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Anuvab Pal
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Anuvab Pal (born 27 April 1976) is an Indian stand up comedian, screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Anuvab is a veteran on the circuit, having performed all over India and cities such as London, New York, San Francisco, Dubai and Singapore. He remains the only Indian comedian invited to perform by Harvard University. Anuvab has had three stand-up specials that began in Mumbai and played to sold-out houses around the world: The Empire and The Nation Wants To Know , which sold out 3 shows in New York City in record time. His latest special, Alive at 40, is now streaming on Amazon Prime. He has performed for several corporates and conducts workshops as well, with an emphasis on creativity, He has written the 2007 Bollywood movie, 'Loins Of Punjab', and 2009's 'The President Is Coming'. He is a theatre writer as well, and has several plays to his credit which have played in India and New York, and contributes a column to the ET. He hosted a successful humour podcast 'Our Last Week' with actor Kunal Roy Kapoor, and is currently a recurring guest on one of the most popular humour podcasts in the world, 'The Bugle', hosted by Andy Zaltzman.
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Billy Morrissette
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Billy Morrissette, born on October 29, 1962, in the United States, is a talented actor and filmmaker. Contributing to writing and directing. He is best known for his roles in notable films such as "Pump Up the Volume" (1990), "Catch Me If You Can" (1989), and "Vegas Vacation (1997). Morrissette gained further acclaim as the writer and director of the dark comedy "Scotland, PA" (2001), a unique adaptation of Macbeth set in a fast-food restaurant. He has also appeared in iconic TV shows like "Party of Five" "Living Single" "Blossom" "Mad About You" "Girls"
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Rob Orpilla
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Robert Daniel Orpilla (born April 17, 1996), more commonly known online as Kuro the Artist or Kuro for short, is an illustrator, animator, writer, and filmographer. He is best known as the creator of the webcomic 5 Years Later.
He graduated from High School and has completed one year of college before dropping out to focus more on his art. His Facebook page, Kuro the Artist, officially launched on January 12th, 2015, which was the first step towards his career. He began writing 5 Years Later around October 2016. Kuro officially founded the Ink Tank in June 2018.
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Manisha Koirala
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Manisha Koirala (born August 16, 1970) is a Nepalese actress and activist mainly working in Indian films. Known for her work in commercial and independent cinema of Hindi and Tamil languages, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards and one Filmfare Awards South. She was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund in 1999. In 2015, she was involved in the relief works after the earthquake in Nepal. A survivor of ovarian cancer herself, she active promotes spreading awareness about the disease.
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Eddy de Pretto
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Eddy de Pretto is a French singer-songwriter and actor, born 2 May 1993 in Créteil in the Val-de-Marne. Eddy's first acting experiences were in TV advertisements, such as the role of a young Julius Caesar for CanalSat in September 2010, before entering into the theatrical and film worlds: the short films Königsberg by Philipp Mayrhofer in 2012 and Vivre Sa Vie by Paul D. Meyer in 2013 as well as an appearance in the feature film Paulette by Jérôme Enrico in the role of “the young hippy buyer”, also in 2013.
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Masaaki Hatsumi
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Hatsumi was born in Noda, Chiba on December 2, 1931. He heavily participated in sports during his school years, along with martial arts and theater, including becoming "captain of the football team". While attending the Meiji University, he continued learning judo and eventually rose to Yudansha or Dan rank. He also began teaching Judo during his time at the university to American soldiers at the nearby Yokota Air Base. After graduating, Hatsumi began to search for a teacher to further his study of martial arts and when he was 26 he met Toshitsugu Takamatsu, known as "the Tiger of Mongolia". Hatsumi was accepted as Takamatsu's student and spent fifteen years on Honshu Islandlearning various ninjutsu styles from Takamatsu and other members of the Takamatsu family, also he continued to learn judo, Shito Ryu karate, aikido, and kobudo.[4] Takamatsu died in Nara, Japan in 1972 after advancing Hatsumi from student to Soke and bestowing on him "all the art of the nine schools", and of course the grandmaster's scrolls, three of which he indicated were ancient ninja schools and six samurai jujutsu schools of martial arts. Hatsumi went on to found the Bujinkan Dojo in Noda, Japan to teach the nine schools to other students.[4][5] His first trip to the United States was in 1982 and he has since continued to participate in yearly ninjutsu Tai Kai (gathering) around the world.[6] Hatsumi also worked as a Seikotsu-in (整骨院) bonesetter after his graduation and was chairman of the Writers Guild of Japan at one point in time.[7] He was the writer of a martial arts magazine Tetsuzan, which was "distributed in 18 countries."[6]
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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. He 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 October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Matthew Riley
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Matthew Riley (born Matthew Poalillo) is a fun and easily-adaptable actor and singer originally from Wayne New Jersey.
He greatly enjoys the world of film, expression, and imagination. Although Matthew has always wanted to be on screen since he was three, his career began at an early age. After attending various acting schools and training opportunities, Matthew found success in both theater in film. At the young age of 13, he preformed in various off-Broadway productions, landed his first role as "Young Ethan" in Something Borrowed, and hasn't looked back since.
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Gower Champion
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Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
Champion was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, as the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of fifteen, toured nightclubs with friend Jeanne Tyler billed as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team". In 1939, "Gower and Jeanne" danced to the music of Larry Clinton and his Orchestra in a Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film short-subject, "The Dipsy Doodler" (released in 1940).
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Samantha Win
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Samantha Win (born Samantha Win Tjhia, formerly known as Samantha Jo; born March 29, 1991) is a Canadian actress and martial artist who was a part of Canada's national representation at international wushu tournaments in 2005-2008. She competed at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament as a part of Team Canada in 2008. In 2012, she debuted as an actress in the role of Kitana in Mortal Kombat: Legacy, followed by her role as Car-Vex in 2013's Man of Steel. She has appeared in various projects since these, and in 2021 played Chambers in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead.
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