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Tanner Presswood
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Tanner Presswood was born in Texas, but grew up in the Midwest, attending film school at Columbia College Chicago and later studying Communications at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he founded the Freeform Theatre Society, co-founded the Life Students of Communication, and became a founding member and eventual president of A Cappella GrooVe! He is a working filmmaker, specializing in micro-budget documentaries and web series, but he is also an actor, screenwriter, and musician.
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Khuraman Gasimova
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Khuraman Gasimova (Azerbaijani: Xuraman Qasımova) is an opera singer and actress from Azerbaijan.
Khuraman Gasimova was born on June 6, 1951, in the former Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic capital city of Baku. In 1975 she graduated from Baku Academy of Music. She has been the soloist of Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater since 1976. Her opera repertoire has included roles in the modern works of Azerbaijani composers Fikrat Amirov and Uzeyir Hadjibeyov. In the standard opera canon, Gasimova's repertoire includes the roles of Mimi and Muzetta (La bohème), Desdemona (Otello), Aida (Aida), and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin). While she was in school, she appeared in such films as The Elevator Operator Girl, I wasn't Beautiful then and The Life Examines Us. Later, she achieved success as a singer. In 1981, Gasimova was awarded first prize at the Maria Callas Grand Prix, an international opera competition held in Athens. In 1988, she was awarded the silver medal at the 8th Tchaikovsky International Competition. In 1986, she was named a People’s Artist of Azerbaijan for her creative achievements. She also is a laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijani Republic and the Lenin Komsomol Prize. On June 3, 2011 she was named to the Sheref Order (Order of Glory) by the President of Azerbaijan.
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Stevie Salas
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A guitar player, writer, producer, and composer, Stevie Salas has recorded on over 70 different albums with artists as diverse as George Clinton, Justin Timberlake, Buddy Miles, T.I., Mick Jagger, and Rod Stewart. Having sold over two million solo albums around the world, Stevie has been cited as one of the top 50 guitarists of all time.
Dreaming of a career in music, Stevie left the small town of Oceanside, California in 1985. Eight months later he was discovered by funk music legend George Clinton as the lead guitarist for Clinton’s albums. Stevie received his first major label producer credit with “Was (Not Was)” when he co-produced the UK hit “Out Come the Freaks” from the Album “What up Dog?” which Rolling Stone magazine listed as one of the top 100 records of the decade.
In 1988, Stevie was asked to join Rod Stewart on a world tour as lead guitarist. Skipping cities in a private jet to sold-out stadiums led to Stevie signing the largest record deal Island Records had ever paid for a new artist. Stevie’s first record, “Colorcode,” is still a cult classic in the UK and Europe, and his second solo album, “Back from the Living,” ousted the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith for “Best Album” in Japan.
An accomplished composer, Stevie is credited with providing the score for several films including Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and the 2009 film Darfur. Over 50 of Stevie’s compositions have been released on major labels.
From 2006 to 2010, Salas served as music director and consultant for American Idol and 19 Entertainment, nurturing Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, and their respective touring bands for subsequent American tours.
A Native American, Stevie has been involved in prominent projects that support indigenous communities, including serving as the Advisor of Contemporary Music at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. For his efforts in support of Native American culture, Stevie received the Native American Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
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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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Lilu Suan Wang
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Lilu Wang, stage name Hsiao Man, is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She was formerly in the girl band Hey Girl and currently works as a model in Eelin Modelling Agency.
On 17 March 2010, Hsiao Man announced that she left Hey Girl to pursue her career as a model in Eelin Modelling Agency.
In 2010, Hsiao Man, along with the five other top models who turned 21 years old, established Cute Girl and released their first album, Cute Fantasy.
Shao Xiang and Xiaoman have been dating for seven years and announced their marriage on the eve of Valentine's Day 2020.
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Josh Thomson
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Josh Thomson is a Timaru born idiot from sturdy South Island and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock. He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has a useless Bachelor of Arts somewhere at his parent's house.
Josh arrived in Auckland to do stand up comedy and appeared in a couple of "Pulp Comedy's", but took up acting because actors get lunch, and most of the time they don't have to pay for it.
He's graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several TV series that no one watched such as "Terry Teo", "Hounds", "Coverband", the voice of the tubby ginger kid in "Barefoot Bandits" and in his first feature film lead role as Gary in Gary of the Pacific.
Josh continues to work as an actor, MC and comedian when he is not doing his new job, appearing as an idiot on the daily news show "The Project". He's toured with NZ's best comedians from "7 Days" doing stand up and the 7 Days:Live show the length of the country. In demand for his MC skills he's hosted the NZ Film Awards, the 48 Hour Film awards, various corporate events and even guest spots at the NZ Music awards.
He still loves working behind the scenes as a director, writer, editor and whatever else he can do to pay for the new floor in the laundry since he broke the last one when he tried to fix it himself.
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Jonathan Eirich
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Jonathan Eirich is the Co-CEO of Rideback, leading the company’s film and television development and production. Since joining Rideback in 2015, he has overseen major live-action projects for Disney, including the billion-dollar hit Aladdin (directed by Guy Ritchie), Haunted Mansion (2023), and the upcoming Lilo & Stitch, directed by Academy Award nominee Dean Fleischer-Camp.
Under Jonathan’s leadership, Rideback has delivered many successful features, including Netflix’s Death Note (directed by Adam Wingard), the box office horror hits It and It: Chapter 2, and the comedy Easter Sunday for Amblin and Universal. He also produced the critically acclaimed The Two Popes, directed by Fernando Meirelles, earning BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and three Oscar nominations.
Before Rideback, Jonathan spent nine years at DreamWorks/Amblin, rising to Senior Vice President of Production. There, he oversaw films such as Bridge of Spies (2015), directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for six Academy Awards, The Help (2011), nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture, and high-grossing titles like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Need for Speed, and I Am Number Four.
Jonathan began his career as a creative assistant to then-chairman Stacey Snider and previously worked at CAA. Early industry roles included a production assistant job on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and an internship on My Big Fat Greek Wedding at Gold Circle Films. He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied History and Literature and graduated magna cum laude.
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Dartanyon Ruffin
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Dartanyon Ruffin is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Leon Ruff. Ruffin trained in World Wrestling Alliance 4 (WWA4) in Atlanta, Georgia where he debuted in 2017. He spent most of his beginning years working in the promotions across the southeastern United States including Full Impact Pro. Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic, New South Pro Wrestling and American Combat Wrestling. Ruffin has even worked for Evolve Wrestling.
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Dylan Minnette
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Dylan Christopher Minnette (born December 29, 1996) is an American actor, musician, and singer. He is known for his role as Clay Jensen in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why. He has made guest appearances in several television series, such as Lost, Awake, Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, Prison Break, and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He is also the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the American alternative rock band Wallows.
In films, Minnette has appeared in the horror film Let Me In (2010), the thriller film Prisoners (2013), the family comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), the family fantasy film Goosebumps (2015), and the horror films Don't Breathe (2016), The Open House (2018) and Scream (2022).
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Rob Zombie
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Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated eight times for the Grammy Award for Best Metal or Hard Rock Performance.
Zombie directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses in 2000, though the controversial project was not released until 2003, and has since been described as a cult classic. Zombie followed the film with two sequels in his "Firefly" trilogy: The Devil's Rejects (2005) and 3 From Hell (2019). After the success of his first two films he directed Halloween (2007), a remake of the classic 1978 horror film. The film became his highest-grossing to date, though was generally received negatively by critics. He later directed Halloween II (2009), which failed to match the commercial success of its predecessor. Zombie has also directed the films The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009), The Lords of Salem (2012), 31 (2016), and The Munsters (2022).
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