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Ruth Sheen
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Ruth Sheen (born 1952) is an English actress.
Born in London, Sheen began her career by training at the East 15 Acting School, and has appeared regularly on British television and in British films since 1988. On television, she had recurring roles as Nanny Simmons in Berkeley Square (1998), and as Nurse Ethel Carr in the series Bramwell (1995–1998). She has also appeared as four different characters in six episodes of The Bill between 1989 and 2004.
She has also appeared in five Mike Leigh films: in the female lead role of Shirley in High Hopes (1988); as Laughing Woman in Secrets & Lies (1996); as Maureen in All or Nothing (2002), as Lily in Vera Drake (2004) and as Gerri in Another Year (2010). Her role in High Hopes won her the Best Actress award at the 1989 European Film Awards.
In 2007, she played the role of Lyn, opposite Ben Whishaw's Steven, in the world premiere of Philip Ridley's stage play, Leaves of Glass at the Soho Theatre, London.
She also plays the mother of Jim Sturgess's character, Jamie, in Philip Ridley's feature film, Heartless.
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Eduardo Mendoza
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Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 11 January 1943 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish novelist.
Garriga studied law in the first half of the 1960s and lived in New York City between 1973 and 1982, working as interpreter for the United Nations, and then tried to become a lawyer and then he realized that he wanted to be a writer. He maintained an intense relationship with novelists Juan Benet and Juan García Hortelano, poet Pere Gimferrer and writer (and neighbour) Félix de Azúa. He currently lives in London.
In 1975, Garriga published his very successful first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta (The Truth About the Savolta Case), where he shows his ability to use different resources and styles. The novel is considered a precursor to the social change in the Spanish post-Franco society and the first novel of the transition to democracy. He describes the union fights at the beginning of the 20th century, showing the social, cultural and economic conditions of workers in Barcelona by that time. A year later he was awarded the Critics Prize. His most acclaimed novel is probably La Ciudad de los Prodigios (The City of Marvels, 1986), about the social and urban evolution of Barcelona between the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929. It was film adapted by Mario Camus in 1999. In 1992, he published the novel, El Año del Diluvio (The Year of the Flood), which tells of the inner conflicts faced by Sister Consuelo after she meets and falls in love with Augusto Aixelâ, with very evocative descriptions of the post-civil war prevailing deprivations in Spain by that time. In 1996, he published his third major Barcelona-related novel, this time set in the 1940s, Una Comedia Ligera (A Light Comedy).
Also within Mendoza's work stands the saga of the mad detective, a peculiar character, a nameless accidental-detective locked up in a mental hospital. The first of these novels, El Misterio de la Cripta Embrujada (The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt, 1979) is a parody with hilarious moments mixing hard-boiled genre with Gothic narrative. In the second novel of the saga, El Laberinto de las Aceitunas (The Olive Labyrinth, 1982), Mendoza confirms his talent as parodist; the novel stands as one of his most successful works. The third novel of the saga, La Aventura del Tocador de Señoras (The Adventure of the Ladies' Dressing Table), and the fourth one, El Enredo de la Bolsa y la Vida (The Money and the Life Muddle), were published in 2001 and 2012, respectively. The 5th novel was released in 2015 under the title of El Secreto de la Modelo Extraviada (The Secret of the Missing Model) with great success.
The Spanish newspaper El País published two of his novels in instalments, Sin Noticias de Gurb (No Word from Gurb, 1990) and El Último Trayecto de Horacio Dos (The Last Journey of Horatio Dos, 2001), both of them science fiction comedy novels.
In 1993 appeared his first play, Restauració (Restoration), written in Catalan and later translated into Spanish by Mendoza himself. This first theatrical piece was followed by two other titles that the three of them were published together in 2017. ...
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Xander Mobus
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Xander Mobus (born July 8, 1992) is an American voice actor, who is known for his work in English-dubbed anime and video games. In 2014, he voiced the announcer and the characters Master Hand and Crazy Hand in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and returned for the role in 2018's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He also voices Christo in Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance and Joker in Persona 5. He voice acted various comedic requests through social media during this period, such as singing the Pokémon Theme in the Super Smash Bros. announcer's voice.
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Thomas Wivel
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Kort om Thomas Wivel Thomas Wivel er en af de helt store. Ikke bare på grund af hans medvirken i et hav af tv- og radioprogrammer, men også på grund af en enorm produktivitet, der tæller bøger, satireudgivelsen Blæksprutten, adskillige dvd’er og en serie velanmeldte shows. Han var med fra stand-uppens tidlige barndom i 1991 – og siden har han findyrket sin undrende, lidt provokerende stil, blandt andet sammen med kollega Povl Carstensen. Wivel i egen liga Thomas Wivel har stået i spidsen af dansk stand-up i over 18 år og er en evig inspiration for alle, der holder af stand-up. Thomas Wivel kan noget med timing og levering, som ingen kan gøre ham efter, og han har energi og en utæmmelig sceneoptræden. Det ser så legende let ud, når han går på scenen, men underkend aldrig det enorme engagement, som driver Thomas Wivel. Han er tændt, hurtig og ualmindelig skarp og er senest portrætteret som ”Godfatheren”, en af hjørnestenene i dansk stand-up i ny bog om stand up comedy (2009) fra journalist og anmelder Henrik Palle og Anders Hjort. En dynamisk duo Siden debuten på legendariske Café Din’s i 1991 har han medvirket i flere tv-programmer, bl.a. ”Gintberg – men nok om mig”, ”Stand-up.dk” og ”Talegaver til børn”. Thomas er desuden tekstforfatter på ”Gintbergs store aften” på TV2 Zulu, og han skrev desuden for det populære underholdningsprogram ”9 ud af 10”, han har arbejdet i redaktionen på talkshowet Meyerheim og har senest været en af ankermændene bag Nyhedsministeriet på TV2. Med showet ”117 ting, vi bør vide om hinanden” skabte han og komikeren Povl Carstensen i 2005 et enestående univers, hvor rammende refleksioner over de to køn og fremragende komik gik op i en højere enhed. Showet blev fulgt op af en anmelderrost bog om emnet, udgivet på Gyldendal. I 2005 udgav Thomas desuden sit stand-up-onemanshow ”Med ryggen mod muren” på dvd. I 2006 gik Thomas på scenen med Povl Carstensen, Mette Frobenius og Omar Marzouk. De lavede showet “De hellige køer” og behandlede alvorlige emner som truslen mod ytringsfriheden, religion og terror. Showet mundede ud i bogen De hellige køer, som Thomas forfattede. Forfatteren Wivel Thomas er forfatter til flere bøger og skriver ofte klummer og artikler til aviser og fagblade. Han er far til fire, og måske derfor skrev han i 2006 børnebogen Svare Sara – en omvendt spørge-Jørgen, hvor forældrene bliver sat på plads. Thomas bidrog desuden sammen med en række andre stand-up-komikere med en godnathistorie til bogen Til dig fra os samt Stå op fra 2009. I flere år har han været medforfatter på Svikmøllen og skriver nu for Blæksprutten. Sammen med Povl Carstensen har Thomas blandt andet udgivetVerdenshistorien før og nu, Hvordan man overlever sin kones graviditet. En Guide til frustrerede mændsamt bøgerne Hvad enhver kvinde bør vide om mænd og Hvad enhver mand bør vide om kvinder. Han har skrevet den satiriske Hallo!, den kontroversielle debatbog om Muhammedtegningerne De hellige køer”, har oversat Bruce Springsteen på turné og har ikke mindst forfattet den anmelderroste Tysk humor. I starten af 2009 gik Thomas atter på scenen på Comedy Zoo med sit onemanshow ”Pengene eller livet”, der var indbegrebet af god, klassisk stand-up, og som vises på TV2Zulu i efteråret 2009.
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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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Zendaya
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman (born September 1, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child model and backup dancer. She rose to mainstream prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2010–2013).
In 2013, Zendaya was a contestant on the 16th season of the dance competition series Dancing with the Stars. She produced and starred as the titular spy, K.C. Cooper, in the sitcom K.C. Undercover (2015–2018). Her film roles include the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its sequels, the computer-animated musical comedy Smallfoot (2018), the romantic drama Malcolm & Marie (2021), the live-action/animation hybrid sports comedy Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), and the science fiction epic Dune (2021).
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Kirstie Alley
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Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Summer School (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Look Who's Talking (1989) and its two sequels (1990–1993), Madhouse (1990), Sibling Rivalry (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), It Takes Two (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), For Richer or Poorer (1997), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film David's Mother.
In 1997, Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series The Last Don. In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime's Fat Actress. She later appeared on Kirstie Alley's Big Life (2010), and was a contestant on the 12th season of Dancing with the Stars (2011–2012), finishing in second place. In 2013, Alley returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom Kirstie. In 2016, she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series Scream Queens. In 2018, she was a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, in which she finished as runner-up.
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Taavi Eelmaa
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Taavi Eelmaa (born June 15, 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor.
Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he worked for six years at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and from 2002 to present at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn.
Eelmaa made his screen debut in 1993 in the Rainer Sarnet-directed short film Merehaigus (English: Seasickness) and has gone on to appear in roles in numerous Estonian films. Among his more memorable roles were as Theo in the 2007 Veiko Õunpuu-directed drama Sügisball (English: Autumn Ball), inspired by Estonian writer Mati Unt's novel of the same name, and as the title character in Õunpuu's 2009 black comedy Püha Tõnu kiusamine (English: The Temptation of St. Tony). The film was selected as Estonia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.[4] He has also appeared on television, most notably as the character Priit Post in the Kanal 2 crime series Kelgukoerad.
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Natasha Leggero
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Natasha Leggero (born March 26, 1974) is an American actress and comedian from Rockford, Illinois. She was a frequent roundtable panelist on friend Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show Chelsea Lately.
Her stand-up television appearances include performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Last Call with Carson Daly, and she has appeared on multiple Comedy Central stand-up programs, as well as their animated show Ugly Americans, where she voiced Callie Maggotbone.
She has performed at such festivals as SXSW, the Sasquatch Music Festival, and the Montreal Comedy Festival.
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David Youse
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David Youse was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 19th, 1966. He grew up in Jenkintown, PA and started working in local dinner theaters in the Philadelphia area. At the age of 14 he started performing at the Huntingdon Valley Dinner Theater in such shows as: The Music Man, Damn Yankees and The Boyfriend, of which he understudied the lead role played by Broadway's Hugh Panaro.
Moving to New York in 1983, David attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts but did not complete the second year. His first NY job was an off-off Broadway play, "My Papa's Wine" which starred David as a teen suffering from water on the brain. This play was a hit and also starred Laura San Giacomo, Ted Marcoux and Zohra Lampert. David was singled out by the NY Times and landed many other theater roles in NY. He also started to work in TV doing such shows as Spenser For Hire and a CBS Schoolbreak Special, Soldier Boys with James Earl Jones and Dylan Walsh.
Moving to LA in 1989, David has tackled the TV world and his one of those actors who seems to work consistently.
Turning to Producing and Directing, David's one man short, The Callback has been screened at many film festivals and can be seen online at this website.
David recently produced The 25th Anniversary Reading of The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer as a benefit for The Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic in LA, CA. Directed by Joel Grey, it reunited David with Dylan Walsh and old friends Jonathan Del Arco and David Eigenberg along with Lisa Kudrow, Tate Donovan, Clark Gregg, Tim Bagley, Jon Tenney and Alec Mapa.
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