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Howard Caine

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Howard Caine (January 2, 1928 – December 28, 1993), was a popular character actor, probably best known as Gestapo agent Major Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series Hogan's Heroes. At the age of 13 Howard Cohen moved with his family from his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to erase his Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and American dialects. After serving in World War II- he joined the United States Navy fighting the Japanese in the Pacific theater - Caine continued his studies at The School of Drama, Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He appeared on Broadway in Wonderful Town, Inherit the Wind, Lunatics and Lovers and Tiger at the Gates. He succeeded Ray Walston as "Mr. Applegate" in the original production of Damn Yankees. He was featured in such films as From the Terrace (1960), Pay or Die (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Brushfire (1962), The Man from the Diner's Club (1963), Pressure Point (1962) and Alvarez Kelly (1966). He co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons in Watermelon Man (1970). He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. He acted in more than 750 live and filmed television programs, including the 1961 episode "The Vials" of the western series Two Faces West. He may be best-remembered as Major Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes (1965). He was featured as "Everett Scovill", a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, on Helter Skelter (1976). A native of Tennessee, Caine had always been fascinated with the Appalachian five-string banjo, and began mastering it in the mid-'60s. From the summer of 1970 until his death in 1993, he had taken trophies at 29 prominent banjo and fiddle contests in the Southland for both Best Traditional Banjo and Traditional Singing. He was also a popular folk singer and appeared at a number of prominent folk clubs and folk festivals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Caine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
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Cut Killer

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Anouar Hajoui (Arabic: أنور حجوي, Anwar Hājawiy; born 6 May 1971), better known as DJ Cut Killer or simply Cut Killer, is a Moroccan-born French DJ and record producer with a versatile repertoire of hip hop music. He enjoys international fame and mixed in United States of America through invitations by DJ Big Dawg Pitbulls of Funkmaster Flex and Shadyville DJ's of rapper 50 Cent. For more than fifteen years, he has been one of the most emblematic DJs in French hip hop. Anouar Hajoui as a young Parisian who loved music and a frenzied activist embraced wholeheartedly the emerging Parisian movement. He joined IZB, the first association to promote the hip-hop and organize concerts, and put down scratches on Original MC's 1991 album. He performed a memorable role as himself in a scene from the cult movie La Haine. He was a DJ for MC Solaar's concerts, scratcher on IAM member Akhenaton's solo album, and a radio show on Radio Nova. In the middle of the 1990s, Cut Killer had already become a well-respected and active DJ. He adapted and consolidated New York hip-hop in France through many of his mix tapes, mixing the latest releases and freestyles of French rap, they became favorites and collectors' items. His dynamic mixes, his smartness to catch the best 12 inches before anyone, and his flair to find local rappers made his mix-tapes important. The big number of top brass of the second generation of French rap went through this: Sages Poètes de la Rue, Lunatic, 113 and many others. The Hip Hop Soul Party series, composed of double mixed CDs, started in 1996 at MCA's. From the second volume on, exclusive tracks began to appear from Fabe, Busta Flex, among others, with one CD dedicated to hip-hop, the other to R&B. In volume three, a CD was dedicated to international hip-hop, the other to French hip-hop. Killer, after the death of his rapper mate East established a label called Double H (for Hip-Hop) as a merchandising company and then a production label. In a few years, HH became one of the most influential independent labels on the market. When shifting from Universal to Small (Sony), the Hip-Hop Soul Party project became the Cut Killer Show with a first double CD published in 1997 (containing an outro by Jamel Debbouze), followed in 1998 by Operation Freestyle, a record fully dedicated to French underground. In 1999, Cut Killer and his associates produced R&B 2000, the collective album Double H DJ Crew, but also highly respected artists such as Fabe, Doudou Masta and 113, who managed to make their album Les Princes de la Ville a platinum record to end up winning two "Victoires de la Musique" (French music awards) in 2000. Double H is still developing with a team of street marketing, a clothing line "HH Wear", a publishing company called "Eastory Editions", followed by another production and publishing label "Eastory Production". Besides, Killer is booked by Chaos Prod agency, created by his brother Chakri. ... Source: Article "Cut Killer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Joaquin Perocillo

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Joaquin Perocillo (born May 1, 2001) is a Filipino filmmaker from Cavite who lived in Cebu City for 11 years, where his filmmaking journey began. He directed, produced, and edited Cinebuano (2023), a short documentary that won several local awards, including the World Building Award at Montañosa Film Festival. He also scored Cut/Off (Best Music, Sinepiyu 2022) and edited short films such as Papatuli (2024) and Purr (2022). He wants to see and be part of a movement in Philippine Cinema that embraces diversity, properly representing the languages and cultures found throughout the nation's many regions.
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Susan Willis

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Susan was born in CA but grew up along the Gulf Coast in both Mississippi and Florida in a Navy family. As an adult, Susan, joined the Air Force and fulfilled a successful enlistment term. After the military she pursued life in the coffee world working for various companies to include owning her own coffee shop from 2006 - 2010. Even though she has been acting since high school she found her true calling into the film industry in 2013 both on and off camera acting, casting and even some directing and light producing of her own short films. She loves to help things run smoothly on set and not afraid to jump in and help out as needed. Susan often travels throughout the Southeast for film projects in a variety of capacities. She is married to her very supportive husband Brian. Together, they have two grown children, a daughter and a son. Susan and her husband reside in SC near Augusta GA.
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Dick Cavett

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Richard Alva Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett has written an online column for The New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Lee Marvin, Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies.
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Annie Boyle

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Annie burst onto the scene as a RAW Comedy State finalist. In 2023, she was featured in the prestigious Comedy Zone showcase at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2024, she debuted her one-woman solo show Annie Are You Ok? which played at major festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe. Annie has trained in screen-acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and recently appeared in the award-winning comedy series Colin From Accounts. You may have seen Annie at the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, The Comedy Store, or touring with the Sydney Comedy Festival Roadshow.
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Reeves Gabrels

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Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band The Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York's Hudson Valley. His Nashville-based band since 2007, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends, features Gabrels on guitar and vocals. As a guitarist, Gabrels is recognized for his virtuosity and versatility, able to "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most." He has been characterized as "one of the most daring rock-guitar improvisers since Jimi Hendrix". As a songwriter and composer, Gabrels spans genres. The songs on Ulysses, an album from 2000, range from "hard-hitting blues rock to 21st century electronica", as Guitar World put it. Describing Rockonica, in 2005 Guitar Player's Andy Ellis wrote, "Gabrels walks the line between song structure and wiggy sonics like no one else... His tunes on Rockonica have familiar verse/chorus construction (and are often maddeningly catchy), and his riffs and solos typically possess the contours that define classic rock. But bubbling and roiling under and around this foundation are layers of eerie, broken sounds and oddball textures. And Gabrels isn't shy about juxtaposing genres. For example, "Underneath" ends with a trippy mélange of Wheels of Fire-era Clapton licks, acoustic Delta blues riffs, and fluttering, guitar-generated helicopter sounds."
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Roni Nicole

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Nicole is a Houston, Texas native, now residing in Raleigh, North Carolina. At an early age Roni Nicole showed a passion for the entertainment industry and by the age of 8, she was regularly performing vocally at church functions as well as in numerous pageants, dance recitals, and competitions. This was also her first time witnessing the inaugural episode of Monday Night RAW, igniting her passion for wrestling. After graduating high school, Roni Nicole pursued higher education at two different collegiate institutions as well as becoming a published model, semi-professional cheerleader, dance/color-guard instructor and starring in numerous independent film and theatrical productions such as ' For Colored Girls'. Growing up an avid wrestling fan, Roni Nicole honed and continued to sharpen her skills under the tutelage of "The Enforcer' CW Anderson, current NWA National Champion Lou Marconi, ECW's Chilly Willy. Seeking to change the business for the better Roni Nicole strives to add an intensity and ferocity to her matches not seen in most female talent today.
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Florence Tan

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Florence was the champion for Star Search Competition, attaining the title Star Search Winner & Miss Photogenic, organized by Singapore MediaCorp Studios in 1997. She is widely known for her roles in dramas such as The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 (1998) and Immortal Love不老传说 (1997). She last starred in a Singapore TV series, a supernatural drama, Zero To Hero (2005) and had a cameo appearance in Joys Of Life (2012). She left the industry in 2006 after marrying a Taiwanese businessman, and started acting again in 2011, in China. Through the years, Florence has won various awards. Voted by FHM Singapore Magazine, Florence topped the charts as 100 Most Sexy Woman in 2005. She was also nominated by Singapore Newspaper, “Zaobao” as Asia Top 50 Most Popular Artiste in 2004. She was nominated twice during Star Award Singapore for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste (2000, 2003), and consecutively for three years in a row for Best Supporting Actress (1999, 2000, 2001). Florence goes beyond Singapore; she was nominated twice by Star Award Singapore for Most Popular Artiste in Malaysia (2000, 2001). She has acted in multiple television series, Legendary Swordsman 笑傲江湖 (2000), A Child’s Hope 孩有明天 (2003), Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre 倚天屠龙记 (2003), The Dragon Heroes 赤子成龙 (2005), The Last Princess最后的格格 (2008), Tian Tian Happy 天天有喜 (2013) and Tian Tian Happy II 天天有喜II sitcoms such as My Genie我爱精灵 (2001) and My Genie (II) 我爱精灵 II (2001). Florence also has strong presence in variety shows such as Happy Whole Day (2001), New Era in Food (2003), Big sale in Weekend (2003), Happy in Australia (2006). She has released three albums thus far, ‘Wok Of Life’ CD (1999), ‘Celebration Mediacorp Music First Album’ (2001), ‘Chinese Goat New Year Song’ CD (2003). Florence was most recently part of Star Search 2019 to many long time viewer’s delight and was apart of local variety Happy Go Lucky. Now based in Singapore, we’re excited to see her in future local productions! Florence Tan is proudly represented by FLY Entertainment.
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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 October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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