked as film actors. She has two paternal half-siblings: half-sister Roxane and half-brother Jean.
She has two sons, Billy (born 16 June 2011) and Alfred (born 8 August 2012), with her partner musician Philippe Katerine.
In 2004, she won two César Awards (Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actress) for La petite Lili and won another (Best Supporting Actress) for Un secret in 2008. Depardieu was also nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for her performance in Podium.
In 2008, she also directed her first operette les contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffman) at the Vaux le Vicomte castle, the castle which inspired king Louis XIV to build Versailles.
Source: Article "Julie Depardieu" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Vojtěch Jasný
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Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia.
An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA).
Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is an allegorical fable about a magical cat that comes to a small Czech town and causes the underlying nature of the townspeople to be revealed. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Also among Jasný's works is Všichni dobří rodáci /All My Good Countrymen (1968), a story centering on the lives and fates of several rural Czechs as they struggle to adapt and survive under communist rule; a film later banned in Czechoslovakia after the invasion of 1968.
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