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Alexandra Kazazou
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Alexandra Kazazou, Greek-Polish, born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied at the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and then completed her MA in Acting, under the auspices of Manchester Metropolitan University. From 2010 to 2016, she was a close collaborator with the Grotowski Institute in Poland, while in Greece she works as an actor, director and teacher. She has taught at the State Drama School of Northern Greece (2018-2019), the Drama School of the National Theatre (2016-2017) and the Higher Private Drama School “Delos” (2016-2022).
The academic year 2022-23 finds her teaching at the drama school of the Athens Conservatory, at the Academy of Arts 100 and at the MA in acting program of the Metropolitan College. In Greece, she has collaborated as an actress with renowned directors, choreographers and composers including Michael Marmarinos, Yannis Mantafounis, Io Voulgaraki, Yannis Leontaris, Petros Sevastikoglou, Filippos Tsalahouris, etc.
She is also a founding member and director of the theater group Teatr Andra, which is based in Istanbul and consists of Greek, Turkish and Polish artists. In 2017 she was nominated for the Eleftheria Sapountzis Theatre Award and in 2018 for the Melina Mercouri Theatre Award. She has taught many seminars at the Grotowski Institute, as a member of the Studio Matejka Physical Theater Group (2010-2015). She has also taught as a professor in residency at St. Lawrence University in New York (2014) and at Gonzaga University in Washington State (2015). She has given masterclasses at Calarts University in Los Angeles, California (2018). In 2020, together with photographer Karol Jarek, she founded the TRANSATLANTIC GROUP and its activity is of an artistic, educational, research and social nature.
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Nilambur Ayisha
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Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one a supporting actress in late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam movies. She has acted in more than 50 movies.
She was born at Nilambur and was a theatre artist before becoming a cine artist. She made her film debut with Kandam Becha Kottu, the first colour film in Malayalam, in 1961. She suffered many hardships in her early years of drama acting. It was Nilambur Aysha's move against the opposition of Muslim orthodoxy that paved the way for several other Muslim women to take up acting and singing. Zeenath was one of the actresses she inspired
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Jewels Sparkles
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Jewels Sparkles is an American drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2025).
Jewels Sparkles is based in Tampa, Florida. They are of Puerto Rican and Cuban herritage.
While visiting family in Puerto Rico, her cousin Alondra turned on Drag Race, and Jewels got into drag right after. She has been featured on Trinity the Tuck's single "Six Six Sex" alongside fellow Drag Race castmate Sam Star. She cites Ariana Grande and Priscilla Presley as her drag inspirations.
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Vivek Oberoi
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Vivek Oberoi (born Vivek Anand Oberoi) is an Indian film actor. He predominantly appears in Hindi films. He has won a number of awards, including two Filmfare Awards from five nominations. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi.
He made his Hindi film debut with Arvind Khoja and Ram Gopal Varma's super-hit Company (2002). His performance earned him several awards including the Filmfare Awards for Best Male Debut and Best Supporting Actor. He achieved wider success for his performances in the 2002 romantic drama Saathiya, the 2004 comedy Masti, the 2005 natural horror Kaal and the 2007 biographical action Shootout at Lokhandwala.
In addition to his acting career, Oberoi is a philanthropist. He was awarded the Good Samaritan Award by Rotary International for his work with Project Hope and the Red and White Bravery Award in 2006 for helping re-build a village which was damaged by a tsunami. Oberoi serves as the World Health Organization's anti-tobacco spokesperson. He has been involved in projects such as Project Devi, the Cancer Patients Aid Association and Banyan, which works towards rehabilitating mentally challenged homeless women. He has also participated in stage shows, and featured as a talent judge for three seasons of the reality show India's Best Dramebaaz. He has featured on PETA's annual list of Sexiest Vegetarians on several occasions and is the founder of KARRM Infrastructures.
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Jack Veo
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Jack Anthony Veo (born February 23, 2006) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Milford, Massachusetts and is currently a student at Ithaca College in New York. He is known for writing and directing films such as Once Upon a Heist (2020), Syndicate (2022), Twice Upon a Heist (2021), Blood Moon Parts One and Two (2023-24), Dead Shift (2024) and Ripoff (2024). Veo is one of the three founders of the production company DVR Productions. He often collaborates with his long-time friends, director Jack Ricca and screenwriter Andrew DiGiando.
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Bruno Lauer
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Bruno Lauer is an American professional wrestling manager, referee, and occasional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Dr. Harvey Wippleman and Downtown Bruno. Wippleman began his career working in professional wrestling promotions in the Southern United States, especially Memphis. In the 1990s, he debuted in WWE, where he managed wrestlers such as Sid Justice, Kamala, Giant Gonzalez and Bertha Faye. In 2000, he became the first and only man to win the WWF Women's Championship. Wippleman works backstage in WWE and occasionally manages in the Memphis area as Downtown Bruno.
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Jeremy Davies
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Jeremy Boring (born October 28, 1969), known professionally as Jeremy Davies, is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Ray Aibelli in Spanking the Monkey (1994), Corporal Timothy Upham in Saving Private Ryan (1998), Snow in Solaris (2002), Bill Henson in Dogville (2003), Charles Manson in Helter Skelter (2004), Sergeant Gene DeBruin in Rescue Dawn (2006) and Daniel Faraday on the series Lost (2008–2010).
Davies won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 for his portrayal of Dickie Bennett in the series Justified (2011–2015). He also received the BAFTA Award for Best Performance in a Video Game for his role as Baldur in God of War (2018).
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Vivien Leigh
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Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), both performances that solidified her place among the greatest actresses of classic cinema.
Leigh was the only child of Ernest Hartley, a British broker, and Gertrude Yackjee, who had Anglo-Indian and Armenian ancestry. She spent her childhood between England and Europe, attending convent schools before enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in 1932, setting the stage for her acting career.
Her film debut came in Things Are Looking Up (1934), followed by roles in British films such as Fire Over England (1937), where she starred alongside Laurence Olivier. Their professional collaboration soon became a high-profile romance, capturing public fascination.
Leigh’s breakthrough role was Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), a part for which she beat hundreds of actresses in a legendary casting search. The film became one of the most celebrated in cinematic history, and her performance earned international acclaim, securing her first Academy Award.
Leigh continued to star in films such as Waterloo Bridge (1940) and That Hamilton Woman (1941), frequently working with Olivier, whom she married in 1940. Their union lasted 20 years, during which they became one of the most revered couples in theater and film, starring together in Shakespearean productions and three films.
In 1951, she won her second Academy Award for A Streetcar Named Desire, where her portrayal of Blanche DuBois was deeply personal, reflecting her own struggles with mental health.
Leigh suffered from bipolar disorder, which profoundly affected her career and personal relationships. She also battled chronic tuberculosis, first diagnosed in the mid-1940s, which ultimately led to her death on July 8, 1967, at the age of 53.
After divorcing Olivier in 1960, she found companionship with actor John Merivale, who remained by her side until her passing.
Despite periods of career instability, Leigh remains one of the most celebrated actresses of her time. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked her as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema. She also won a Tony Award for Tovarich (1963), proving her talent extended beyond film.
Her beauty, talent, and dedication made her an enduring icon, and her performances continue to be studied and celebrated worldwide.
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Malcolm Hulke
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Malcolm Ainsworth Hulke (21 November 1924 – 6 July 1979) was a British television writer and author of the industry "bible" Writing for Television in the 70s. He is remembered chiefly for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who although he contributed to many popular television series of the era.
Known as "Mac" throughout his life, Hulke was born out of wedlock in 1924 and never knew his father. He later discussed the social stigma of illegitimacy and his personal experiences of it in a 1964 radio documentary and a 1973 op-ed piece in The Observer. He lived with his mother, Marian, until her death in 1943 in Cumberland. In 1945 he was conscripted into the Royal Navy. Impressed by the Russian prisoners of War whom he met in Norway and by the Red Army's defeat of the Nazis on the Eastern Front, Hulke joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1945 and worked briefly as a typist in the party's headquarters. He left the party in 1951, objecting to the Soviet Union's hostility to Yugoslavia and its line on the Korean War, but soon re-joined, and appears to have remained a member of the party until the early 1960s. His politics remained firmly on the left, and this was reflected in his writings, which often explored anti-authoritarian, environmental, and humanist themes.
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Chan Kin-Man
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Chan Kin-man (Chinese: 陳健民, born 9 March 1959) is a former associate professor of sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign that strove for universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2017. In 1993, Chen began teaching at the Department of Sociology at CUHK, and retired in 2019.
Over the years in mainland China and Hong Kong, he has served various positions in the public services, and set up a number of non-governmental organizations. He is currently the director of the Hong Kong Civil Education Foundation and member of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Democratic Development Network. In March 2013, Chan, together with Benny Tai and Chu Yiu-ming, initiated the nonviolent civil disobedience campaign “Occupy Central with Love and Peace”, to call for universal suffrage in Hong Kong, which sowed the seeds for the now globally-known Umbrella Movement in 2014.
In 2019, Chan was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in the Umbrella Movement.
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