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Suge Knight

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An American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006. In February 2015, Knight was charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Known gang banger of at least two Blood gangs. Was driving the car that Tupac Shakur was shot in on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tupac died six days later.
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Andrew Prince Boateng

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Andrew Boateng is the writer of 2024 Film Tribal Mark directed by Skepta and Hector Dockrill. He was honored with the Warner Media Scholarship for an MA in TV Fiction Writing at Glasgow Caledonian University, and also holds an MA in Creative Writing from London Metropolitan University. His writing has been recognized at the Edinburgh TV Festival's New Voice Awards, where he won the Best Test Card Pilot, and he was also shortlisted for the 2020 Red Planet Prize. Andrew's works, while rich in depth and cultural nuance, underscore his dedication to authentic storytelling. As an actor, he made a noteworthy appearance in Abraham Adeyemi's 'Chasing the Night' (Film4), sharing the screen with talents Sope Dirisu and Deborah Ayorinde. He also starred in Comedy Central's "Dating Horror Stories" Episode 2 (Blast From The Past) alongside Kyrah Gray and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
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Ann Skelly

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Ann Skelly is an Irish actress who first came to fame in 2015 with her role as the troubled teenager Rachel Reid in TV3's soap opera/crime drama Red Rock, a role that placed her at the heart of the drama across two seasons. In 2016, she starred as Biddy Lambert in RTÉ's historical drama Rebellion and she appeared as Annie Moffat in the BBC's adaptation of Little Women over Christmas 2017. In 2018, she was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for best actress for her first film Kissing Candice, in which she played the titular role. Also that year she starred in the adaptation of Eugene McCabe's novel Death and Nightingales alongside Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys. In 2021 she played Penance Adair in the TV series The Nevers for HBO.
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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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Keki Adhikari

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Keki Adhikari is a Nepalese actress and a professional model. She has appeared in numerous music videos, television commercials, print ads and more than a dozen of Nepali movies.She started off her career featuring in several music videos before making it into the silver screen. She made her acting debut with Swor opposite Raj Ballav Koirala. She subsequently earned wide recognition for her performances in I Am Sorry, Masan, Mayako Barima, Mahasus, Biteka Pal and Mero Best Friend.She recently made her debut in theater with historical play Chaarumati, written by writer and a researcher Satyamohan Joshi.
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Laura Harling

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Laura Harling (born 21 March 1986) in England, is a British actress. In 1995, aged nine, she played the granddaughter of Belle, Scrooge's former fiancée, in an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol with the Royal Shakespeare Company. After appearing in several television advertisements, Harling played her first television acting role in 1996 as Young Betsy in Catherine Cookson's The Girl which starred Jonathan Cake and Siobhan Flynn, and played Young Jane in Jane Eyre in 1997. Other appearances include The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), Invasion: Earth (1998), Nightworld: Lost Souls (1998), Casualty (1999), and Little Em'ly in David Copperfield (1999), which starred Daniel Radcliffe, Bob Hoskins and Maggie Smith. More recently, Harling has appeared in the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and Oscar winning film Gosford Park (2001), and, for the BBC, in My Family (2004), and Silent Witness in 2006. In 2007 Harling took a BA in Fine Art at Kingston University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Harling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
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Fernanda Faya

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Fernanda Faya is a filmmaker, director of photography, and educator, born and raised in São Paulo and based in Queens, New York. Her work emphasizes female perspectives and centers on stories on the brink of fading into obscurity. She graduated in Cinema, specializing in cinematography, at Faculdade Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in 2008. She earned her Master's in Film from the Graduate Program in Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College, New York. Her first feature film, "NEIRUD" (Temporal Filmes, Sancho Filmes), had its World Premiere at Olhar de Cinema, Curitiba Int’l Film Festival, receiving Best Film and Best Editing awards. Her first short film, "ONE FOR THE ROAD" (Temporal Filmes, 2017), premiered at the DOC NYC festival and screened at various festivals worldwide, including the Buenos Aires Int’l Documentary Festival (FIDBA), Encuentros del Otro Cine Festival Int’l Documentary Festival (EDOC), and the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival. Her Master’s thesis film, "ALONE TOGETHER" (in post-production), provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of elderly immigrants residing in a low-income home in Queens, New York, and earned her the "Excellence in Film" award from the Hunter College Advisory Board. She is currently writing her first fiction feature film script, "BETE," which was awarded the SpCine developing fund in 2022. Fernanda is a professor of Film at Brooklyn College - CUNY, in New York and a member of the Brazilian Collective of Female and Transgender Cinematographers. She has also taught courses in Cinematography in the graduate program at the Feirstein School of Cinema in New York.
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Dick York

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Richard Allen York (September 4, 1928 – February 20, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as Darrin Stephens on the classic television sitcom Bewitched (1964–1972). His portrayal of the character made him a beloved figure in American television history. Dick York was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He showed an early interest in acting and eventually moved to New York City to pursue a career in theater. Before his acting career took off, York worked various odd jobs, including as a radio announcer. His big break came in the 1950s when he began landing roles in both television and film. York's early acting career was filled with roles in movies and television series. He appeared in films such as They Came to Cordura (1959) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), where he played small but significant parts. His television appearances also included guest spots on a number of popular series. However, it was his role as Darrin Stephens on Bewitched that brought him lasting fame. The show, which debuted in 1964, starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens, a witch married to an ordinary man, Darrin. York played the first Darrin, a role he portrayed for the first five seasons of the show. The show became a massive hit and is remembered as one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 1960s. His portrayal of Darrin was beloved for his humorous and often exasperated reactions to the magical chaos caused by Samantha’s powers. In 1969, due to health issues, York was forced to leave Bewitched during the sixth season. His departure was explained on the show by having Darrin suffer an illness that made him unable to continue working. Actor Dick Sargent replaced him in the role for the final three seasons, but York's version of Darrin remains the most fondly remembered by fans of the show. Throughout his life, Dick York struggled with health problems. In the early 1950s, he was diagnosed with a severe back injury that led to chronic pain. The pain became debilitating, and York became addicted to painkillers, which contributed to his departure from *Bewitched*. His health issues were often a private struggle, and they affected his career in the latter part of his life. York married his wife, Joan Alt, in 1951, and they had three children together. Despite his professional struggles and health challenges, York remained committed to his family and enjoyed a relatively quiet life outside the public eye in his later years. Dick York passed away on February 20, 1992, at the age of 63, from complications related to emphysema. His death was a great loss to the entertainment world, as he was widely regarded as a talented and beloved actor, especially for his work on Bewitched.
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Fernando Lavanderos

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Fernando Lavanderos is a Chilean director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor. He was born in Santiago de Chile on November 15th (1974) . He has done fiction's and documentary's movies, which experienced and exceeds the line of their genre. His first huge success begin with his movie Y las vacas vuelan (2003), which its considerate as a real innovation in the Chilean Cinema. His second large-movie, Las Cosas como Son (2012) won 14 national's and international's first prices, in festivals like The Independent Camera Award of Karlovy Vary or The Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata.
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Paul Harvey

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 15, 1955) was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films. He is not to be confused with Paul Harvey the broadcaster. Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of The Awful Truth, then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or authority figures. He was a vacationing businessman whose car is commandeered by fugitive killer Humphrey Bogart in the 1935 crime drama The Petrified Forest and the minister who marries Spencer Tracy's daughter Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950 comedy Father of the Bride and its sequel. In the thriller Side Street, Harvey played a married man forced to pay $30,000 in blackmail money after having an affair. Besides his numerous films, Harvey appeared in 1950s television series such as I Love Lucy, December Bride, My Little Margie, Father Knows Best and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show before his death from a coronary thrombosis in 1955.
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