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Brandon Lee
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Brandon Bruce Lee, born February 1, 1965, in Oakland, California, was an American actor and martial artist who tragically died young during his ascent to stardom. Son of the legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, Brandon inherited his father's athletic prowess and later followed him into the world of entertainment.
Lee's early life was split between California and Hong Kong. After his father's sudden death in 1973 when Brandon was just eight, he moved to Seattle with his mother and sister. Despite initial challenges as a teenager, Lee's interest in acting grew. He honed his craft at prestigious institutions like Emerson College and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Lee's film career began in the late 1980s. He opted to start in Hong Kong action films, capitalizing on his martial arts background and name recognition. His debut in "Legacy of Rage" (1986) garnered him a Hong Kong Film Award nomination for Best New Performer. Lee followed this with roles in films like "Laser Mission" (1989) and "Showdown in Little Tokyo" (1991), showcasing his charisma and action hero potential.
In 1992, Lee landed the lead role in "The Crow," a dark fantasy film based on a popular comic book. The character, Eric Draven, a murdered musician seeking revenge, resonated with Lee. However, during filming in 1993, a tragic on-set accident involving a prop gun led to Brandon Lee's accidental shooting and death at the young age of 28.
Despite the devastating circumstances, "The Crow" was completed using special effects and released in 1994. The film became a cult classic, forever linked to Lee's memory and unfulfilled potential. Brandon Lee's legacy remains one of immense talent and a promising career cut tragically short.
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Ruby Lin
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Lin Xin Ru (林心如) also known as Ruby Lin is a Taiwanese actress, pop singer and producer born on January 27 1976 in Taipei. Her English name is from her mother's love of the jewel. Lin made her acting debut in a TV commercial in Taiwan. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, for a minor role, she started to develop a passion for acting. In 1997, after playing supporting roles in various Taiwanese TV dramas, she took her breakout role as a leading actress in the television series Princess Pearl and its sequel, Princess Pearl II. In 1999, after Princess Pearl was broadcast, she also began a singing career with her first album, a five-track EP. Following the success of Princess Pearl, Lin has acted in a variety of major roles, such as the sassy Jian Ning princess in Duke of Mount Deer 2000, the cruel assassin Cai Yue in Flying Daggers (2003), the gentle-natured Man Zhen in Half Life Fate (2003), benevolent & intelligent queen in Schemes of a Beauty (2010) and spunky tomboy Sun Shangxiang in Three Kingdoms (2010). For her achievements in films and television series, Korean media dubbed her Taiwan's number-one actress and goddess of ancient Chinese series. In 2010 Ruby Lin announced the establishment of her own company, Ruby Lin Studio. Taiwan media reports that the company will deal with all aspects of the actress's career, including acting, singing and film roles.
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Danny Pudi
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Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest. He played the lead role in The Tiger Hunter, a comedic and warmhearted independent film surrounding the immigrant experience directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. His short film, Running, which he wrote himself, follows Pudi as he sets out on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
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Melissa Wulfemeyer-Valenzuela
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Melissa's passion for casting and discovering new talent is undeniable. No matter the size of the budget or timetable challenges, Melissa always assembles a strong roster of candidates for each role, large or small. She maintains solid professional relationships with her connections at elite talent agencies. Louise Spinner at United Talent Agency describes Melissa as "dependable, dedicated and delightful." Melissa has cast several independent films, including Rage, starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and Danny Glover; USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, starring Nic Cage, Tom Sizemore, James Remar, Matt Lanter and Thomas Jane; and The Great Alaskan Race, starring Treat Williams, Bruce Davison, Henry Thomas, Brad Leland and more. Melissa not only enjoys casting projects with veteran actors like Malcolm McDowell and Lou Diamond Phillips, she relishes in finding diverse new talent. She has "an exceptionally keen eye for matching talent with the needs of the script," says UTA's Brian Nossokoff. Melissa believes every film should have a "distinct bouquet of characters," a philosophy she shared with director Mario Van Peebles on USSI: Men of Courage. She highly values her relationships with the production leaders and crew as well as with the talent and their representatives. Her career in entertainment began as a talent scout for actors, singers and models. She parlayed that experience into working as a casting assistant for the incomparable Stan Lee and documentary king Morgan Spurlock on Comic-Con IV: A Fan's Hope. In addition to her work as a casting director for feature films, Melissa also has provided casting services for 8i, an international virtual reality software development company. Melissa grew up in Hawaii and San Diego and now lives in Marina Del Rey, California. She has two handsome sons, Kona and Niko.
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Neil Wells
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Neil was born and raised in West Des Moines, Iowa. He's the youngest of three children. He was raised in what he refers to as, "the most normal environment imaginable." His passion for sports and competition were the center point of his life growing up. He competed in competitive sports all year around through high school and continues to compete in stock car racing today. His other passion growing up was the Theatre. Although his schedule was filled with sports he still made time to act in one or two plays a year. After high school he went on to study theatre at Drake University. Neil began to work professionally while still in college landing various roles in film, industrial film, commercials as well as many modeling jobs. Just out of college he toured with an international Theatre company and performed in various Theatre productions around the country after that. After the birth of his daughter in 1992 he decided to put his acting career on hold to provide a more stable and secure home for his daughter to grow up in. In 2008 he began working again in smaller independent productions behind the camera as well as in front and even won awards for his directing with Dark Art Films. Today Neil is once again dedicated full time to his career pursuits and has formed his own independent production company adding Executive producer to his credits and excited about taking his career in front of and behind the camera to the highest levels possible.
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Rafael Kapelinski
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Rafael Kapelinski is a film director and a story development specialist, who is working internationally. His feature 'Butterfly Kisses' won the Crystal Bear at the International Film Festival in Berlin (2017) and was long-listed for the British Independent Film Award for Directing.
Rafael trained at the National Film and Television School (Beaconsfield, UK), The London Film School (London, UK), The Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing (Warsaw, Poland), The University of Washington (Seattle, USA), Columbia University (New York, USA), and Nicholas Copernicus University (Torun, Poland).
He has also participated in many Media-sponsored screenplay development workshops including ScriptEast, Les Premiers Plans and Ekran.
Rafael's short 'Emily Cries' won multiple international awards. His feature project 'Up On The Roof' won Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Cinefondation Residence Award. His short 'To Bury The Horse' was a finalist in the 2011 Bosch Stiftung Competition. He also worked as script supervisor on Nina Gantz's BAFTA-winning short animation 'Edmond' (over fifty other international awards).
Other feature directing credits include 'A Woman At Night'. He is currently in pre-production with 'Budapest Diaries' (Polish Film Institute / Domino Films/Filmfabriq).
Represented by Match & Spark.
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Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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I’m so pleased to be part of this cherished and much loved institution. Presenting The Sky at Night has brought me full circle; as a child I would beg my parents to allow me to stay up late and watch the programme. It even inspired me to go to night school at a young age to make my own telescope mirror, which I lovingly crafted and gave me my first glimpse of the breath-taking spectacle above us.
This enthusiasm eventually led to a degree in Physics and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and then working on the wonderful 8m Gemini telescope in Chile, as well as the James Webb Space Telescope. Growing up, I always wanted to be an astronaut - I haven’t succeeded in doing that (yet!) but being a space scientist is the next best thing because I’m building instruments that go into space.
I’m very lucky to have found work I enjoy so much and that is also so varied – not just building equipment that goes into space but also talking about it. I like to pass on my enthusiasm when I can. But I haven’t given up on that dream; I want to retire to Mars. Some people choose gardening, I choose Mars!
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Sonny Curtis
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Sonny Curtis (May 9, 1937 – September 19, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter. Known for his collaborations with Buddy Holly, he was a member of the Crickets and continued with the band after Holly's death in 1959. He is a member of three music Halls of Fame including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Curtis's best known compositions include "Walk Right Back", a major hit in 1961 for the Everly Brothers; "I Fought the Law", notably covered by the Bobby Fuller Four, the Clash, and Green Day; "Love is All Around", the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show; "More Than I Can Say", co-written with The Crickets' drummer Jerry Allison and a hit for Leo Sayer in 1980, and "I'm No Stranger to the Rain", a #1 Country hit for Keith Whitley in 1989.
Curtis died from pneumonia at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 19, 2025, at the age of 88.
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Polina Vitorgan
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Polina Vitorgan (born July 26, 1996, Moscow) is a Russian theater and film actress. She was born in the family of actors Maxim Vitorgan and Victoria Verberg. In 2015, she completed a course at the New York Film Academy. In 2017, she graduated from RATI-GITIS (Workshop of A.V. Borodin) and joined the RAMT troupe, where she worked until 2021. Meanwhile, in 2018, the audience saw her in the play "The Snow Maiden", staged at the Theater of Nations by Oleg Dolin. In 2022, the actress left Russia for political reasons and now lives in Israel.
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Maanuv Thiara
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Maanuv is an award winning actor and creative. He grew up in the West Midlands, before attending Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2016. Since then, as an actor he has worked consistently across all mediums. Recent screen credits include; LANDSCAPERS (HBO), LINE OF DUTY (BBC), TED LASSO (Apple), Varsity (Apple) and DI RAY (ITV), for which he was nominated for an RTS Midlands Award for Best Actor. Recent stage credits include THE FATHER AND THE ASSASSIN (National Theatre) and THE CHERRY ORCHARD (ETT). As a writer, he won the National Theatre’s “New Views” Competition, culminating in his play, 8 WEEKS, being produced at The SHED, he is an Associate Artist of RIFCO Theatre Company and his short film, “BAMBINO” was produced by Bigger Pictures Productions.
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