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Tom Warburton
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Thomas Edward Warburton, better known as Mr. Warburton, is an American animator, producer, screenwriter, and character designer. He is best known for creating the animated television series, "Codename: Kids Next Door". He also created the animated short, "Kenny the Chimp". Prior to that, he served as production designer on the first season of "Beavis and Butt-Head" and was the lead character designer for the animated series "Pepper Ann". He is also the author of the book, 'A Thousand Times No'. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2009, he has worked at Disney Television Animation, serving as creative director on "Fish Hooks", co-executive producer on "The 7D" and executive producer on "Muppet Babies".
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Anwar Johari Ho
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Graduating from the University of Reading, UK, Anwar’s thesis short film Forget Me Not garnered accolades at multiple festivals, and his subsequent short, Burung-Burung, premiered at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2020), winning the Jury Prize Award at the Mini Film Festival (2021). His next short film, Fish Balls (2024) won the special mention award at the Ngilngig Fantastic Asian Film Festival. He has also directed multiple shorts and web series in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2021.
An alumnus of the inaugural Malaysian Development Lab for Fiction Feature Films (mylab) in 2022, he's now developing his debut feature film.
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Laganja Estranja
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Laganja Estranja is the stage name of Jay Jackson, an American choreographer, drag queen, and cannabis rights activist based in Los Angeles, California. He rose to fame as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, finishing in eighth place. Laganja performed moderately well on the show, winning a challenge while partnered with eventual runner-up Adore Delano. During the show, Laganja became infamous for her over-the-top dramatics, catchphrases, and emotional breakdowns. Jay is a choreographer at Beyond Belief Dance Studio in Mesquite, Texas, a studio owned by his drag mother, Alyssa Edwards. In 2016, Jay and friends developed Laganja's Dance School, a hip hop-oriented jazz-funk choreography class and confidence workshop. The workshop is held in North Hollywood, California, and also tours abroad. In 2014, Jay contributed vocals to a cover of RuPaul's "Jealous of My Boogie", for the album RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz. On June 4, 2018 he debuted on So You Think You Can Dance (United States) on Fox.
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Uwe Boll
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Uwe Boll (German: [ˈuːvə ˈbɔl]; born June 22, 1965) is a German filmmaker and restaurateur. He finances his own films through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions. Many of his films are produced on low budgets and Boll himself has backed his projects financially or made use of crowdfunding platforms.
His filmmaking career is generally divided into two distinct phases: the first of big-budget fare, many adapted from video games, with a usually renowned cast, most of which gained him a reputation as a 'schlock maestro', while receiving primarily negative critical reviews, with Alone in the Dark (2005) considered one of the worst films ever made. His second phase is marked by films of smaller or independent backing, relatively unknown actors and different approaches to filmmaking; Boll's Rampage film series, Tunnel Rats, Stoic, Amoklauf, Heart of America, Assault on Wall Street and Darfur were better received.
Boll decided to branch out from filmmaking in 2016 to work in the restaurant industry. He opened his Bauhaus Restaurant in Vancouver, which had earned positive reviews among food critics. In 2022, he returned to making films after selling the restaurant.
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Ariel Bar Tzadok
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Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok is a frequent guest on the History Channel's Ancient Aliens and the founder of the KosherTorah School. He is known for bridging the gap between Orthodox Jewish tradition, Kabbalah, and the modern "Ancient Astronaut" theory.
His perspective is unique because he argues that what modern society calls "aliens" or "UFOs" are actually the same entities described in ancient Jewish texts as angels, demons, and the Nephilim.
Core Philosophy: "We Are Not Alone"
Bar Tzadok teaches that Torah and Kabbalah explicitly document encounters with non-human intelligences. He posits several key ideas:
• Identical Entities: He believes that "aliens" are simply a modern, secular label for spiritual or physical beings that were well-known to the ancients. To him, an "alien abduction" might be what a Kabbalist would call a "visionary experience" or an "encounter with a Shed (demon)."
• The Nephilim & Fallen Angels: He often discusses the "Watchers" (from the Book of Enoch) and the Nephilim (Genesis 6), interpreting them as extraterrestrial or interdimensional beings who interacted with and genetically influenced humanity.
• Dimensional Reality: Rather than just "beings from other planets," he often describes these entities as interdimensional. He uses the Kabbalistic concept of multiple worlds (Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah) to explain where these beings reside and how they cross into our physical realm.
• Ma’aseh Merkavah: He interprets the "Work of the Chariot" (Ezekiel’s vision) as a literal description of advanced technology or celestial craft, rather than purely symbolic poetry.
Media Appearances and Works
Bar Tzadok’s role on Ancient Aliens is usually to provide the "Jewish/Kabbalistic perspective" on specific topics like the Ark of the Covenant, the Mana machine, or ancient high technology.
Key Books on the Subject:
• Aliens, Angels, and Demons: His most prominent work on this topic, exploring extraterrestrial life through the lens of Judaism and Kabbalah.
• What Torah Says About Extraterrestrial Life: An Orthodox review of UFO phenomena, close encounters, and government conspiracies.
Reception
In the Orthodox world, Bar Tzadok is a polarizing figure. While he is a traditionally trained Rabbi (ordained in Jerusalem), his willingness to engage with UFO culture and "Ancient Astronaut" theories is viewed by many mainstream scholars as "unconventional" or "fringe." However, he maintains that he is simply uncovering "Sitrei Torah" (secrets of the Torah) that have been hidden for centuries.
Would you like me to find a list of specific Ancient Aliens episodes he has appeared in, or perhaps a summary of his views on a specific biblical object like the Ark of the Covenant?
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Lee Montague
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Montague was an English actor noted for his roles on film and television, usually playing tough guys.
Film credits include: Moulin Rouge, The Camp on Blood Island, The Savage Innocents, Billy Budd, The Secret of Blood Island, Deadlier Than the Male, The Legacy and Brother Sun, Sister Moon.
Television credits include: Danger Man, The Baron, The Troubleshooters, Department S, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Space: 1999, Minder, The Chinese Detective, Bergerac, Bird of Prey, Dempsey and Makepeace, Casualty and Waking the Dead. In the sitcom Seconds Out he had a regular part as the manager of a boxer played by Robert Lindsay.
He also holds the distinction of being the first storyteller on the BBC children's programme Jackanory in 1965. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Montague, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Yuka Sato
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Yuka Sato is a Japanese filmmaker based in Tokyo. She has created five short films since 2014. Her films focus on the life of women and have been shown inside and outside of Japan at venues such as the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen and many others. She began curating films in 2019. Her curated collections include the Place M Film Festival (2019 and 2021, Tokyo), and dv_vd: Crossing Boundaries Between Photo and Film (2021, Montreal). In 2021 she held a solo photo exhibition of her work "Birthday", and she continues to search for the boundary between photography and film. Distribution by Vidéographe.
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Barbara Bedford
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Barbara Bedford (born Violet May Rose; July 19, 1903 – October 25, 1981) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of silent movies. Her career declined after the introduction of sound, but she continued to appear in small roles until 1945.
After high school she set out for Hollywood. She had written many fan letters to actor William S. Hart, and he helped her get a small role in his 1920 movie The Cradle of Courage. While working as an extra that same year on The White Circle, she was noticed by fellow cast member John Gilbert, who recommended her to director Maurice Tourneur. Tourneur cast her alongside Gilbert in Deep Waters. Tourneur also cast her in The Last of the Mohicans, where she was the love interest for Alan Roscoe, whom she later married in real life.
In 1925 she appeared opposite Hart in his final film, Tumbleweeds, a key western of the silent period. She starred in the 1926 silent film Old Loves and New and in Mockery with Lon Chaney the following year.
When her career declined after the switch to sound, she signed with MGM in 1936 to play bit and extra parts. Her last known film appearance was in 1945.
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Marco Bonini
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Marco Bonini, is an Italian actor, producer and screenwriter.
In 2009 he joined the cast of the second season of the series 7 vite where he played Valerio Tempesta. In 2011 he joined the cast of the I liceali miniseries where he gave life to Anton Giulio Poppi, a professor of art history. In 2013 he appeared as a guest in the first season of the series Crossing Lines where he played Lorenzo Vincente, an Italian detective and former partner of Sergeant Eva Vittoria (Gabriella Pession).
Marco is married to actress Sinne Mutsaers, the couple has two children, Orlando Bonini and Maya Bonini.
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Phil Dunster
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Philip James Dunster (born 31 March 1992) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Sky One drama Strike Back (2017–2018), the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2018), the ITV comedy-drama The Trouble with Maggie Cole (2020), the Apple TV+ sports series Ted Lasso (2020–2023), and the Amazon Prime thriller The Devil's Hour (2022). For his role in Ted Lasso, Dunster was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2023.
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