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Andie MacDowell

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Rosalie Anderson MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. MacDowell's known for her starring film roles in romantic comedies and dramas. MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986. Her early films include Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and the Brat Pack vehicle film St. Elmo's Fire (1985). Her breakout role was in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) which earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. She then starred in a series of films including Green Card (1990), Groundhog Day (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Michael (1996), Multiplicity (1996), and The Muse (1999). She's also known for her supporting film roles in Beauty Shop (2005), Footloose (2011), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Love After Love (2017), and Ready or Not (2019). She co-starred and opposite her daughter Margaret Qualley in the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
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Alan Pauls

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He is an Argentinian writer, literary critic and screenwriter. An early essay he did on Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Although Pauls has expressed skepticism about the avant-garde as any form of program, preferring to see it as a "toolbox." Among his own experimental works is Wasabi from 1994. He also had a longstanding interest in film and his later work El pasado was adapted to film. Among more recent work he wrote a "History of" trilogy with the titles being History of crying, History of hair, and History of money. He has additionally served as a visiting professor at Princeton University.
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Shotaro Mamiya

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Shotaro Mamiya (間宮 祥太朗 Mamiya Shōtarō, born 11 June 1993) is a Japanese tarento and actor. He is represented with Tristone Entertainment Inc. Mamiya's real name is Shotaro Mawatari (馬渡祥太朗 Mawatari Shōtarō) and has nicknames such as "Shotaro" (祥太朗 Shōtarō), "Mamīnu" (まみーぬ, named by Takahisa Maeyama) and Mamitasu (まみたす, nicknamed by Dori Sakurada). His hobbies are playing guitar, watching films and listening to music. Mamiya's shoe size is 28 cm (11 in). He is often on good terms with fellow actors Ryo Narita, Dori Sakurada, and Yuma Yamoto on Twitter. Mamiya also professed that he sometimes meet Narita once in a month according to a variety show (Down Town DX). It is said that they are good friends from surrounding people, but they are suspected to be gay, but they have not denied it, and he told that he does not mind thinking of it. Mamiya's favourite actress is Kumiko Aso. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel L. Jackson

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Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015). Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019). He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
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Vincent Sherman

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Vincent Sherman (July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director, and actor, who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959). He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later films. He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. before moving up to A-pictures. He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in Adventures of Don Juan (1949). He directed three Joan Crawford movies The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), Harriet Craig (1950), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1951). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vincent Sherman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Wai Wang

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Wai Wang (Chinese: 韋弘, 3 November 1936 - 2010) was a Taiwanese actor. Started acting in his home country of Taiwan under the stage name "Xiao Lin" (Little Lam) before adopting the new name "Wu Bin" later in 1968. After his leading turn in The One-Legged Dragon, he started his career with the Shaw Brothers under the name Frankie Wei. He stayed with the Shaw Brothers for 7 years and was well known for his portrayal of villans and for starring in many of Lu Chi's erotic thillers. He made his first attempt at directing with 1979's Lewd Lizard before retiring in 1984
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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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Henry Cho

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Cho, who is of Korean American descent, was raised in Knoxville and went into stand-up comedy in 1986. He attended University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1989 to pursue his career, but always with the intent of returning to his roots in Tennessee. Cho often uses his childhood experiences as an Asian American in the South in his comedy. "I'm an Asian with a Southern accent," remarks Cho, "To a lot of people, that right there is funny." He frequently makes remarks about the church he attends, but not in a mocking way. In interviews, Cho has stated that he is a practicing Christian.
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C. Kumaresan

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He started his acting career through the police drama series Gerak Khas , playing the role of DSP Kumar.He (since the absence of Angeline Tan and Nancie Foo ) is the only non-Malay non-Muslim actor to act in Gerak Khas . In addition, Kumaresan sat in the director's chair through the film Maindhan which was released in August 2014. He also played a supporting role as ASP Kumar in the 2016 science fiction film, Desolation directed by Syafiq Yusof . From 27 to 31 August 2017, he played the role of Suppiah in the patriotic drama series Anak Merdeka starring Remy Ishak , Elvis Chin and Thanuja Ananthan . Kumaresan also acted as Murali in the film Dukun directed by Dain Said . He directed the drama adaptation of the novel by Zulkifli Ahmad Idrus, Mata Ketiti which premiered on Tonton on 31 October 2018, starring Hafeez Mikail , Mustaqim Bahadon , Isyariana Che Azmi and Dayana Roza .
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Marion Burns

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Burns (9 August 1907 – 22 December 1993) was an American film actress of the 1930s. She is best known for having starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 film The Dawn Rider and opposite him again that same year in Paradise Canyon. Burns was born in Los Angeles, California, making her way to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting. She received her first film role in 1931, starring opposite Bill Cody in Oklahoma Jim. That film started her on the path of starring in western films as a heroine. In 1932 she starred opposite George O'Brien in The Golden West, followed by Me and My Gal that same year. 1934 and 1935 would be her biggest years, with her appearing in six films, three each year, two of which were uncredited, and the most notable being the two John Wayne films. Her first film in 1934 was The Devil Tiger. In The Devil Tiger, Director Clyde E. Elliott allowed his hero, Kane Richmond, to fight a 25 foot python. Richmond hated doubles and had insisted. The actor, on his feet, on the ground, on his feet again, succeeded in holding the snake's snapping mouth away from his face, while struggling to free himself from the triple coils around his body. At the height of the struggle, the heroine, Marion Burns, runs in and saves the hero from the python. Miss Burns had to fight the snake too, in order to get at Richmond's pistol, with which she was supposed to shoot the python. She played her own scene, as well. In the 1934 film Born to Be Bad Burns starred alongside Cary Grant and Loretta Young. In her last film of 1935 she starred opposite Lloyd Hughes in the crime drama Rip Roaring Riley. It would be her last film for a span of ten years. She married twice during her career. . Her first marriage was to actor Bruce MacFarlane which ended in divorce. Her second marriage was in 1934 to actor Kane Richmond, She returned to acting three times and only briefly following 1935.The first time was in a stage appearance in "Leaning on Letty" in January of 1936 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The second time was in 1945 alongside her husband in Brenda Starr, Reporter, which starred Kane Richmond and Joan Woodbury. The third time wasn't until 1961 when she appeared on one episode of the television series My Three Sons. She eventually settled in Laguna Niguel, California, where she was living at the time of her death on December 22, 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marion Burns, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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