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Mira Sorvino
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Mira Katherine Sorvino (/ˈmiːrə sɔːrˈviːnoʊ/; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995).
She also starred in the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Mimic (1997), Lulu on the Bridge (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), Gods and Generals (2003), Like Dandelion Dust (2009), and Sound of Freedom (2023). For her work in television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) and nominated twice for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her performance as Detective Kate Morozov and for her leading role in Human Trafficking (2005).
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Malcolm Danare
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Malcolm Danare (born June 15, 1962) is an American actor, known for his role of Caesar in the 1985 film Heaven Help Us and Dr. Mendel Craven in the 1998 film Godzilla and its animated series followup. He is also known for voicing Kipling in Monster High and voicing Tiny of Ever After High.
Malcolm Danare had never been in front of a camera before he played the role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination. This debut role was Poteete in Paramount Pictures’ movie The Lords of Discipline, for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer. Danare's next film for Paramount was the iconic Flashdance.
Malcolm went on to star and co-star in a diverse collection of films: Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Walter Hill’s Crossroads, Amy Heckerling’s European Vacation, Michael Dinner’s Heaven Help Us (aka Catholic Boys), Bob Clark and Mark Herrier’s Popcorn, and John Carpenter’s horror classic Christine. Malcolm also co-starred in Columbia Pictures’ Godzilla and its animated television series.
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Jason Weaver
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Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979) also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his television roles as a pre-teenage Michael Jackson in the Emmy Award-winning 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream, and as the older brother Marcus Henderson on the WB sitcom Smart Guy.
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Wing Cheung Wing-Yin
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Wing Cheung Wing-Yin, born on September 11, 1978 in Hong Kong, dabbled in part-time modeling during her high school years. After graduating from a fashion design program, she explored various roles such as a fashion journalist and window designer. Her acting career took off in 2000 with her debut film 'Sweet Sweet Life'. In 2001, she played a supporting role in 'Windy Days Windy Nights' and also starred in Pang Ho-Cheung's directorial debut 'You Shoot, I Shoot'. Her collaboration with Pang continued with the film 'AV' in 2005. That same year, she ventured into radio, participating in a DJ competition at a commercial radio station, which eventually led to her becoming a professional DJ. She left the radio station on July 31, 2009, but continued to perform in stage plays and other productions. PS:Wing Cheung Wing-Yin and another actress, Christy Cheung Wing-Yin, are often confused with each other due to the similarity in the writing and pronunciation of their Chinese names, Cheung Wing-Yin. As a result, their Movie chronology are sometimes mixed up in movie databases.
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Bronson Webb
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Bronson John Webb (born February 20, 1983) is a British actor. Webb has had supporting roles in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), The Dark Knight (2008) from the Batman franchise, Robin Hood (2010), and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). In roles with more visibility, he has played Emilio, a kidnapper in The Lives of the Saints (2006), and Tony the sidekick in Pusher (2012). Webb also plays Will, a central character in "Winter Is Coming", the first episode of HBO's Game of Thrones.
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Cathy Moriarty
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Cathy Moriarty-Gentile (born November 29, 1960) is an American actress.
Her first film credit was Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), as Vikki LaMotta, the wife of Robert De Niro's lead character. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared opposite Andrew Dice Clay in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bless This House (1995). Later, she appeared as the villain Carrigan Crittenden in the 1995 film Casper and as Rose Donlan, wife of Harvey Keitel's corrupt cop in 1997's Cop Land. She reunited with De Niro for 2002's Analyze That, in which she played female Mafia boss Patti LoPresti.
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Kiko Mizuhara
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Audrie Kiko Daniel, known professionally as Kiko Mizuhara, is an American-Japanese model, actress, singer and designer who has lived in Japan since childhood.
Kiko Mizuhara started her modeling career at the age of twelve when she entered an audition contest for Seventeen magazine in which readers selected their favorite new face for the magazine. Later, she signed as a model under ViVi and MAQUIA magazine. Mizuhara had her acting debut in 2010 in Norwegian Wood and from that year on, she has been continuously appearing in the big screen and has been part of Japanese dramas Yae no Sakura, Shitsuren Chocolatier and Nobunaga Concerto. In 2011 and 2013 respectively, she was featured as a singer in Towa Tei's "The Burning Plain" and in M-Flo's No Way track under their Neven album. Mizuhara has collaborated with Opening Ceremony, and singers Rihanna and Beyoncé have worn her designs for the brand. In 2014, Mizuhara was listed among the Business of Fashion 500: The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry.
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Allan Rich
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Allan Rich (born Benjamin Norman Schultz; (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020) was an American character actor, author and activist.
Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist. He mentored Rene Russo in the world of acting and also played a judge in Hill Street Blues.
Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths.
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Mandira Bedi
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Mandira Bedi is an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter who gained celebrity status playing the title role in the 1994 television serial, Shanti, shown on India's national channel, Doordarshan, which was the first ever daily soap on Indian television.
She followed up her career in TV serials with shows like Aurat (DD and Sony), Dushman (DD) and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Star Plus) with hosting duties for ICC Cricket World Cups in the years 2003 and 2007 and the Champions Trophies in the years 2004 and 2006 as well as the Indian Premier League season 2 for Sony Max. She fronted the coverage of IPL season 3 for the British Network – ITV. She debuted as a fashion designer during Lakme Fashion Week 2014 with her saree collection.
Bedi also promoted faux leather for PETA. On 26 October 2013, Bedi launched her signature sari store.
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David Lama
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David Lama Portillo, born December 23, 1923, in Mexico City, and died of lung cancer on May 5, 1985, is a Mexican singer and composer. He is the son of a singer of the same name, David Lama.
David Lama Jr. composed songs such as "Beso chiquito," "Quédate," "Regalo de reyes," and the Spanish lyrics for "Candilejas." He began singing in 1947, performing songs by Rafael Hernández Marín. David Lama premiered the bolero "Yo vivo mi vida" by Federico Baena. For a time, he was part of Agustín Lara's orchestra as a singer, gaining great popularity during the 1950s. He also sang with Antonio Escobar's orchestra. On an artistic tour of Cuba, he recorded traditional songs such as "Quiéreme mucho" and "Tu qué has hizo" by renowned composers Gonzalo Roig and Eusebio Delfín, respectively.
In their book "My Girlfriend, Sadness," Guadalupe Loaeza and Pavel Granados point out that David Lama was a fleeting interpreter of Agustín Lara's work, and it was he who premiered the song "Luna, Luna, Luna" for him in 1954, which Linda Arce later also recorded. David Lama lived for some time in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and even regularly performed on radio station XELI back in the 1960s. Lama composed the song "Quédate," which was performed and recorded by "Los Santos," a trio from Guerrero.
We also remember him for his musical contributions to films such as "The Automata of Death" (1962), "Dynamite Kid" (1962), "Neutrón, the Black Masked Man" (1960)," and "The Mummies of Guanajuato" (1972).
David Lama Portillo died of lung cancer on May 5, 1985.
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