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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Liane Curtis
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Daughter of Jack Curtis and Paulette Rubinstein was born in NYC on July 11, 1965. She made her debut on the pilot of "Sesame Street" (1969) at the ripe age of 4. Liane went to the Lycee Francais de New York and then to the Rudolf Steiner School. She studied acting with Anthony Mannino and Bill Alderson. Liane worked behind the scenes throughout her childhood dubbing several foreign films into English. Liane was a member of the Metropolitain and City Opera children's choruses. Liane's feature film debut was in John Sayles's Baby It's You (1983) in 1983. She was given special permission by SAG to work as an adult even though she was still a minor. Liane currently lives happily in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. She has written several songs which she has been known to play at coffee houses on the Westside of LA from time to time and works in TV and Film as often as she can. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Liane Curtis
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Beck Logan
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Quebec Logan, better known as Beck Logan or boy blue, is a multi-platform artist, whose disciplines range from animation, to music, to fashion, and a number of live-action projects of varying scale. Born and raised in New Jersey, Beck discovered his passion for art early. Though earning his degree in animation from The School of Visual Arts in New York was the first major step towards making his mark on the scene, with 2 full length albums, 3 EPs, and a number of large collaborative projects on the horizon, his musical career, though only recently started, is only gaining him more attention and recognition. When not writing and creating his own work, he has also stars in various short films, television pilots, and documentaries, one of which took home first place at the 2017 CBI Awards ("The New Blackness"). As of 2023 he resides in New York City, where he balances his work and personal life, all while maintaining a steady output of art to further push towards his dreams and expand his personal brand.
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Francis Giguère
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Since childhood, Francis has always expressed his interest and passion for cinema through writing and drawing. Very early on, he developed the skills to make films with friends in his spare time. Directed towards the cinema profile in his graduate studies, he followed the academic path that led him to Montréal, continuing his training at the University of Montreal in the Film Studies program. It specializes in scriptwriting, with a choice of courses specific to this discipline. In recent years, he has been moving forward with more conviction in the field, working on various projects with a long list of differing roles on set. From training, to workshops to contracts, he expands his creative universe by bringing together several disciplines. He is a professional model and actor, areas that he puts forward and develops with determination.
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Jean Tigana
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Amadou Jean Tigana (born 23 June 1955) is a French former footballer and coach. He has played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and one goal for the France national football team during the 1980s. He most recently coached Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua. In his prime, he was a tireless central midfielder, renowned as one of the best midfielders in the world during the 1980s.
Tigana started his professional career as a player at Toulon, having been spotted fairly late playing part-time while employed in a spaghetti factory and then as a postman. He moved to Lyon in 1978 and then to Bordeaux in a $4 million transfer. In Bordeaux's midfield for eight years, Tigana helped them to three league titles and three French cups, as well as taking them close to European glory on two occasions, losing in the semi-final of the European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in 1985 and 1987 respectively.
He moved in 1989 to Olympique Marseille, and ended his career there following the 1990–91 season, winning two consecutive league titles, and reaching the European Cup Final during the latter season, only to be defeated by Red Star Belgrade on penalties following a 0–0 draw.
Tigana was born in Bamako, French Sudan (now Mali) to a Malian father and a French mother. He represented France, and as an international Tigana joined Michel Platini, Luis Fernandez and Alain Giresse in what was termed "the Magic Square" (le Carré Magique) – one of the greatest midfield foursomes of all time. He was part of the France national football team that won UEFA Euro 1984 on home soil, defeating Spain in the final. Tigana's single international goal came against Hungary in the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, in which France managed a third-place finish.
Tigana was a world-class box-to box midfielder, who usually played in the centre, and who was noted for his great movement, teamwork, pace and tireless stamina. Although Tigana was mainly responsible for his team's defensive duties, he also often ventured forward to create scoring opportunities for his teammates. His work ethic and expansive range of passing, from both long and short range, made him an excellent distributor which, when combined with his close control and simplistic yet efficient dribbling technique, made him a world–class midfielder. He was also well known for his contributions in the more advanced areas of the pitch, due to his ability to spot and execute defence-splitting passes.
For his first managerial role, Tigana returned to Lyon, coaching them from 1993 to 1995, before moving on to AS Monaco, where he remained until 1999. They were French league champions in 1997 and Champions League semi-finalists a year later, beating Manchester United in the quarter-finals. ...
Source: Article "Jean Tigana" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Francis Rimbert
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Back in the late 1970's Francis Rimbert got famous in France as a master of music, when he stood forward as a pioneer within synthesizers - he as one of the very first in France who could demonstrate, what actually could be done with a synthesizer. Francis Rimbert is not only a natural talent on the keys, but is an expert in his field due to many, many years of experience; however, he just started his own solo carreer a few years back. If you already know Jean Michel Jarre, you properly have also got in touch with Francis Rimbert - just without knowing it. Because behind him, Francis Rimbert has a long, successful carreer and a more than 20-years long collaboration with the French multi-artist Jean Michel Jarre, both in the studio by recording several albums and on stage with millions of people in the audience all over the world. (taken from his official site, www.francisrimbert.com)
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Tim Finn
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The life, much like the music, of Tim Finn has had both its ups and downs. Born in 1952 in New Zealand to working class parents Tim Finn started his passion for music at a young age. He formed his first group 'Split Enz' in 1972, with a bunch of his university buddies. Split Enz were heavily influenced by a popular Australian band of the time ,'Skyhooks', and the crazy costumes, silly songs and other shenannigans were clearly taken directly from Skyhooks, which drew some nasty comparisons by critics. Tim originally planned on calling his band 'Split Ends' but changed it to the 'nz' to point out where they were from, New Zealand. Tim was the lead singer for Split Enz, and while they had minoir hits in both Australia and New Zealand, they did not find the huge success they wanted until they recruited Tim's younger brother Neil, which made Tim feel both happy and slightly jealous of Neil's precociousness. Split Enz lasted for eleven years all up, from 1972 - 1983, and in 1983, Tim released his much acclaimed debut solo album 'Escapade'. This albm received rave reviews from critics, and Tim focused on his solo career over the next few years. In 1983 he started dating actress Greta Scacchi, and he started to write the scores for films, which he always had an avid interest in. His largest acting role is in The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) in which Tim is in for about 5 minutes, but girlfriend Greta helped him get a brief cameo in 'White Mischief' in a blink and you will miss role, as a Bandleader who taps on a few microphones before exiting the stage. In 1989 Tim's much publicised romance with Scacchi ended, much to his dismay. It did not help that his current self-titled solo album as a flop. This launched Tim into a year of depression, in which he claims alcohol was his only friend. However, Tim found his stride again with the help of his brother, Neil. In 1985, after the break up of Split Enz, Neil formed another Band 'Crowded House' with Split Enz drummer Paul Hester and artist/bassist Nick Seymour. Neil and Tim always planned on doing an album together as the Finn Brothers, but had not yet got around to it. Neil claims he was suffering writers block, trying to come up with new songs for the new Crowded House album, and he was also trying to work out when to do the long planned Finn Brothers album. He came up with a great idea: Why not put the Finn Brothers album on hold, and instead recruit Tim as the fourth member of Crowded House, for their new album. Tim loved the idea, as it would finally put him back in the spotlight with brother Neil, and together they wrote most of the songs for Crowded House's most acclaimed album 'Woodface'. This album was a huge hit, which made both Tim and Neil happy, and Tim finally had the confidence to return to his solo career. Crowded House released their final studio album in 1993 (not including compilations) which Tim had a minor involvement in, but not as a fourth member. Since 1993 Tim has mainly focused on his solo career, although in 1996 he helped out ex Split End Keyboarder Eddie Rayner with his critically acclaimed solo album. In 1997 he married a New Zealand TV Personality, Marie Azcona, and they have two children, a son and daughter, together. Tim still records as a solo artist, although his recent releases have not had the same success as those of his early career.
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Merve Bozcu
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After completing her BSc in engineering, she started the M.A. program in Cinema and Television. She directed a feature documentary, Her First, about the challenges faced by women filmmakers in Turkey, a short movie, Plastic Dream, about the pressure/effects of beauty industry on women, a short documentary, Karin, about a disabled Armenian woman swimmer. Her movies was selected by many important national & international film festivals and won several awards. She was an alumni of Sarajevo Talents 2022, Pack & Pitch Programme. She has participated Birds' Eyes View's Filmonomics: Reclaim the Frame X International program and FilmNorth's Inclusive & Socially Conscious Filmmaking Lab. She had various roles in productions. She is working as a producer & director & writer.
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Lee Know
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Lee Min Ho (born October 25, 1998), popularly known as Lee Know, is a South Korean singer and dancer under JYP Entertainment. Lee Know is the main dancer and dance leader for Stray Kids, and also contributes vocally to all their albums. Lee Know has released some solo projects through Stray Kids YouTube channel including a dance he choreographed "Dawn", his solo song "Limbo", the collaboration song "Drive" (with Bang Chan), and a cover of Day6's "Love me or Leave me".
Starting in August 2021, Lee Know was a MC on the show Music Core, but stepped down in October of 2023 due to schedule conflicts. Lee Know appeared on multiple television shows: The Fishermen and the City, Idol Dictation Contest, and Idol on Quiz.
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Zheng Zhegu
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Zheng Zhegu was one of the earliest film actors in China. He had graduated from Jiangnan Suiying School. In 1911 he began to engage in new drama performances. In 1914, he joined the New Play Comrade Association and performed on the stage. In 1922, he founded the Star Film Company with Zheng Zhengqiu, Zhou Jianyun, etc., and served as the educational director of the Star Film School. Zheng once served as assistant teacher in the Yaofeng Opera Museum, and participated in the establishment of Xinmin Library as the general manager.
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