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David Knopfler

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David Knopfler (born 27 December 1952) is a British singer-songwriter. He was born in Scotland and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the age of two. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist. Knopfler initially created smaller record labels, publishing companies, and indie labels. Photo credit: By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rs-foto" title="User:Rs-foto">Rs-foto</a> - <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
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Maggie Q

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Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress, activist, and model. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) and Naked Weapon (2002), before appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021). She portrayed Tori Wu in the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent (2014), and reprised her role in the sequels, Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). Q starred in the title role on The CW action-thriller series Nikita (2010–2013), and also had a main role as FBI Special Agent Hannah Wells in the political thriller series Designated Survivor (2016–19). She provided the voice of Wonder Woman on the animated series Young Justice (2012–19).
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Charlotte Gray

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Charlotte Gray is an Australian Born actress from British, Dutch, Scottish and French descent. At the age of nine she decided she wanted to be an actress, found an agent and started her acting training. Charlotte has recently had a leading role in the film "Ancestry Road" as Cora McGavin and was in the film "Designing Christmas with You" as Remi. She had her television debut working in "Young Rock" (2022) in Season two as Debbie Rose and in "Darby and Joan" (2022) as Audrey. When not acting she is an avid ballet dancer, enjoys running and tap dancing.
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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

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Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929) is a French political historian of Georgian origin, specializing in Russian history. Since 1999, she has served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Académie française, to which she was first elected in 1990. Carrère d'Encausse was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999, representing the Gaullist-conservative party RPR. She was awarded the Lomonosov Gold Medal and Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2008 and 2011, respectively. She is a cousin of Salome Zourabichvili, the current President of Georgia. In 2023 she was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award in Social Sciences. Carrère d'Encausse was born Hélène Zourabichvili in Paris into a family of Georgian émigrés. She is a cousin of Salome Zourabichvili, the current President of Georgia. Her son, Emmanuel Carrère (born 1957), is a French author, screenwriter and director. Carrère d'Encausse graduated from Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and was elected to seat 14 of the Académie française in 1990, later becoming the Académie's Perpetual Secretary in 1999. Her academician's sword was made by a Franco-Georgian sculptor Goudji. The bulk of Carrère d'Encausse's work has been on Russia and the Soviet Union. She has had over two dozen books published in French, many of which have been translated into English. Her 1978 work L'empire éclaté: La révolte des nations en U.R.S.S (English version, Decline of an Empire: The Soviet Socialist Republics in Revolt) predicted that the Soviet Union was destined to break up along the lines of its 15 constituent republics. In commenting on current Russian affairs, Carrère d'Encausse has warned against applying Western yardsticks to Russian democracy and has said that she regrets the "excessive diabolization" of the regime of Vladimir Putin. In 2005, Carrère d'Encausse joined other French politicians in identifying polygamy as one of the causes of the 2005 civil unrest in France. During an interview given to the Russian television channel NTV, she claimed: "Why can't their parents buy an apartment? It's clear why. Many of these Africans, I tell you, are polygamous. In an apartment, there are three or four wives and 25 children." These and similar remarks by others, including Nicolas Sarkozy and Bernard Accoyer, were disputed by the antiracist group MRAP, which blamed the unrest on French racism. Source: Article "Hélène Carrère d'Encausse" 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Jerry Habibi

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Jerry Farzan Habibi is a first generation Iranian-American actor with Arabic descent. He is a native speaker of Persian Farsi and English. Jerry Habibi premiered the Family Melodrama, The Persian Version (2023), at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. His work in the U.S. Dramatic Award winning film has been praised for his comedic timing, wit, dancing, and natural delivery. Letterboxd Editor-In-Chief Gemma Goodman acknowledged his strong performance as 'Abbas' in the October 2023 'Watchlist This!' Column, further noting that "There is an abundance of thirst for one family member in particular: Jerry Habibi". He taped for the project in December 2019 and would go on to spend the next few years testing for the role alongside actresses such as Niousha Noor, Medalion Rahimi, Mahnaz Afshar, and Layla Mohammadi. Sony Pictures Classics purchased the film and will begin Theatrical Release on October 20, 2023. His upload of the teaser trailer received over 100,000 organic plays in 24 hours. He began performing through participating in Persian New Year Festivals in Texas at a young age. There, he studied Persian theater, poetry, and both traditional and modern dance. He continued on to train at local film acting studios, participate in community theater, work with university student filmmakers, and shoot commercial work. From traditional techniques such as Stanislavski, Shurtleff, and Chekhov, to intensives with legendary performers such as Charlie Adler, Habibi is always expanding his catalogue of training. He received a variety of awards in Texas for choreography, poetry, original plays, and vocal performance at both district and state-wide competitive performing arts tournaments. Karon Cogdill, the late Theater Director of The Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, attested to Jerry's talent and drive, confirming in a written letter that he was the #1 Ranked Score every year he auditioned. He was awarded a multiple-scholarship offer from The New School to attend including the Dean's and Lang College Scholarships.
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Shohel Mondol

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Sohel Mondol was born on 15 August 1985 in Bogra, Bangladesh. He started his carer as an actor in theater. Later he is work on Television fiction and then his debut film Under Construction shot in 2015. His television work 'sheola' was highly appreciated. He did serious theater play from 2007 to till date with the popular theater troupe of Bangladesh such as Prachyanat, Nagorik Natyangon and Tarua. Pinic, Rhinoceros, The Hairy Ape, Mulluk, Let me out- his notable performance. He has also conceptualized and acted in street plays. From theatre to television to the big screen, his progression as an artist has been organic ones. He followed up his Under Construction act with some films where his performances were appreciated by the audience and critics alike.
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Jordan Tortorello

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Jordan was born in 1996 on Long Island, NY. Shortly before his 1st birthday he moved with his family to beautiful Sedona, Arizona where he spent his childhood and teenage years. From a very young age Jordan loved acting and performing. He involved himself in local theatrical and musical performances whenever and wherever possible, even performing as a kid, at a local McDonald's . He loved the spotlight, and he loved putting smiles on people's faces. Jordan consistently took classes in acting and music- including drums, voice, and piano. Jordan enjoyed performing on stage, but always had his sights on a career in TV and Film. At age 13 he began his on camera training , signed with Leighton Agency, and booked his first commercial for Cablevision. During his high school years, when he wasn't acting or singing, Jordan could be found mentoring youth in his community or working his part time job in retail, where customers loved Jordan for his caring, smiling, effervescent personality. Jordan also excels at extreme sports such as skateboarding, wake boarding, and snowboarding. Setting his sights on going to LA as soon as possible, Jordan graduated from high school 1 year early and is now residing in LA. In 5 short months he booked a feature film, 2 commercials, and 3 TV episodes, and became certain that following his dream to LA was a decision that will keep him there for the long run.
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Jake Lacy

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Jake Lacy (born February 14, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Pete Miller on the ninth and final season of The Office and as a co-lead as Casey Marion Davenport on the ABC sitcom Better with You (2010–11). He starred with Jenny Slate in the 2014 film Obvious Child and opposite Rooney Mara in Carol (2015). He played Olivia Wilde's character's love interest in Love the Coopers in 2016, and has also starred as Nick Beverly on the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here (2017–18). Lacy grew up in Vermont, where he attended Otter Valley Union High School. In 2008, Lacy graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem. After graduation, he worked odd jobs in the state of New York. He worked as a gym receptionist, a bar-back at a club and a waiter, while going to auditions during the day, until being cast in the role of Casey in Better with You.
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Sharon Stone

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Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as having received nominations for an Academy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Stardust Memories (1980). Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven's horror film Deadly Blessing (1981), and throughout the 1980s, Stone went on to appear in films such as Irreconcilable Differences (1984), King Solomon's Mines (1985), Cold Steel (1987), Action Jackson (1988), and Above the Law (1988). She found mainstream prominence with her part in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction action film Total Recall (1990). Stone became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition when she starred as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film, the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama Casino (1995), garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Stone received two more Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty (1998) and The Muse (1999). Her other notable film roles include Sliver (1993), The Specialist (1994), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Last Dance (1996), Sphere (1998), Catwoman (2004), Broken Flowers (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Basic Instinct 2 (2006), Bobby (2006), Lovelace (2013), Fading Gigolo (2013), and The Disaster Artist (2017). In 1995, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2005, she was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. On television, Stone has had notable performances in the miniseries War and Remembrance (1987) and the HBO television film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000). She made guest appearances in The Practice (2004), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010). Stone has also appeared in the series Agent X (2015), Mosaic (2017), and The New Pope (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharon Stone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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