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Robert Knepper
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Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series, Prison Break, for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award. He has also appeared in the films Hitman (2007) and Transporter 3 (2008), and joined the cast of Heroes for its fourth season. Most recently, he joined the cast of Stargate Universe for its second season, which has started airing in the US in the 2010 fall season. Knepper is set to reprise his role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the upcoming series Breakout Kings.
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Leonardo Aquino
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Leonardo Aquino, Frankfurter mit italienischen Wurzeln, etablierte sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem der auffälligsten DJs in der Rhein-Main-Szene.
Ganze drei Jahre lang sorgte er mit seinen spektakulären „fuckmybeatz“-Partys für Furore, stattfindend in ausgefallenen Locations samt einer Horde feierwütiger Partypeople. Immer wieder aufs Neue übertraf er sich und entwickelte dadurch einen ganz speziellen „fuckmybeatz" Sound, der heute noch seinen Namen trägt.
Leo ist seit Jahren Resident-DJ im Velvet Club in Frankfurt, bei „envy my music“ im ehemaligen Cocoon Club sowie beim erfolgreichsten deutschen Radio Houseformats „nightwax“. Im Sommer 2012 erschien die einzigartige Dokumentation "fuckmybeatz - nightlife in frankfurt" im Kino - der Film begleitet ihn auf der Reise durch seine Partyreihe und zeigt den Hedonismus der Menschen, Ihre Leidenschaft zu feiern und die Flucht aus der Realität.
Durch diese Einflussnahme auf die Party-Kultur ist er heute auch außerhalb des Rhein-Main-Gebiets ein begehrenswerter Act und hat sich mit seinem treibenden „fuckmybeatz“-Sound sowie seiner Präsenz hinter den Turntables eindeutig beweisen können.
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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.
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Mabel Ballin
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Mabel Ballin (January 1, 1887 – July 24, 1958) was an
American motion-picture actress of the silent film era.
Born Mabel Croft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she
originally studied painting. Her landscapes were noticed at an exhibition and
led to an offer to appear in films. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917
and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I.
She is best known for her role in Riders of the Purple Sage
(1925). Her other notable roles included The Glorious Adventure (1918), Jane
Eyre (1921), and Vanity Fair (1923), in which she played Becky Sharp.
She married artist-turned-director Hugo Ballin in 1917, and
they remained married until his death in 1956.
She died in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. She was
interred in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica with her husband.
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Mike Carroll
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Michael Shawn Carroll (born August 24, 1975) is a professional skateboarder from Daly City, California, United States. He is the co-founder and vice-president of Girl Skateboards and the co-founder of Lakai Limited Footwear. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Chocolate Skateboards subdivision of Girl. Furthermore, Carroll is known for being in the vanguard of innovative, technical, and stylish street skateboarding in the early 1990s and beyond. The success of skateboarding videos like Hokus Pokus, Ban This! and Video Days firmly ensconced street as the premier variation of skating (a position formerly held by freestyle and especially vert skateboarding).
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Rosie Perez
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Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer, and choreographer. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), which she followed with White Men Can't Jump (1992). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993) as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color (1990–1994). Perez has also performed in stage plays on Broadway, such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. In addition, she was a co-host on the ABC talk show The View during the series' 18th season.
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Luis Barboo
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Luis Barboo (20 March 1927 – 30 September 2001) was a Spanish actor.
He played Baxter Gunman in Per un pugno di dollari (1964). He played Truto in The Demons (1973), and Caronte in La Maldición de Frankenstein (1973), both directed by Jesús Franco.
He played Red Hair in Conan the Barbarian (1982), directed by John Milius and written by Oliver Stone.[5] He appeared in Spanish films like O camiño das estrelas: Galicia (1993), directed by Chano Piñeiro and starring Sabela Páez and Gustavo Salmerón,[6] and Supersonic Man (1979), directed by Juan Piquer Simón
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Dany Brillant
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Dany Brillant (né Daniel Cohen-Biran, 28 December 1965 in Tunis), is a French singer of a Jewish-Tunisian origin.
Born in Tunis, his parents immigrated to France while he was a newborn infant. They settled in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris. His uncle Nathan, was a famous luth player and interpreter of oriental music. At age 12, Dany Brilliant's family moved to Paris and at 14 his grandfather gave him a guitar. He started performing at various events, including important debut at cabaret "Aux Trois Mailletz" where he got his artistic name. His adopted the name Brillant comes after Jacques Boni, the owner of the cabaret invited him to stage by saying: "Dany! Sois brillant!" (Dany! be brilliant!).
In June 2005, Brillant appeared on Les stars chantent leurs idoles, on France 2, alongside stars such as Julio Iglesias and Il Divo.
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Marlo Hampton
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BRAVO: Fashionably captivating every room that she enters. Dedicated to family, fashion, and fun, Marlo is making headlines as a business owner, philanthropist, and her newest favorite title, MUNTY (mom/auntie)! Committed to philanthropy, Marlo founded Glam it Up, Inc., in 2011 to encourage young girls in the foster care system to pursue excellence in all their endeavors, despite the challenges of their current circumstance. Her business, Lé Archive, is expanding, but not all the ladies are buying what she’s selling.
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Nelson Xavier
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Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film Os Fuzis, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1976 Xavier co-directed A Queda along with Ruy Guerra, a sequel to Os Fuzis. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize.
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