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Bugsy Siegel
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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (/ˈsiːɡəl/; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was a Jewish-American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was influential within the Jewish Mob, along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, the Italian-American Mafia, and the largely Italian-Jewish National Crime Syndicate. Described as "handsome" and "charismatic," Siegel became one of the first front-page celebrity gangsters.
Siegel was one of the founders and leaders of Murder, Inc. and became a bootlegger during American Prohibition. After the Twenty-first Amendment was passed in 1933 repealing Prohibition, he turned to illegal gambling. In 1936, Siegel left New York and moved to California. His time as a mobster during this period was mainly as a hitman and muscle, as he was noted for his prowess with guns and violence. In 1941, Siegel was tried for the murder of friend and fellow mobster Harry Greenberg, who had turned informant; he was acquitted in 1942.
Siegel traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he handled and financed some of the city's original casinos. He assisted developer William R. Wilkerson's Flamingo Hotel after Wilkerson ran out of funds. Siegel assumed control of the project and managed the final stages of construction. The Flamingo opened on December 26, 1946, in a three-day event that was well received. Without a hotel to accompany the casino, the Flamingo struggled and closed from February 6 until the hotel reopened March 1, 1947. Siegel’s mob partners were convinced that an estimated US$1 million of the construction budget overrun had been skimmed by Siegel, his girlfriend Virginia Hill or by both of them. On June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot dead at the age of 41 by a sniper through the window of Hill's Linden Drive mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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Timothy Leary
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Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project during American legality of LSD and psilocybin, resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. Leary's colleague, Richard Alpert, was fired from Harvard University on May 27, 1963 for giving psilocybin to an undergraduate student. Leary was planning to leave Harvard when his teaching contract expired in June, the following month. He was fired, for "failure to keep classroom appointments", with his pay docked on April 30. (Wikipedia)
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Jamil Walker Smith
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Jamil Walker Smith (born August 20, 1982) is an American actor. His best known role is as the voice of Gerald, a fourth grader and Arnold's best friend in the Nickelodeon TV series Hey Arnold!. He also appeared on various shows like Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, Bones, The X-Files, and The Bernie Mac Show. He is an actor by trade and writes, acts and directs his own short film projects. He recently portrayed Master Sergeant Ronald Greer in the third series of the Stargate franchise, Stargate Universe.
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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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Lorna Tolentino
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Victoria Lorna Perez Aluquin-Fernandez (born 23 December 1961) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Manila By Night (1980), Moral (1982), Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos (1988), Narito Ang Puso Ko (1992), Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara (1995), Abakada... Ina (2002), Magnifico (2004), and Crazy Beautiful You (2016). For her work in the film Narito Ang Puso Ko, she won the Best Actress Award from the Luna Awards, FAMAS Awards, Gawad Urian, and Star Awards — thus completing the grand slam of Philippine movies.
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J.B. Benn
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J.B. Benn is an artist and entertainer, hailed as being one of the greatest close-up illusionists in the world.
He has performed for notable figures like Warren Buffet, Bono, and Mary Tyler Moore and corporate clients such as Google, HBO, and Rolling Stone were just a few of the clients on his list. He has also entertained celebrities and guests at Vanity Fair's Oscar Party for over five years, as well as many Golden Globe after-parties. Various publications have written about his artistry, including Vanity Fair and Vogue.
In 2013, he starred in a new series for the Travel Channel called Magic Man. For the show, Benn traveled around the world and performed illusions for both locals and tourists. He also co-hosted two shows with Chris Korn. Mondo Magic aired on A&E and was filmed in the United States, Singapore, and Canada, and Magic Asia aired on AXN and took place in Mumbai, India.
A few of his special appearances include Late Night with Conan O'Brien, an NBC special called The Royal Family of Monaco, and starring alongside Harrison Ford in Paramount Picture's Sabrina.
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Teruyuki Kagawa
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Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator.
Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is the film actress Sanae Takasugi.
In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since very early ages, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given the custody of him. After that event, he never saw his father again, and his mother refused to give him any training on the Kabuki art and he grew believing that it was "something that must not be watched". However he tried several times to meet his biological father. When he was 20, he went to one of his performances and asked if he could see him, stating that he was Ennosuke's son, but when his father's assistants reported to him the situation he refused, stating that he didn't have any son.
He graduated in social psychology at the University of Tokyo and decided to start a career in cinema.
He has twice been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards, once for Warau Iemon and once for Kita no zeronen. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Mt. Tsurugidake.
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Chitra Dewi
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Roro Patma Dewi Tjitrohadikusumo (26 January 1934 – 28 October 2008), known as Chitra Dewi was an Indonesian actress, producer, writer and director. Her name began to be known to the public when she starred in the film Tiga Dara with Mieke Wijaya and Indriati Iskak .
Chitra Dewi is one of the actresses who became a director in the world of Indonesian films, which is still rare. Others are Ratna Asmara (Tuberose Night, 1950) and Sofia WD (South Storm, 1960). The first time he played in Tamu Agung (1955), but his name was only known through Tiga Dara (1956) with his 'younger siblings' Mieke Wijaya and Indriati Iskak. Apart from being in demand, the film also made it more successful and the game more mature. Through his own company, namely Chitra Dewi Film Production, he became a director in the film Horsemen of Tjimande, Dara-Dara and Bercinta Dalam Gelap, all of which were produced in 1971. In addition, he has been a producer in 2 x 4 Djam (1969) and Samiun & Dasima (1970). After starring in Tiga Dara, his games that were considered prominent were through Pedjuang (1960), Samiun and Dasima (1970), Bulan Above the Grave (1973), Kemelut Hidup (1977) and Gara Gara Muda Wife (1978). In this last film, she won the Citra Award for a female supporting actress at FFI 1979. When asked about her career as a producer she said that she had given up making films. His career as a player is still in demand 40 years after his first film, although not a major role. He also appeared on the screen. Due to his dedication to the world of film, he was awarded the Professional Loyalty Award in 1992 from the National Film Council.
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M. Kelley
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M. Kelley (born January 31, 1986), more commonly known as MJ Kelley, first began to gain attention during the early days of Youtube. Teaming up with friend and collaborator Shawn C. Phillps, they created 'The Don & Murph Show', where their fictionalized characters would review films. Having expressed interest in filmmaking and acting since his teenage years, he eventually went on to appear in a few films, usually with Phillips. The pair eventually parted ways and Kelley has faded out of the spotlight since and retired from acting.
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Mariam Khundadze
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Mariam Khundadze is known for A Room of My Own (2022), The Capture (2019) and To Batumi and every single memory (2021).
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia Mariam completed her training at Shota Rustaveli Film and Theatre Institute. Since 2013, she was actively hired by leading theatre companies all over Georgia. In 2018, She got a place in Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at MA Classical Acting programme and started to pursue her career in The UK.
Her latest theatre works include Raskolnikova at Actor’s Center in Soho, Cherry Orchard directed by Dame Janet Suzman and Pool(No water) performed in Tbilisi. She featured not only in theatre but in Commercials, BBC short films and Feature films. Her recent work in Film was presented at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
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