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Jack Whitehall
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Jack Whitehall is an English comedian, television presenter, actor and writer. He is best known for his stand up comedy, for starring as JP in the TV series Fresh Meat (2011–2016), and for playing Alfie Wickers in the TV series Bad Education (2012–2014) and the spin-off film The Bad Education Movie (2015), both of which he also co-wrote. He has also starred in Frozen in the role of Gothi the Troll. From 2012 to 2018, Whitehall was a regular panellist on the game show A League of Their Own. In 2017, Whitehall appeared with his father, Michael, in the Netflix comedy documentary series Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father and starred in the television series Decline and Fall. Since 2018, Whitehall has been the host of the BRIT Awards.
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Mårten Larsson
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Mårten Larsson is a visual effects supervisor. Raised in Sweden, Larsson studied computer science with a focus on media programming, computer graphics, and image processing.
He joined Digital Domain in 2004 as a technical director and, over time, transitioned into effects supervision. His early work at the studio included serving as a lead effects artist on The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), where he helped develop a cracking-simulation technique to portray the destruction of terracotta warriors. He also contributed to large-scale destruction effects in 2012 (2009), working within Digital Domain's rigid-body simulation pipeline on some of the film's major catastrophic sequences.
Larsson later stepped into a supervisory role on Pixels (2015), acting as Visual Effects Supervisor for Digital Domain. On that project, he and his team transformed classic arcade characters—such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Centipede—into voxel-based 3D entities integrated into live-action settings, including the use of interactive lighting rigs on set to match the luminous voxel effects.
He has also contributed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an additional visual effects supervisor on several major films, including Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Eternals (2021), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Larsson has earned formal recognition for his work, including a Visual Effects Society nomination in 2009 (listed as Mårten Larsson) for Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture for his contribution as CG Effects Animation Lead on 2012.
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Paulo Pagliossa
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Paulo Pagliossa made his cinema debut with the film "We Brothers". He was born in Erechim, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and currently lives in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated from the professional acting course at NU Espaço in 2021. In 2024, he starred in the short film We, Brothers, playing the character “Pete.” The film is set in the 1942 Chicago mafia world and was shot in black and white, in English.
In 2023, he appeared in the short film Os Sonhos da Bela Adormecida, produced by the Belacqua Collective through a RioFilme public grant, where he played a writer named “Arthur.” In 2022, he performed at Solar de Botafogo Theater in a reinterpretation of the play Desculpe o Transtorno, portraying the character “Doctor.” He has also participated in theater showcases in Rio Grande do Sul, receiving a Best Supporting Actor award in one of them in 2018. Paulo has played guitar and acoustic guitar since the age of 15 and has performed in music festivals. He is currently pursuing growth and new experiences in the audiovisual field.
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Cathy Berberian
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Catherine Anahid Berberian (July 4, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was an American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. She worked closely with many contemporary avant-garde music composers, including Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. She also interpreted works by Claudio Monteverdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Kurt Weill, Philipp zu Eulenburg and others. As a recital curator, she presented several vocal genres in a classical context, including arrangements of songs by The Beatles by Louis Andriessen as well as folk songs from several countries and cultures. As a composer, she wrote Stripsody (1966), in which she exploits her vocal technique using comic book sounds (onomatopoeia), and Morsicat(h)y (1969), a composition for the keyboard (with the right hand only) based on Morse code.
Cathy Berberian was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Armenian parents, Yervant and Louise Berberian. The elder of two children, she spent the first 12 years of her life in Attleboro, then the family moved to New York City in 1937 where she graduated from Manhattan's Julia Richman High School for Girls. From an early age, she showed an interest in Armenian folk music and dance as well as traditional opera. While still in high school, she was the director and soloist of the Armenian Folk Group in New York City. For a time, she was an undergraduate at New York University, but left to take evening classes in theatre and music at Columbia University, working during the day to support her studies. She went on to study music in Paris with Marya Freund in 1948, and in 1949 she went to Milan to study singing at the Milan Conservatory with Giorgina del Vigo. In 1950, she received a Fulbright scholarship to continue her studies there. Although she had appeared in several student productions, radio broadcasts and informal concerts during the early 1950s, she made her formal debut in 1957 at Incontri Musicali, a contemporary music festival in Naples. The following year her performance of John Cage's Aria with Fontana Mix in its world premiere, established her as a major exponent of contemporary vocal music. Her American debut came in 1960 at the Tanglewood Music Festival where she premiered Circles by the Italian composer Luciano Berio.
From 1950 to 1964 Berberian was married to Luciano Berio, whom she met when they were students at the Milan Conservatory. They had one daughter, Cristina Berio, born in 1953. Berberian became Berio's muse and collaborator both during and after their marriage. He wrote, for her, Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958), Circles (1960), Visage (1961), Folk Songs (1964–73), Sequenza III (1965), and Recital I (for Cathy) (1972). ...
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Mr. Rain
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Mattia Balardi (born 19 November 1991), known professionally as Mr. Rain, is an Italian singer, rapper and record producer.
Balardi was born in Desenzano del Garda. His music career began in 2011, when he released his debut mixtape Time 2 Eat. In 2013, along with rapper Osso, he took part in the seventh season of the Italian talent X Factor Italia. They made it all the way to the Judges Houses stage, where they were eliminated. They were then chosen to compete in a final showdown for an extra spot in the live shows, but lost out to Roberta Pompa.
In January 2014 he embarked on his first tournées, performing in major Italian cities, while on 12 May 2015 he released his first album Memories, anticipated by the single "Tutto quello che ho". The album consists of sixteen tracks, including "Carillon", certified double platinum by FIMI in 2018. On June 2, 2016, the single '"Supereroe"' was released, certified as a gold.
On January 5, 2018, the single Ipernova was released, which anticipated the second album Butterfly Effect, released on the January 26. On September 21 of the same year, the album was reissued under the title Butterfly Effect 2.0, containing four bonus tracks and was promoted by a nationwide tournée.
On May 17, 2019, the single "La somma" was released, made with Italian singer Martina Attili, being certified gold. On March 13, 2020, the single "Fiori di Chernobyl", from the album Petrichor, was released, reaching the position 2 on the Top Singles chart.
On 4 December 2022, it was officially announced Mr. Rain participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023. "Supereroi" was later announced as his entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2023. He finished in 3rd place.
Mr. Rain competed again in Sanremo in 2024, with the song "Due altalene".
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Tracy Dahl
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Tracy Elizabeth Dahl (born 13 November 1961) is a Canadian coloratura soprano who has performed in opera houses and on concert stages around the world. Alongside her performing career, Dahl teaches voice at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music, and conducts masterclasses and workshops across North America. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband and two children.
Born in Winnipeg, Dahl began voice lessons at 12, and seemed destined for a career in musical theatre. In 1979 and 1980, she studied drama and musical theatre at the Banff Centre. After a successful debut as Barbarina in Manitoba Opera's 1982 production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Dahl changed her focus to opera. In 1983, she studied opera at the Banff Centre, and the Banff Academy of Singing in 1984 under the guidance of Mary Morrison and Martin Isepp. In 1985, she participated in San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program, and soon began a career in opera.
In 1987, Dahl made her European debut at Aix-en-Provence, performing the role of Blondchen in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Also in 1987, she made her American opera debut in The Tales of Hoffmann at the San Francisco Opera, singing the role of Olympia opposite Plácido Domingo. In 1991, in the place of an indisposed singer, she sang the role of Adele in Johann Strauss Jr.'s Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera. She also performed as Florestine in the premiere of John Corigliano's Ghosts of Versailles at the Metropolitan Opera in 1991, and again in 1995.
Dahl has sung in opera houses throughout North America, including the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Colorado Symphony, Portland Opera, and Canadian Opera Company, and has performed over 25 roles. In 2006, she made her La Scala debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos.
Dahl has appeared in concert with all the major orchestras across Canada, as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She performed a New Year's Eve gala with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich under David Zinman, and made her United Kingdom debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Dahl debuted at Carnegie Hall in the world premiere of David Del Tredici's Child Alice in 1986, and performed under the baton of maestro Leonard Slatkin at the Hollywood Bowl.
Dahl made her Australian concert debut in 2011, performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The following year, she performed for the first time with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in "A Gershwin Tribute".
In 2009, Dahl was awarded the Ruby Baton by Opera Canada for her outstanding achievements on stage. In 2012, she received the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Golden Baton Award for her artistic achievements.
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Sujit Kumar
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Sujit Kumar (7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010), born near a village in Varanasi, was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and 25 films in Bhojpuri. From the late 90s, he latterly concentrated more on production. Kumar was the first superstar of Bhojpuri cinema. He played pivotal roles either as a villain or as a character actor regularly in the most of films with Rajesh Khanna as the hero and in the films directed by Shakti Samanta. His indelible screen image remains of the guy playing the mouth organ while driving a jeep as Rajesh Khanna serenades Sharmila Tagore in the 1969 superhit, Aradhana.
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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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Ahmed Mekky
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Ahmed Mekky began his career in cinema after graduating from the directing division at the Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing Al Hassa Al Sab'a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed Al Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Ahmed Mekky has collaborated with his sister Inas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Harija (Crucial Moments) and Tamer wa Shawqiyah (Tamer and Shawqiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour. Mekky stars in the Ramadan comedy El Kebir Awi in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of El Kebir Awi introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.
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Ricky Ko
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Ricky Ko (Ko Tsz Pun) is a film director from Hong Kong. He graduated in Australia in 1996 and returned Hong Kong. In 1997 he joined TVB as an assistant director and participated in the production of many large-scale dramas.
In 2004, Ko resigned from TVB and moved forward to film industry. Before transitioning to film director, Ko was a First Assistant Director in many films. In 2021, he directed his debut "Time" which received many awards and nominations. The film was being invited to many film festivals such as IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam), FEFF (Far East Film Festival), LEAFF (London Asian Film Festival), NYAFF (New York Asian Film Festival), VIFF (Vancouver International Film Festival), HKIFF (Hong Kong International Film Festival), AFFB (Asian Film Festival Barcelona), ZFF (Zurich Film Festival).
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