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Dustin Farnum

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the biggest stars of the genre. He was born in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, the older brother of actor William Farnum, whom he closely resembled, and the lesser known silent film director Marshall Farnum (died 1917). He married Mary Cromwell in 1909 and they divorced in 1924. He then married Winifred Kingston. Winifred and he were the parents of radio actress Estelle "Dustine" Runyon (1925–1983). After great success in a number of stage roles, Farnum landed his first film role in 1914 in the movie Soldiers of Fortune, and later in Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man. He died of kidney failure on July 3, 1929, in Manhattan, New York City, aged 55.
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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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Kevin Lucero Less

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From the Sundance Film Festival, to The Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires, Award-winning actor/filmmaker/artist - graduate American Academy of Dramatic Arts Los Angeles - versatile stage/film/television character actor Kevin Lucero Less has been performing professionally for nearly 30 years, in more than 300 productions; garnering over 2,000 performances. Selected Awards: Golden Lion International Film Festival Best Actor, Emerald Peacock Film Festival Best Actor, Gladiator Film Festival Best Actor, Live Theatre Workshop Best Actor, Mise En Scene Film Festival Best Actor, Invisible Theatre Best Actor, and the North Shore Film Festival Best Actor. Selected Museum: Albuquerque Museum, Art Institute Chicago, Tucson Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Greek Culture, Museum Modern Art Buenos Aires, MOCA Tucson, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Otago Museum, Field Museum, ArtScience Museum, Museu dos Baleeiros, Chau Chak Wing Museum. Selected Official Selections: Move Me (Sundance, Silver Lake, Sundance Institute at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cine Vegas, Apple iTunes, Sundance Channel, Academy Award qualifier), Food for Thought (Dixie Nomination Outstanding Original Screenplay, Reno Nomination Best Short Film, Arizona International), Passover (Brooks Barrow Gallery, Mise En Scene Winner Best Actor, Golden Wheat Winner Best Jury, North Shore Winner Best Actor), Re-en-act-ment (Hollywood Venus Winner Best Drama, Art Center Highland Park), The Disease (Golden Lion Awards Winner Golden Lion), Plu-ral (Lock Down, 7 Seconds, Black Country Highly Commended, Horror Movie Awards Semi-Finalist - Winner Bronze, Flickfair Finalist, Meridian Releasing Group Distribution, Corman Quarantine, International Quarantine, Ojo Movil, NAFCo, Couch Nomination), Bath Time (7 Seconds Nominations Best Cinematography - Best Freestyle, West Sound, NOX), THR3E (Vertical Movie, Vertifilms Award Semi-Finalist, Aims Vertical Semi-Finalist, Linea d'Ombra), Brobdingnagian (New Generation Award Finalist, Golden Wheat Awards, Emerging Artists Finalist, Frostbite Finalist), Toast (15 Seconds Horror Challenge Winner Silver Award, AltFF Nominations Best Under 1 Minute - Best Horror, 300 Seconds Winner Best 15 Sec Story, One Pound Short, Couch Winner Best 15 Sec Story, Upstate New York), Cruel as a Wound or (Prone) (Golden Wheat Awards Winner Best Drama, Gladiator Winner Best Thriller, Venus Community Awards), It Ends with a Knife (Black Country Horror, Gladiator Winner Best Horror, Horror Lust, American Horrors, International Moving Winner Best Horror), Cleanliness (SideReel Winner Most Well-Made Technically), Humerus (AGBO, NVTV Distribution, Latest TV Distribution, KMTV Distribution, Bleedingham, Ojo Movil), En-e-my (7 Seconds Nomination, Birkenhead, Upstate New York), Affliction or (Halcyon) (Golden Wheat Winner Best Experimental), Aqua Tone (DUKA, NEUM Underwater, Alternative Night Experimental, 17th Athens Digital Arts, ROFIFE Rotary, QRC.PRJCT, Museum of Modern Greek Culture), Trespass (Vertical Movie, Vertifilms, Ojo Movil), Together Apart (Chicago Onscreen), Cellar Door (Golden Wheat Winner Best Thriller, Gladiator Winner Best Horror), The Malady (Xposure, Emerald Peacock Winner Best Actor, Independent Film and Video Pavlos, Kalakari, One Earth Awards), Per-se-vere (B52, Gladiator), F (Fear Faire), En-snare (AltFF Nominations Best Thriller - Best Cinematography).
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Joshua Davy

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Joshua 曦 Davy is a director from Hong Kong and New Zealand who seeks to impact empathy. Joshua tells stories in fiction, non-fiction, and the spaces in between where characters are situated in worlds where they do not belong. Prior to his freelance career, Joshua was an in-house associate producer at Prophets working on disruptive stories for Netflix, HBO, Vice & Blackbear Pictures. He has also worked at a variety of renown international production companies, including Scott Rudin Productions, Google, Click3X, Rooftop Films in New York, and Moviola and Fluxform Ent. in Hong Kong. As a director, Joshua has garnered several awards and nominations, from Best Film at the Hong Kong Young Filmmakers Award to Best Director at the NYU Tisch 48 Hour Film Festival to the prestigious George A. Heinemann Film grant. Continuing from his creative foundation at the Film & TV Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Joshua is writing his second feature-length script and is in post-production for his first animated short film Dim Sum Boy.
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Oscar Eduardo "Oscarcito" Hernández Villegas

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Oscar Eduardo "Oscarcito" Hernández Villegas ( Caracas , Venezuela , 26 as November as 1981 ), it is known previously as Oscarcito and currently as Yakozuki , is a music producer , singer and songwriter Venezuela . His musical career began in 1998, being the founder and member of the youth group A Punto 5 which achieved several successes, establishing itself in the report record of Venezuela and America , achieving a Latin Grammy nomination . In 2000 he released his first album "Como Saber" during the group. In 2001, the people of the State of Zulia rewarded him with his colleagues from the group by awarding them the platinum orchid. In November 2002 they won the diamond orchid at the Orchid Festival; months before the group premiered the second album "Supervisor De Tus Sueños". In 2004 Oscarcito with his partner Franco Bellomo or currently known as Franco LSQuadron moved away from singing and became composers and producers for the second generation of Calle Ciega at that time. They wrote the hit song "Mi Cachorrita". In 2005 they composed for Calle Ciega "Como Te Extraña Mi Cama", "El Vestido Rojo" and "Sigueme". Months later he returned to the group and time later he separated from the musical group A.5 with his partner Franco Bellomo to form the duo " Franco y Oscarcito". Together with bellomo he recorded" Sacude La Cola "," Ni Castillo, Ni Diamantes "and in December 2006 they released their first single" Durito ". The successful duo came to an end in 2010 , and that In the same year, on September 18, "Oscarcito" got married with his partner Geraldine Martel in a massive Venezuelan show business event. In 2012 he signed a contract with Sony / ATV Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Sony Music , also that same year in the International Orchid Festival wins the highest award and becomes the 4th person to receive the "Uranium Orchid". In 2013 he managed to obtain 5 Pepsi Music Venezuela Awards in the categories of "Cantautor", "Urban Artist", "Salsa Song" with "Si Tú Me Besas" together with Víctor Manuelle , "Urban Song" and "Video Urbano "with the song" Me Gusta "in duet with El Potro Álvarez . Since 2010, Oscarcito has released different musical singles that have achieved international fame such as "Tumbaye", "Tú eres perfect" and "I don't have you", at the same time he has collaborated producing songs for great artists such as Jennifer Lopez "El Anillo", Will Smith , Bad Bunny and Marc Anthony " It's rich " , Victor Manuelle If you kiss me , Thalia and Natti Natasha " I don't remember " , among others. The 30 of October of 2020 during the eighth edition of the Pepsi Music Awards Venezuela in a video of his History confirms changing his stage name to Yakozuki , then instagram reaffirms renaming, deleting all of your posts.
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Norma Aleandro

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Norma Aleandro (born 2 May 1936) is an international award-winning Argentine actress, screenwriter, theatre director and author. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentinean actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in Argentina. Aleandro starred in the Oscar-winning 1985 film The Official Story, a role that earned her the Cannes Award for best actress. She has performed in other successful films like The Truce (1974), Cousins (1989), Autumn Sun (1996), The Lighthouse (1998), Son of the Bride (2001) and Cama Adentro (2005). For her performance as Florencia Sánchez Morales in the 1987 film Gaby: A True Story, she received a Golden Globe nomination and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Ian McKellen

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Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, eight BAFTA film and TV nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films.
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John Lloyd Cruz

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John Lloyd Espidol Cruz is a multi-award winning Filipino actor, model, and occasional TV host. His career started with appearances in numerous teen-oriented movies and TV shows. He is a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic where he's an alumni member of Batch 5. He was also once a member of the teen trio, the "Koolits" with Baron Geisler and Marc Solis. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with fellow actors including Kaye Abad, Bea Alonzo, and Sarah Geronimo. Recently in mid-2009, he shifted from his regular series of roles for a more controversial and challenging project with Vilma Santos in which he portrayed Luis Manzano's gay lover in the movie In My Life.
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Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

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Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (born 31 December 1968; Paris), is a French director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of films Johnny Mad Dog (2008), A Prayer Before Dawn (2017) and Black Flies (2023). Sauvaire was born on 31 December 1968 in Paris, France. He currently lives in New York City. In 1991, he started film career as a first assistant director of the film Les Nuits Fauves by Cyril Collard. Then he joined the crew for the films Les Demons de Jesus and Les Grandes Bouches directed by Bernie Bonvoisin, I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noé, Sous Les Pieds Des Femmes directed by Rachida Krim, Hors Jeu by Karim Dridi, Louise (Take 2) by Siegfried and Love Me by Laetitia Masson. He continued to work as the assistant director until 2000. At the end of 2000, he directed his three short films, La Mule (co-directed with Rossy De Palma), A Dios and Matalo. In all these three short films, he used the theme of violence among adolescents. In 2008, he made the film Johnny Mad Dog co-produced with Mathieu Kassovitz. The film was later presented in the Official Selection, 'Un Certain Regard' section at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Prix de l'Espoir. The film was an adaptation of the novel 'Johnny Chien Méchant' written by Congolese writer Emmanuel Dongala. It tells the story of a group of child soldiers fighting for the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels in 2003, during the latter part of the Second Liberian Civil War. After the success of the film, he directed a telefilm Punk in 2012, which was co-produced by Arte, with Paul Bartel and Béatrice Dalle. In 2017, he made the film A Prayer Before Dawn which was adapted from the story of Billy Moore. The film received an official selection at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017. In 2023, Sauvaire directed Black Flies, an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Shannon Burke, with Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan. The film is selected in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023.
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Saki Fujita

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Saki Fujita is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Tokyo. She is represented by Arts Vision. She sang the ending theme to the anime Tokimeki Memorial Only Love, "Kiseki no Kakera", (奇跡のかけら) along with Yuki Makishima and Yukako Yoshikawa as well as the opening songs for Working!! - Someone Else, Coolish Walk, Now!!!Gamble - with Kana Asumi and Eri Kitamura. She is best known for voicing Ymir from Attack on Titan, as well as for sampling her voice for Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid, Hatsune Miku.
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