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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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Ken Darby

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Kenneth Lorin Darby (May 13, 1909 – January 24, 1992) was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized by the awarding of three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award. He provided vocals for the Munchkinland mayor in The Wizard of Oz (1939), who was portrayed in the film by Charlie Becker. Darby is also notable as the author of The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983), a biography of the home of Rex Stout's fictional detective. Ken Darby's choral group, The Ken Darby Singers, sang backup for Bing Crosby on the original 1942 Decca Records studio recording of "White Christmas." In 1940 they also sang on the first album ever made of the songs from The Wizard of Oz, a film on which Darby had worked. However, the album was a studio cast recording, not a true soundtrack album (although it did feature Judy Garland), and it did not use the film's original arrangements. Darby also performed as part of "The King's Men," a vocal quartet that recorded several songs with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in the mid-1930s and were the featured vocalists on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program from 1940 through 1953. In the early 1940s, he performed with the King's Men a musical version of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" that he wrote called "T'was the Night Before Christmas" which was performed on the Christmas episodes of Fibber McGee and Molly. They also participated on the soundtracks of several MGM films, including The Wizard of Oz and occasional Tom and Jerry cartoons. The King's Men portrayed the Marx Brothers in a musical spoof in the film Honolulu (Darby played one of two 'Grouchos' in the group). He also provided the theme song and the soundtrack for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, the 1955-61 television series starring Hugh O'Brian, and The Adventures of Jim Bowie starring Scott Forbes. He was a composer and production supervisor for Walt Disney Studios and was the choral and vocal director of the 1946 Disney film classic Song of the South. He was also Marilyn Monroe's vocal coach for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Darby was also the principal composer of the 1956 Elvis Presley hit "Love Me Tender" for the movie of the same name but signed the rights over to his wife, Vera Matson, whose name appears as co-lyricist and co-composer with Presley. The song was adapted from the Civil War-era song "Aura Lee." Presley's composing credit was mandated by his management, to entice him to record the song. Darby was often asked about his decision to credit the song to his wife along with Presley, and his standard response was an acid, "Because she didn't write it either." An avid fan of Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout's fictional detective genius, Darby wrote a detailed biography of Wolfe's home titled The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983). Ken Darby died January 24, 1992, in the final stages of production of his last book, Hollywood Holyland: The Filming and Scoring of 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (1992). He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Mylène Jampanoï

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Mylène Jampanoï (French pronunciation: ​[milɛn ʒɑ̃panɔj]; born Lena Jam-Panoï on 12 July 1980) is a French actress, model, and visual artist. Her first leading role was in the drama film The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006). She subsequently garnered international attention for her role in Pascal Laugier's controversial horror film Martyrs (2008). She later had a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter (2010), and starred as Bambou in the Serge Gainsbourg biopic, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (also 2010). Other film credits include the American animated film Kung Fu Panda (2008), the Canadian drama Laurence Anyways (2012), and the Netflix-produced Madame Claude (2021). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikki Addams

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is an American professional wrestler known best as Nikki Addams and Nikki Syxx. Nikki is known for her work throughout the New York and New Jersey circuits including New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC), Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), American Championship Entertainment (ACE). Nikki began working for New York Wrestling Connection in 2011. She competed in an unsuccessful tag match at NYWC Fire On The Green on February 19 teaming with Samuel Patrick Alexander Zinc against Francis Kipland Stevens and Violet. Nikki won her first championship on June 18 at NYWC Going The Distance, in a three-way match against Brittney Savage and Violet Stevens for the vacant NYWC Starlet Championship. She then lost the title on September 29, to Rick Cataldo at NYWC Till I Collapse in a match officiated by referee Alicia. Nikki worked her first event for American Championship Entertainment on July 9, at ACE Crossroads VII. She was defeated by Alicia in a singles match. She worked her next match at ACE Overdrive on February 25, defeating Sienna Duvall. On May 5, 2012, at ACE Aftermath, Nikki won a singles match against Cherry Layne. Nikki would face and defeat Rick Cataldo at ACE Crossroads VIII on September 29, redeeming her loss at NYWC Till I Collapse. She wrestled once more on April 13, 2013 at ACE Day Of Reckoning in a tag match, teaming with Smith James and Vince Steele as The New Age Wrecking Crew against Alicia and The Movement (FNB and Jamal Jackson). Nikki worked several matches for Women Superstars Uncensored on April 2. She wrestled in the first round of WSU World Title King & Queen Of The Ring 2011 Tournament in a losing tag with Corey Havoc against the team Julio DiNero and Mercedes Martinez. Nikki wrestled unsuccessfully against Jessicka Havok on April at WSU 5th Annual J-Cup. Nikki participated in a WSU World Title #1 Contendership 23-Man Uncensored Rumble won by Lexxus on June 25 at the WSU Uncensored Rumble IV. She defended her NYWC Starlet title on August 6 in two singles matches against Niya and Barbie. She wrestled her last WSU match on October 13, 2012 at WSU Full Steam Ahead in a losing matching against title holder Marti Belle for the WSU Spirit Championship.
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Robin Antin

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Regarded as one the most highly respected choreographers in the business, Robin Antin has incorporated her innate passion for the art of dance and her deeply rooted drive into a long roster of top-quality projects. Robin's career in dance began when when she was just a child and her knowledge has paved the way for her to build a resume including some of the most innovative and impressive choreography the world has seen. Tapping into her undeniable skills have also been numerous music video producers, who have brought her on board for such versatile productions as Sting, Pink, and No Doubt, among many others. Robin's most recent television and feature film choreography experience includes several episodes of Friends (1994), one of which earned her an ACA nomination, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003). Robin possesses a constant desire to seek out and define the new and revolutionary and she has become a true catalyst in the evolution of dance as both a connoisseur of classic art form, and a groundbreaking pioneer in the infinitely growing industry of performance.
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Ikko Furuya

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Born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Itabashi High School , he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University. While in college, he started his acting life after completing the 16th generation of Haiyuza Training School. Since 1977, he has consistently played the role of Kosuke Kindaichi , the main character in the "Seiji Yokomizo Series /Detective Kosuke Kindaichi Series"; for 25 years from 1982 to 2007, he played the role of Sakon Taro, the main character of the "Mixed bathing open- air bath serial murder " series in "Saturday Wide Theater", and became a hit again. The eldest son is Kenji Furuya , the vocalist of Dragon Ash . His father Furuya appeared in TVCF for Dragon Ash's album " Viva La Revolution " ( 1999 ), and father and son co-starred in the movie "Letters" ( 2003 ), which Furuya starred in and produced.
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Maasa Sudo

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須藤茉麻 (Sudo Maasa) is a Japanese pop singer, idol, actress and model currently under the talent agency J.P ROOM. She is a former member of Hello! Project, having joined as a member of Hello! Project Kids in 2002 and later debuting as a member of Berryz Koubou in 2004. During her time in Hello! Project, she was also a member of 4KIDS, ZYX-α, BeriKyuu, and Cat's♥Eye 7. She graduated from Hello! Project on March 3, 2015 in a joint graduation concert with the other members of Berryz Koubou. Sudo has since been working in theater, and is currently the playing manager of Hello! Project's acting club Engeki Joshibu.
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Anna Rose Hopkins

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Anna Rose is known for High Maintenance, Dark Night and Shame. Born near Rochester, NY Anna Rose is of Eastern European Jewish and Welsh descent. She moved to New York City to pursue her dreams at age 17, where she attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts, via the Atlantic Theater Company and the Experimental Theater Wing, after which she studied under Uta Hagen's protege Deborah Hedwall and in Los Angeles with Sandra Seacat, John Markland, and Risa Bramon Garcia. Anna Rose is known for an eclectic body of work, from off beat comedy to hyper-realistic drama.
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Pearce Quigley

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Pearce Quigley is a Salford born actor known for his work on films such as Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Danny Boyle's Millions, The House of Mirth and The Way Back. He is also a familiar face on TV, specifically in comedy having appeared in That Peter Kay Thing, Peter Kay's Car Share, Happiness, Rovers, and the detectorists, as well as dramas such as Three Girls, In The Dark, Cutting It, Prime Suspect 3 and Our Friends in the North. He is also a celebrated stage actor, performing at the National Theatre and the Globe.
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Javad Ezzati

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Javad Ezzati is a television and cinema actor who was born in 1982 in Tehran, Iran. He started acting career with the theatre, and from his first activities in the cinema, we can name "Gold and Copper" by Homayoun Asadian movie. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor of the Fajr Film Festival for "The Midday Adventures" movie by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian. His other cinematic works include Houman Seyedi's "Africa", Hamed Mohammadi's "Fereshteha Ba Ham Miayand"," Abdolhasan Davoudi's "Centipede", and Bahram Tavakkoli's" The Lost Strait".
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