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Hugo Carvana
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Hugo Carvana de Hollanda (Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 1937 – Rio de Janeiro, October 4, 2014) was a Brazilian film and television actor and director. Initially associated with scoundrel-type characters during his early career, he played parts in many Brazilian New Wave (Cinema Novo) films.
He later moved on to starring and directing comedies, such as his directorial debut, the self-starred "Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo!" (1973) and his last film "A Casa da Mãe Joana 2" (2013). During his later career, he was also a recurring actor in Brazilian soap operas.
Carvana died in October 4, 2014, from complications caused by a lung cancer.
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Jennifer Finney Boylan
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Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is a professor at Barnard College, bestselling author, and transgender activist. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1980, then completed graduate work in English at Johns Hopkins University.
Boylan was on the faculty of Colby College from 1988 to 2014. In 2000, she was named "Professor of the Year" at Colby College. She moved to Barnard in 2014, where she is both Professor of English and Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence.
In 2013, Boylan was chosen as the first openly transgender co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors and she served until 2017. Boylan also serves on the Policy Advisory Board of Gender Rights Maryland and the Board of Trustees of the Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
Boylan has written thirteen books, including novels, collections of short stories, and her memoir. Her 2003 memoir, She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders was the first book published by an openly transgender American to become a bestseller and was described by The Advocate as "a seminal piece of the trans literary canon". Her memoir, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs was published on April 21, 2020.
She was a Contributing Opinion Writer in The New York Times from October 2007 to April 2022. In October 2022, she published Mad Honey, a novel co-written with New York Times bestselling author, Jodi Picoult.
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Andrew Scites
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Andrew Cullen Scites (born August 14, 1991) is an American YouTuber and actor best known for co-founding the popular YouTube channels JStuStudios and JStu alongside his long-time friend Justin Stuart. Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Scites pursued his passion for filmmaking by earning a degree from Colorado Film School and a Bachelor's in management from Regis University. His YouTube career took off in 2011, where he initially served as the cameraman and editor for JStuStudios before becoming an integral part of JStu.
Scites is married to Mary Scites, with whom he shares three children: Barrett, Payton, and Aspen. The family resides in Colorado, where Scites continues to create content that entertains millions of viewers worldwide.
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Gerhard Klingenberg
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Gerhard Klingenberg was an Austrian actor, director, and theater manager, notable for his significant contributions to European theater. Born in Vienna, he pursued studies in acting and directing at the Vienna Conservatory. Klingenberg's career encompassed various roles, including serving as the director of the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1971 to 1976 and the Schauspielhaus Zürich from 1977 to 1982. His tenure at these institutions was marked by innovative productions and a commitment to artistic excellence. Klingenberg passed away in Villach, Austria, in 2024.
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Mun Ka-young
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Mun Ka-young (Korean: 문가영; born July 10, 1996) is a South Korean actress. She was born in Karlsruhe, Germany to South Korean parents; her family moved back to Korea when she was 10 years old. She began her acting career in 2006 as a child actress, appearing in both film and television. She used to be part of SM (in S.M. Culture & Contents) and acted in some productions in link with SM artists such as TVXQ 's Max Changmin in "Mimi" (2014) and with EXO in "EXO Next Door" (2015). In 2018, she started to gain popularity with "Tempted" as the second lead female actress. In 2019, she got the first lead role in "Welcome to Waikiki 2" and in 2020, she gained even more recognition with her lead role in the dramas "Find Me In Your Memory" and "True Beauty".
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Stevan Mena
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Screenwriter, published novelist, award winning director, editor and composer, Stevan is the quintessential auteur. His films Malevolence, Brutal Massacre: A Comedy, and Bereavement, which he wrote, produced, directed, edited, and composed the score for, have been distributed theatrically worldwide and received numerous festival awards. Bereavement, starring Alexandra Daddario (Percy Jackson, San Andreas) was chosen as the opening film for UK's horror channel line up. His debut novel, Transience, has been published in many countries in several languages. His latest feature, Killer: Malevolence Part 3, completes his Malevolence trilogy. Stevan is Repped by Juliet Mushens, Caskie Mushens Agency (UK).
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Michael Jordan
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record, at the time, 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.
Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson.
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Chance Quinn
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Chance Quinn was an actor best known for his portrayal of characters throughout various television series. Quinn started off his acting career in various television sitcoms, including "Family Matters" (CBS, 1989-1998) and "The People Next Door" (CBS, 1989-1990). Quinn started in the industry by acting in films like the Wil Wheaton dramatic adventure "Stand By Me" (1986). Several more television roles followed in the nineties, including stints on "Blossom" (1990-95), "Cutters" (CBS, 1992-93) and "Sirens" (1992-95). He also appeared in "The Heights" (Fox, 1992-93). He also was featured in the TV movies "The Day My Parents Ran Away" (1993-94), "Evolver" (Syfy, 1995-96) and "Trial By Fire" (ABC, 1995-96). Most recently, Quinn worked on "La La's Full Court Life" (VH1, 2010-14).
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Paul Eliopoulos
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Paul Eliopoulos (born 1 November 1971; age 53) is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Eliopoulos has doubled for actors such as Rob Lowe, Charlie Sheen, Grant Show, and Linden Ashby. Among his stunt resume are films such as Spy Hard (1996, with Bruce Gray, Diane Klimaszewski, Elaine Klimaszewski, Clyde Kusatsu, Mark Chadwick, and Maria Kelly), Titanic (1997, with Michael Ensign, Johnny Martin, Jenette Goldstein, Tricia O'Neil, Lynn Salvatori, and Anita Hart), Starship Troopers (1997, with Dina Meyer Clancy Brown, and Brenda Strong), The Faculty (1998, with Famke Janssen, Christopher McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth, Jennifer Caputo, and Eileen Weisinger), Spider-Man (2002, with Kirsten Dunst, Jill Sayre, Scott L. Schwartz, Joni Avery, Rick Avery, and Spice Williams), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003, with Cyia Batten, Mic Rodgers, Scott Workman, Boni Yanagisawa, and Anita Hart), the video game Alias (2004, created by J.J. Abrams), Cursed (2005, with Michelle Krusiec, Derek Mears, Alex Chansky, Brian Avery, Angela Meryl, and Boni Yanagisawa), War of the Worlds (2005, with Stephen Gevedon, Dendrie Taylor, Rachelle Roderick, and Joey Box), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), with Tom Morga).
Television series he appeared in include Melrose Place, Alien Nation (starring Eric Pierpoint and Gary Graham), Pacific Blue, Martial Law, Nash Bridges, and Party of Five.
He performed stunts in the Walk the Prank episodes "Spoiler Alert" and "Up All-Nighter" both as Chance and Herman's dad.
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Theresa Harris
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Theresa Harris (December 31, 1906 [some sources indicate 1909] – October 8, 1985) was an American film and television actress, singer and dancer.
In 1929 Harris traveled to Hollywood, where she embarked on an acting career. She made her film debut in Thunderbolt, singing the song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home". As she entered the 1930s she found herself playing maids to fictitious Southern belles, socialites and female molls. These parts were sometimes uncredited. She also floated around studios doing bit parts, usually at Warner Bros. or MGM. Aside from maids, she specialized in playing blues singers, waitresses, tribal women, prostitutes, and hatcheck girls.
Harris had a featured role as a friend of Jean Harlow in MGM's Hold Your Man (1932). In 1933 she appeared as Chico in the Warner Bros. pre-Code production of Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck. That same year Harris starred in a substantial role opposite Ginger Rogers in Professional Sweetheart. As Rogers' character's maid, Harris' character subs for Rogers' character as a singer on the radio. Despite the fact that Harris' character was a major point for the story's plot development, she was uncredited for the role.
Throughout the 1930s, Harris played many uncredited parts in films such as Horse Feathers (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) and Morning Glory (1933). She also played Bette Davis's maid Zette in the film Jezebel (1938). In 1937 she appeared in the race film Bargain With Bullets opposite Ralph Cooper for Million Dollar Productions. While doing promotion for the film, Harris spoke about her frustration over the difficulty African American actors faced in the film industry, stating, "I never had the chance to rise about the role of maid in Hollywood movies. My color was against me anyway you looked at it. The fact that I was not "hot" stamped me either as uppity or relegated me to the eternal role of stooge or servant....My ambition is to be an actress. Hollywood had no parts for me."
Harris continued to lobby for better parts but found few opportunities within Hollywood. In the 1939 movie Tell No Tales she was credited for her part as Ruby, the wife of a murdered man. Harris played an emotional scene with Melvin Douglas at the funeral. She appears in a small but vivid role as Kathie Moffat's ex-maid Eunice Leonard in Jacques Tourneur 1947 Out of the Past.
In addition to films, Harris performed in many radio programs. She was often paired with Eddie Rochester Anderson, who portrayed her on-screen boyfriend. She also appeared in several prominent roles for RKO Pictures as she was a favorite of RKO producer Val Lewton who routinely cast African American actors in non-stereotypical roles. In 1942 Lewton cast Harris as a sarcastic waitress in Cat People, followed by roles in I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Phantom Lady (1944), and Strange Illusion (1945).
During the 1950s Harris appeared several times on television shows. She made her last film appearance in an uncredited role in The Gift of Love in 1958.
Harris later married a doctor and retired from acting, living comfortably after having carefully invested the money she made during her career in the movies.
On October 8, 1985, Harris (then known as Theresa Robinson) died in Inglewood, California.
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