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Steve Jordan
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Steve Jordan (born January 14, 1957) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical director and Grammy Award-winning artist, who has made a name for himself as a producer from the Bronx in New York City. A graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Jordan has additionally released an instructional program for drummers called The Groove is Here.
Arguably best known by fans as a drummer, Jordan has been a member of several bands and ensembles, and has spent a significant amount of his career backing other famous musicians as a sideman as well as a session player in recording studios. He has gained a good deal of visibility recently as a member, songwriter and co-producer of Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos, and later, the John Mayer Trio. Shortly afterward, he spent a significant amount of his career backing other luminaries including Eric Clapton in his touring band, touring and recording with others in the studio, while continuing to work a busy schedule as a record producer.
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Francesca Molteni
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Francesca Molteni studied Philosophy (University of Milan) and Film Production (New York Univer-sity). She worked for RAI, Italian National TV channel. Since 2002, she produces and directs docu-mentaries, television formats, videos, and curates design exhibitions. Writer and director of “Ultrafragola” TV series, a Sky TV program on design, she managed the launch and the production of the platform www.ultrafragola.com, the first web TV channel dedicated to design. In 2009 she founded MUSE Factory of Projects, her production company based in Milan, museweb.it. She directed Giocare l’Arte, an art format for RaiSat Ragazzi, Happy Birthday Dino Risi, a docu-mentary produced by Rai Cinema, Art Basel Miami Beach, L’Urlo, 50 Years of Beat and Peggy Guggenheim for RaiStoria, Ron Gilad, Loving Gio Ponti, and Alessandro Mendini. I wanted to be Walt Disney – three films presented at Festivals worldwide. In 2016 she travelled the East coast documenting the US election for “La Casa Bianca [The White House]”, a seven episodes TV program on air on Rai3, the third Italian National channel.
In 2012 she won the “Premio dei Premi” award for Innovation assigned by the President of the Italian Republic for the QallaM project, which received the Compasso d’Oro’s honorable men-tion. In 2013, she received the Cathay Pacific Award for women entrepreneurs. In 2014 she re-ceived the PIDA Design Prize for the “Where Architects Live” film and exhibition. Since 2012 she’s contributing to the Sunday edition of IlSole24Ore, Elle Decor, GQ and Vogue Ita-ly; she is the author of the book "Oggetti d’impresa [Objects of Business]", Carocci publisher, 2016.
In 2017 she has curated with Maria Cristina Didero SUPER DESIGN, a film about Italian Radical Design, promoted by R&Company Gallery and produced by MUSE;; in 2018 the documentary “The Power of The Archive. Renzo Piano Building Workshop” with Fulvio Irace and in collaboration with Renzo Piano FoundaOon.
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Lynda Johnson Robb
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born March 19, 1944) is the elder daughter of the 36th U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. She served as chairwoman of the Board of Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy organization, as well as chairwoman of the President's Advisory Committee for Women. She is a magazine editor who served as First Lady of Virginia from 1982 to 1986, and as Second Lady of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. She is the oldest living child of a U.S. president, following the death of John Eisenhower on December 21, 2013.
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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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Engelbert Humperdinck
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Arnold George Dorsey (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer described by AllMusic as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me".
Humperdinck started as a performer in the late 1950s under the name "Gerry Dorsey", but found success after 1965 when he partnered with manager Gordon Mills, who advised him to adopt the name of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck as a stage name. His recordings of the ballads "Release Me" and "The Last Waltz" topped the UK Singles Chart in 1967, selling more than a million copies each. Humperdinck scored further major hits in rapid succession, including "There Goes My Everything" (1967), "Am I That Easy to Forget" (1968), and "A Man Without Love" (1968). He attained a large following, with some of his most devoted fans calling themselves "Humperdinckers". Two of his singles were among the best-selling of the 1960s in the UK.
During the 1970s, Humperdinck had significant American chart successes with "After the Lovin'" (1976) and "This Moment in Time" (1979). He garnered a reputation as a concert performer and received renewed attention during the 1990s lounge revival with his recordings of "Lesbian Seagull" for the soundtrack of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) and a dance album (1998). The new millennium brought a range of musical projects, including the Grammy-nominated gospel album Always Hear the Harmony: The Gospel Sessions (2003) and the double album of duets Engelbert Calling (2014). Humperdinck represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku with the song "Love Will Set You Free", placing 25th out of 26. Humperdinck continues to record and tour, having sold more than 140 million records worldwide.
Dorsey was born in Madras, British India (now Chennai, India) in 1936, one of 10 children born to British Army NCO Mervyn Dorsey, who was of Irish descent, and his wife Olive who, according to the singer, was of German descent.His family moved to Leicester, England, when he was ten years old. He later showed an interest in music and began learning the saxophone. By the early 1950s, he was playing saxophone in nightclubs, but he is believed not to have begun singing until he was in his late teens. His impression of Jerry Lewis prompted friends to begin calling him "Gerry Dorsey", a name that he worked under for almost a decade. ...
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Zoe Hardman
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Hardman was born in Kent, England. She was a presenter on ITV's phone-in quiz show Glitterball. She is heavily involved in the Entertainment and Fashion show weekly for the online entertainment syndication company ReelKandi TV. She also continues to do commercials, acting and voiceover work. In 2011, Zoe was the showbiz news reporter for an on-line channel (T5M) and also spent time filming at The Ashes (Cricket) tournament for the ECB. Hardman was one of the main presenters on the Nuts TV channel on Friday and Saturday nights.
In January 2012, she began hosting Take Me Out: The Gossip on ITV2 alongside Mark Wright, until the show was rested in 2014. She did not return to the show when it was revived in 2015. She also appeared as MC at the Boodles tennis tournament at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.
In June 2015, Zoe started hosting her own late night radio show across the Heart network from 10pm-1am. In August 2016, she moved from late-nights to Sunday afternoons on the station. In January 2020, Hardman became installed as the host of Heart Weekend Breakfast but was then moved to Saturday afternoons and Sunday mid-mornings following the departure of Sian Welby. She then was on between 6 - 9am Sat & 9am - 12pm Sun since 2023 she is only on Sundays 9am - 12pm. She presents Made by Mammas: The Podcast alongside Georgia Dayton. On 25 April 2016, Hardman announced that she was expecting her first child with her rugby player boyfriend, Paul Doran-Jones. Their daughter, Luna, was born on 19 September 2016. A further son, Kit, was born on 28 April 2018. She spoke about going through the menopause aged just 34.
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Ali Siddiq
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Siddiq was born in Houston. After his parents' separation, Siddiq and his siblings were raised by their single mother, living for a time in the projects. He and his siblings also went on to live with other family members. Siddiq started selling drugs around the age of 14 and was imprisoned at the age of 19 for trafficking in cocaine. He served 6 years of a 15 year sentence in the Ruben M. Torres Unit in Hondo, Texas. It was during his incarceration, while telling jokes to fellow inmates, that he discovered his ability to make people laugh. He worked in the prison's laundromat and his workmates were his captive audience.
After his release from prison in 1997, Siddiq started doing stand-up at the Just Joking Comedy Cafe in Houston. His first stage appearance was during the comedy club's Apollo Night, which tended to attract a college crowd. Siddiq was booed on his first occasion on stage because he was wearing a suit. He decided to wait a couple of weeks before trying again while wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Siddiq became the co-host of the Apollo Night show a month later.
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Antonije Stankovic
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Antonije Stankovic (born 1996 in Munich) is a German actor.
Antonije Stankovic studied acting at the Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts. He gained his first stage experience at the *Junges Residenztheater* in Munich in the production *Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark* (We Are Young. We Are Strong), directed by Anja Sczilinski.
In 2018, Stankovic performed in the production *Das Leben auf der Praça Roosevelt* at the Wilhelma Theater in Stuttgart, directed by Eugene Jebeleanu. During the 2018/19 season, he also appeared in the theater production *Rage*.
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Renato Neto
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At age 7 Renato started playing piano inspired by pianist and arranger Cesar Camargo Mariano. At 15 Renato was further skilled by Walter "Eski" Roberto, playing night clubs in Sao Bernardo do Campo was where he started to put that work into action. When Renato was 17 his family relocated to Rio de Janeiro. Renato started working with artists like Biafra, Sandra de Sa, Amelinha, Roberto Carlos, Kid Abelha, Claudio Zoli, Barao Vermelho, Tim Maia, Margareth Menezes, Marina Lima, Renato E Seus Blue Caps, Prentice Gilson, Carmen Silva, Gil Gilberto, Artur Maia, Leo Gandelman, Victor Biglione, Raul Mascarenhas, Nico Assuncao, Marcio Montarroyos, Ricardo Silveira and others.
In 1991 Renato relocated to California, USA. In 1992 he met musicians Marco Mendoza (bass) and Joey Heridia (drums) and formed a trio called Straight Jacket with which they toured through Europe and South America. They also recorded a live CD at the La Ve Lee jazz club in Studio City, California.
Renato has played and recorded with Dianne Reeves, Michael Ruff, Ronnie Foster, Marilyn Scott, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, Sandro Albert. In 2000 Renato and his friend, drummer Tal Bergman put together a recording studio. Where they produced Rod Stewart, Marilyn Scott and Flavio Bala amongst others. He also scored some films including; Dancing At The Blue Iguana and Kill Me Later.
In 2000 he joined Sheila E.'s E-Train band and recorded and toured with her. In the Fall of 2001 onwards Renato joned The NPG, brought to the attention of Prince by Sheila E., like most of Prince's band members since the late 90's.
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Beni Malone
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A graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Clown College, Three Schools of Art, Toronto and L'ecole Nationale Du Cirque in Paris, France; Beni Malone has almost single-handedly introduced and developed professional clowning and circus arts in Newfoundland and Labrador.
His innovative style and thrilling, energetic performances have entertained thousands of children and adults throughout Newfoundland, the Maritimes, and across Canada.
Best known for his work as a professional clown, Beni began his career with the Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company in 1974. He has performed nationally and internationally in theatre, television and film. Beni is the founder and Artistic Director of Wonderbolt Productions, which has been creating and producing original circus inspired theatre since 1982.
Malone has written a variety of critically acclaimed shows including "Reunion At Purgatory High", with Mark Critch, "All Fool's Day", and "Wunderground" an original show for the GEO Centre. Over the past decade he has presented The Wonderbolt Circus to enthusiastic full houses. Wonderbolt's circus show "Tricksters" was performed at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, and their circus shows "Cirkzilla" "Bolt Out of the Blue" and "CIrcus Glorious" have toured extensively from 2012 through 2018.
Malone has also developed curriculum-based circus-arts programs for Phys. Ed classes of all levels. In 2005 Wonderbolt he began working with the Innu Education Authority to create a circus/performing arts program for their students. He also was instrumental in setting up the Kamataukashiuat Arts Festival in Sheshatshiu and Natuashish, Labrador which ran for nine years. Wonderbolt also operates its own Circus School in St. John's. In 2006 he was awarded the Arts In Education Award by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.
In 2016 he began working with the Nunatsiavut Government to develop A circus/physical arts program along the remote northern coast of Labrador. This project has now been expanded and will hopefully include all the communities in Nunatsiavut.
Wonderbolt recently launched the first successful St. John's International CircusFest in September, 2019. In addition to this he operates The Space, a downtown cultural and training centre. He is presently working on researching and writing "Big Top Pop Up' loosely based on a circus which visited St. John's in 1925.
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