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Bridgette Monet

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Bridgette Monet is a former pornographic actress. She got her start doing nude modeling before starring in the short vignettes of the "Swedish Erotica" series. She got her big break in I Like to Watch (1982), and thereafter received star billing for most of the rest of her career. She was blessed with breathtaking beauty and a spectacular body. However, she was very selective about her co-stars and after she became established, worked only with her real-life boyfriend David Cannon. She left the industry in the mid-'80s to pursue a career as a medical doctor. She was active in porn from 1980 to 1986.
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Nick Mukoko

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Originally from the Congo, Nick Mukoko is a comedian in his thirties who, if he is now a confirmed stand-upper, first had a great career as a dancer. It was indeed from the age of three that he developed a passion for dance, after seeing Michael Jackson for the first time on television. He then took his first hip hop lessons at the age of 13 in an evangelist church (Charisma) and, lulled by the gospel spirit, he dreamed of making it his job. It was in 2011 that this dream took shape, when he danced with Arielle Dombasle for a year and, following that, his career continued by accompanying many other artists such as Gary Fico, Yael Naïm, Lorie, the Stars of the 80s, Tal or even Shy'm. In 2013, he even joined the cast of the musical Disco for a 4-month residency at the Folies Bergères and a tour throughout France. But at the same time, his passion for the theater caught up with him and in 2012 he enrolled in a theatrical improvisation school. This is how he reinvented himself, starting with small Parisian scenes until his revelation by the Jamel Comedy Club from 2014 to 2017.
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Mami Kumagai

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Mami Kumagai (熊谷 真実, Kumagai Mami, bor March 10, 1960) is a Japanese actress and talent. Born in Suginami, Tokyo, she lives in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Our Songs Creative. Kumagai made her drama debut in 1978 in the third episode of the TV drama Jūjiro Dainibu (Crossroads Part 2) starring Sonny Chiba. In 1979, she made her screen debut with Oretachi no Kōkyōgaku, and starred in the NHK TV series Mā-nēchan in the first half of the same year, winning the Élan d'Or Award for Newcomers. In 2016 she received the Kinokuniya Theater Award and Yomiuri Theater Award for her Komatsuza Theater performance in Manzana, Waga Machi (Manzana, My Town).
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

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Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is Queen of Denmark. Having reigned as Denmark's monarch for over 50 years, she is the world's only current queen regnant and the longest-serving current female head of state. Born into the House of Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, Margrethe is the eldest child of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid. She became heir presumptive to her father in 1953, when a constitutional amendment allowed women to inherit the throne. Margrethe succeeded her father upon his death on 14 January 1972. On her accession, she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margrethe I, ruler of the Scandinavian kingdoms in 1376–1412 during the Kalmar Union. In 1967, she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, with whom she had two sons: Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. Margrethe is known for her strong archaeological passion and has participated in several excavations, including in Italy, Egypt, Denmark and South America. She shared this interest with her grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, with whom she spent some time unearthing artefacts near Etruria in 1962. As of 2023, Margrethe has, as sovereign, received 42 official state visits and she has undertaken 55 foreign state visits herself. She and the royal family have made several other foreign visits. Support for the monarchy in Denmark has been and remains consistently high at around 82%, as does Margrethe's personal popularity. Princess Margrethe was born 16 April 1940 at Frederik VIII's Palace, in her parents' residence at the Amalienborg palace complex, the principal residence of the Danish royal family in the district of Frederiksstaden in central Copenhagen. She was the first child of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess (later King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid). Her father was the elder son of the then-reigning King Christian X, while her mother was the only daughter of the Crown Prince of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf). Her birth took place just one week after Nazi Germany's invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940. Margrethe was baptised on 14 May in the Holmen Church in Copenhagen. The Princess's godparents were King Christian X (paternal grandfather); Hereditary Prince Knud (paternal uncle); Prince Axel (her paternal grandfather's first cousin); King Gustaf V of Sweden (maternal great-grandfather); Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (maternal grandfather); Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (her maternal uncle); and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (maternal great-grandfather). She was named Margrethe after her late maternal grandmother, Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden, Alexandrine after her paternal grandmother, Queen Alexandrine, and Ingrid after her mother. Since her paternal grandfather was also the King of Iceland, she was given the Icelandic name Þórhildur. When Margrethe was four years old, in 1944, her younger sister Princess Benedikte was born. Princess Benedikte later married Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and lives some of the time in Germany. Her second sister, Princess Anne-Marie, was born in 1946. Anne-Marie later married King Constantine II of the Hellenes and currently lives in Greece. ... Source: Article "Margrethe II" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Ken Kilpatrick

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Kenneth Wayne Shamrock is an American bare-knuckle boxing promoter, professional wrestler, and retired mixed martial artist and kickboxer, currently signed with Impact Wrestling. A UFC Hall of Fame member, Shamrock is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, as well as an icon and pioneer of the sport. He has headlined over 15 main events and co-main events in the UFC and Pride FC and set numerous pay-per-view records. In the early part of his UFC career, Shamrock was named "The World's Most Dangerous Man" by ABC News in a special called "The World's Most Dangerous Things". The moniker has stuck as his nickname. Shamrock became known early on in the UFC for his rivalry with Royce Gracie. After fighting to a draw in the inaugural UFC "Superfight", he became the first UFC Superfight Champion when he defeated Dan Severn at UFC 6; the title was eventually replaced by the UFC Heavyweight Championship when weight categories were introduced to the UFC. He was also the first foreign MMA Champion in Japan, winning the title of King of Pancrase. During his reign as the UFC Superfight Champion, he was widely considered the #1 mixed martial artist in the world. In 2008, Shamrock was ranked by Inside MMA as one of the top 10 greatest mixed martial arts fighters of all time. He is the founder of the Lion's Den mixed martial arts training camp, and is the older brother of Frank Shamrock. In addition to his mixed martial arts career, Shamrock enjoyed considerable success in professional wrestling, particularly during his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation. There, he is a one-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time World Tag Team Champion and the 1998 King of the Ring. Shamrock also wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion – the first world champion under the TNA banner – and a 2002 Gauntlet for the Gold winner. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events in both promotions, including 1997's D-Generation X: In Your House, where he challenged for the WWF Championship. Additionally, Shamrock was also one of the first American wrestlers to use the shoot wrestling style. WWE has credited Shamrock with popularizing the ankle lock submission hold.
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Sarah Hay

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Sarah Hay, born in 1987, was brought up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her older brother, who is an opera singer, and sister. Her grandmother was an art dealer in New York, and her grandfather is a member of the New York Philharmonic. Hay's parents are both amateur dancers and psychologists. She began attending dancing classes at the age of three, and joined the School of American Ballet in New York City when she was eight, and later attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet at the American Ballet Theatre. She later explained that while she was popular at normal school, at the ballet school she was considered to be a "loser" because she wasn't from a wealthy background. She described herself a "troublemaker" during her childhood, and only decided to pursue ballet professionally when she was a teenager.
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Jiří Krejčík

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Nepochybně jedním z nejvýznamnějších režisérů a scénáristů české kinematografie je pražský rodák Jiří Krejčík. Po maturitě se věnoval studiu techniky a během druhé světové války pracoval v barrandovských ateliérech jako statista. Čímž pronikl do světa filmu a brzy zatoužil po vlastní režijní práci. Začínal tvorbou krátkometrážních a reklamních snímků. Spolupracoval také například s výtvarníkem Jiřím Trnkou na hrané části kresleného filmu DÁREK. První hraný celovečerní snímek natočil v r.1947 a byl jím TÝDEN V TICHÉM DOMĚ, na motivy Povídek malostranských od Jana Nerudy. Následoval film o osídlování českého pohraničí po druhé světové válce s názvem VES V POHRANIČÍ. V 50. letech byla jeho práce bohužel poznamenaná dobovou ideologií. Jedná se především o díla NAD NÁMI SVÍTÁ a FRONA. V r.1958 se podílel režií krátkého snímku Glorie na povídkovém filmu O VĚCECH NADPŘIROZENÝCH, kde se pokoušel adaptovat krátké prózy Karla Čapka. Za tento počin byl oceněn na Mezinárodním filmovém festivalu v Locarnu 1959. S příchodem let šedesátých, přichází podle mnohých vrchol Krejčíkovy tvorby, který odstartoval film VYŠŠÍ PRINCIP popisující smutné období heydrichiády, jenž získal také řadu různých ocenění a objevil pozdější velkou hvězdu českého filmu - herečku Janu Brejchovou. K dalším významným dílům patří povídkový snímek ČINTAMANI A PODVODNÍK či satirická komedie SVATBA JAKO ŘEMEN. V r.1967 Krejčík adaptoval hru známého irského dramatika Seana O´Caseyho Bedtime Story pod názvem PENSION PRO SVOBODNÉ PÁNY. Další velký úspěch zaznamenal v r.1979 životopisným filmem BOŽSKÁ EMA o slavné operní pěvkyni Emě Destinnové. Posledním filmem Jiřího Krejčíka se stal v r.1984 PRODAVAČ HUMORU - satiristický pohled do zákulisí socialistického estrádního průmyslu. Od té doby se jeden z nejuznávanějších domácích filmařů věnuje výhradně práci pro televizi. Režisér Jiří Krejčík už se několikrát také objevil na filmovém plátně. Z jeho maličkých, ovšem nezapomenutelných rolí vyniká především nenasytný pan Karel z Menzelových SLAVNOSTÍ SNĚŽENEK a dále profesor Stárek v retrokomedii Jana Hřebejka PELÍŠKY.
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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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Jack Quaid

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Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. The son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, he made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film The Hunger Games (2012). Quaid had his breakout role as vigilante Hughie Campbell in the Amazon Prime Video superhero series The Boys (2019–present). Among other roles, Quaid was part of the main cast of HBO's drama series Vinyl (2016) and has had numerous voice acting roles such as Brad Boimler in Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–present). In film, he has appeared in The Hunger Games (2012), Logan Lucky (2017), and as Richie Kirsch in the slasher film Scream (2022).
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Andrey Slabakov

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Andrey Slabakov was born in 1960 in Sofia. He graduated in Film and TV Directing from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in 1984. In the period 1991-1995 he worked for RAI. Filmography: Train to the Sea (documentary) - 1990, The Jews in Bulgaria (documentary) - 1995, Wagner - 1998, The Wolves (TV) - 1999, Ali Mehmet - the Lonely Poet and the Meaning of Life (documentary) - 2000, Improvisation (documentary) - co-direction with Rumiana Petkova - 2001, Perlovetz - the River of Life (documentary) - 2001, My Father (documentary) - 2003, Hindemith - 2007. Mini Biography by: Georgi Djulgerov
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