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António Ferreira

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António Ferreira debuted in Cannes 2000 at the Cinefondation official selection with his mid-length film "Breathing Under Water". He has directed three feature films, winning several international prizes in festivals world wide. His films are acclaimed by both critics and audiences. Together with the producer Tathiani Sacilotto, runs the company Persona Non Grata Pictures, sited in both Portugal and Brazil. António Ferreira is a founding member APC (Portuguese Academy of Cinema) and APCA (Portuguese Film Producers Association) and member of APACI (Director's Association of São Paulo).
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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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Cynthia Rothrock

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Cynthia Rothrock (born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high-level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress. In 2014, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame. Rothrock was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and began training in martial arts at the age of 13. She quickly rose through the ranks, winning numerous championships in karate, kickboxing, and tae kwon do. In 1981, she was named World Champion in Forms and Weapons. In 1985, Rothrock made her film debut in the Hong Kong action film Yes, Madam!. The film was a box office success and made Rothrock a star in Asia. She went on to star in several more Hong Kong films, including Wheels on Meals (1984), Return of the Dragon (1986), and In the Line of Fire (1988). In the late 1980s, Rothrock returned to the United States to pursue an acting career. She starred in a number of low-budget martial arts films, including Lady Dragon (1992), Above the Law (1993), and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). In recent years, Rothrock has continued to act and teach martial arts. She is also a successful businesswoman, with her own line of martial arts clothing and accessories.
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Jill Bennett

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jill Bennett (born August 14, 1975, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress. She may be best-known for her role in the hit lesbian film And Then Came Lola She co-stars on the television series, Dante's Cove, as well as 3Way, a lesbian web series, with Cathy Shim, Maile Flanagan and Maeve Quinlan. She is now producing a webseries entitled "We Have to Stop Now". Season 1 is being released this summer and showing at Frameline and Outfest LGBT film festivals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Bennett (American actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jeff Goldblum

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Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their respective sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). Goldblum also starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983), and Into the Night (1985), before coming to wider attention as Seth Brundle in The Fly (1986), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. His other films include The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Tall Guy (1989), Deep Cover (1992), Powder (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Igby Goes Down (2002), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Adam Resurrected (2008), Le Week-End (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Goldblum has also starred in several TV series, including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols. He directed the short film Little Surprises, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Jeff Goldblum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken, March 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television programs, including Annie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Antz (1998), Vendetta (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Joe Dirt (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), the first three Prophecy films, The Jungle Book (2016), and Irreplaceable You (2018). He has received a number of awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter.
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Rajiim A. Gross

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Rajiim was born in Bronx, NY in the year 1971 to Rodney and Barbara Gross. Rajiim is the oldest of 3 children. Rajiim was a U.S. Air Force "Brat" for many years and lived in the United States and Abroad. While in high school and college Rajiim studied Communication Arts and Drama. Rajiim wanted to become an actor from an early age but became a Radio DJ first. Rajiim married in 1992 and had 2 children. He got divorced in 2000 and later remarried in 2003 to Kelly Smith. Kelly encouraged Rajiim to pursue his passion in acting and he has. Together Rajiim and Kelly have a blended family with 4 children (Cathy, Garrett, Rajiim II and Jordan) and several grandchildren. Rajiim has done voiceover commercial work for radio stations and personal clients. Now Rajiim is looking forward to the big screen. Rajiim's first role was as an uncredited Federal Agent in the 2017 film Reprisal. "Only way now is up" - Rajiim Gross
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Hulk Hogan

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Terry Gene Bollea, known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician best known for his time working for WWE. Hogan enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1980s and 90s as the all-American character Hulk Hogan in WWE, and as Hollywood Hogan, the villainous leader of the New World Order, in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Hogan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He was signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2010 until 2013, where he was the on-screen General Manager. He is a 12-time world champion being a six-time WWE Champion, six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a former WWE World Tag Team Champion with Edge. His six combined reigns make him the second longest-reigning WWE Champion of all time (after Bruno Sammartino) and the longest-reigning of the 1980s, having held the title for 1,474 days from 1984-1988. His six combined reigns in WCW make him the longest-reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion of all time as well, with a 469-day reign from 1994-1995. Hogan won the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991, making him the first man to win two consecutive Royal Rumbles.
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Alexei Belov

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Aleksey Nikolaevich Belov - Soviet and Russian rock musician and songwriter, producer. He is best known as the leader of the Gorky Park group, solo guitarist and author of most of Olga Kormukhina's songs. In the late 1970s, he began performing as a guitarist in the Nadezhda vocal and instrumental ensemble. From 1980 to 1984 - guitarist and arranger of the Moskva group. In 1987 he became one of the founders of the Gorky Park group. Together with the rest of the group, he moves to the USA, where he spends about 10 years. In 1997, Aleksey Belov (White) from Gorky Park recorded the blues disc "Three Aleksey Belov". In 2009, the album of the BAtanik project was released, Aleksey Belov became the sound producer, the author of all the music and the arranger. In July 2010, at the Slavyansky Bazaar, he presented a new joint song-duet "Open the door for me" with Olga Kormukhina as part of the festival "Stars" Radio Chanson "at the Slavyansky Bazaar". In 2010, Belov's single was released to the verses of Nikolai Rubtsov "Black Night", in 2014 a video of the same name was released, shot by Olga Kormukhina. He performs solo and with musicians of the Gorky Park group, produces the BAtanik project, writes music for films: Red Serpent, Mirror Wars, Fog (directed by Anton Dorin). The author of almost all the new songs of Olga Kormukhina: in 2012 her album "I'm Falling into the Sky" was released, and in 2016 - the album "Salt". On January 30, 2014, the single "Moscow Calling" was released together with Olga Kormukhina, the release included English and Russian versions of the song. On July 11, 2018, Aleksey Belov's single "Live in Moscow" was released, on August 23, 2018 - the premiere of the video "Live in Moscow", where Alexei Belov performed for the first time as a director. On February 14, 2020, the premiere of Aleksey Belov's video "Don't let go of my hand" took place, the musician himself again directed the video.
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Romain Goupil

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Politically committed to the left, Romain Goupil, born in 1951, is the most eloquent representative of the spirit of the revolution of May 1968. From his first feature in 1982, Mourir à 30 ans (1982) to his latest to date Les mains en l' air (2010), he has managed to remain faithful to his ideals, quite a feat if you think of all of his fellow revolutionaries who have changed sides, lured by money and/or power. His films, whether documentaries or fiction, have failed -with one or two exceptions - to draw large audience but they will remain a mirror of a whole generation.
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