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Joey Marquez
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Joselito Perez Marquez (born Artemio Perez Marquez Jr.) better known as Joey Marquez, is a Filipino actor, comedian, politician and former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was city mayor of Parañaque, Philippines from 1995 to 2004. He is retired from politics and is focused on his TV and movie projects. Before embarking on a career as an actor-comedian, Marquez played for Presto Fun Drinks, later known as the Great Taste Coffee Makers, from 1981 to 1983 before moving to Gilbey's Gin Tonics, which would later be popularly known as Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, under legendary playing-coach Robert Jaworski beginning the 1984 season. He played briefly for Hills Bros. Coffee Kings in 1987 before leaving the game for good to become a full-time actor.
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Ruffa Gutierrez
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Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez (born June 24, 1974) is a Filipina model, beauty queen and actress. She was the 1992 Look of the Year-Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas World 1993 and second runner-up to Miss World 1993.
Gutierrez began acting as a teen in the 1980s, under BMG Films. She became part of German Moreno's That's Entertainment in the early 1990s before becoming a beauty queen in 1993.
As the official representative of her country to the 1993 Miss World pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on November 27, Gutierrez won the title of Miss World Asia & Oceania and placed second runner-up to winner, Lisa Hanna of Jamaica.
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Lito Pimentel
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Joselito Pimentel, known professionally as Lito Pimentel, is a Filipino film and television actor. He is the nephew of the late game show host Pepe Pimentel.
Pimentel's career began in the early 1980s when talent manager and entertainment columnist Alfie Lorenzo discovered and added him to Lorenzo's stable of talents, The Liberty Boys.
Pimentel appeared in films such as Moral (1982) starring Lorna Tolentino, Broken Marriage (1983) starring Vilma Santos, Clarizza (1986) with Sarsi Emmanuelle, Lord, Bakit Ako Pa? (1988) starring Snooky Serna, and Lover's Delight (1990) with Alma Moreno and Joey Marquez.
From being a character actor, Pimentel transitioned into TV hosting via the GMA Network noontime show Lunch Date in 1988. He won over a mass fan base with his comic timing and street-smart approach. In 1991, he left the show for another hosting gig in the Sunday game show Family Kuwarta o Kahon where he got to work with his uncle Pepe Pimentel.[citation needed]
He won the Best Supporting Actor Gawad Urian Award for the film Kapag Napagod ang Puso (1988).
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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 who 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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Billy Crawford
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Billy Joe Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.
Crawford is multilingual, being fluent in two Philippine languages, his native Tagalog as well as Cebuano. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one year in London. He currently resides in Los Angeles as of 2007. In 2008, he went to Manila to host Pinoy Dream Academy's uberture. He has also hosted the prestigious Miss Earth 2008 held in the Philippines.
He is now a talent of ABS-CBN and was seen in Pilipinas Got Talent as one of the two main host together with Luis Manzano.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen
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Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is an English actor. He is best known for playing Luke Crain in 'The Haunting of Hill House' and Peter Quint in 'The Haunting of Bly Manor', a Netflix original anthology series.
Jackson-Cohen was born in London, son of David Cohen, a fashion designer and Betty Jackson. He studied at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, located in London and at the Youngblood Theater Company on weekends. His first television role came when he was just 14 years old in the series 'Hollyoaks' as Jean-Pierre and later appeared in another television series 'The Time of Your Life' as Marcus in 2007.
In 2008 he played Phillip White in the BBC series 'Lark Rise to Candleford' as Philip White
Oliver Cohen portrayed Damon in the 2010 film 'Going the Distance' also starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Currently, one of his most notable works is in the film 'Faster' playing a murderer beside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. Between 2002 and 2023, Cohen managed to build a very remarkable career in television, cinema and streaming, having around 26 credits and counting, including series, limited series, films and short films.
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Heaven Peralejo
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Heaven Lyan Salvador Peralejo (born November 25, 1999) is a Filipino actress, model and television personality. She came to prominence in 2016 through the reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7 and has since starred in various guest and supporting roles in Pamilya Ko (2019) and Starla (2019). She landed her first lead role in the series Bagong Umaga (2020), earning her a nomination as "Best Drama Actress" at the 35th PMPC Star Awards for Television. She gained widespread acclaim for her performance in Nanahimik ang Gabi (2022), winning "Best Actress" at the 39th Luna Awards and nominations from FAMAS Awards and Metro Manila Film Festival.
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Drew Fortier
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Drew Fortier is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, author, and musician known for his work with a multitude of artists spanning many mediums; most recently and notably as a co-founder and guitarist for The Lucid which also features Sponge front man Vinnie Dombroski, Megadeth co-founder/bassist David Ellefson, and Fear Factory drummer Mike Heller.
Fortier established himself as a multi-faceted creative force by way of directing the critically acclaimed rock documentary Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie followed by joining Bang Tango as a guitarist which led him to write Dark, Depressing, and Hilarious; a sarcastic and sardonic memoir about his eclectic experiences cutting his teeth in the music business up to that point which also included joining the solo band for now late Faith No More front-man Chuck Mosley.
After taking a left turn into acting, Fortier co-starred in the low budget cult horror film Her Name Was Christa which has been critically acclaimed as being 'the most romantic necrophilia love story ever told'.
In 2021, he went on to portray a fictionalized version of himself in the critically confused and multi award-winning zero budget found footage horror film Dwellers which has been described as C.H.U.D. if it were shot like The Blair Witch Project.
Fortier has gone on to co-star in films: Brimstone Incorporated, Trivial, and the upcoming Side Effects May Vary which is indie cult legend J.R. Bookwalter's first directorial effort in twenty years.
In addition to his book 'Dark, Depressing, and Hilarious' he also co-authored the fiction thriller Rock Star Hitman with The Lucid bandmate David Ellefson.
2023 saw the release of Saddle Up and Ride, the sophomore effort from The Lucid; a 5 track EP which features Insane Clown Posse's Violent J on guest vocals.
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Vilma Santos
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Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She is currently serving as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019, and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since 2016.
Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in Dama de Noche (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with Lipad, Darna, Lipad! in 1973. Santos produced Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. She was hailed as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry by a foreign critic at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Filipina actress to be bestowed such a tile.
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Vina Morales
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Vina Morales (born Sharon Garcia Magdayao on October 17, 1975 in Bogo, Cebu City, Philippines) is a Filipina singer, actress and model.
At age nine, Morales started singing with her church choir at the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Bogo. This lead her to a music career. Father Fritz T. Malinao, a priest and a songwriter in his church community discovered Morales' talent and asked her to sing one of his compositions as an entry in the Cebu Pop Music Festival. The song, "Paglaum", which means "hope" in Cebuano language, won the Grand Prize and earned the Best Interpreter Award for young talents in the Philippines.
Representatives from Viva Films saw her performance and offered her a singing and acting contract. She and her family moved to Manila where she auditioned for a film career in the Philippine film industry. She changed her birth name from Sharon Garcia Magdayao to Vina Morales.
Morales' first film debut was "Nakagapos na Puso" where she co-starred with Sharon Cuneta. In her late teen years, Morales appeared in "Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum" and in "Anghel Na Walang Langit". She also appeared in "The Sarah Balabagan Story".
Morales recorded albums and performed in live concerts in the Philippines, including 2004's Mamahalin Ka Niya. She co-wrote the lyrics of a song titled Paano Kaya Magtatagpo?, along with Filipino model, actor and musician, Piolo Pascual. The music was composed by Arnel de Pano. Later, Morales and Pascual recorded the song as a duet. Other songs on the album include "Yakapin Mo Ako", Pangako and Saan Darating ang Umaga. In 2003, she held a multi-city US tour titled Vina Revealed and Vina's Hot.
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