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Gaspar Varela

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Gaspar Varela is great-grandson of Celeste Rodrigues and wanted to learn to play Portuguese guitar from a very young age in order to accompany his great-grandmother. This dream came true when he was seven years old, at the Radio Amália Gala, by the hand of his Master and Professor, guitarist Paulo Parreira. After that he accompanied Celeste Rodrigues on several occasions. In his still short musical life, Gaspar has participated in three albums, "Saudade do Futuro", "Brincar aos Fados" and "Vozes de Amália". His main references are the Masters Artur Paredes, Carlos Paredes and Jaime Santos. In addition to his Mestre, Gaspar has been fortunate to be cherished by several musicians and fado singers, namely guitarist Pedro de Castro, who has kindly encouraged him to play occasionally at his fado house, Mesa de Frades, in Alfama. 2019 was a year of complete change for Gaspar. After recording his first album, "Gaspar", with the label Museu do Fado Discos and selling out the CCB auditorium, the guitarist meets Madonna who he joins for various musical gatherings in Lisbon bars. From this meeting, the artist invites Gaspar to join her on her world tour "Madame X".
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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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Kim Ok-vin

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Kim Ok-vin (born December 29, 1986), also known as Kim Ok-bin, is a South Korean actress. Kim made her debut in an online beauty contest in 2004, and began her acting career with a role in 2005 film Voice. Subsequent appearances include the television drama series Over the Rainbow and films such as Dasepo Naughty Girls and The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan. Kim has received several award nominations, and won Best Actress at the 2009 Sitges Film Festival for her role in Thirst.
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Judy Gringer

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Judy Gringer er datter af en jødisk skrædder i Bagsværd. Hun startede som balletelev på Det Kgl. Teater 1950-1955, men blev kasseret og drog i stedet på turné til Italien med Rita Clair-Balletten. Senere deltog hun som danserinde i Tivoli-revyen og efter medvirken i film kom hun i 1957 til ABC-Teatret, hvor hun var Lommer-pige i årene 1957-1964 og samtidig spillede på Aveny-Teatret. Her fik hun et gennembrud i samspil med Dirch Passer i succes-sketchen om "Babs og Nutte". Judy Gringer var fra 1964 freelance-skuespiller og spillede på de fleste københavnske teatre, bl.a. Fiolteatret og i provinsen. I sammenlagt tre år levede Judy Gringer som hippie i New York, hvor hun havde forskellige småjobs som babysitter og statist. Hun medvirkede også på revyscener bl.a. i Holstebro-Revyen. Hun sluttede sin scenekarriere i 1984 på Aveny Teatret i "Amalie Skram". Judy Gringer traf som 17-årig skuespilleren Dirch Passer som hun levede sammen med i fem år og senere i ti år med filminstruktøren Knud Leif Thomsen (2/9-1924 - 14/10-2003), med hvem hun har datteren Julie Gringer. Hun har også været gift med psykolog Bent Tage Truelsen, men dette ægteskab varede kun eet år. Hun medvirkede i en lang række populære spillefilm, bl.a. "Pigen og pressefotografen", "Fem mand og Rosa", "Gift", "Sådan er de alle", "Den gale dansker", "Lenin, din gavtyv" og "Julefrokosten" fra 1976 samt i TV-spillet "Farfar til hest".
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Sarp Apak

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Kerim Sarp Apak is a Turkish TV, film and theater actor. At the age of 5, he moved to Bursa with his family and grew up there. He received his high school education at Bursa High School for Boys. While he was planning to study business administration at that time, his theater life started when he received an application form for the talent exams. In 2004, after graduating from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Acting, he went to Istanbul with the support of his teacher Baris Erdenk. He made a successful acting performance in the play Agir Roman at the Sadri Alisik Theater. At the end of that year, he joined the BKM Group, which also included Yilmaz Erdogan, and had the opportunity to play a small role in the movie Organize Isler. He also starred in the TV series Anadolu Kaplani, En Son Babalar Duyar. He acted in the children's play Sizinkiler, Dünya Kac Bucak and went on tour in Turkey with this play. The talented actor, who also performed stand-up shows in a venue with a small stage called "Mutfak" next to BKM, caught his real fame with his role as Tanriverdi in Avrupa Yakasi. After his mimics and movements were highly appreciated, he played the role of "Emrecan" in the play "Op Babanin Elini" at Gazanfer Ozcan - Gönül Ulkü Theater. In 2007, with the song "Askinla Yandim", which he wrote and composed himself, he managed to enter the list of many rock music listeners. He starred in Mahsun Kirnizigül's Beyaz Melek, Günesi Gördüm and Murat Saracoglu's O... Cocuklari. He left Kavak Yelleri for a short time but later returned again. After the end of Kavak Yelleri, he played the character of Emir Danisman in Gülse Birsel's new sitcom series Yalan Dünya. The series finalized in its 4th season. IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin
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Danny Mann

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel "Danny" Mann is an American voice actor, writer, singer, musician, and production manager. He is best known for his voice of Hector from Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, Freeway, Cloudraker and Lightspeed in Transformers, Backwoods Beagle in DuckTales, Kaltag in Balto, Ferdinand from Babe, and Serge in Open Season, Open Season 2, and as Serge and Kevin the porcupine Open Season 3. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Mann, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Priscilla

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Source Wikipedia: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla ​A 11 ans, lors de son passage dans l'émission Drôles de petits champions (TF1) le 23 février 2001, elle est repérée par le producteur Patrick Debort (MGM). Le 25 septembre 2001, elle enregistre son premier single Quand je serai jeune dans la maison de disques BMG. En juin 2002, elle sort son premier album, Cette Vie nouvelle, qui est certifié disque d'argent avec 90 000 exemplaires vendus 1. Le 2e album, Priscilla, sort en décembre de la même année. Regarde-moi (teste-moi, déteste-moi) se classe cinquième au classement français[réf. nécessaire] avec 300 000 singles vendus[réf. nécessaire] et Tchouk tchouk music dépasse les 140 000 exemplaires.[réf. nécessaire] En février 2003, elle entame sa première tournée qui la mène à l'Olympia. En février 2004, sort son troisième album, Une Fille comme moi, dont le single, Toujours pas d'amour, est certifié disque d'argent pour plus de 100 000 copies vendues 1. S'ensuivent les extraits Toi c'est moi et Jalousie. L'album devient disque d'or avec plus de 280 000 exemplaires vendus 1. Son album suivant, Bric à brac, sort en juin 2005. D'après Priscilla, cet album est une transition entre ce qu'elle faisait avant et ce qu'elle désire faire à présent[réf. nécessaire]. Les ventes de l'album n'arrivent pas à 50 000 exemplaires.[réf. nécessaire] Les singles Bric à brac et Je danse donc je suis ne rencontrent pas un grand succès. En 2007, elle sort son 5e album intitulé Casse comme du verre, aujourd'hui[Quand ?] vendu à un peu plus de 30 000 exemplaires[réf. nécessaire]. Après la seconde, elle décide de ne pas entrer en classe de première et n'obtiendra donc pas le baccalauréat. Cependant, elle tourne dans la série Chante ! où elle détient le rôle principal. Elle est diffusée à partir du 18 février 2008 sur France 2 dans la plage horaire de l'émission KD2A avec son premier single Chante comme générique. En 2007, elle se sépare de son producteur, Patrick Debort 2. En 2007, à 18 ans, elle accepte de poser légèrement vêtue pour le magazine Gala. En 2010, Elle fait la une d’Entrevue à l'occasion des ses 21 ans3. Elle prépare la sortie de son nouvel album pour la rentrée 2011. Ce sera son 6e album, après Casse comme du Verre sorti en décembre 2007. Ce 6e opus serait apparemment orienté vers des influences musicales plus soul et black music, d'après son passage dans 30 millions d'amis sur France 34.
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Jason Statham

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Jason Statham (born July 26, 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, hardboiled, gritty, or violent. Statham began practicing Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth while working at local market stalls. An avid footballer and diver, he was a member of Britain's national diving team and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in various advertising campaigns. His past history working at market stalls inspired his casting in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). The commercial success of these films led Statham to star as Frank Martin in the Transporter trilogy (2002–2008). After starring in a variety of heist and action-thriller films such as The Italian Job (2003), Crank (2006), War (2007), The Bank Job (2008), The Mechanic (2011), Spy (2015), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), he established himself as a Hollywood leading man. However, he has also starred in commercially and critically unsuccessful films such as Revolver (2005), Chaos (2005), In the Name of the King (2007), 13 (2010), Blitz (2011), Killer Elite (2011), Hummingbird (2013), and Wild Card (2015). He regained commercial success as a part of the ensemble action series The Expendables (2010–2014) and the Fast & Furious franchise. In the latter, he has played Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021) and the spin-off Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019). He was credited as a co-producer on Hobbs & Shaw, receiving his first production credit. His acting has been criticized for lacking depth and variety, but he has also been praised for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. According to a BBC News report, his film career from 2002 to 2017 generated an estimated $1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) in ticket sales, making him one of the film industry's most bankable stars.
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Jacob Elordi

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Jacob Elordi (born 26 June 1997) is an Australian actor. After moving to Los Angeles in 2017 to pursue an acting career, he gained prominence with his role as Noah Flynn, the bad boy love interest in the The Kissing Booth film trilogy (2018–2021) on Netflix. He also became known for his main role as the troubled high school football player Nate Jacobs on the HBO teen drama series Euphoria (2019–present). His film roles as Elvis Presley in the biopic Priscilla and as a wealthy university student in Saltburn (both 2023) brought him wider recognition and earned him critical praise. The latter earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In March 2023, Elordi became a global brand ambassador for Swiss watch company TAG Heuer.
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Liane Foly

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Liane Foly (born 16 December 1962, in Lyon) is a popular French blues and jazz singer, actress, presenter and impressionist. Liane Foly was born 16 December 1962 in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon. Her parents, a merchant family in French Algeria, returned to France in 1962 with the Pied-Noir community and moved to Lyon, near the Perrache quarter, where they owned La droguerie du sourire. As a child of five she practised dancing. At age 12, she sang with her parents' orchestra Black and White with her brother Philippe on the drums and her sister Corinne at the piano. Later she continued to sing in local night clubs and bars, developing an affinity for blues and jazz. She studied languages for her Baccalauréat and is bilingual in French and English. Foly's brother is Philippe Falliex, a French composer for television and radio shows. He composed several of her songs and accompanied her on stage as a drummer. In 1984, Foly was discovered by Philippe Viennet and André Manoukian, who offered to write for her and record a demo. After much work she arrived in Paris in 1987 and obtained a meeting with Fabrice Nataf, artistic director and patron of Virgin France, who launched her career. She took on the name Liane Foly in 1986, Foly in homage to Dalí, who at the time said in an advertisement that he was mad for chocolate. In 1988, she published her first album, The Man I Love, promoted by the Ca va, ça vient single. It was a commercial success, landing in the top 50. The same year she performed on stage in Paris (La Cigale). The album was composed by André Manoukian, with lyrics written by Foly and Philippe Viennet. Her 1997 album, Caméléon, was Foly's first without André Manoukian. Produced by Philippe Viennet, it was largely ignored by the French public. She took a greater part in the composition of her 2000 album, Entre nous. Between 1984 and 1992, Foly was in couple with André Manoukian, her artistic collaborator, and from 1996 to 2002 with her manager, Laurent B. Souffir. In August 2003, she married Augustin Decré, a businessman. They divorced in 2007. She lived in London from 1997 to 2007 and then returned to live in Paris. Source: Article "Liane Foly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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