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Rick Ross

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William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper and record executive. Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment and Irv Gotti's Murder Inc., until signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Jay-Z on Def Jam Recordings. Ross released his debut album Port of Miami through the label later that year, debuting at the top spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, with sales of 187,000 units during the first week. Ross released his second studio album, Trilla in 2008, once again debuting atop the Billboard 200. Outside of his solo career, Ross was a lead member of the hip hop group Triple C's, alongside fellow Florida rappers Gunplay and Torch in 2005. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group in 2009, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap (2009), Teflon Don (2010), God Forgives, I Don't (2012), Mastermind, Hood Billionaire (2014), Black Market (2015), and Rather You Than Me (2017). His tenth album, Port of Miami 2 was released in August 2019 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. Prominent industry acts have also been signed to Rick Ross through the Maybach Music label, including Meek Mill, Wale, and French Montana, among others. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC in the Game.
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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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Damon Evans

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Evans attended the Interlochen Academy on a Reader's Digest Scholarship. After graduation, he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. While in Boston he appeared in productions of Two If by Sea, Hair, and The Corner at the Theatre Company of Boston. His Off-Broadway credits include performances in A Day in the Life of Just About Everyone, Bury the Dead (for the Urban Arts Corp) and Love Me, Love My Children. He made his Broadway debut in The Me Nobody Knows. Other Broadway credits include Via Galactica and Lost in the Stars. He also toured as Judas and Jesus Christ in the authorized concert version of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. He appeared in the Tony-, Obie-, and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared in Trevor Nunn's enormously successful, critically acclaimed, Glyndebourne Festival production of the George Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess, and again in the 1993 television adaptation of that production. In addition to Evans and other noted performers, this British production of Gershwin's 'American folk opera' featured the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic, both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Evans played Sportin' Life, a role originated by John W. Bubbles and originally written for famed 1920s and 1930s jazz bandleader and singer Cab Calloway. CLR
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John Shea

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John Victor Shea III (born April 14, 1949) is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret. Later on in the 2000s he starred on the series Mutant X as Adam Kane. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Shea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Meat Loaf

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Michael Lee Aday (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022) (height 6ft), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. After the commercial success of Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and earning a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States. This did not stop him from becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records. The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the United Kingdom, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single, appeared in the 1997 film Spice World, and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts, as of 2006. He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". Aday appeared in over 50 movies and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Bob Paulson in Fight Club (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show, and he also appeared in the musical Hair, both on- and off-Broadway. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meat Loaf, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tech N9ne

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Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971),[2] better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced "tech nine"), is an American rapper. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games.[3] In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.[4] His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, a name given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast-rhyming chopper style.[5] Yates later applied a deeper meaning to the name, stating that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme, with "tech" meaning technique and "nine" representing the number of completion.[5][6] Despite minimal mainstream success himself, he has featured many mainstream artists on his albums including E-40, Ice Cube, Three 6 Mafia, B.o.B., Twista, Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Wiz Khalifa, CeeLo Green, T.I., 2 Chainz, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Eminem, Logic, and Boyz II Men. From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia.
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Cathleen Cordell

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Cathleen Cordell (May 21, 1915 – August 19, 1997) was an American film and television actress. Cordell was born in Brooklyn, New York. Cordell moved to England and then France, in order to begin her childhood education. She died on August 19, 1997, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, she was 82. Apparently, according to the Internet Movie Database, Cordell's cause of death was emphysema. Her burial is unknown. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathleen Cordell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filip Čapka

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Filip Čapka se k hereckému povolání dostal tak nějak přirozeně. Jako dítě, pocházející z rodiny kde hráli všichni včetně prarodičů, na jevišti vyrostl a rozhodl se pokračovat v tradici i přesto, že mu to všichni kromě dědečka, který si na své profesi velice zakládá, rozmlouvali. Nakonec se rozhodl jít za svým cílem a zakotvil na JAMU, po jejímž vystudování začal hrát divadlo v Olomouci a poté, co prošel i jevišti brněnskými a ostravskými, se usadil v Praze. Velkou roli zde hrála kromě talentu i náhoda. V roce 2002 přijel na krátké natáčení a šel se podívat na Pražský hrad, kde se odehrávaly Letní shakespearovské slavnosti. Divadlo pod Palmovkou hrálo představení KRÁL LEAR a Alexej Pyško za ním přišel s nabídkou, jestli by nechtěl alternovat roli Jiřího Langmajera. Souhlasil, osvědčil se a na základě tohoto výkonu byl pozván na konkurz do Divadla Bez zábradlí. Od té chvíle už působí v Praze a sklízí jeden úspěch za druhým (mimo jiné je nositelem ceny Thálie 2004 pro mladého činoherce do 33 let). Co se usadil v hlavním městě, dostává také více příležitostí být viděn před kamerou. V seriálu z hokejového prostředí POSLEDNÍ SEZONA ztvárnil postavu umělce Michelangela, jinak se objevoval spíše v televizních filmech. Kromě filmových rolí přijal v České televizi také místo moderátora dětského pořadu HŘIŠTĚ 7 a věnuje se i dabingu (např. postava Owain Yeoman v seriálu MENTALISTA či postavička v novém Svěrákově loutkovém filmu KUKY SE VRACÍ). Příležitost zazářit na velkém plátně přichází v roce 2010 v podobě snímku MAMAS & PAPAS režisérky Alice Nellis a tragikomické adaptace románu Michala Viewegha ROMÁN PRO MUŽE. Ve volném čase, kterého prý kvůli hraní moc nezbývá, si rád přečte klasickou sci-fi literaturu od autora Isaaca Asimova a za nejlepší možnou relaxaci považuje jízdu na motorce.
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Talia Shire

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Talia Shire, born on April 25, 1946, in Lake Success, New York, is an American actress. She gained widespread recognition for her role as Adrian Pennino, the wife of Rocky Balboa, in the iconic "Rocky" film series. Shire's portrayal of the timid but resilient Adrian earned her acclaim and a place in cinematic history. Beyond "Rocky," she also starred as Connie Corleone in "The Godfather" films, further establishing her as a versatile and talented actress. With a career spanning several decades, Shire's contributions to film have solidified her as a respected figure in Hollywood.
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Steve Thomas Rooney

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Steve Thomas is an American TV personality, author and former sailor. He was born in Pomona, California, in 1952. He was the oldest of six children. Steve developed interest in construction from his father and grandfather. His father who worked in a paint manufacturing company used to buy and fix old houses. The grandfather of Steve Thomas, Rooney was also a do-it-yourself guy and Episcopal missionary in Arctic Alaska. Steve Thomas Rooney earned a bachelor degree in philosophy from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. During his stay at the college, Thomas used to work as a painting contractor and carpenter in order to support his stay. After graduating he moved from Olympia back to California where started his own home renovation projects. There Steve worked on renovations of old houses until 1980 when he got married with his wife Evelyn Blum and they both moved to Massachusetts. The couple continued with this business and has renovated a number of old houses. Some of those include the 1836 Imperial Revival, a house in which Steve and his wife lived prior their move to Rockport, Maine. Thomas was always combining his love of woodworking with his passion for sailing. At one time in his life, Thomas worked as a carpenter in Antibes, France. During the 70s and 80s, he spent months sailing on open sea and traveled more than 30,000 miles. In 1987 Steve Thomas Rooney wrote the book "The Last Navigator" following the time he spent  on the Micronesian island of Satawal, talking to Mau Piailug about ancient techniques of navigating on open sea. Later on, this book served him as a basis for documentary film which was produced for PBS's Adventure series. Several years later, in 1989 Steve Thomas Rooney was invited by the same producers to be the next host of their TV renovation show "This Old House"  Since becoming host of This Old House Steve managed to make the show one of the best TV series of all time and the highest-rated home improvement series in television history. For that reason, in 1998 Thomas was awarded with DayTime Emmy Award. He made appearances on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America and others. Other than the "The Last Navigator" Steve Thomas Rooney has written several books including "This Old House Kitchens," "This Old House Bathrooms," "This Old House Guide to American Houses."
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