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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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Janet Perry
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Janet Perry (born December 27, 1947, Minneapolis) is an American operatic soprano. In 1959, aged 11, she was seen in a stage-version of The Wizard of Oz at the St Paul Civic Opera. Following high school, she matriculated at the Curtis Institute of Music, under the tutelage of Mme Eufemia Giannini-Gregory.
Having earned her Bachelor of Music, she left for Europe where she debuted at the Linz Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni in 1969. In subsequent seasons, Perry was featured in most of the continent's major opera houses (including La Scala, 1978), as well as most of its famed festivals, including those of Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, and Bregenz.
A particular favorite of Herbert von Karajan, she also sang under Carlos Kleiber, Karl Böhm, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rafael Kubelík, James Levine and Wolfgang Sawallisch, as well as the stage directors Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Giorgio Strehler.
Source: Article "Janet Perry" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Sun Jia Lu
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Sun Jia Lu, born on September 19, 1992. She graduated from the Beijing Film Academy as a Performance Professional Major and she's an actress in mainland China.
In 2015, she began his acting career because he played Huang Yijia in the suspense drama "Yong Xue Chong Sheng" in the Republic of China. In October, she starred in the TV drama "Sing Village Official". In 2016, she participated in the urban emotional drama "Love Return" directed by Meng Ji; in November, she starred in the modern urban emotional TV series "The Most Loved Person". In January 2017, starred in the anti-war drama "Lonely Battle".
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Castelao
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Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party and had a great influence on the renovating group of Galician art known as Os renovadores. Castelao is considered to be the most important figure in Galician culture of the 20th century.
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Kimberley Drummond
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Kimberley Drummond was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and migrated to the USA with her mom at the young age of four. While attending school, Kimberley began dance classes as a hobby and fell in love with the stage which made her want to learn everything about it. She attended Middle & High Schools for Performing Arts in South Florida . After graduating, she was accepted into the New York School for Film and Television Conservatory where she studied her on-camera training.
Continuing her studies with local coaches in New York City, she landed the supporting role of Taqua in the Independent film Mooz-Lum alongside greats Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, Evan Ross, and Danny Glover . Kimberley has since made television appearances on CW's highest-rated show, The Vampire Diaries, Rectify on Sundance TV, Homeland, Fuller House, BET's The Game, and many more. Kimberley has also been featured in films such as the critically acclaimed Hunger Games franchise in Catching Fire & Magic Mike XXL.
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Rakib Hossain Evon
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Rakib Hossain Evan was born in Barishal but spent his formative years growing up in Savar. From a young age, he developed a deep passion for theater, which started during his school days. This passion led him to join the theater group Drishtipat while he was still a student. With Drishtipat, he honed his craft and gained valuable experience, working with the group for many years and performing in various stage productions.
Evan eventually transitioned into the world of television and digital media, where he has become a familiar face in TV commercials and web series. His dedication and talent have made him a regular in the industry, where he continues to build his acting career.
His big break as a lead actor came with the film Megher Kopat, marking his debut in cinema. Following this, he went on to work in other notable films such as Eti Chitra and Ekti Na Bola Kotha. These roles allowed him to showcase his versatility as an actor, further establishing his presence in the film industry.
In addition to his work in films, Evan has also made a significant impact in the digital space with his performances in popular web series. Some of the notable web series he has starred in include Kuhelika, Dui Diner Duniya, Ogochora, and Kuhok. These projects have helped him reach a wider audience and demonstrate his ability to adapt to different genres and roles.
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Ahmed Zaher
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Ahmed Zaher graduated from the Faculty of Commerce before receiving a bachelors degree from the Higher Institute for Theatrical Arts. His television works include “Al Ragol al Akhir” (The Last Man), “Amshir,” “Li al ‘Adalah Wojooh Kathira” (Justice Has Many Faces), “Hadeeth al Sabah wal Masaa” (Morning and Evening Talk), “Al ‘Ussyan” (Disobedience), “Al Haqeeqa wal Sarrab” (Mirage and Truth), “Samehoony Makansh Qasdy” (Forgive Me I Didn’t Mean It), “Khalf al Abwab al Mughlaqa” (Behind Closed Doors), “Umm Kalthoum” and “Harat al-Tablawy” (al Tablawy’s Neighborhood). He has also worked on the 2002 play “Edla’y ya Doussa” in addition to “Wada’an ya Bakawat” (Farewell Tears).
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Diane Rehm
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Diane Rehm (born Diane Aed; September 21,1936) is the host of Diane Rehm: On My Mind podcast, produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C. She also hosts a monthly book club series, Diane Rehm Book Club, at WAMU. Rehm is also the former American public radio talk show host of The Diane Rehm Show, which was distributed nationally and internationally by National Public Radio. The show was also produced at WAMU.
Rehm had announced her plans to retire from hosting the show after the 2016 elections. The final program was recorded and distributed on December 23, 2016. Rehm announced she was going to host a weekly podcast, which she began doing in January 2017.
Rehm is also the co-producer, narrator, and interviewer of When My Time Comes, distributed by PBS stations across the country. Her book by the same name was published in 2020 by Knopf. The Washington Post describes Rehm as a leading voice in the right to die debate.
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Plas Johnson
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American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax as well as various flutes and clarinets. Recruited by Johnny Otis and executive Dave Cavanaugh for Capitol Records in the mid-1950s, Johnson also played on innumerable records by Peggy Lee, Nat "King" Cole, Glen Gray, Frank Sinatra and others. He remained a leading session player for almost twenty years, averaging two sessions a day and playing everything from movie soundtracks and Les Baxter's exotica albums, to rock and roll singles by such artists as Ricky Nelson and Bobby Vee, and R&B records by such performers as Larry Williams, Bobby Day, and Richard Berry. He played on many of the Beach Boys’ records, and was an integral part of a number of instrumental groups that existed in name only, such as B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Marketts.
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Smiley Burnette
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Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical instruments, some simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s.
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