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Brian Wilson

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Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
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Yui Aragaki

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Yui Aragaki is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host. She is most well-known for her role in the 2007 movie "Koizora" (also known as "Sky of Love") which was a box office hit. Yui Aragaki was born in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture on June 11, 1988, and has two older sisters. After seeing an audition notice for the junior fashion magazine Nicola (ニコラ Nikora), she applied for it and won the Grand Prix award for the audition. In 2001, at the age of 13, she began her Nicola modelling career and was very well received as a Nicola model, having set a record for appearing on cover for 15 times. A fellow Nicola model Ayako Enomoto gave her the popular nickname "Gakki." At the age of 15, Aragaki moved to Tokyo and enrolled in Horikoshi High School, a private high school popular for being attended by many Japanese celebrities. In 2004, she decided to put her Nicola career on hold and expand her career path into gravure and acting, and she also appeared in variety shows and commercials, with her Pocky commercials being the most popular. A year later, she officially graduated from Nicola. Even so, she still appears in the magazine occasionally. In 2005, Aragaki took up a role in the TBS drama, Dragon Sakura, starring alongside Japanese idols like Tomohisa Yamashita and Masami Nagasawa. This marked a breakthrough in her acting career. Since then, she has been cast in many other dramas, like My Boss, My Hero and Gal Circle. She also starred in the 2007 tragic love story movie hit Koizora, for which she won her first award, the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer. Currently, she has 5 newcomer awards. Aragaki won the Film prize at the 45th Golden Arrow Awards in 2008. Her tremendous number of movie shoots as well as the preparation for her debut album resulted in her suffering from work-related stress in 2007. Outside acting she also released her first album, Sora, and the single "Heavenly Days", a song from Koizora. "Memories", the theme song for Tokyo Serendipity, was included in her debut album. She also performed at Budokan. She was also the co-hosts for popular radio program Girls Locks in 2010-2012.
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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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John Glen

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John Glen (born 15 May 1932) is a British film director. He was born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. He is best known for his work as a film editor, and director of five James Bond movies, he also worked as film editor and second unit director on three previous Bond movies: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979). Glen's other films as second unit director include Superman and The Wild Geese, both in 1978.  He also directed the feature films Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and The Point Men (2001) and directed the TV series Space Precinct. In 2001, he published his memoir "For My Eyes Only."
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Karen X. Gaylord

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She was born Karen Xandra Gaylord on January 4, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to a working class family (she was also the oldest sibling out of a family that had four children; all of which were girls). Her father was employed as an engineer with the Northern Pacific Railway. Following her 1939 graduation from North Community High School she had intentions of going to college to study music and art however a school friend of her's noticed an announcement in the then published magazine, Movie Mirror, saying that the studios in California were accepting photographs with names and addresses in order to help recruit 'fresh' faces for films. Unknown, to Karen, her friend mailed in her picture and not long after she recieved a letter informing her that she had been selected to come to California for screen testing. Feeling this would be a good oppurtunity for herself, and the family, they all moved out to California and young Karen began floating around all of Tinsel Town's major studios doing several screen and wardrobe tests. In 1941, she made her film debut, uncredited, in The Chocolate Soldier with Nelson Eddy. Between 1941 and 1949, she appeared in approximatley 36 films and only recieved on screen billing once for her appearance in the 1944 Rita Hayworth feature Cover Girl. Her other screen appearances included Miss Annie Rooney (1942), Thrill of a Romance (1945), Night in Paradise (1946), Three Little Girls in Blue (1946), Linda Be Good (1947), A Song is Born (1948), and The Girl from Jones Beach (1949). In 1942, the Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis, Minnesota, selected Karen as they're 1942 'Miss Minnesota' and later covered the cost of her airfare and keep to have her return to her hometown to accept the award. Not long after this, film producer Samuel Goldwyn hand picked Karen to become one of his six new Goldywn Girls. She was also in high demand as a stand-in and stood in place for such leading ladies as Linda Darnell, Barbara Stanwyck, Laraine Day, Evelyn Keyes, Gene Tierney, and Jeanne Crain. In 1949, she left the entertainment industry believing that she succeded in her spotlight time and moved to Clearwater, Florida, to finally begin her lifelong dream of teaching music and art. In 1950, she legally changed her name from Karen Xandra Gaylord to Jane Goerner and up until the 1990s she gave private lessons out of her suburban home. Afflicted with poor health in the last years of her life, she sold her home and moved to Ocala, Florida, to live with her sister and brother-in-law, where she later died in her sleep at the age of 93 on August 1, 2014. There were no funeral services or memorials, and her remains were donated to medical science via the body donation program at the College of Medicine at the University of Florida.
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Milla Davenport

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Milla Davenport was a stage and film actress, born in Zurich, Switzerland. Davenport was educated in Switzerland. She appeared with her husband actor Harry J. Davenport's (not the more famous Harry Davenport) repertory company for fifteen years. She began her career in motion pictures in the silent film Trapping the Bachelor (1916). She was in Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) with Mary Pickford, The Brat (1919) with Nazimova, Sins of the Fathers (1928) with Emil Jannings, and The Wedding Night (1935). Davenport continued to make movies well into the sound film era. Her last film credits are for roles in The Defense Rests (1934), Here Comes Cookie (1935), and an uncredited part in Human Cargo (1936).
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Steven O'Neill

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Steven O’Neill trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His TV credits include Neil Pointon in Holby City (BBC), Alec Fallon in Doctors (BBC), The Crown (Netflix), Luther (BBC), Friends and Crocodiles, Sensitive Skin, Fear of Fanny, Olivier Twist, Garrow’s Law and M.I. High, Eastenders, Luther and Dark Money (all for the BBC), The Frankenstein Chronicles (ITV) and The Enfield Haunting for (Eleven Film Ltd/BSkyB). Some of Steven’s theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hamlet and Twelfth Night with Birmingham Repertory Theatre, David Copperfield at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Rat Trap at Finborough Theatre, Indian Ink at Salisbury Playhouse, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Zurich Opera House, Hound of the Baskervilles with Oldham Coliseum, Two Little Boys at Nottingham Lakeside Theatre and Theatre Renegade at Bush Theatre.
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Mark Jindrak

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Mark Robert Jindrak is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE under his real name. He is currently signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he competes under the ring name Marco Corleone. In addition to CMLL, he has also competed for its rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), making his AAA debut in March 2009 before he returned to CMLL in December 2011. He has also worked for Mexican promotions Perros del Mal and the short-lived Lucha Libre USA.
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Hailey Sole

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Hailey Sole is a phenomenal young American actress from the hit TV series Criminal Minds, where she portrayed "Meg Callahan". This young starlet also played "Amy" in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp. Hailing from Dallas Texas, she caught the acting bug at the tender age of four. Her first role was on the hit TV show Private Practice, where she appeared as "Betsey Parker" and was nominated for the "Young Artist Award" for her role. Hailey definitely knows how to balance her busy schedule as she attends school full time, competes in cheer leading, and acts in several successful TV series. Her credits include Private Practice (2008), The Middle (2011), Harry's Law (2012), Parks And Recreation (2012), Franklin & Bash (2013), Criminal Minds (2014), and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp (2015). In school, Hailey is an Honor Award Member of the California Junior Scholarship Federation, which fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship. She also studies two languages; Mandarin and Spanish. Talk about brains and beauty! However, it's not all about work with Hailey. She also knows how to have fun. On her free time, she loves singing and spending time with her friends. Whether it is singing in musicals or singing with her friends, she tries to find time to incorporate her love for music into her life. Hailey is also heavily involved in several charity organizations, such as "Habitat for Humanity," "Helping All Transients," "Operation Progress," and "Ahead with Horses." With the help of her parents, Hailey is planning to launch her own organization to help teach Elementary and Middle School children age-specific communication skills, and conflict resolution skills, to promote kindness, and to minimize future bullying.
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Marie Kristin Gabert

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Marie Kristin Gabert is a German professional wrestler better known by the ring name Alpha Female. She is currently working for World Wonder Ring Stardom. is a German professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE performing on their NXT UK brand. She is best known on the independent scene as Alpha Female and Jazzy Gabert. She has wrestled for World Wonder Ring Stardom, Impact Wrestling (TNA) and in the Mae Young Classic tournament. She is also a professional powerlifter, strongwoman, and bodybuilder. abert started training in 2001 under the wing of Joe E. Legend and Murat Bosporus, as well as other trainers from the German Wrestling Federation (GWF) promotion. Her first match took place on 7 April, where she faced Wesna and Blue Nikita in a three-way match under the ring name Jazzy Bi for the NWA Germany European Women's Championship, a match won by the champion Wesna. Gabert continued competing in the GWF. On 20 April 2002 Gabert teamed with Ahmed Chaer and Chris The Bambikiller in a six-person tag team ladder match against Wesna, Carlos Gallero and Fake Dog, which they would lose. Two months later on 22 June, Gabert teamed with Blue Nikita in a tag team match against Wesna and Missy Blond, which they would lose. She would continue to wrestle against Nikita and Wesna in Germany in promotions such as Professional Wrestling Alliance (PWA) and European Wrestling Association (EWA) from 2003 to 2006. Gabert made her debut for the Queens of Chaos promotion, located in Paris, France on 11 December 2006 competing in the one-night tournament to determine the number one contender for the Queen of Chaos championship. She defeated Pandora in the first round match, only to lose in the finals to April Hunter during a four-corners elimination match. Gabert returned to the promotion a month later on 21 January 2007, unsuccessfully challenging Hunter for the Queen of Chaos championship in a Iron Man match. Two months later on 18 March, Gabert once again lost to Hunter in a title match. On 1 July in the Fighting Spirit Federation promotion, Gabert unsuccessfully challenged Minx for the Queens of Chaos European championship. On 15 September, she defeated Allison Danger and Jetta to become the number one contender for the Queens of Chaos championship, and defeating Wild Xenia later in a singles match. In January, 2008, she won her first title -the EWE women's championship- in Bilbao, Spain against the Italian wrestler Lisa Schianto. She retained her EWE title in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain (April, 14, 2008) against Croatian wrestler Wesna Busic and retained too in Sevilla, Spain (June, 28, 2008) in front of the Swedish Jenny Sjödin. Gabert made her mixed martial arts debut on October 15, 2016, defeating Manuela Kuhse via technical knockout. Gabert faced Reina Miura on April 16, 2017, at Rizin FF 5: Sakura. She lost the fight by second-round submission
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