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Zahi Hawass

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Zahi Hawass (Arabic: زاهي حواس‎; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley. Hawass has received widespread publicity internationally, and was the subject of a reality television series in the United States, Chasing Mummies. His views and links to business ventures and the Mubarak regime have engendered controversy. In connection with the awarding of a gift shop contract at the Egyptian Museum and alleged smuggling of antiquities, he was sentenced to a prison term, which was later lifted.
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Getter Jaani

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Getter Jaani (born February 3, 1993) is an Estonian singer and actress. She represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Rockefeller Street". Getter was born and raised in Tallinn. In 2015, she graduated night school and was awarded a high school diploma. Besides Estonian, she also has Russian ancestry. Jaani first became publicly known in Estonia in 2009 as a participant in the third season of Eesti otsib superstaari, the Estonian version of Pop Idol. She finished fourth and her performance gained her role of Sharpay Evans in the Estonian version of High School Musical. Jaani represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, with her entry "Rockefeller Street" coming in 24th place in the final. That same year, she participated as a celebrity contestant on Tantsud tähtedega, the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars. In 2012, Jaani presented the scores on behalf of Estonia for the grand-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Jaani's entry song Rockefeller Street became an internet meme after a video of two Japanese men playing a "Nightcore" version of the song using the rhythm game osu! following them dancing to the song became popular on social media. Their dance moves also became popular, spreading to apps and sites such as TikTok and YouTube in 2018. The original song is in E♭ minor while the meme nightcore version is in G minor, having been sped up by 1.25x with the pitch also increased. Jaani spoke out about this in 2019 on "etv", "When I heard the new version which is a lot faster, the original Rockefeller Street seems like a great lullaby next to it."
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Shinnosuke Tachibana

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Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花 慎之介, Tachibana Shinnosuke, April 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor, singer, narrator and mystery writer from Gifu. He is married to voice actress Ao Takahashi and is the CEO of Black Ship. After gratudating from Aoni Juku Tokyo School 18th term he joined Production Baobab. In 2003, he made his voice actor debut as Kyo in the TV anime E's Otherwise. He belonged to Production Baobab until May 2011. In June of the same year he joined Axl One. On January 5, 2017, he reported his marriage to Ao Takahashi on his blog. On March 31, 2018, he left Axl One to establish, together with Jun Fukuyama, their own agency: Black Ship.
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Prasant Tamrakar

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Prasant Tamrakar is a Nepali actor, model, and fashion choreographer who is widely regarded as a pioneer in the Nepali fashion and modeling industry. With a career spanning over three decades, he first established himself as a premier male model and a highly respected coach, training generations of aspiring models and beauty pageant contestants, including those for Miss Nepal. He transitioned into acting with a powerful performance as the antagonist in the 2017 film Aishwarya, where his sophisticated screen presence and intense performance earned him critical acclaim and several awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role. Since his breakout film role, Tamrakar has become a sought-after actor for diverse and authoritative characters. Known for his distinctive style, fitness discipline, and baritone voice, he has successfully maintained a dual career as both a versatile character actor and a top-tier fashion director. His contributions to the industry extend beyond the screen, as he continues to influence the Nepali entertainment landscape through his mentorship and his work as a judge and choreographer for major national and international fashion events.
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Zhou Anxin

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Zhōu Ānxìn, known mononymously as Anxin, is a Chinese actor and singer under CHROMOSOME and Nouer Entertainment. He is a member of the project boy group ALPHA DRIVE ONE, formed through the 2025 reality competition show Boys II Planet. Ānxìn made his film debut in Boxing Storm (2014), playing the young Gao Yuan. He gained early recognition in 2015 after covering The Vast Sky on Beijing Television’s Music Masterclass, later performing the song with Terry Lin on CCTV’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. That year, he also appeared on I Want to Perform on the Spring Festival Gala and sang the finale at Beijing TV’s New Year’s Eve Gala. In 2016, Ānxìn performed Unforgettable Tonight and Bringing Happiness Home on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala and Lantern Festival Gala, and appeared in the film Second Child. He took part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala countdown in 2017 and released the single When the Hills Bloom with Flowers through the Youth Era Music Project. The following year, he starred in the film Love Ahead and later performed Bringing Happiness Home on CCTV’s China Arts. In 2024, Ānxìn competed in the Korean survival show MAKEMATE1, placing 14th overall. In 2025, he participated in Boys II Planet, finishing second overall and debuting as a member of ALPHA DRIVE ONE.
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Peter Settman

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Settman started acting in Skärholmen at the age of ten and studied acting at Södra Latin along with Fredde Granberg and Gila Bergqvist. At age 21 he acted in skits in the youth television show Kosmopol on local television in Växjö. In 1989 Settman started his production company Baluba, which he still owns and runs today. "Ronny och Ragge" (Ronny and Ragge) were perhaps Settman's best-known characters. Settman played Ronny to Granberg's Ragge; the duo was depicted as typical raggare. The characters were introduced in a parody of a popular soap opera, Storstad, and became an instant hit. Settman and Granberg featured on their own show called Byhåla, which was broadcast on Sveriges Television from 1991 to 1993. Upon the suggestion of Swedish musician Christer Sandelin, Ronny and Ragge released their own album with lyrics set to Sandelin's music, which sold 138,000 copies. Settman and Granberg co-starred in shows such as Megafon, Äntligen Måndag, Stereo and Bara med Bruno. They split ways in the late 1990s. In 2001 Settman acted again, this time in the TV4 show En ängels tålamod, where he played the character Gabriel. In 2004 he hosted Melodifestivalen 2004, and a year after in Melodifestivalen 2005 he was the producer of the show. In 2006 he started hosting Så ska det låta (That's the Spirit!) on SVT and Sommarkrysset in 2005 on TV4. Between late 2008 and early 2009 he hosted Dansbandskampen on Sveriges Television. During the winter of 2013-2014 he hosted the talk show Settman på plats on Sveriges Television.
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Darren Shahlavi

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Darren Majian Shahlavi (5 August 1972 – 14 January 2015), sometimes credited as Shahlavi, was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman. His surname is of Persian origin. He may be best known for his role as Taylor "The Twister" Milos in the 2010 film Ip Man 2. Shahlavi was known primarily for playing bad guys in martial arts films such as Bloodmoon and Tai Chi Boxer. He had starred in the Asian film series The Techno Warriors, and American films Hostile Environment, Sometimes a Hero, Legion of the Dead and the cult classic Beyond the Limits for German horror master Olaf Ittenbach. In recent years, Shahlavi appeared in big-budget films such as 300 and Watchmen, independent features such as The Final Cut with Robin Williams, and as an actor and stuntman in several of Uwe Boll's films, including BloodRayne and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
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L. Erik Berglund

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Erik grew up in rural and small-town North Dakota and Norway, with the traditional blond-blue Scandinavian look, being full-blooded Norwegian and Swedish back to 1358. He worked for several years at his relatives' mountaintop ski lodge in Hadeland, Norway, raising and training Norwegian elk hounds & horses, practicing professional massage and serving in the Ski Patrol Rescue Reserve. Backpacking around Europe for 4½ years and living in Paris & Rome made him a committed big-city boy. Prior to earning a J.D. from the University of North Dakota, Erik was a paramedic, mortician and coroner's investigator. He was one of the first persons with a U.S. law degree to study Admiralty & Maritime Law at the Nordisk Institutt for Sjørett in Oslo, Norway. He calls San Diego home and has worked for numerous years in the bio-pharma industry, and as of 2026 helps pharmaceutical companies get new psychiatric medications approved by the FDA. - IMDb mini biography by: L. Erik Berglund
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Ennio Morricone

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Ennio Morricone OMRI (Italian: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]; November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and the Polar Music Prize in 2010.
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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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