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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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Eric Millegan
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Millegan (born August 25, 1974) is an American actor, primarily known for his work on the Fox series Bones in which he played Dr. Zack Addy. Millegan is openly gay, and was out before being cast as Addy in Bones. Millegan was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, and raised in Springfield, Oregon. Millegan began his musical theatre career at age 7, in the 1981 Eugene Opera production of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors. He continued with the company in several other productions, including Madame Butterfly, La Bohème, Carmen, and Hansel and Gretel. Millegan appeared on Broadway in the 2000 production of Jesus Christ Superstar. In January 2005, he starred as Harold opposite Estelle Parsons' Maude in the world premiere of Tom Jones and Joseph Thalken's Harold & Maude: The Musical at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. In 2006, he returned to Eugene, Oregon to play Frederic in Eugene Opera's production of The Pirates of Penzance. In August 2009, Millegan released a video on YouTube in which he comes out about his experiences living with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder.
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Natalie Schafer
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Natalie Schafer (November 5, 1900 – April 10, 1991) was an American actress, best known today for her role as Lovey Howell on the sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964–1967).
Schafer began her career as an actress on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles in 1941 to work in films. She appeared on Broadway in 17 plays between 1927 and 1959, often playing supporting roles. Most of those appearances were in short-run plays, with the exceptions of Lady in the Dark (1941–42), The Doughgirls (1942–44), and Romanoff and Juliet (1957–58). She was seen in a revival of Six Characters in Search of an Author, directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1955–56). She also appeared in stock and regional productions, including the off-Broadway production The Killing of Sister George with Claire Trevor in the title role. She also guest-starred in TV productions beginning in the 1950s, such as an episode (“The Shy Ballerina”) of Sherlock Holmes, and in "The Charm School" episode of I Love Lucy, both in 1954.
Schafer performed in many films, usually portraying sophisticates. On TV, her roles included "Lovey Howell" on Gilligan's Island from 1964–67. She reprised her role in three made-for-television spin-off films after the show ended: Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979), and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). She also voiced Lovey Howell on the animated spinoffs, The New Adventures of Gilligan from 1974–77 and Gilligan's Planet from 1982–83.
In 1969, Schafer appeared in The Survivors—a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network. Despite the presence of movie stars like Lana Turner, Kevin McCarthy and George Hamilton, the show was a ratings failure and lasted only one season. For the 1971–1972 television season, Schafer joined the cast of the CBS daytime serial, Search for Tomorrow, portraying Helen Collins, mother of Wade and Clay Collins. Immediately following that role, she played Augusta Roulland on another daytime soap, Love of Life. Her final performance was in the 1990 made-for-television horror film I'm Dangerous Tonight.
She guest-starred as well on many other television series, including Goodyear Playhouse/Philco Playhouse ("The Sisters", with Grace Kelly, 1951), I Love Lucy (1954), Producers' Showcase ("The Petrified Forest", 1955), Guestward, Ho! (1960), The Beverly Hillbillies (1964), Mayberry RFD (1970), Mannix (1972), The Brady Bunch (1974), Phyllis (1976), Three's Company (1978), and The Love Boat (1979).
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Grant Cramer
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Grant Cramer (born November 10, 1961) is an American actor who has starred in films and on television. He is the son of actress Terry Moore.
Grant's first feature film role was in 1980, when he starred in the horror film New Year's Evil. It wasn't until 1984, his big role came in the 1984 cult comedy film Hardbodies in which he played Scotty Palmer. His other big film was the cult classic 1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space. He appeared in the 2001 film Mach 2. His most recent appearance was in the 2009 movie Follow the Prophet.
Grant has starred on television shows, his first TV role was in the 1982 made-for-television movie Desperate Lives as a teen drug user. He starred in the hit CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as the psychotic stalker Shawn Garrett from 1985-1986. He later returned to the soap in 1996 to play Adam Hunter, a love interest for Ashley Abbott.
Grant has made guest appearances on television shows like The Facts of Life, Rags to Riches, and Murder, She Wrote.
In recent years, Grant has turned his attention to writing, producing and directing. A short film he wrote, produced and directed, "Say Goodnight, Michael", won numerous awards including the Grand Jury Award at the New York Independent Film and Video festival.
In 2008, he created and executive produced the VH1 series, "Old Skool with Terry and Gita", which is currently airing in over 20 countries internationally.
Recently, he produced and directed the first-ever "cooking show for guys" called, "Cooking is For Play."
Currently, he is producing an Action-Adventure, Horror 3D film called, The Fallen which, will be directed by Brett Leonard (Lawnmower Man) and stars Dominic Purcell, Vinnie Jones and Peter Stormare. The Fallen will begin lensing in March 2011.
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Jonas Ball
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Jonas Franklin Ball (born 3 May 1975 in Carmichael, California) is an American actor who played John Lennon's murderer Mark David Chapman in The Killing of John Lennon.
Ball had a few television appearances prior to his role as Chapman. He starred as CIA Officer Benjamin Keynes in The Objective, the new film from The Blair Witch Project director Daniel Myrick, about a CIA operative who commands a Special Forces Operational Detachment into Afghanistan. In this film, his character may or may not have been a part of the Special Activities Division of the CIA.
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André Rieu
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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. He resides in his native Maastricht.
The name Rieu is of French Huguenot origin, though both of Rieu's parents were Roman Catholic. André was born to Andries Antonie Rieu and is the third of six children.
Rieu's father was conductor of the Maastricht Symphony Orchestra. Showing early promise, André began studying violin at the age of five. From a very early age, he developed a fascination with orchestra. He studied violin at the Conservatoire Royal in Liège and at the Conservatorium Maastricht, (1968–1973), studying under Jo Juda and Herman Krebbers.
From 1974 to 1977, he attended the Music Academy in Brussels, studying with André Gertler. He completed his training with the distinction "Premier Prix" from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
He married Marjorie Kochmann in 1975. She has been a language teacher and has written compositions. They have two sons.
He speaks six languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Rieu created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987 and began with 12 members, giving its first concert on 1 January 1988. As of 2020, he performs with between 50 and 60 musicians. Rieu plays a 1667 Stradivarius violin.
Rieu and his orchestra have appeared throughout Europe, North and South America, Japan, and Australia. In 2008, Rieu's tour featured a full-size reproduction of Empress Sisi's Castle, the biggest stage to have gone on tour at that time.
For two weeks in 2013, one of the channels of the BSkyB group, Sky Arts 2 in the UK, was renamed as Sky Arts Rieu. Between 30 March and 14 April 2013 Sky Arts Rieu broadcast Rieu concerts and documentaries 24 hours per day.
Rieu also composed music for the 2014 film Tuscan Wedding.
Source: Article "André Rieu" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Anas Ali Imran
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Anas Ali Imran is a Pakistani actor, predominantly known for the drama serial Badzaat (2022), and Deewangi (2020) aired on Geo TV, He also worked extensively for Hum TV majorly known for Alif Allah Aur Insaan (2017) produced by Momina Duraid Productions - (MD Productions) and Mera Naam Yousuf Hai (2015) produced by Sadia Jabbar Productions - (SJ Productions) aired on A-Plus Entertainment.
Early Life and Education: He was born on 28 October in Karachi. He did his Undergraduate in Communication Science from Iqra University. Before stepping into media, he worked in several multinational firms.
Media Career: He worked in several hit television commercials for PTCL, Cadbury Perk, Berger Paints and etc with well-known directors (Nabeel Qureshi, Asim Raza, and Farooq Mannan). Making a name for himself in the modeling TVC field paved the way for his acting career. He made his acting debut on Hum TV with the soap series Bhool. The turning point came in his life when he worked in Mera Naam Hai Yousuf, directed by Mehreen Jabbar, and Alif Allah Aur Insan, directed by Aehsun Talish.
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George Baker
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George Morris Baker (1 April 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Ian Fleming considered Baker to be the ideal candidate to play James Bond, but the role went to Sean Connery because Baker had prior commitments. Baker ended up appearing in different roles in the film series: he played Captain Benson in The Spy Who Loved Me, heraldry expert Sir Hilary Bray in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and a NASA engineer in You Only Live Twice.
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Corey Blitz
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Corey D. Britz was the last official member to join Bush when surprisingly original bassist Dave Parson declined the band reunion. The transition was easy for Corey since he has been part of the touring band for Gavin Rossdale’s solo album from 2008-2009.
Corey is originally from the rural Winchester, Virginia. Coming from a musical background, his mother a professional Christian singer. One of Corey’s two sisters, Kara also has a career in the music industry. She currently is a background singer on the popular reality show ‘The Voice’. Corey’s musical skills branches out into playing guitar and piano.
In 2003, Britz join up with the rock sensation ‘The Calling’ to play bass guitar, backing vocals and keyboard on the bands 2003-2004 world tour. Corey found his way into the fan’s hearts even earning himself a dedicated fan site put together by a fan in Italy. The site has since been shut down. He is also credited for co-writing a song called ‘The Truth’ in 2005 with Alex Band and Justin Derrico which was performed by ‘The Calling’. Justin Derrico from The Calling had been childhood friend’s with Corey’s sister Kara.
Initially, Corey was recruited by Dave Stewart to do session work for Gavin Rossdale’s solo album, playing on a couple of song. Later, he was asked to go on the road as part of the tour for Wanderlust in 2008-2009. Corey also, produces music, acts and has played bass in a couple other bands. In 2009, he tried his hand in acting playing the part of Happy for a film titled Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness. In 2008, he played bass for the band Lexington Queen and later in 2011 for a band called White Oak Union (both bands also included Justin Derrico). In 2011, he worked producing music for the band Damn Killer Pandas.
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Kaiti Grey
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Athanasia Gizili (Greek: Αθανασία Γκιζίλη, 14 May 1924 – 19 January 2025), better known professionally as Cathy Grey, was a Greek singer.
Grey was born in the village of Mytilinioi in Samos and had three siblings. She was adopted by the Kalaitzis family and grew up in Piraeus. Initially, she became an actress in Rita Tsakona's bands and later sang songs with Yiannis Vellas as well as other artists of the genre. Her role model was Tzimis Makoulis. Her first song, To Marazi, was recorded in 1952 and was the creation of Giorgos Mitsakis. After the success she achieved, she managed to become the first name in the biggest centers of the time and also to sing with all the great composers of her time.
Grey performed the first performances of songs by composers such as: Markos Vamvakaris, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Yiannis Papaioannou, George Mitsakis, Christos Kolokotronis, Eftychia Papagiannopoulou, Kostas Virvos, Thodoros Derveniotis, Babis Bakalis, George Zambetas and Panos Tzavellas. She collaborated with well-known artists such as: Roza Eskenazi, Stratos Payoumtzis, Stelios Kazantzidis, Grigoris Bithikotsis, Poly Panou, Mary Linda, Giota Lydia, Antonis Repanis, Stratos Dionysiou, Rita Sakellariou, Spyros Zagoraios, Panos Gavalas, George Dalaras, Eleni Vitali, Charis Alexiou, Alkistis Protopsalti, Dimitra Galani, Antonis Vardis, Stefanos Korkolis, Christos Dantis.
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