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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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Damon Jones
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Damon Jones is a writer, producer, actor, and musician from Dallas, Texas. He was a member of the influential Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he wrote, performed and directed shows starting in 2000. He has since gone on to create several TV shows, including Flipped (Quibi/Roku, 2021), Benched (USA, 2014) and Halfway Home (Comedy Central, 2007).
Jones began his acting career guest-starring on shows such as Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, Monk, Reno 911 and MADtv. Also an accomplished voice-over actor, he has voiced characters on series such as The Looney Tunes Show, Star Versus the Forces of Evil and The Mike Tyson Mysteries. He voices for Marvin the Martian and Foghorn Leghorn.
As a composer and lyricist he wrote many songs for The Looney Tunes Show (WB/Cartoon Network) with Ben Falcone, which were performed by Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Billy Griffin of the Miracles, among others.
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Terry Kath
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Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) was an American musician and songwriter, best known a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He played guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles. He has been praised by the band for his guitar skills and Ray Charles-influenced vocal style. Growing up in a musical family, Kath took up a variety of instruments in his teens, including the drums and banjo. He played bass in a number of bands in the mid-1960s, before settling on the guitar when forming the group that became Chicago. His guitar playing was an important component of the group's sound from the start of their career, and he sang lead on several of the group's singles. He used a number of different guitars, but eventually became identified with the Fender Telecaster fitted with a humbucker pickup and decorated with numerous stickers. Kath was also said to be Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist.
Kath struggled with health issues and drug abuse towards the end of the 1970s. He died in January 1978 from an accidental gunshot wound to the head. The bereavement tempted Chicago to consider disbanding, but they ultimately decided to resume as is signified by their memorial song "Alive Again". To commemorate his musicianship, they issued the 1997 album, The Innovative Guitar of Terry Kath.
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Riley Blakeway
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Riley Blakeway (writer/director) is an award winning filmmaker with a self taught career that has spanned over the past 15 years. His films have screened at festivals around the world, including the UKMVA’s, the Vimeo awards, SXSW, Raindance, Ciclope, Kinsale, Semi Permanent and The New Orleans Film Festival. His work has been shared by The New York Times, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, Pitchfork, Clash, ID, NPR, Rolling Stone and The Los Angeles Times.
Most recently, Riley’s collaborations with Ghanian-Australian performing artist Genesis Owusu landed him his 9th vimeo staff pick and an award for Tripple J’s ‘Australian Music Video of the year. His experimental Australian short ‘INVINCIBL3’ (2021) premiered on Nowness and has since been featured by Director’s Library, the One Point Four Awards, the Webby Awards and took home ‘Best Direction in a Music Video’ at the 2022 Australian Directors Guild Awards.
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Hermione Gingold
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Hermione Gingold (9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother reportedly encouraged her not to remove. She starred on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings. She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood.
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Timothée Chalamet
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Timothée Hal Chalamet (born December 27, 1995) is an American actor.
He began his career appearing in the drama series Homeland in 2012. Two years later, he made his film debut in the comedy-drama Men, Women & Children and appeared in Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Interstellar. He came into attention in Luca Guadagnino's coming-of-age film Call Me by Your Name (2017). Alongside supporting roles in Greta Gerwig's films Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), he took on starring roles in Beautiful Boy (2018) and Dune (2021).
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Carla Azar
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Carla Azar is an American drummer, guitarist, keyboardist , and singer. She is a member of the band Autolux. She also played drums on Jack White's albums Blunderbuss, Lazaretto, and Boarding House Reach, and in 2012, she played with White's touring band, The Peacocks.
From 2009–2011, she collaborated with painter Mark Whalen (also known as Kill Pixie) on art exhibitions, creating music for installation rooms. She had a role in the 2014 film Frank starring Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson.
She also played drums for Ednaswap for two albums and an EP. In addition, she played drums, as well as some percussion, on Come To Where I'm From (2000) by Joseph Arthur.
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Nora Arnezeder
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Nora Arnezeder is a French actress and singer.
Arnezeder was born in Paris, France. Her father, Wolfgang, is Austrian and Catholic, and her mother, Piera, is an Egyptian Jew.
At the age of two, she left Paris with her parents for Aix-en-Provence. When she was fourteen, she moved to Bali for a year and, once back in Paris, studied dancing and singing.
Her first major role was in 2008, in Paris 36 (French: Faubourg 36), which was directed by Christophe Barratier. In this film, Nora Arnezeder sang "Loin de Paname", which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards. In 2009, she was the face of Guerlain's fragrance "L'Idylle". In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the films Safe House, with Ryan Reynolds, and, as Celia, in The Words, opposite Ben Barnes.
Arnezeder also starred in the horror slasher film Maniac alongside Elijah Wood.
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Corinne Masiero
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Corinne Masiero (born 3 February 1964) is a French actress. She was born in Douai. She began acting in her late 20s, initially appearing in the theatre before moving on to the screen. She is best known for her lead role in the 2012 film Louise Wimmer, for which she was nominated for the Cesar Award for best actress. She has also had notable roles in Rust and Bone and 11.6. Masiero began acting relatively late in life. She also lived on the streets for a few years before discovering theatre. At the age of 28, after having worked at various odd jobs, she joined a theatre company. Her early roles were in comedies by Georges Feydeau and adaptations of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
In 2014, during the municipal elections, Masiero ran on the Left Front slate in Roubaix. She supported François Ruffin, for La France insoumise during the 2017 French legislative election.
At the 2021 Cesar Awards, Masiero stripped naked in protest against the French government's plan of Covid-19 restrictions.
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Ed McMahon
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Edward Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American comedian, game show host and announcer. He is most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer and sidekick on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. He also hosted the original version of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995. He co-hosted TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes with Dick Clark from 1982 to 1986. He also presented sweepstakes for the direct marketing company American Family Publishers (not, as is commonly believed, its main rival Publishers Clearing House).
McMahon annually co-hosted the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. He performed in numerous television commercials, most notably for Budweiser. In the 1970s and 1980s, he anchored the team of NBC personalities conducting the network's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. McMahon appeared in several films, including The Incident, Fun With Dick and Jane, Full Moon High, and Butterfly, as well as briefly in the film version of Bewitched. According to Entertainment Weekly, McMahon is considered one of the greatest "sidekicks".
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