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Gaganjeet Singh

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After coming to IIT I pursued my interests in Theatre and Cinema. I participated and won many competitions, national events and explored the cultural life on the campus. I joined Arré a couple of years back, I was the showrunner for season 1 of Official Chukyagiri. I co-wrote and directed an office comedy web-series called Tathaastu. I have also co-written a hotstar original show which is in post-production right now. I am actively looking for ideas, stories that inspire me so much that I just have to tell them on a screen. DM for collaboration.
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Olivia Holt

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Olivia Holt (born August 5, 1997) is an American actress and singer. She was born in Germantown, Tennessee to parents, Mark and Kim Holt. When she was only 3 years old, she started singing and acting on the stage. Besides acting and singing, she has been a competitive gymnastic for the past 5 years, and a competitive cheerleader for the past few years. At Christmas time, Holt moved with her family from DeSoto County to Los Angeles. She starred in numerous community productions, including "Annie" and "Through the Looking Glass", before landing a role in the indie film, Black and Blue (2009). She also appeared in multiple national TV commercials, including Hasbro, Mattel and Bratz dolls. In 2011, Olivia got her break out role as "Kim Crawford", a confident martial artist and the only girl in the dojo who can go toe-to-toe with the boys, in the Disney XD comedy series, Kickin' It (2011).
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Tom Hanks

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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Hanks' other notable films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hanks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Salome Salvi

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Salome Salvi is a Filipino content creator and actress with a Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines. She first became known through adult-content platforms like OnlyFans and Pornhub, where she has said her arts background helped shape the way she plans, designs, and presents her content. She later moved into mainstream entertainment and appeared in the GMA series Black Rider, which she described as a helpful step in developing acting basics such as memorizing lines and understanding character work. She has also taken on roles in VivaMax projects, further expanding her presence in mainstream and independent Filipino productions. Salvi has mentioned that her experience in adult streaming taught her to be resourceful and adaptable—skills she believes give her a practical advantage when working on set or taking on new projects in the entertainment industry.
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Hanna van Vliet

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Hanna van Vliet graduated in Drama and Contemporary Music Theatre at the Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2014. For ANNE+, irrepsective of acting, Hanna contributes as co-creator. She can be seen in various films like Oh Baby, Broers, Ron Goossens Low-Budget Stuntman, and the Netlix show Toon. In the 2021 movie Quicksand she plays the leading part. In addition to her work for film, she works in theatre on a regular basis. She played leading roles in the musicals De Tweeling, Fiddler on the Roof and Pippi Longstockings. She got nominated for a Musical Award for Best Actress twice. Hanna is an advocate for a broad representation of queer roles and female leads in the Dutch film and tv landscape. For her role in ANNE+ she got nominated for a Golden Calf in the category Best Actress in a drama series at the Netherlands Film Festival 2020.
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Charles C. Wilson

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Charles Cahill Wilson (July 29, 1894 – January 7, 1948) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in numerous films during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to late 1940s. Born in New York City in 1894, the white-haired, burly actor was often typecast as an earnest police officer, newspaper editor or principal. He appeared in over 250 films between 1928 and 1948, mostly playing small supporting roles with a few sentences. Charles Wilson began his acting career at the theatre, including roles in six Broadway plays between 1918 and 1931. In 1928, he directed the Hollywood comedy Lucky Boy (1928), where he also made his film debut. According to the Internet Movie Database, Lucky Boy was Wilson's only film as a director. His most notable role was probably Clark Gable's "wonderfully aggravated" newspaper boss in Frank Capra's comedy It Happened One Night, which won five Academy Awards in 1935. He was also cast in small roles in other Capra movies such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Shortly before his death, Wilson appeared as the boss of the Three Stooges in the two-reel comedy Crime on Their Hands (1948).
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Jorge Porcel

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Jorge Porcel (1936-2006) worked in 49 movies, starting with 1962's Disloque en Mar del Plata, and ending with Carlito's Way (1993). Many of these 49 movies were collaborations with Olmedo. Among the movies they did together was 1986's Rambito y Rambón: Primera Misión. (Little Rambo and Big Rambo: First Mission) Many of Porcel and Olmedo's movies in the 1970s and 1980s were adult-oriented comedies. Conservative Argentine authorities rated these movies as PM-18 (age 18 and above), except for some movies planned for family audiences, which had "tamer" content. These movies are considered to be the pinnacle of Argentina's sexy comedy movie genre. Most of these movies were directed by Gerardo Sofovich or his brother Hugo. Porcel virtually stopped appearing in these movies after the accidental death of Olmedo, which left him clinically depressed.
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Wally Safford

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Wallace "Wally" Safford (10 November 1959, Detroit — 9 September 2022, Southfield, Michigan) was an American bodyguard, dancer, and background vocalist primarily known for extensively collaborating with Prince between 1984 and 1987. He published a memoir, "Wally, Where'd You Get Those Glasses? My Life Through the Lens from Parliament, Pendergrass & Prince," co-authored with Margena A. Christian, in 2019. Safford grew up in Detroit, and his parents were close friends with the Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali. Wally trained with the NOI in his early years and subsequently founded a career in personal security. During the Motown boom, he was a bodyguard for prominent musicians and bands, including Teddy Pendergrass, Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Commodores. In the early 1980s, Wally Safford began working for Morris Day and Vanity, soon joining the so-called "Purple Gang," Chick Huntsberry's team protecting Prince directly, starting with the 1999 Tour (November 1982 – April 83). In mid-November 1984, soon after the Purple Rain Tour launched, Safford began appearing as a backing dancer alongside Jerome Benton and another security guard, Greg Brooks, during the "Baby I'm A Star" in the show's first encore. Wally Safford danced with Prince And The Revolution at the 27th Grammy Awards on 26 February 1985 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (that night Prince won three awards, the "Best Album of Original Motion Picture Score" and "Best Rock Performance" for Purple Rain, plus "Best R&B Song" for Chaka Khan's I Feel For You), and appeared on the Live VHS/Laserdisc home video. He also participated in The Family's sole live performance on 13 August 1985 at First Avenue. Wally appeared in three 86 music videos with The Revolution, including Mountains, Girls & Boys, and Anotherloverholenyohead. In August–September 1986, Safford, Benton, and Brooks were dancers and backing vocalists on the Parade Tour. After The Revolution dissolved, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks continued performing with the unnamed "87–89 Band" — recording backing vocals on "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night," one of the tracks from the Sign "O" The Times album, and appearing in two promo videos, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man and U Got The Look. They traveled across Europe on Sign "☮" the Times Tour (May–June 1987), for which Wally invented the memorable 'Detroit Crawl' dance, as seen in the eponymous concert film. Safford also performed on percussion and drums, besides his usual choreography and background vocals, on 11 September 1987 at the MTV Video Music Awards. One of Wally's last contributions was among "party segue" spoken voices on "Eye No," the opening track on Lovesexy album. In February 1988, Wally Safford and Brooks left, effectively replaced by Cat Glover in Prince's latest outfit, The Lovesexy Band. In September 2020, The Prince Estate presented Sign "O" The Times Super Deluxe Editions with previously unreleased tracks from the era, including "Soul Psychodelicide" and "The Ball," both featuring Safford's background vocals, and "Wally" (dedicated to him personally).
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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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Richard King

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Richard King is an American film sound designer and editor who has worked on over 70 films. A native of Tampa, Florida, he graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in painting and film. He has won Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing for the films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Dark Knight(2008), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and the Academy Award for  Best Sound for Dune: Part Two (2024). He was also nominated for War of the Worlds (2005),  Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023), and Maestro (2023). He has won BAFTA awards for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017), and Dune: Part Two (2024). He has won eight MPSE awards for Best Sound Editing & Design and the MPSE Career Achievement Award (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard King (sound designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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