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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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César Costa

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Singer, actor, record producer, lawyer, television actor, film actor and composer. Member of the Advisory Board of UNICEF Mexico and Goodwill Ambassador. The Black Jeans are the pioneers of rock and roll in Mexico, having been founded in 1956 by Diego de Cossío. César Roel began his musical career under that name in 1958 as the lead singer in the group Los Black Jeans, which also included Juan Manuel de Cossío, Diego de Cossío and Carlos Loftus, singing Spanish versions of English hits. In 1958, they recorded for the Peerless record company "La Batalla de Jericho" and "La Cucaracha", being one of the pioneers in rock and roll recordings in Mexico. When the group signed with the Musart label, they changed their name to Los Camisas Negras, and César Roel became César Costa (in honor of bandleader Don Costa) and they were reinforced with Javier de la Cueva on piano. Their first and only LP was released in 1960. Soon after, the group disintegrated and César Costa began a successful solo career. Rewriting and singing into Spanish adaptations of English melodies, mainly by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka, he developed his own style, competing with Enrique Guzmán, in the "crooner" style, emulating Frank Sinatra. His main characteristic in his presentations was to appear wearing greca sweaters, many of them given to him by his female fans. He was host of the program La carabina de Ambrosio (from 1978). From 1987 to 1994 he participated in the comedy show Papá soltero, which became a great success throughout Latin America and later in its movie version in 1995. He also hosted the variety shows Un nuevo día (with Rebecca de Alba, Evelio "with a v" and later with Luz Blanchett) and Al fin de semana. In 2017 he participated in the Latin American dubbing of Disney Pixar's Coco.
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Paloma Rao

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Paloma Rao is a Chennai-based music VJ, RJ and actress. A graduate of B.Sc Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai, Paloma began her career as a theatre artist. In 2004 she became a VJ on SS Music, and hosted the popular shows First Frame, Autograph and Just Connect. She played a cameo role in Unnale Unnale, which became a hit at the box-office. She now hosts the Live Cafe On Radio Station Chennai Live 104.8 FM. She now hosts shows for Star Sports, in 2016 Paloma anchored the Tamil Nadu Premier League and in 2017 the ICC Champions Trophy.
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A.B. Quintanilla

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Abraham Isaac Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A. B. Quintanilla III or A. B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as "The Queen of Tejano music." Along with Selena, his other sister Suzette, and his father Abraham, he became a member of Los Dinos in 1980. As a member of Los Dinos, A. B. played bass guitar, produced, and wrote songs for Selena that became successful singles such as "Como la Flor," "Amor Prohibido," and "No Me Queda Más." After Selena's death, he would create the bands Kumbia Kings and Kumbia All Starz.
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William Katt

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American film and television actor, best known as the star of The Greatest American Hero. He is also known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie and Paul Drake Jr. in the Perry Mason TV movies. His mother is Barabra Hale who played Della Street in the TV series Perry Mason . Description above from the Wikipedia article William Katt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kei Tomiyama

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Kunichika Tomiyama (冨山 邦親, Tomiyama Kunichika, October 31, 1938 – September 25, 1995), better known by his stage name Kei Tomiyama (富山 敬, Tomiyama Kei), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Anshan, Manchukuo. Tomiyama was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. Tomiyama is best known for his roles in Tiger Mask (Naoto Date/Tiger Mask), Space Battleship Yamato (Susumu Kodai), UFO Robo Grendizer (Duke Fleed/Daisuke Umon), the Time Bokan series (Narrator), GeGeGe no Kitaro 3rd Series (Nezumi-Otoko), Chibi Maruko-chan (Tomozō Sakura, Shintarō Honami), and Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Yang Wen-li).
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Natalie Jean

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Actor, filmmaker, and stuntwoman, Natalie was born on April 18th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her background in classical dance and modeling eventually led to a career in film and TV. As a teen she assisted her performing arts school with production of their stage shows and worked as their active ballet mistress from age 17, while also performing as a principal dancer with their preprofessional ballet company, Ballet Forte. After graduating from Goucher College with a dance degree in 2008 she worked various modeling jobs between NYC and LA, and appeared in music videos for bands such as New Found Glory, Three6Mafia, and The 69 Eyes. The latter was directed by Jackass member Bam Margera, who has continued to influence her work through friendship and collaboration. Other influences include stuntman Douglas Crosby, who has mentored Jean since their meeting on an episode of Law & Order in 2009. After being cast in several horror films by movie director Adam Ahlbrandt and effects artist Doug Sakmann, she commenced her producing career in conjunction with the two men. She has since worked on a variety of projects with the duo, both in front of and behind the camera. From their work they have won a number of awards including Best Film, Best Horror Film, and Best Use of Blood/Violence. Jean received the Newcomer Award at the 2013 Pollygrind Film Festival in Las Vegas, Best Actress award at Chicago's 2013 Portage International Film Festival, and was nominated by HorrorSociety.com for Favorite Scream Queen of 2014.
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John Sinclair

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John Sinclair (born October 2, 1941 in Flint, Michigan) is an American poet from Detroit, one-time manager of the band MC5, and leader of the White Panther Party — a militantly anti-racist countercultural group of white socialists seeking to assist the Black Panthers in the Civil Rights movement — from November 1968 to July 1969. Sinclair attended the Flint College of the University of Michigan, now the University of Michigan-Flint. During his time at UM-Flint John served on the university's Publications Board, school newspaper "the word", and was the president of the Cinema Guild. He graduated in 1964.
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Meosha Bean

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Meosha Bean is a award winning actress, filmmaker. Started filming and acting since age of 7 years old. After attending acting and modeling school Meosha went to do feature films, music videos and promotional work. Meosha is the owner of M.V.B Films which was established in 2003. Her projects includes Dark Rises that has all star cast. Miss Pepper short film 2013, that has gained almost 30,000 views in 1 week upon release. Too Close To Home her first documentary project, that is based on true events, which is available on amazon. Meosha has work with many people in the business and indie talents. Among them she worked with the legendary pro boxer Roy Jones Jr, legend in the game singer Keyshia Cole, Dale Resteghini music video/director, Designer and artist Ron Bass who has made clothes worn by Beyoncé and Jay Z. Music sensation Chris Brown. The king of rock Billy Idol and many more. Meosha also has a hand in television.
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Jake Canuso

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jake Canuso (Carmine Canuso) was born in Switzerland to Italian descendants. In his late teens he trained as a professional dancer in London. Canuso has worked with Elton John, Annie Lennox, featured in Take That's "Sure" video and was a backing dancer for the Spice Girls SpiceWorld 1998 tour, where he befriended Louie Spence and Emma Bunton. He is best known for his role in the ITV series Benidorm as the barman Mateo. Canuso can speak six languages fluently including English, Spanish and Italian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Canuso, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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