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André Previn
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André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-born American pianist, conductor, and composer.
Starting by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Previn was involved in the music for over 50 films over his entire career. He won four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement).
He had been the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic, as well as the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Ana Lucía Domínguez
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Ana Lucia Dominguez was born in Bogota, Colombia on December 2, 1983. At the age of nine appears in various television commercials as a model. Attracted by the interpretation of his idol Margarita Rosa de Francisco, he studied interpretation, including acting, tica fon and corporal expression. Its beginnings with important roles in the world of comedy begin with the series "Fathers and sons" and "head to toe" but before he starred in fifteen telenovela "Beautiful girl" where the actress appears nude. Many compare this series with the posthumous work of Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita. Over time Ana Lucia began to realize that his real vocation and his passion was the interpretation. Over time it was winning in interpretive quality and could prove his real talent on shows such as "head to toe" or "Gated". As any self-respecting also n could dedicate to the world of the television program "The angels of the Mega", Colombian variety program. With the soap opera "Wild cat" is given to know internationally since this series had a great acceptance by the public and was seen in various parts of the world. With the premiere of "Pasion de gavilanes" enshrined as one of the most important Latino stars in the field of the soap operas. Poses in magazines such as interview and SOHO, where it appears in sensual attitude and with few clothes, not being the first time that this actress appears in provocative attitude. In the latest magazine repeats as a model. Gets the Mara de Venezuela gold as best actress award for her role in the telenovela "Pasion de gavilanes", but also is recognized as the woman more beautiful and desired in 2006 appearing in various magazines and obtaining excellent criticism as woman and actress. Married twice in his life, the first with David Alberto Garcia, Colombian humorist who is married to the actress when alone is 18 years old. Her current husband is actor Jorge Cardenas. Participates in the series "dog love" with the actor Carlos Ponce Maritza Rodriguez, being the first time that sings on it. Her last telenovela is "The ghost of the hotel" still not was to premiered in Spain. It is one of the few series where the thriller has a significant role in a television space of this kind.
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Rami Sebei
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Rami Sebei (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2013, where he performs under the ring name Sami Zayn.
Sebei made his professional wrestling debut in 2002 under the ring name Stevie McFly. Prior to joining WWE, he competed for Montreal-based promotion International Wrestling Syndicate, where he became a two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion, and achieved breakout success in the United States with Los Angeles-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and then-Philadelphia-based promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), all under the ring name El Generico, using the character of a luchador from Mexico with the catchphrase "Olé!". He wrestled while masked from 2002 to 2013. During his time in PWG, he became a two-time PWG World Champion and five-time PWG World Tag Team Champion. He is the only person to have won both of PWG's annual tournaments, the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in 2010 and the Battle of Los Angeles in 2011. In ROH, he held the ROH World Television Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship as part of a team with Kevin Steen, with whom he later earned the 2010 Feud of the Year award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He has also performed in Chikara and Evolve. Sebei also competed internationally for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in Germany, where he won the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship, and in Japan for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Dragon Gate (as well as its American branch), having won the KO-D Openweight Championship in the former promotion.
Upon signing with WWE in January 2013, he took on the ring name Sami Zayn and began wrestling without a mask in WWE's developmental brand NXT, where he won the NXT Championship. After being promoted to the main roster, he became a four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, two-time WWE United States Champion, one-time Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion, and a one-time Undisputed WWE Champion. He is WWE's 36th Triple Crown Champion and overall 26th Grand Slam Champion (19th under the revised format).
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Jonas Jacobsen
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Youngest of 4 children, Jonas Jacobsen grew up as part of the Danish minority in Flensburg, Northern Germany, his father being a minister for the Danish church in the area. His Swedish mother was mainly at home taking care of the children. After a year as an exchange student in Australia, his appetite to see the world grew. After high school he went on several trips around the world, gaining knowledge about cultures and languages until moving to Copenhagen, where he started acting in the underground theatre scene. After a brief detour at the Royal Academy of Architecture in Copenhagen, he was accepted at the prestigious National Academy of Theatre in Oslo, Norway, where he studied acting for three years.
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James L. Edwards
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James L. Edwards began his acting career at the age of 12 when he answered an ad in his local newspaper about a casting call for zombie extras in the low budget horror film "The Dead Next Door". At the time, he was interested in coming aboard as a special effects make-up artist. Edwards soon learned that although he did not have the artistic knack for effects, he enjoyed acting and many other facets of production work. Hired on to the film as a production assistant and featured in multiple roles in zombie or victims roles, Edwards soon became a stable actor and production team member for Tempe Entertainment.
While working with Tempe, Edwards was also head review writer on their Alternative Cinema magazine, as well as writing freelance for Blackest Heart. During this time, Edwards also served as co-screenwriter on Pete Jacelone's Psycho Sisters, a film in which he ironically got the job because he wrote a scathing review of Jacelone's original. Also, during this time, Edwards turned in his most memorable performance as a serial killer in the Matthew Jason Walsh horror film "Bloodletting".
Shortly after the Tempe split, Edwards took time off to get married and have kids, living a "normal" life until he was approached by filmmaker T. Michael Conway, director of the gritty cop drama "PiG". Conway was getting ready to go into pre-production on a reality horror film entitled "June 9". Edwards, excited to get back to film, came aboard as producer and actor.
Edwards followed up "June 9" with a string of independent features such as "The Spook Show", "Poison Sweethearts", "Wrestlemassacre" and "Killer Campout" , which he also co-wrote.
In February of 2020, Edwards released his directorial debut, the romantic drama/horror hybrid HER NAME WAS CHRISTA starring Shianne Daye, Drew Fortier, Rick Jermain, Kaylee Williams and Edwards. In 2021, Edwards released his follow-up directing effort, the horror anthology BRIMSTONE INCORPORATED.
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Malin Akerman
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Malin Maria Akerman (born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2009, she had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, she has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod.
Apart from acting and modelling, she had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career.
She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.
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Amna Khan
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Dr. Amna Khan is a leading consumer behaviour media expert, academic researcher and published author. Due to her unique consumer and retailing knowledge she is a go-to experts, frequently invited to provide commentary on key issues, bridging the gap that can exist between academic research and industry trends.
A respected and trusted source and an engaging personality Amna has over 400 appearances to date across TV, radio and print. From commentary on breaking news to feature articles and in-depth documentaries, she is adept at helping industry leaders and audiences alike unpack what is happening, why and what the future holds. As a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Khan not only contributes to the latest consumer behaviour and retailing research, publishes in leading academic journals and presents at conferences but also teaches consumer behaviour to managers of leading household brands and more.
Amna is also a keynote speaker at national & international events, conferences and a panellist for events, known for conveying complex ideas with simplicity to really engage, educate and inspire an audience. Passionate about creating inclusive leadership and inspiring the next generation, Amna believes in the importance of raising awareness and proactively pushing the narrative as a British Pakistani in the media, actively representing and leading through her role in the public eye and her work.
Khan has regularly contributed to media, including BBC, ITV, Channel 5, BBC Radio and The Conversation. She has commented on retailing documentaries on leading brands like Deliveroo, Tesco, Primark, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury, TK Maxx, Aldi, Subway and Coca-Cola.
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Percy Edwards
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Percy Edwards, MBE was an English animal impersonator, ornithologist, and entertainer.
As a child, Edwards was fascinated by the wildlife he found in his local area, and by the age of 12 was accomplished enough at imitating many of them that this became his "party piece".
In 1930 he debuted on the BBC radio series Vaudeville, the start of a career that would last the best part of 60 years. During World War II, Edwards worked at Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies in Ipswich.
Edwards was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1993 for services to ornithology and entertainment.
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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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Ethel Irving
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ethel Irving (born Frances Emily Irving; 1869–1963) was a British stage actress. She also appeared in five films. Frances Emily Irving was born in England on 5 September 1869, the daughter of stage actor Joseph Irving (died 1870)[2] and the wife of actor Gilbert Porteous (died 1928).
She was initially billed as Birdie Irving, appearing in London productions such as the 1885 pantomime A Frog He Would a Wooing Go and the burlesque The Vicar of Wideawakefield. She died in Bexhill-on-Sea on 3 May 1963.
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