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Sam Ipema

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Sam Ipema is currently studying at the Stella Adler 3-Year Day Conservatory in New York City. Just beginning to get her feet wet in the industry and preparing for the long road ahead! Her free time right now is usually spent catching up on sleep or pursuing intriguing and exciting projects like this one! Other hobbies include sports (of any kind), writing, traveling (to anywhere new), and sneaking candy into movie theaters.I am really looking forward to being a part of this project - I think it’s going to be a wonderful depiction of the human experience and what it is to live fully (or not so) in this modern society.
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Gabriel Bacquier

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Gabriel Bacquier (17 May 1924 – 13 May 2020) was a French operatic baritone. One of the leading baritones of the 20th century and particularly associated with the French and Italian repertoires, he was considered a fine singing actor equally at home in dramatic or comic roles and gave regular song recitals. He was a long-term member of the Opéra-Comique and the Paris Opera, but forged a long career internationally at leading opera houses in Europe and the U.S. His large discography spans five decades, and he was considered as “the ambassador of French song”. Born Gabriel Augustin-Raymond-Théodore-Louis Bacquier in Béziers, France, on 17 May 1924, he was the only child of railway employees. As a young boy, he was fascinated by everything to do with singing: records, broadcasts and photos of singers. Leaving school aged 14, he worked at his uncle's print-shop, while studying in Montpellier to become a commercial artist, but during the Vichy regime, to avoid the round-ups and deportations by the Service du travail obligatoire, his parents arranged for him to do national service in the Chantiers de Jeunesse on the railways during the Occupation. As a teenager he took voice lessons with a Madame Bastard in Béziers in his free time and made his operatic debut during the war as Ourrias in Gounod's Mireille in the town arena. After World War II, he entered the Paris Conservatoire, receiving a scholarship because of his family's modest means, and graduated in 1950. He was a contemporary of, and shared his student life with, future leading French singers Régine Crespin, Xavier Depraz, Michel Sénéchal and Michel Roux. In his final year, the director of the Conservatoire, Claude Delvincourt, allowed him leave to work at the Opéra de Nice in the 1949–50 season, singing small roles in operas and operettas; this along with regular singing spots in cinemas gave him important experience and income before his next career steps. Having already gained a first prize for opéra comique in his penultimate year, he won first prize for singing and second prize for opera at the conclusion of his formal studies. Around this time he also took a course in dramatic art. He joined the opera company of José Beckmans in 1950, and was a member of La Monnaie in Brussels from 1953 until 1956, making his debut in the title role of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. There he sang the French repertory, both in opera (Gounod's Faust, Delibes' Lakmé, Massenet's Manon and Werther) and in operetta (Angélique, La belle Hélène, Les cloches de Corneville, Miss Heylett, Monsieur Beaucaire). He also appeared there in Puccini's La bohème and Madama Butterfly, and in Smetana's The Bartered Bride. While at the Monnaie, the French soprano Martha Angelici, whose husband was François Agostini, director of the Opéra-Comique at the time, sang in Les pêcheurs de perles with him; she suggested that he audition for the Paris company, which accepted him. ... Source: Article "Gabriel Bacquier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Jeff Bellini

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Jeff Bellini is a writer, editor, visual effects artist, and graphic designer. Jeff has created many projects since 2002, many of which have won nationwide awards. Jeff quickly grew to love movies and TV programs as a young child. Fascinated by how they were made, he learned every facet of creating entertainment and soon started making short films with his best friend on the weekends. Honing and perfecting his craft over the years, Jeff has helped write and create numerous Award Winning short films, edit a feature-length documentary, design poster, and album art for countless films and producers the world over, and create hundreds of hours worth of podcasts focusing on none other than movies.
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Mark Kempner

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Mark was born in Horne, Surrey to farmer and amateur entertainer Bernard Kempner, and former land-girl Mary Kempner. He went to Michael Hall school, and excelled in particular, in the many drama classes. Mark worked on the family farm until meeting wife Anna at 18. They married in 1982. They have two children, both of whom are also professional actors. Soon after leaving school, Mark worked on a Kibbutz in Israel for a year and in that time, started up a touring comedy drama group. The group toured other Kibbutz's performing comedy sketches.
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Alma Delia Fuentes

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Alma Delia Fuentes (born 22 January 1937 - died 2 Abril 2017) was an Mexican actress of film, television, and theatre. Fuentes began her career as a child actress. In 1951, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Youth Performance for her role in Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados. In the 1960s, Fuentes debuted in television and also starred in films as the leading lady of such popular performers as Cantinflas, Demetrio González, Antonio Aguilar,Eulalio González "Piporro", and Viruta y Capulina.
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Paul Butterfield

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Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer, and bandleader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his native Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters and other blues greats, who provided encouragement and opportunities for him to join in jam sessions. He soon began performing with fellow blues enthusiasts Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop. In 1963, he formed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which recorded several successful albums and was popular on the late-1960s concert and festival circuit, with performances at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, the Fillmore East in New York City, the Monterey Pop Festival, and Woodstock. The band was known for combining electric Chicago blues with a rock urgency. and for their pioneering jazz fusion performances and recordings. The band was also among the first racially integrated blues groups.[1] After the breakup of the group in 1971, Butterfield continued to tour and record with the band Paul Butterfield's Better Days, with his mentor Muddy Waters, and with members of the roots-rock group the Band. While still recording and performing, Butterfield died in 1987 at age 44 of an accidental drug overdose. Music critics have acknowledged his development of an original approach that places him among the best-known blues harp players. In 2006, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Butterfield and the early members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Both panels noted his harmonica skills and his contributions to bringing blues music to a younger and broader audience. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Butterfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Vanessa White-Smith

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Vanessa White-Smith is an Actor and Singer. She has worked in Musical Theatre: King Cotton, Musical Reviews: Dancing In The Streets, Blues Brothers meet Soul Sisters, Soul Train and as a Backing Vocalist with Martha Reeves. As an Actor, she has worked in Children's Theatre ie:Polka Theatre, Little Angel Theatre, Theatre Peckham, appeared in a few Commercials, Royal London Funeral Care, Trivago, Kellogs, GT Assurance Life, Autoglass, Daily Mail and a Trailer for Cartoonito, The Find Out Line.
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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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Kirsten Dunst

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Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/ KEER-stən; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in several films and television productions. She has received several awards, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in Little Women (1994) and Jumanji (1995). Dunst transitioned to leading roles in teen films of 1999, the satires Dick and Drop Dead Gorgeous and Sofia Coppola's drama The Virgin Suicides. After the leading role in the cheerleading film Bring It On (2000), she gained wider attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Her career progressed with a supporting role in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), followed by a lead role in Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown (2005), and as Marie Antoinette in Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006). In 2011, Dunst starred as a depressed newlywed in Lars von Trier's drama Melancholia, which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. In 2015, she played Peggy Blumquist in the second season of the FX series Fargo, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the role. Dunst had a supporting role in the film Hidden Figures (2016), and leading roles in Coppola's The Beguiled (2017) and in the dark comedy series On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019), for which she received a third Golden Globe nomination. Dunst earned her fourth nomination for a Golden Globe and first nomination for an Academy Award for her performance in the psychological drama The Power of the Dog (2021). In 2024, she led the dystopian thriller film Civil War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kirsten Dunst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mark LoMonaco

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Mark LoMonaco is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work under the ring name Bubba Ray Dudley. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as an ambassador and coach. LoMonaco built his legacy primarily as one half of the Dudley Boyz—also known as Team 3D—alongside D-Von Dudley, forming one of the most influential tag teams of the modern era. After debuting in 1991, LoMonaco rose to prominence in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1995 as part of the Dudley Brothers. Teaming with Devon Hughes as the Dudley Boyz, the duo became synonymous with ECW’s tag division, capturing the ECW World Tag Team Championship eight times and helping define the promotion’s physical, chaos-driven style. In 1999, the Dudley Boyz transitioned to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where they became a cornerstone of the Attitude Era’s revitalized tag team scene. Across WWF and later WWE, they won multiple tag titles, including eight World Tag Team Championships, along with reigns as WWE Tag Team Champions and WCW World Tag Team Champions. During this period, LoMonaco also became a fixture of WWE’s Hardcore division, winning the Hardcore Championship eight times. Following their WWE departure in 2005, LoMonaco and Hughes joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), rebranding as Team 3D while LoMonaco adopted the name Brother Ray. The team added further tag success in TNA and the NWA before splitting in 2010, after which LoMonaco reinvented himself as a singles competitor under the name Bully Ray, going on to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and headline Bound for Glory in 2013. After later stints back in WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH), LoMonaco returned to TNA for a final run with Hughes. The Dudley Boyz wrestled their final match together at Bound for Glory 2025, facing The Hardy Boyz in a closing chapter that paired two of the most influential tag teams of their generation. The bout served as a symbolic sendoff for both teams, linking ECW, the Attitude Era, and modern tag wrestling in a single farewell moment. Across his career, LoMonaco amassed 36 championships across ECW, WWE, TNA, ROH, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, including 23 tag team titles. He and Hughes were inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2014 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018, cementing their legacy as one of the defining tag teams in professional wrestling history.
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