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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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Mélanie Laurent

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Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her roles in Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me, 6 Underground, and Operation Finale. Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Laurent was introduced to acting at the age of sixteen by Gérard Depardieu, who cast her in a minor role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). She gained wider recognition for her supporting work in several French films, most notably the 2006 comedy Dikkenek, for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she later won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association Best Actress Awards. While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful Hollywood films, including the comedy drama Beginners (2011), and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Laurent's other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy drama Et soudain, tout le monde me manque (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of Epic (2013) and Inside Out (2015) respectively. Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale with Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her theatre debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. The short film De moins en moins (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened at the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album En t'attendant in May 2011; the album contains twelve songs, five of which are co-written and co-produced by Irish folk musician Damien Rice.
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Paul Brickman

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Brickman  (April 23, 1949) is an American screenwriter and film director, born in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for the film Risky Business where he served as director and screenwriter. Before transitioning to directing, Brickman began his career penning offbeat films such as The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training and Jonathan Demme's Handle with Care. In 1983 he made his directorial debut with Risky Business starring Tom Cruise. In 1990 he wrote and directed Men Don't Leave starring Jessica Lange, an adaptation of the 1982 French film La Vie Continue. Brickman is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Brickman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Nikki Sixx

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Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.; December 11, 1958) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, being the only member to remain throughout their entire history.Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, he was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister bandmate Lizzie Grey. In 2000, he formed side project group 58 with Dave Darling, Steve Gibb and Bucket Baker, issuing one album, Diet for a New America. Also in 2002, he formed the hard rock supergroup Brides of Destruction with L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns. His side band Sixx:A.M. was formed in 2006, initially to record an audio accompaniment to Sixx's autobiography The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, which featured songwriter, producer, and vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba. He launched the clothing line "Royal Underground" in 2006 with Kelly Gray, formerly the co-president and house model of St. John. In 2010, Premiere Radio Networks launched nationally syndicated rock/alternative music radio programs "Sixx Sense" and "The Side Show Countdown" with both based in Dallas, Texas and hosted by Sixx and co-hosted by Jenn Marino. He was married to his first wife, Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt from May 1989 to November 1996; they have three children: Gunner Nicholas Sixx (born January 25, 1991), Storm Brieann Sixx (born April 14, 1994), and Decker Nilsson Sixx (born May 23, 1995). One month after the divorce from Brandt, he married his second wife, actress and Playmate of the Month for September 1995, Donna D'Errico; they have one daughter, Frankie-Jean Mary Sixx (born January 2, 2001). They separated twice and divorced in June 2007. He dated tattoo artist Kat Von D from 2008 to 2010. He then married his third wife, Courtney Binghamton on March 15, 2014; they have a daughter Ruby Sixx (born July 27, 2019).
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Jeneta St. Clair

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Jeneta St. Clair, originally from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was raised Indiana from age 12 until her final year in high school. Afterwards, she attended college at American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles. Jeneta completed her studies in February 2010. In that same year, Jeneta landed her first two film jobs, beginning with Ernesto Wood (2010) and Gut-to-Go (2010). The following year, Jeneta worked on four consecutive projects including 3 Times a Charm (2011), Edges (2011), the direct-to-video comedy Barely Legal (2011) and an appearance on the series I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (2008). 2012 saw Jeneta in a leading role in sci-FY odyssey Paradox Alice (2012) along with other busying projects. Jeneta continued her momentum into 2013 with further films including the horror film The Appearing (2014), the mystery dram film Erasing Eden (2016) and the mystery film After Midnight (2014). In between film work, Jeneta does stand-up comedy, writes and produces projects that she is passionate about.
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Salah Shex Mohammedi

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Salah Sheikh Mohammadi was born in 1947 in Mahabad, Iran. He completed his education in the same city. He became interested in art at an early age Together with a group of other artists from Mahabad, they started collaborating with the Mahabad Center for Voice and Color; He was active in the fields of cinema, television, theater, and dubbing. He was a school teacher and after retirement, he moved to South Kurdistan where he continued his work. In the south, he met and worked with Ibrahim Saeedi and later with other directors such as Shaukat Amin Korki.
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Shirin Bina

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Shirin Bina (born August 20, 1964, Marand) Born Shirin Sedq Gouya, Shirin Bina has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Sciences from Islamic Azad University. She made her cinematic debut with ‘Tick Tock’ (1992) for which she was nominated for a Crystal Simorgh of Best Actress in a Supporting Role award at the 12th Fajr International Film Festival. Bina has appeared in a number of movies, including ‘Scent of Joseph's Shirt’ (1995), ‘Sohrab’ (1999), ‘The Wind Carpet’ (2002), ‘Bygone Days’ (2003), ‘The Trial’ (2006), ‘Dinosaur’ (2007), ‘Prison Bride’ (2007), ‘Puzzle’ (2007), 'You and I’ (2011), ‘The S traw Dogs’ (2013), and ‘Five Stars’ (2013). She has also acted in several series, including ‘Image of a Dream’ (1996), ‘Passenger from India’ (2002), ‘Help Me’ (2004), ‘Coma’ (2007), and ‘Detective Alavi 2’ (2008). Her sister, Negin Sedq Gouya, is an actress too.
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Colé Santana

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Petrônio Rosa Santana nasceu em Cruzeiro, SP, em 1º de dezembro de 1919. Iniciou carreira de ator no circo, como o palhaço Picolé. Depois, já como Colé, atua como comediante nos teatrinhos de bolso em Copacabana. Suas atuações no Jardel e Follies lhe valem fama e prestígio. Estreia no cinema em 1945 no filme O Cortiço, iniciando-se ai, carreira cinematográfica de sucesso, em fi lmes como Carnaval na Atlântida (1953), Dona Xepa (1959), Jesus Cristo eu Estou Aqui (1971), etc. Monta companhia própria de revistas e percorre o Brasil, ao lado de Renata Fronzi, em peças como Adorei Milhões. A partir da década de 1960 participa de humorísticos na televisão, como nos programas Balança mas não Cai (1968), Os Trapalhões e Escolinha do Professor Raimundo (1990), pela TV Globo. Em 1993 participa da minissérie Agosto. É tio do comediante Dedé Santana. No programa dos Trapalhões sempre aparecia como o coadjuvante bêbado. No cinema o ator surpreendeu em cenas picantes no filme Tabu. Foi casado com praticamente todas as vedetes que contracenou, entre elas, Nelia de Paula. Morreu em 29 de agosto de 2000, no Rio de Janeiro, aos 80 anos de idade.
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David Labrava

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David Labrava started his Hollywood career as a camera operator for the Zalman King Company (Red Shoe Diaries, 9 1/2 weeks, In God's Hands), where he learned script writing. He starred in the series Whiplash ZK as the host. He did an independent project entitled FTW for Picture Perfect Productions, and starred in Fencewalker, the new film from Chris Carter (The X-Files). David has been riding motorcycles for 30 years, and was hired to be the Technical Advisor for Sons of Anarchy. David was then cast as "Happy," and has been with the show since its inception. David developed a show he created with FX this past year, and has been editing a documentary he filmed about one of the larger MC's. He writes a column in a national Hot Rod Magazine called 'Ol Skool Rodz, called "Burnin' Rubber with Jimmy Carbone." Before that he used to write for the Horse Motorcycle magazine, and has built a bike that made the cover (issue #13 March 2001). He is a five diploma Harley Davidson Mechanic, graduating from the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, certified by Harley Davidson. David is an accomplished glass artist with his own shop. He also owns a tattoo shop in Northern California called Evil Ink Tattoo in the Bay Area. When he is not filming, he is tattooing there. David still builds Hot Rod cars and bikes for fun, not profit, and rides his motorcycle daily. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Howard Levine
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