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Michael Bowen

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Michael Bowen (born June 21, 1953) is an American actor. Films he has appeared in include Jackie Brown, Magnolia, and Less Than Zero. Bowen also had a recurring role as Danny Pickett on the ABC television series, Lost. Bowen (also credited as Michael Bowen Jr.) was born to actress Sonia Sorel (1921–2004) and Beat painter Michael Bowen. He is half-brother to Robert and Keith Carradine. His nieces are actresses Martha Plimpton and Ever Carradine. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bowen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Gregg Allman

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Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Brothers Band fused it with rock music, jazz, and country at times. He wrote several of the band's biggest songs, including "Whipping Post", "Melissa", and "Midnight Rider". Allman also had a successful solo career, releasing seven studio albums. He was born and spent much of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, before relocating to Daytona Beach, Florida and then Richmond Hill, Georgia. He and his brother, Duane Allman, formed the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, which reached mainstream success with their 1971 live album At Fillmore East. Shortly thereafter, Duane was killed in a motorcycle crash. The band continued, with Brothers and Sisters (1973) their most successful album. Allman began a solo career with Laid Back the same year, and was perhaps most famous for his marriage to pop star Cher for the rest of the decade. He had an unexpected late career hit with his cover of the song "I'm No Angel" in 1987, and his seventh solo album, Low Country Blues (2011), saw the highest chart positions of his career. Throughout his life, Allman struggled with alcohol and substance abuse, which formed the basis of his memoir My Cross to Bear (2012). His final album, Southern Blood, was released posthumously on September 8, 2017. Allman performed with a Hammond organ and guitar, and was recognized for his soulful voice. For his work in music, Allman was referred to as a Southern rock pioneer and received numerous awards, including one Grammy Award; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. His distinctive voice placed him in 70th place in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
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Kay Kay Menon

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Kay Kay Menon is an Indian film, stage and television actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Menon made his big screen debut with a small role in Naseem (1995), followed in 1999 by the lead role in Bhopal Express, a movie that went mostly unnoticed. This was the first in a series of initial setbacks in Menon's film career. In the early 2000s, he starred as a wicked rock musician in Anurag Kashyap's debut movie, Paanch, which struggled with censorship and has remained unreleased. Two other movies, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Black Friday, had to wait many years for a release date. Meanwhile, his commercial films Deewar (starring Amitabh Bachchan) and Silsiilay (with Shahrukh Khan) flopped at the box office. It was only in 2005, with the eventual release of the critically acclaimed Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, but most of all with Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar, that Menon had his break. Sarkar earned him a nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role at the Filmfare Awards. In The Tribune, Saibal Chatterjee called him "one of Bollywood's finest actors".
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Chris Robinson

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chris Robinson is a film director working mostly with music videos and commercials. He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod, Coca Cola and Verizon and music videos for songs like "Fallin'" and "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys, "Roc Boys" by Jay-Z, the grammy nominated video for "One Mic" by Nas, and "Bonnie & Clyde '03" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles. He is also known for the creation of the concept "Boost Mobile" ad campaigns featuring rap superstars such as Kanye West, Ludacris, The Game, Eve, and others. In 2005, he directed the coming-of-age feature film ATL, starring T.I. and Big Boi. Chris is also a founding partner of RockCorps, an organization that encourages volunteerism in young people, which launched the Boost Mobile RockCorps program in 2005 and Orange RockCorps in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Robinson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Aerial Monroe

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Ariel Monroe is an American female professional wrestler. Monroe debuted as early as November 21, 2015 in Queens Of Combat at QOC 7 during which she teamed with Savannah Evans under the team name Pretty Fantastic to defeat The Voluptuous Vixens Wrestling Academy (Miss Diss Lexia & Roni Nicole). With Savannah Evans, she returned on March 18 to wrestle at Queens Of Combat 8 as Pretty Fantastic, losing a tag match against team Legendary (Brandi Wine & Malia Hosaka). The following night at Queens Of Combat 9, Pretty Fantastic defeated The Voluptuous Vixens Wrestling Academy (Kennadi Brink & Miss Diss Lexia). The following month on April 1 at Queens Of Combat 10, Ariel Monroe & Savannah Evans welcomed newest teammate Devyn Nicole, rebranding the triad as The Sexy Young Caramels. The new team won their debut match, defeating The Voluptuous Vixens Wrestling Academy (Amanda Rodriguez, Angel Blue & Miss Diss Lexia). On May 21 at Queens Of Combat 11, Monroe and Savannah Evans wrestled once more as team Pretty Fantastic, defeating Malia Hosaka & Su Yung. Later on that same date, Queens Of Combat 12 was held during which Devyn Nicole joined the team, wrestling once more under their stable name The Sexy Young Caramels, defeating Kennadi Brink, Ray Lyn McAwesome & Samantha Heights. Two months later on August 6, Monroe returned for Queens Of Combat 13 during which she defeated Big Bang Nicole. The following month on September 16, Monroe defeated Angel Rose at Queens Of Combat 14. The following night at Queens Of Combat 15, Monroe lost to Su Yung. Two months later, Monroe returned on November 27 for Queens Of Combat 15, during which she lost a singles match against Nevaeh. Monroe returned on February 18, 2017 at Queens Of Combat 17, wrestling her final QOC match with the Sexy Young Caramels in a QOC Tag Team Championship Tournament, during which they advanced in the first round after eliminating the Fella Twins (Eddy McQueen & Rick Cataldo) & Jamie Senegal. Debuting on July 22, 2016 at SHINE 36, Monroe lost a singles match against her Sexy Young Caramels teammate Devyn Nicole. She returned on December 16 at SHINE 39, during which she was defeated by Candy Cartwright. She returned the following year on January 13, 2017 at SHINE 40, in a singles match lost to Xandra Bale. At SHINE 41, Monroe won her first singles match, defeating Priscilla Kelly. Two months later, Monroe returned for SHINE 42, during which she wrestled twice. Her first match marked her second singles victory after defeating Aria Blake. She later teamed with Priscilla Kelly & Renee Michelle in defeating Aria Blake, Candy Cartwright & Kiera Hogan in a tag match. Five months later on October 20 at SHINE 46, Monroe teamed with Aja Perera in defeating The Cutie Pie Club (Aria Blake & Kiera Hogan). Two months later, Monroe returned for SHINE 47, during which she lost a singles match against the Russian wrestler Natalia Markova. She later at the event, competed in a No. 1 Contendership Survival Rumble for the SHINE Championship, eventually ending with Rain becoming the new contender.
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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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Saif Mohsen

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Saif Mohsen is an Egyptian Actor, born November 11, 2001, born in Giza, his birth name is Saif Eldeen Mohammed Mohsen. He studied at Misr University for science and technology, Faculty of Businsess, where he excelled, but he preferred his hobby to acting. He participated in many works at a young age, as he recently participated in some films including black crab (2022), Welad Rizk (2015), Welad Rizk 2 (2019), 122 (2019) and Al Mamar (2019). Despite his young age, he recently directed a movie Mr.Ex (2022)
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Nick Stewart

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Horace Winfred "Nick" Stewart (March 15, 1910 – December 18, 2000) also billed as Nick O'Demus was an American television and film actor. Stewart was known for his role as Lightnin' (Willie Jefferson) on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show. Nick Stewart was born on March 15, 1910, in Harlem, New York City, to Joseph (March 15, 1888 – July 1976) and Eva Stewart, who were recent immigrants from Barbados, British West Indies. He began his show business career as a dancer at the Cotton Club and Hoofers Club. Stewart also was a veteran of Broadway shows, having created a comedic character he called "Nicodemus" and playing that role in Swingin' the Dream and Louisiana Purchase, as well as in the film Go West, Young Man. Stewart also performed comedy as a cast member of the Rudy Vallée radio show in 1941. Other acting credits include the 1936 movie Go West Young Man, the voice of Br'er Bear in the 1946 Disney movie Song of the South, and Willy-Willy on the television series Ramar of the Jungle. Also in 1954, Stewart had an important role in The Reign of Amelika Joe presented by Fireside Theatre. He also won a comedy role in White Christmas (1954). He was originally offered the role of Calhoun the lawyer, which he turned down. (After his refusal, it went to Johnny Lee, who had the role on radio since 1949.) Soon Gosden and Correll were back on the telephone, this time offering Stewart the role of Lightnin' on the television show. Stewart accepted the role with one idea in mind: to make enough money to be able to open his theater where African Americans would not be typecast as maids and porters. In the 1960s, he would have small roles in Mister Ed and the classic comedy film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as the Migrant Truck Driver who is forced off of the road. In 1987, Doris McMillon devoted an entire week of her nightly talk show, On the Line, to a discussion of the documentary Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, and the issues surrounding the shows. Stewart was one of the participants, discussing the show and his role in it. He also had a role in the movie Carmen Jones. Stewart's final acting role would be returning to Disney to reprise the voice role of Br'er Bear for the theme park attraction Splash Mountain, which is based on the animated segments of Song of the South. He was the only actor to return and voice his character from the aforementioned movie. In an interview with author Jim Korkis, he was asked about whether or not his role of Br'er Bear was degrading. He replied, "Disney treated us like Kings." He went on to say that the money he earned from Song of the South was donated to a theatre for African-American actors to play roles other than maids and butlers, and was doing the same with the money from reprising his role for the Disneyland attraction.
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Noée Abita

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Noée Abita (born 18 March 1999) is a French actress. Abita was born in Paris or in Aix-en-Provence on 18 March 1999. At a young age, she dreamed of becoming an actress. In 2016, when she was 17, she went to a talent manager with a friend. She met Léa Mysius who was looking for a young actress for the title role of her first feature film, Ava. Although the role is that of a 13-year-old girl, Abita was selected by the director, because her real age and physical appearance are assets for the nude scenes provided in the scenario, even if she initially refused to undress for the film before finally feeling comfortable with nudity. For her part, Abita recognized herself in the character, because of her character and her eye problems. Her performance was hailed by the press, and in November 2017 she was shortlisted for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. After filming Ava, she followed with a supporting role in Gilles Lellouche's Le Grand Bain and then one of the main roles in Genesis by Philippe Lesage. Source: Article "Noée Abita" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Ulrich Thomsen

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Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor. Thomsen was born in Fyn, Denmark and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen, such as Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater. His film debut was in 1994 in Nattevagten, (Nightwatch) directed by Ole Bornedal. Since then a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's De største Helte (1996), Susanne Bier's Sekten (1997) and Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights (2000). The major breakthrough in his career came in the 1998 film Festen followed by an important role in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) portraying the part of henchman Sasha Davidov. This established Thomsen as an international actor, famous outside his native Denmark. He also played a part in the 2002 English film Killing Me Softly, consolidating his status as a European actor.
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