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Akshay Kumar
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Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series", which included Khiladi (1992), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), and Khiladi 420 (2000), as well as other action films such as Mohra (1994). As a stunt actor, he often performed many dangerous stunts in his films, which earned him a reputation as the "Indian Jackie Chan". He later gained more fame for his drama, romance and comedy roles. He started becoming known for his performances in romance films like Yeh Dillagi (1994) and Dhadkan (2000) as well as drama films such as Ek Rishtaa (2001). His comic performances in comedy films such as Hera Pheri (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala (2005) and Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) met with acclaim. His success further rose in 2007, when he starred in four consecutive commercial hits. In 2008, the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on Kumar in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He has thus established himself as one of the leading actors in Hindi cinema. In 2009, Kumar founded the Hari Om Entertainment production company.
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Adrian Lamo
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Boston-born security enthusiast Adrian Lamo has been alternately described as the most effective and controversial hacker of the 21st century, the "Bobby Fischer of hacking", and a common criminal. His alleged high-profile computer intrusions have been the subject of hundreds of news articles, television segments, and book citations.
Spurred into an award-winning career in journalism and a reconsideration of his hacking ways by a 2003 arrest, Lamo has worked and collaborated with publications ranging from techcentric 2600 Magazine, Network World, and Mobile Magazine, to more egalitarian publications like The American River Current and XY Magazine.
Lamo has also been a regular guest and creative consultant on TechTV's The Screen Savers, and his life is explored in an upcoming documentary film under the care of Kevin Spacey's independent film outfit, TriggerStreet.
His intrusions historically carried a twist -- Lamo was never detected by the companies he compromised, instead electing to help them secure their systems free of charge, and then, with prior notice, air their misfortunes to the public. Critics have derided Lamo as publicity-motivated and have ascribed him a variety of ulterior motives, charges which he has consistently declined to respond to.
Lamo has publicly stated that his criminal career is behind him, but his work in journalism has left him no fewer opportunities for adventure -- his interviews have run the gamut from John Ashcroft to the eco-terrorist Earth Liberation Front.
Lamo has cut contact with the press since 2004, living a private life in far Northern California, with his elderly cat as a sidekick.
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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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Paul L. Stein
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Paul Ludwig Stein (4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian-born film director with 67 films to his credit. Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S., where he worked with stars such as Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Gish and Constance Bennett.
In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with British International Pictures, where he was assigned a number of big-name prestige productions, including some of the popular operetta films of the mid-1930s. These included Blossom Time and Heart's Desire starring his boyhood friend Richard Tauber, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films Waltz Time and Lisbon Story. For most his career, Stein's credits tended to be films primarily aimed at female audiences, although later he also directed crime and spy thrillers. Stein remained in England for the rest of his life and career, becoming a British citizen in 1938.
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Stephen Peacocke
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Stephen's best known for his role as 'Brax' in the long running Australian serial drama, 'Home & Away'. He's appeared in various other Australian Film, Television and Theatre productions and most recently worked on Brett Ratner's, 'Hercules', along side Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt and Ian McShane. Stephen grew up in Dubbo in Central Western New South Wales, worked as a Jackaroo on a large scale sheep & cattle station west of Bourke and graduated from the University of Newcastle with a degree in Communications. His passion before acting was Rugby Union where he played at First Grade and Representative levels throughout his schooling, university and adult life.
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Pamela Zinszer
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Pamela Zinszer was born on September 6, 1955 in Kansas. She attended the University of Southern California. Pamela was the Playmate of the Month in the March, 1974 issue of "Playboy." Zinszer did several follow-up pictorials for "Playboy": She's featured along with her equally fetching sisters in the April, 1978 issue and did a nude pictorial on her own called "Playmates Forever! Part Two" in the April, 1984 issue. Moreover, Pamela posed in a bikini for the truckers' magazine "Owner Operator." Her sole foray into film acting was as Linda in the inane comedy sequel "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington."
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David Cheung
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David Cheung is a Hong Kong Chinese Action Actor, Martial Artist and Stunt Performer based in London United Kingdom. His passion for performance led him to study at the prestigious Identity School Of Acting known for producing stars such as John Boyega.
David Cheung is currently appearing in Johnny Depp's Mortdecai, Joey Ansah's Street Fighter Resurrection, the award winning film Arene, with Taylor Lautner in the BBC TV series Cuckoo , the German/Chinese co-production Out Of Control with Cecilia Cheung, and the BBC TV series Snatch based on the Guy Richie film.
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Tony Jaa
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Panom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Panom watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Kerd ma lui (2004) ("Born to Fight"), Panom met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai. Panom went to university where he studied a variety of martial arts, from tae kwondo to judo. It was not long before Panom would get work, doubling for Robin Shou and James Remar in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), and when his demo reel was seen by director Prachya Pinkaew, the film Ong-bak (2003) was created for Panom, who is now going by the name of Tony Jaa in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences.
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Calli Taylor
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Calli Taylor was born in Gainesville, Florida, the first child of a radio broadcaster and an executive production designer. She came to Los Angeles as a small child and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, developing a strong passion for the dramatic arts and entertainment. She has trained in dance, improvisation and voice from a young age and at 13 began drama instruction under David Gray at Gray Studios in Los Angeles. Calli then broke into the industry at 18 and has since been pursuing her dream of a blockbuster career.
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Genevieve Bernier
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is a French-Canadian female professional wrestler best known under the name "Pink Flash" Kira.
Bernier debuted for NCW Femmes Fatales as a fan favorite under the name "Pink Flash" Kira at Femmes Fatales II on February 6, 2010, losing a dark match to Eve. She competed in dark matches in two later shows before finally making the main show on June 4, 2011. On that night's Femmes Fatales VI, Kira and Loue, known as The Sherbrooke Connection, defeated Anastasia Ivy and Angie Skye. The duo defeated Anna Minoushka and Missy at Femmes Fatales VII on October 8. At Femmes Fatales VIII on March 10, 2012, Kira was defeated by Kellie Skater. She would defeat She Nay Nay at Femmes Fatales IX on July 7, but she would by attacked by the Canadian Ninjas (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews) after the match. Kira was defeated by Mercedes Martinez in Part 1 of Femmes Fatales X on November 3, but she would gain a countout victory over Perez in Part 2. Kira would face Perez again at Femmes Fatales XII on July 6, 2013, but she would again win via countout after Perez walked out of the ring and into the crowd. Kira would finally defeat Perez in the ring via submission at Femmes Fatales XIII on October 26 in a Lumberjill Strap Match. At Femmes Fatales XIV on April 19, 2014, Kira teamed with Mary Lee Rose and Vanessa Kraven in a victorious outing against Sassy Stephie, Jody D'Milo, and Anna Minoushka. At Femmes Fatales XV on August 16, Kira again teamed with Rose in another winning effort against Kaitlin Diemond and Addy Starr,
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Kira joined Shimmer Women Athletes on October 27, 2012; teaming with Thunderkitty in a victorious outing against Angie Skye and Nikki St. John in a tag team dark match at Volume 49. Kira would team up with Sweet Cherrie and defeat December and Heidi Lovelace in another dark match at Volume 51.
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