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Oliver North

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Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, sales which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. North was granted limited immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before Congress about the scheme. He was initially convicted on three felony charges, but the convictions were vacated and reversed and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. North unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by Chuck Robb from Virginia in 1994. In a three-way race, North narrowly lost to Robb by a margin of 2.73%. He then hosted a talk show on Radio America from 1995 to 2003 and one on Fox News from 2001 to 2016. He was also president of the National Rifle Association from 2018 to 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Grazi Massafera

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Grazielli "Grazi" Soares Massafera (born 28 June 1982) is a Brazilian actress and former model. Her accolades include an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress. She began her career as a model , winning the Miss Paraná contest in 2004. She achieved notoriety when she participated in the fifth edition of the reality show Big Brother Brasil , in which she came second. Her first appearance in television drama was as a supporting actress in the soap opera Páginas da Vida (2006), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards as a new actress. He played prominent roles in the soap operas Negócio da China (2008), Tempos Modernos (2010) and Flor do Caribe (2013), receiving some negative reviews for his work. However, she was praised for her performance as a drug-addicted model in the soap opera Verdades Secretas (2015), being awarded the APCA Award, Troféu Imprensa and Melhores do Ano as best supporting actress, as well as an International Emmy nomination. She was also praised for her performance as an eccentric seamstress in Bom Sucesso (2019), being again nominated for several national awards.
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Eddie Cole

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Eddie Cole was an American jazz musician also known as Edward Bennett Coles. He was the older brother of the famous jazz and pop legend Nat “King” Cole. He was born in 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama, as the first child of Reverend Edward J. Cole and Perlina Adams. Eddie Cole moved to Chicago with his family in 1923, where he studied both piano and bass. By the time he was 17, he had organized his own band. Eddie Cole had the opportunity to work with his younger brother Nat “King” Cole during the late '30s and recorded his first credited records as a bandleader in association with Nat “King” Cole’s late-'30s group, the Rogues of Rhythm. Eddie Cole played alongside greats such as Sidney Bechet and Clarence Brereton while he was a member of Noble Sissle’s band, the Sizzling Syncopators. After leaving Sissle’s band following a tour of Europe in 1936, Eddie Cole joined his brother’s group, the Rogues of Rhythm, with whom he recorded under their name and also several sides credited to Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers. Eddie Cole relocated to Philadelphia after World War II, where he organized a new group called the Three Loose Nuts and a Bolt. Later on, he renamed his band Eddie Cole & His Gang. In the second half of the 1950s, Eddie Cole moved to Los Angeles and formed a piano/vocal duo called the Two Hot Coles with his wife Betty King. They were among the earliest artists signed to Warner Bros. label at the end of the 1950s. Eddie Cole took on a role in Warner Bros. television detective series Bourbon Street Beat in 1959, playing the Baron, a pianist at a New Orleans club around which the action took place. Eddie Cole retired during the 1960s and passed away in 1970 at the age of 68. You can find more information about Eddie Cole on AllMusic or Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
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Alex Kavutskiy

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Alex Kavutskiy is a writer and director based in Los Angeles, California. His 2018 film Squirrel was awarded Best International Short Film at the Calgary Underground Film Festival as well as Winner in the Short Film category at the Chicago Critics Film Fest, and was also a nominee for Short Film Grand Prize at Sundance. Alex is a multiple recipient of Channy Awards from LA's monthly Channel 101 film festival. Additionally, he has written for multiple sitcoms including Netflix's 'Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!' starring Jamie Foxx.
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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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Joanna Horton

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Joanna Horton is an English actress, notable for her stage and television work, including an episode of Robin Hood (series 1 episode 4), Father Brown, Spooks and Foyle's War. In 2009, Horton played Hannah in Days of Significance, written by Roy Williams, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and played Barbara in The Gods Weep, written by Dennis Kelly, in 2010. In the same year, Horton also played Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard, written by Anton Chekhov, at the Birmingham Rep, and Anna in Town, written by D.C. Moore, at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. She appeared as Deb in an adaptation of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's Belongings at Hampstead Theatre and Trafalgar Studios in 2011. During summer 2013 she appeared again with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Celia in As You Like It and Helena in All's Well That Ends Well. In 2017, she played Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Constanza Hernández

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Jeannie Constanza Hernández Vargas (Bogotá, April 23, 1987), known artistically as Constanza Hernández or Connie, is a Colombian stage, film, and television actress. She rose to fame for her portrayal of Helena in the play "Gorda" at the Teatro Nacional La Castellana between 2009 and 2010, a leading role that marked her professional debut and opened doors for her in the arts. She has participated in numerous Colombian productions and has solidified her career with roles in successful telenovelas and series. She began her career in theater and quickly transitioned to television with appearances in series such as "A corazón abierto" (2010), "La Teacher de inglés," "Chica vampiro," "Mentiras perfectas," "Fugitivos" (where she played Maribel Pardo), and "Metástasis." She gained wider recognition for her role as Francisca "Panchita" López in "Pasión de gavilanes 2" (2022) and for her work in "La negociadora" (2021). In film, she has stood out in productions such as Lokillo en: Mi otra yo (2021) and El paseo 8: La luna de hiel (2025), among others. For several years she has resided in Mexico City, where she has continued her acting career and faced personal challenges, such as vision problems that led her to undergo corneal transplants. In 2026, she appeared in the Netflix series María, la caprichosa. Nominated for a TVyNovelas Award for Best New Actress for La Teacher de inglés, she is recognized for her versatility and presence in both Colombian and international productions.
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Lucile Browne

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lucile Browne (March 18, 1907 – May 10, 1976) was an American film actress. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 films Texas Terror and Rainbow Valley. While filming The Airmail Mystery in 1932, Browne met her future husband, actor James Flavin. They married soon after and stayed together for more than 40 years until his passing on April 23, 1976. Devastated over his death, Browne died seventeen days later on May 10. She had one son, William James Flavin, a professor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucile Browne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kalpana Mohan

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Kalpana (18 July 1946 – 4 January 2012), born Archana Mohan, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema in the 1960s. She appeared with Shammi Kapoor in the 1962 film Professor, with Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar in Pyar Kiye Jaa (1966), with Dev Anand in Teen Devian, with Pradeep Kumar in Saheli and with Feroz Khan in Tasveer and Teesra Kaun. Daughter of revolutionary Avani Mohan, she was also an accomplished Kathak dancer trained under Pandit Shambhu Maharaj. She lived in Pune with her family.
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Daphné Patakia

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Daphné Patakia grew up in Belgium and graduated from the Greek National Theatre and has since appeared in major stage productions throughout Europe. She is known for Yorgos Zois', INTERRUPTION. The film premiered in the Orizzonti sidebar of the 2015 Venice Film Festival. Next up she plays the starring role gang member, Ioanna, in Constantine Giannaris' new film SPRING AWAKENING aka To xypnima tis anoixis soon to be released in theaters in 2016. She next be seen in Alexandros Voulgaris' upcoming feature film NIMA. Earlier this year Daphné was selected as one of the brightest and best of Europe and announced as one of this years 2016 European Shooting Stars. She was chosen by a jury of top industry experts, to be presented to the film world during the opening weekend at the Berlin Film Festival. : "Daphné is a charismatic presence on the screen, she convinced the jury with her extraordinary focus, her air of mystery and her willingness to express extreme emotions in astonishing ways."
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