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Ken Lin

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Ken Lin Wei Heng, January 25 1978, also known by his stage name Ken, is a Taiwanese artist. He was discovered by Wang Weizhong and is now a regular member of the show "The Biggest Party of the People" and an assistant host of "Are You a College Student?". Lin graduated from the Department of Drama at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and studied at the Lee Strasberg School of Drama in New York, USA. He studied under Tai Chih-Yuan. In the Taiwanese entertainment industry, there is a saying that "Ken is in the north and Hao is in the south", which shows how important Ken is in the entertainment industry.
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Guillermina Grin

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Guillermina Green (1922–2006), also known as Guillermina Grin, was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in twenty three films including The Butterfly That Flew Over the Sea (1948). She was born in Seville, to a Spanish mother and an English father William Green an optician who worked in the city. In 1941 she was spotted by the film director Florian Rey and given a small part in one of his films. She graduated to leading lady status, and starred in Spanish films during the decade. She later emigrated to Mexico, but retired from acting in 1951 following her marriage to producer Guillermo Calderon.
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Lee Ho-jung

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Lee Ho Jung is a South Korean actress and former model represented by YG Stage. She's attending Hanlim Entertainment High School and is managed by Esteem Model Management Company. She began her career in the fashion industry at the age of 16, making her modeling debut in 2012. She transitioned into acting in 2016, landing her first role in the drama *Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo*. That same year, she gained attention for her appearances in music videos, including Zico’s “I Am You, You Are Me” and Urban Zakapa’s “I Don’t Love You".
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Yujiro Takahashi

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Yujiro Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of Bullet Club and its sub-group House of Torture. Takahashi entered New Japan in November 2003 with an extensive amateur background, advancing through the dojo and debuting on July 26, 2004, under his full name. He later shortened his name to Yujiro. From 2007 to 2008 he was a member of the stable Samurai Gym with El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi, which ended when Samurai left the company. In 2010, he joined Chaos, where he was a one-time IWGP Tag Team and Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Tetsuya Naito, with whom he teamed as No Limit. In 2014, Takahashi defected to Bullet Club, becoming the first non-gaijin member to join the stable. As a member of Bullet Club, he is a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion and a three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. During his time in Chaos, he had a "ladies' man" gimmick, which was carried on in Bullet Club. He is referred to as the "Tokyo Pimp" and is often accompanied to the ring by go-go dancer, the "Tokyo Latina" Pieter. Formerly affiliated with The Elite, as of September 2021, he is a member of the sub-group House of Torture.
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Peyton List

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Peyton List (born August 8, 1986) is an American actress and model, known for playing Jane Sterling on the AMC series Mad Men and Nicole Kirby on the ABC series FlashForward. In 1996, Peyton made her first big screen appearance in Washington Square. While working on As the World Turns, List was offered the small but significant role of Sarah Wallis in Bill Paxton's The Greatest Game Ever Played. The 2005 movie was a critical and box-office success. In 2008, she starred in two independent movies - action movie Deep Winter and the horror thriller Shuttle.
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Lester Greene

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From humble beginnings to a Telly Award-winning actor, Lester Greene's journey exemplifies hard work and perseverance. Born in Germany and raised in Texas, he developed a strong work ethic early on. Despite athletic aspirations, Lester shifted to writing, earning a degree in English/Journalism. After witnessing a murder, he transitioned from rap to acting, inspired by Larenz Tate. He trained with renowned actors and booked roles in various films and TV shows, winning several awards, including best actor at the Atlantic City Cinefest. Lester has worked with notable figures like Rza and 50 Cent and produced six films, some airing on CBS/ABC. He also published a book and hosted a radio show. Off-camera, Lester enjoys family time, writing reviews, and exercising.
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Rock Hudson

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Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades. A prominent heartthrob in the Golden Age of Hollywood, he achieved stardom with his role in Magnificent Obsession (1954), followed by All That Heaven Allows (1955), and Giant (1956), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hudson also found continued success with a string of romantic comedies co-starring Doris Day: Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1961), and Send Me No Flowers (1964). During the late 1960s, his films included Seconds (1966), Tobruk (1967), and Ice Station Zebra (1968). Unhappy with the film scripts he was offered, Hudson turned to television and was a hit, starring in the popular mystery series McMillan & Wife (1971–1977). His last role was as a guest star on the fifth season (1984–1985) of the primetime ABC soap opera Dynasty, until AIDS-related illness made it impossible for him to continue. Although discreet regarding his sexual orientation, it was a known fact amongst Hudson's colleagues in the film industry that he was a gay man. In 1984, Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS. The following year, he became one of the first celebrities to disclose his AIDS diagnosis. Hudson was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness, on October 2, 1985, at age 59. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rock Hudson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sammy Cowell

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Sammy Chanicha Cowell, nicknamed Sammy, is a Thai-British actor and model. Sammy graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration Ramkhamhaeng University Human Resources Management. Sammy began her career as a model in an ice-cream commercial, and other advertisements such as Citra, Honda, and Spy. She later participated in a 2007 Thai Supermodel contest which she won. She was subsequently signed with Channel 7 Thailand. She started with a supporting role for a prime-time drama and some lead roles for evening drama, becoming one of the main actresses for Channel 7 Thailand. In late 2020, Sammy's contract with Channel 7 expired. She decided not to renew it and became a free agent.
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Zita Sattar

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Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, theatre, and film actress from Birmingham. Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founding members of Birmingham's Central Junior Television Workshop. She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London. Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, According to Bex, Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors, and Flowers. Her theatre roles include: Top Girls, Clubbed Out, Let's Go to the Fair, Hansel and Gretel, One Night, D'yer Eat with your Fingers, and Romeo and Juliet. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010).[2] She has starred in the following low-budget films: The Final Curtain, Esther Kahn, Janice Beard 45wpm, and Large.
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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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