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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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Lucky Mangione
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Lucky Mangione was born in Brooklyn, NY and split time between there and North Carolina. Growing up his family owned and operated several martial art studios. During his time as a martial arts competitor he won several National Championships and 2 World Sparring titles during his competition days. He holds a 4th degree Black Belt in the style of Isshin-Ryu Karate and has studied several other forms of martial arts.
Lucky appeared in the family film Goosebumps, where he played one of R.L. Steins' main monsters alongside Jack Black and Dylan Minette. He also appears in a leading role in the crime thriller, Stanley, where he played a deranged crime boss with multiple personalities.
Over the years he has danced for several of hip hop's biggest artists including Digital Underground, Flo-Ryda , Nappy Roots , and The Ying-Yang.
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Ratna Asmara
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Ratna Asmara was an Indonesian actress and film director. Originally active in theatre, in 1940 she starred in the romance film Kartinah, which her first husband Andjar directed. After appearing in several further films, she made her directorial debut in 1950 with Sedap Malam (Sweetness of the Night), which made her the first female film director in Indonesian history. Although her work was generally ignored, later female Indonesian directors.
Ratna and her husband Andjar joined the Dardanella touring troupe in the early 1930s with the troupe she was known for the quality of her voice. In the late 1930s she joined Andjar with his Bollero troupe and became its star. She also acted for the Royal Balinese Dancers.
When Andjar was asked by The Teng Chun to direct a film for The's company Java Industrial Film (JIF), Ratna came with him. The couple earned 1,000 gulden each for their role in the resulting film, Kartinah (1940), Andjar as director and Ratna as its star. The film, a love story between the nurse Kartinah (played by Ratna) and her commander, was also the first war film in the country, taking place within the Air Raid Preparation teams (Luch Bischermen Diens). Ratna also appeared in Andjar's later directorial work, Noesa Penida (a love story set in Bali) and in Ratna Moetoe Manikam, a story about a love triangle between two goddesses and a mortal man. During the National Revolution following Indonesia's independence, Ratna appeared in one further film: Andjar's 1948 Djaoeh Dimata (Out of Sight).
In 1950, Ratna was commissioned by Djamaluddin Malik to direct the film Sedap Malam (Sweetness of the Night) for Malik's company Persari; Malik produced. Andjar wrote the screenplay. This made her the first female film director in the country. This was followed by two further films for the ethnic Chinese-owned Djakarta Film, both of which Andjar wrote: Musim Bunga di Selabintana (Spring in Selabintana) in 1951 and Dr Samsi in 1952. In 1953, Ratna established Ratna Films, which had a single production, Nelajan (The Fishermen), before being rebranded Asmara Films. This new company produced Dewi dan Pemilihan Umum (Dewi and the Election) in 1954, with Ratna as director; this coincided with the first legislative elections in 1955. Ratna left Indonesia for Italy to study film in 1954. She had died by 1981.
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Ravi Sharma
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Ravi Sarma (Assamese: ৰবি শৰ্মা) is an Indian actor who works in the Assamese cinema.[1][2] He has starred in films like Hiya Diya Niya, Nayak, Iman Morom Kiyo Lage, Barood, Aami Asomiya Black N White (2023) etc. He is also a famous name in Assamese mobile theatre.
Ravi Sarma has joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 2 August 2019.[4][5]
He resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party to protest against the Centre’s move immediately after the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was tabled in the Lok Sabha on 9 December 2019.
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Howie Mandel
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Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, television host, and actor. He is well known as host of the NBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere. He is also well-known for being the creator and star of the children's cartoon Bobby's World. On June 6, 2009, he hosted the 2009 Game Show Awards on GSN. Mandel became a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent, replacing David Hasselhoff, in the fifth season of the reality talent contest. He was a supporting character in the 2000 film Tribulation, from Cloud Ten Pictures.
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Leah Lail
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Leah Lail is an American actress and real estate agent. As an actress, she is best known for her role as Kay Simmons the communications and systems expert on the syndicated television series V.I.P..
Lail was raised in Lexington, Kentucky but left to attend boarding school at the prestigious Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California with degrees in German and Humanities (Drama) and a minor in political science.
She also guest starred in the television series Seinfeld, Empty Nest, Matlock, The Larry Sanders Show, ER, 7th Heaven, Diagnosis: Murder, Touched by an Angel, Providence, Yes, Dear, Without a Trace and Boston Legal, her last acting credit. Lail also had a recurring role as Debbie in the sitcom The Jackie Thomas Show, starring Tom Arnold. Her film credits include D2: The Mighty Ducks, Heavyweights, Late Last Night and Little Nicky. She also played the female lead in the film Denial, opposite Jonathan Silverman.
Lail has since retired from acting and now works as a real estate agent based in Beverly Hills, California.
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Lorenzo Zanoni
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Lorenzo Zanoni is an Italian Director and Videomaker born in Turin (IT) in 1995. He began his approach with the cinema working in various sets in photography / direction’s crew and he had a degree at “Dams: Cinema, Music and Television” University in Rome. He also graduated in the "Videomaking" course at the "Romeur- European Academy of Arts". He directs advertising spots and videoclips broadcasted on important national platforms, and also writes film reviews for some genre websites. He directed "Chaetophobia" segment (with Alessandro Sisti) in "A taste of Phobia" movie, an horror anthology distributed worldwide by Artsploitation, released on June 26, 2018 in Dvd and VoD. He also directed "Miss", a short film in competition into “David Donatello’s Festival” 2018, winning also the "Best Director" and "Best Short Film" awards at the “Effetto Cinema Film Festival”. In 2019 he produced and directed the segment “Gully” for the movie “ILL – Final Contagium”, an extreme body-horror anthology distributed by Glass Hose Distribution and TetroVideo Distribution.
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Monique Dupree
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Monique Gata Dupree (born 10 December 1974) is an American singer and a B-movie horror actress, producer and mother of 10, often referred to as Tha Original Gata or the First Black Scream Queen. She is best known for her time as a wrestling talent / producer / social media manager for spouse Tommy Dreamer's company, House of Hardcore wrestling as well as appearances on Impact Wrestling. Dreamer on numerous occasions via the House of Hardcore's Twitch stream dubbed Dupree "The Heart and soul of House of Hardcore".
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Robbie Barnes
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Robbie grew up in Cleveland, Ohio in the neighborhood of Slavic Village. It was after watching 'The Terminator,' she knew from a young age that she wanted to be in movies when she 'grew up.'
She started theater and film classes in college where she wrote and directed several projects, as well as booked her first lead role as Estragon in Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting For Godot.' The next few years were devoted to stage work and honing in on her abilities. She performed in plays such as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, MacBeth, Dracula, Our Town, and The Crucible. Then she signed with Docherty Talent Agency in Cleveland and has been in numerous commercial spots both nationally and locally. Robbie has also been in several independent films and was able to share the screen with stars such as Gillian Jacobs, Dee Wallace, Busy Philipps, Addy Miller, R.A. Mihailoff, Parrish Randall, Kevin Sizemore, and Keith Coogan.
Robbie is now the CEO of her production company, Perfect Holiday Productions, where she writes, directs, and edits horror, thriller, and fantasy films. She has won several awards for her work at various film festivals. Her thriller feature film, "Whatever It Takes" is available on Amazon Prime and her short horror, "Beyond Repair," will be available on a Women in Horror anthology DVD being released soon - both available through Meridian Releasing Group. Her fantasy-romance short, "Dream Come True," has just begun it's festival run, while her team finishes production of feature horror film, "FUN."
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Nancy Wu
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Nancy Wu (Chinese: 胡定欣) (born 9 September 1981) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB.
In 1999, Nancy participated in TVB's 18th Annual New Talent Singing Awards competition and finished in the fourth place. In 2001, she entered TVB's 3rd Annual Cover Girl Competition and won the Most Photogenic Award, the Most Fit Award, the Most Attractive Award, and the Overall Winner Award. Following that, she enrolled in the 18th TVB Acting Class and entered the entertainment industry.
In November 2012, Nancy received a Long Service Award from TVB for her contributions to the company. She was also awarded the TVB Star Awards Malaysia for My Favourite Supporting Actress in November 2012, Asian Television Award, TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Supporting Actress in December 2012.
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