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John Trudell
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John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
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Charlotte Kassimir
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Charlotte Kassimir is a Peabody Award-winning producer who graduated with an M.B.A. with distinction from NYU's Leonard Stern School of Business, where she specialized in Entertainment, Media & Tech (EMT). Born and raised in New York City, Charlotte graduated summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Hamilton College (B.A. Psychology). She started her career in entertainment as a Research Associate Producer at HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where she successfully pitched and produced stories like "Bias in Medicine" and worked as a key research producer on stories like "Brexit", "Net Neutrality II", and the "French Elections", which collectively have ~50M views on YouTube. Switching mediums, Charlotte became the Co-Executive Producer of the chart-topping podcast How C*m?, where she managed both creative and business ventures. Most recently, Charlotte worked alongside Helen Fisher, the renowned anthropologist and best-selling author, researching and developing Fisher's seventh and final book, which will be published by Knopf in the US and in more than a dozen foreign editions. Charlotte's body of work demonstrates her commitment to telling important, frequently underreported stories in a fun, digestible way.
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Claudia Koll
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Claudia Koll (stage name of Claudia Colacione; born May 17, 1965) is an Italian actress and missionary. She was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part in the erotic movie Così fan tutte (All Ladies Do It, 1992), directed by Tinto Brass. Subsequently she has worked mostly for theater and television. She reached her widest audience in the popular television series Linda e il brigadiere (Linda and the Brigadier, 1997-2000) with Nino Manfredi. She co-hosted the 1995 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
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Stuart Holmes
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Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes.
Holmes's film career began in 1911 and ended with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
As a sculptor, Holmes created work for at least three California United States post offices — in Oceanside (1936), Claremont (1937), and Bell (1937).
For 20 years, Holmes performed in vaudeville and on stage, with the latter often being in Shakespeare's plays. His work in the theater included a stint in Germany.
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Kay Adams
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Born April 6, 1986, in Chicago, Illinois, Kay Adams is the daughter of Polish immigrants and grew up speaking fluent Polish and English. She developed an interest in a media career while attending Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago. Adams attended the University of Missouri, majoring in communications while working multiple part-time jobs to pay for her education, including positions as a bartender at a sports bar and a radio personality on local music and sports radio stations.
Adams began her career as an in-game host for the St. Louis Cardinals at their home games before transitioning to professional football coverage. She established herself in the fantasy football world, hosting SiriusXM's "Livin' the Fantasy" and "SiriusXM Fantasy Drive," as well as DirecTV's "NFL Sunday Ticket Fantasy Zone." In 2012, she appeared as a guest on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," gaining broader public recognition. She also worked as a reporter for NBC Sports Network, occasionally appearing on shows including "The Crossover with Michelle Beadle" and "NBC SportsTalk."
In 2016, Adams became one of the original hosts of NFL Network's "Good Morning Football," the network's year-round weekday morning show. Her engaging personality, authentic energy, and ability to connect with NFL players, coaches, and celebrities made the Emmy-nominated program a must-watch for football fans across the country. She interviewed top National Football League stars while making complex football topics accessible to viewers. During her six-year tenure, Adams solidified herself as a trusted voice and fan-favorite television personality.
Beyond football, Adams expanded her hosting repertoire considerably. On September 17, 2018, she joined the DAZN boxing broadcast team alongside Sugar Ray Leonard, Brian Kenny, Chris Mannix, and LZ Granderson. In 2020, she hosted a mobile version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" where the general public played for real money. From 2020 to 2022, she hosted "People (the TV show!)," a daily entertainment newsmagazine based on People magazine that aired over Meredith Corporation stations.
After choosing not to re-sign with NFL Network in 2022, Adams launched her own daily NFL sports show, "Up & Adams," for FanDuel TV on September 6, 2022. The show, which also appears on YouTube and MAX Sports, was credited with contributing to the channel's audience growth. Adams has also hosted major live events including Netflix's first-ever live sporting event, Nickelodeon's "Superstar Slime Showdown," and TruTV's "Impractical Jokers Live Special." She maintains a personal connection to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and frequently hosts fundraising events and galas.
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Metin Akpınar
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Born in 1942, Metin Akpinar started acting at the age of 20 with an amateur dramatics society. He landed his first professional stage role two years later, in 1964, and this was followed by performances in several leading theatre productions. In 1967, he co-founded the Devekusu Theatre, Turkey's first cabaret theatre. His film career took off in 1972, when he acted in the first of several Ertem Egilmez comedies to follow. Soon after, he developed an enduring screen partnership with the actor and director, Zeki Alasya, the two gaining popularity as a pair of comic dimwits. It was only in the 1990s that Akpinar, by now an experienced actor, broke away and decided to go his own way in film, theatre and television alike.
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Amrutha Iyengar
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Amrutha Iyengar was born on 26 July 1996 to a Kannada speaking family in Mysore, Karnataka. She did her schooling at Christ the king convent, Mysore and graduated a psychology degree at Mahajana First Grade College, Mysore.
After graduating at Mahajana First Grade College, she got an opportunity to act in ‘Anushka’ Kannada movie which was directed by debutante Devaraj Kumar where Amrutha paired opposite Coastalwood and Sandalwood star Roopesh Shetty. Prior to this movie, she has also acted in ‘Simha Hakida Hejje'(2016) as the main lead when she was 19 years old. Her next breakthrough film is Popcorn Monkey Tiger Kannada Movie, directed by Duniya Suri, the film stars Daali Dhanjaya, Niveditha Jags, and Sapthami in the pivotal roles.
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Teresa Graves
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Teresa Graves was an American actress and singer born on 10 January 1948 in Texas. She is best known for her leading role in the television series *Get Christie Love!* (1974–1975), in which she played an undercover detective, becoming the first Black woman to star in a primetime drama series in the United States.
She began her career as a singer, appearing notably on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1971 with songs such as "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "Respect". Prior to that, she appeared on variety shows such as Our Place (1967) and Turn-On (1969).
In addition to Get Christie Love!, famous for her line "You're under arrest, sugah!", she appeared in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (season 3) and films such as That Man Bolt (1973). She also toured with Bob Hope on a USO tour in 1969.
Teresa Graves retired from the industry in 1983 for religious reasons and died on 10 October 2002 in an accidental fire in Los Angeles.
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Mickie James
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Mickie Laree James is an American professional wrestler and singer, signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Women's Knockout Champion in her third reign. James began her professional wrestling career in 1999 as a valet on the independent circuit, where she was known under the name Alexis Laree. She trained in several camps to improve her wrestling abilities before working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in June 2002, where she gained national attention. After only a few appearances, she joined a stable called The Gathering and was written into storylines with the group. She is also the only woman to be involved inClockwork Orange House of Fun matches. James appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in October 2005 and was placed in a storyline with Trish Stratus, in which James' gimmick was that of Stratus' biggest fan turned obsessed stalker, an angle which lasted almost a year. She received a push, and she won her first WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 22, a title she has held a total of five times. James also won her first Divas Championship at Night of Champions in 2009 to become the second Diva to hold both the Women's and Divas titles. She was released from the company on April 22, 2010, after which she returned to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Between WWE and TNA, Mickie James is a 9 time wrestling champion, and is also the only person to hold the WWE Women's, WWE Divas and TNA Knockout Championships in wrestling history.
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Wesley Addy
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Wesley Addy (August 4, 1913 – December 31, 1996) was an American actor.
He played many roles on the Broadway stage, including several Shakespearean ones, usually opposite actor Maurice Evans. After playing two roles in one of Evans's productions of Hamlet, he played Horatio opposite Evans's Hamlet in a 1953 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the work, the most prestigious American production of the play seen on TV up to that time.
Also on television he played roles on The Edge of Night in the 1950s. Later, during the 1970s-1980s, he played publisher Bill Woodard on Ryan's Hope and patriarch Cabot Alden on the Agnes Nixon-Douglas Marland serial Loving. In motion pictures, Addy's career spanned four decades. Robert Aldrich used him as supporting actor in several pictures, such as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife (both 1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and The Grissom Gang (1971). In 1976, Addy appeared in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, directed by Sidney Lumet. They would work together again in The Verdict., in which Addy played a doctor who nearly derails Paul Newman's case against a hospital for malpractice. Another of Addy's best-remembered roles was that of Lt. Cdr. Alvin Kramer, who unsuccessfully tries to warn American officials of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor in Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Addy was born as Robert Wesley Addy in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Danbury, Connecticut. He was married to actress Celeste Holm from 1961 until his death.
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