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Aaron Milo

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Aaron Milo was born on September 24, 1984, just outside of Chicago in Rockford, IL. Milo caught the acting bug at the age of 8, when his mother was working in the costume shop of a local community theatre. He grew up doing regional theatre, and had his first New York City experience at the age of 14 and saw 10 Broadway shows in 6 days. While Milo loved the stage, he decided that he wanted to try out film, and at 17 he attended summer film camp at UCLA. He fell in love with California and film production on that trip, and established that California would be his future home. After graduating high school, he switched career goals for college and got his Bachelor's degree from Columbia College Chicago in Marketing Communication. He spent 6 months interviewing for jobs in that realm of business, and found himself longing more than ever for a career in film. Milo packed up, and headed for the California sun, where he spent 2 years working hard to support himself and to pursue his goals in film. After all the hard work he finally landed his debut role in the comedy Eating Out Drama Camp as the leading man Benji. Milo is continuing to pursue his career and living in Los Angeles.
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Teneille Newallo

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Teneille Newallo is an award-winning producer, actress, screenwriter, and director from Trinidad and Tobago who has also placed in multiple screenwriting and pitching competitions throughout North and Central America. Her first feature as writer-producer for the Trinidadian breakthrough film, The Cutlass, had a six-week theatrical run throughout the Caribbean region. She has been in the industry for over twenty years, bringing her unique perspective of Caribbean stories to the rest of the world. La Diablesse is her international directorial debut.
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Fern Jessop

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Fern Jessop is a Director and Producer born and raised in West Yorkshire. Her passion for creating film comes from her background in acting and the art of performance, and she has worked both in front of and behind the camera on a number of short films. Jessop built the foundations of her career in the production department, having successfully produced and assistant-directed her first short films (science-fiction thriller 'MANTARO' and 1920s period thriller 'Bury In Winter') in 2022. In 2023, Jessop went into production on her directorial debut 'Out Like A Lamb', as a writer-director and producer. Slated for release in 2024 'Out Like A Lamb' is a both a British family drama and a homage to her birthplace and the people that populate it.
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Shahab Hosseini

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Shahab Hosseini (شهاب حسینی) is a director and actor of theater, television, and cinema who was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He started his professional career by playing Amir Ghavidel's "Rokhsareh". He Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Fajr Festival for two consecutive years in "A Candle in The Wind" by Pouran Derakhshandeh and "Salvation in Twenty minutes after Eight" by Sirous Alvand. He then won the Best Actor Award for the Fajr Festival for "The Superstar" by Tahmineh Milani. Shahab Hosseini won an Honorary Diploma of Best Supporting Actor in 2008 in Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" movie. He also won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival in the movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, after that he won the Best Actor award from Canne Film Festival for "The Salesman" by Asghar Farhadi. He produced his film "Resident of the Middle Class" in 2014. Among the best movies that he has played Bahram Tavakoli's "Parse Dar Meh", Kianoush Ayari's "Khaneh Pedari", "The Painting Pool" by Maziar Miri and "My Brother, Khosrow" by Soheil Biragi can be named.
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Kundan Shah

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Kundan Shah (1947–2017) was an Indian film director and writer celebrated for his contributions to Indian cinema and television. He gained acclaim for his satirical comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), which has become a cult classic. Shah also co-directed the popular television series Nukkad (1986–1987) with Saeed Akhtar Mirza, depicting the lives of urban lower-middle-class individuals. Another significant work is Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), a romantic comedy featuring Shah Rukh Khan. Shah's storytelling often highlighted social issues with humor and empathy.
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John J. Pershing

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John Joseph Pershing est un général des armées des États-Unis, né le 13septembre1860 dans le Missouri et mort le 15juillet1948 à l'hôpital Walter Reed à Washington, D.C.. Il est le seul général, avec George Washington (à titre posthume en 1976), à avoir obtenu le grade de General of the Armies. Pershing fut nommé au grade de major général et les États-Unis déclarèrent la guerre le 6 avril 1917 à l'Empire allemand de Guillaume II. Quatre semaines après l'entrée en guerre des États-Unis, Pershing reçut un télégramme de son beau-père, le sénateur Warren, qui lui demandait comment il parlait le français. John répondit qu'il le parlait couramment. Quelques jours plus tard, il reçut une lettre du sénateur. Celui-ci l'informait que le secrétaire à la Guerre, Newton D. Baker, l'avait consulté au sujet du général qui devrait être envoyé en France. Un nouveau télégramme du major général Hugh L. Scott convoqua Pershing à Washington où ce dernier apprit sa nomination au commandement de l'AEF.    Après l'armistice, Pershing, continua son projet de structuration de l'armée. En 1919, le Congrès lui décerna le titre de General of the Armies des États-Unis. Il reste à ce jour l'officier le plus haut gradé qui ait jamais servi dans l'armée des États-Unis. Son seul prédécesseur à ce grade est Washington qui l'a obtenu à titre posthume. Un char de combat, le M26 Pershing ainsi qu'un missile balistique, le MGM-31 Pershing, ont été baptisés par l'armée américaine en son honneur.
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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 October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Oswaldo Salas

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Peruvian movie, TV and theater actor. In movies, has made his debut as the lead actor in the film called "Extirpador de Idolatrías", directed by Manuel Siles, in the role of police detective Waldo for which he won the Best Actor Award at Encuentro Mundial de Cine 2014 in Denver, USA, Best Male Performance Award at CinemAvvenire Film Festival 2014 in Rome, Italy and got a Nomination for Best Actor at Premios Luces 2016 in Peru. He performed 3 voices (magician Blue, General Rat and an old Edam) for the 3D animated Peruvian motion picture "Rodencia y el Diente De la Princesa" directed by David Bisbano, released in Peru in October, 2012. He acted for the movie "La Casa Rosada", directed by Palito Ortega Matute. He has also appeared in the film "Vidas Paralelas" (2008), directed by Rocío Lladó. In TV he played the leading role of Felix Vargas in the serial "Historias Detras de la Muerte" and Pepito in the miniseries "Sally, la muñequita del pueblo" in 2008. In theater as an actor since 1990, he played the supporting role of Ragueneau in the successful play "Cyrano De Bergerac" directed by Ruth Escudero released in 1994 and with a re release in 1995.
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Felicia Chin

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Felicia Chin could not have started her career in Mediacorp with more fanfare. She beat her Malaysian and China counterparts in Star Search 2003 (a biennial talent contest), and became the first Singaporean champion ever since the contest went regional in 1997. After signing a contract with Mediacorp in 2003, Felicia continued her climb by starring in the blockbuster drama series, Always on My Mind, opposite our homegrown Hollywood actress, Fann Wong, and Tay Ping Hui, a clear indication of the confidence the producers had in this new face. In 2004, she acted alongside Fiona Xie, Jeanette Aw and Taiwanese Idols Toro and Yan Xing Shu in the first locally produced idol drama, The Champion. This highest rated drama serial in 2004 had people sitting up and taking notice of Felicia. Over the years Felicia’s production request never stops, she can act, host and sing, this made her path to stardom a dazzling one! Felicia left Mediacorp in 2011 to continue her study in Beijing. She returned in 2014 and signed a full time contract with Mediacorp to continue and pursue her dream as an actress. Felicia’s first role after she rejoined is “Zhang Min” in “Tumultunous Times” where she was nominated as “Best Actress” in the 2014 Star Awards. She was also nominated in 2015 Asian Television Awards in the “Best Actress” category. This nomination is also special for Felicia Chin, who was in the running for the prestigious award for the very first time. She was up against stiff competition with nominees such as Ruby Lin, Vicki Zhao and Zhou Xun.
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Cardi B

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Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actress. Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified triple platinum by the RIAA, and was the best-selling female rap album of the 2010s according to Billboard. Critically acclaimed, it made Cardi B the only woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist, and marked the first female rap album after fifteen years to be nominated for Album of the Year. It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With "Bodak Yellow", Cardi B became the first female rapper to achieve a Diamond-certified song by the RIAA, as well as the second female rapper to top the Hot 100 with a solo output—following Lauryn Hill in 1998. "I Like It" marked the first time a female rapper attained multiple number-one songs on the chart. With her feature on "Girls Like You" with band Maroon 5, she became the first female rapper to achieve multiple Diamond-certified songs by the RIAA. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, five Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, fourteen BET Hip Hop Awards, and two ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards. In 2018 Time magazine included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, Billboard honored her as Woman of the Year. Cardi B made her film debut in Hustlers (2019) directed by Lorene Scafaria, opposite Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu.
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