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Elodie
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Elodie Di Patrizi (born 3 May 1990), known professionally as simply Elodie (Italian: [eloˈdi]), is an Italian singer, actress and model. She first came to prominence as the runner-up of the fifteenth season of the show Amici di Maria De Filippi.
Since 2015 she had published three studio albums, which entered the top 10 of the Italian Albums Chart, and numerous successful singles. She collaborated with Italian artists such as Emma, Elisa, Michele Bravi, Fabri Fibra, Mahmood, The Kolors, Rkomi and Marracash. She has sold over one million copies certified by FIMI and earned a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Italian Act nomination. Elodie participated at Sanremo Music Festival three times with "Tutta colpa mia" (2017), "Andromeda" (2020) and "Due" (2023).
In 2022 Elodie made her acting debout, in the leading role on Italian film Ti mangio il cuore, premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Throughout her career, Elodie has also become the face of numerous fashion and beauty brands, including Versace, Sephora, Puma, Lancome, Levi's, Calvin Klein, Bulgari and OVS.
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Ted Atherton
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Ted Atherton is a Canadian television and film actor, as well as an accomplished stage actor. His list of stage credits include major roles in Death of a Salesman and The Lion King at the Royal Alexandra, The Cryptogram at the Tarragon Theatre, Hay Fever at the Canadian Stage and The Last Comedy at the Banff Centre. An experienced Shakespearean actor, he has played principal roles in As You Like It at the Du Maurier World Stage, Much Ado About Nothing at the Theatre Calgary, as well as Richard III and All Well That Ends Well at the Stratford Festival.[1] He is best known as Myles Leland III in the TV series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.
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Jeremy G. Woods
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Jeremy G. Woods was born on January 23, 1988, in Huntsville, AL, where he also was raised, but he lives in Dallas, TX. He graduated from Grissom High School in Huntsville, AL, in 2006 and received his BBA in Marketing with a French minor in the fall of 2009 from the University of North Alabama in Florence, AL. He is publishing his fifth book on May 5, 2015. He has also written and recorded a French song. "The Place to Start" was a short film he directed and filmed in high school and was filmed at his high school, Grissom High. He is moving overseas in the summer of 2015.
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André Ceccarelli
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André "Dédé" Ceccarelli (born 5 January 1946) is a French jazz drummer.
After learning to play the drums from his father, Ceccarelli started out playing in the salons of the Hotel Royal Nice Promenade des Anglais at the age of fifteen, where he played with some musicians at tea dances on weekends. He was spotted by a lady who was the wife of John Tosan, and was presented to the brothers John Rob alias Jean-Claude and James Fawler alias Gerard Roboly, and on their request participated on rehearsals with the French band rock Les Chats Sauvages, who was looking for a new drummer, and was hired at age 16 in May 1962, which corresponds to the beginning of his long career.
After almost two years, several tours and many recordings with this band, he left in January 1964 to resume the position of drummer in the band the Casino Sporting Club Monaco, and playing with many entertainers in studio and on tour, including Claude François, he turned to jazz. He had always wanted to be able to play with the jazz greats of the time, and could do so when becoming an active studio musician.
From the late 1960s, he collaborated with arranger and trumpeter Ivan Jullien with whom he recorded the album including 'Synthesis' (1978). It also participates in the short-lived group Troc (1972) with Jannick Top and Alex Ligertwood and sign two fusion style albums, one on the label Bingow, recorded between 1972 and 1973, the other for the Carla label in 1977. In 1974, he played in the orchestra of Jean-Claude Naude and participated on the album A New Kind of Band.
In 1979, he began a career in the United States alongside Bunny Brunel and Chick Corea, and met Dee Dee Bridgewater in 1987, with whom he continued a long lasting collaboration. He founded the 'Trio Sud' with Sylvain Luc and Jean-Marc Jafet in 2000.
He has recorded as leader since the 1976, and released the album Avenue Des Diables Blues (2005) within his own trio.
Ceccarelli is the sponsor of the festival Jazz at Any Time that started in 1998 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse and the Nice Jazz Festival in 2013.
He has worked with Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sting, Enrico Rava, Kenny Wheeler, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stéphane Grappelli, Didier Lockwood, Chick Corea, Joey DeFrancesco, John McLaughlin, Biréli Lagrène, Christian Escoudé, Philippe Catherine, Nguyên Lê and Sylvain Luc.
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Anupama Kumar
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Anupama Prakash Kumar ,better known as Anupama Kumar, is an Indian film actress and model. Having appeared in more than 300 ad films, she made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and went on to play supporting roles in Tamil films.Besides acting and modelling, Anupama has also worked as a journalist, anchor, visualizer and a television producer. She won the Vijay Award 2013 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) for her role in Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal. A Tamilian by birth, Anupama mostly lived in North India. She is married to G. Shivakumar, a Navy commander and has one son, Aditya, with whom, she currently resides in Chennai.
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Erika Voigt
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Skuespillerinde, sangerinde. Født 28/11 1898, død 29/5 1952 - 53 år gammel. Gift 1º med skuespiller og teaterdirektør Kai Voigt (1894-1946) - ægteskabet opløst, 2º med kapelmester Arne Wellejus (1909-88) - ægteskabet opløst i 1939, 3º med solodanser og koreograf Hans Brenaa (1910-88). Indledte sin karriere som revyskuespiller i provinsen i en alder af 17 år. I en længere årrække var hun engageret ved Apolloteatret og fik sit egentlige gennembrud dér i 1943. Uddrag fra Morten Piils "Danske filmskuespillere" (Gyldendal, 2003): I 1940'ernes anden halvdel afløste hun den sygdomsplagede Liva Weel som fejret revy-dronning, men hendes stjernestatus på teatret gik ikke igen på film. Her gør hun - med sin kompakte konefigur, sit tindrende gode humør og sin indtagende djærve københavnerfacon - god fyldest i biroller. Der er noget ægte solbeskinnet ved hendes væsen, et præg af svundne tiders klippesikre ukuelighed. Som oftest lyste hun op i folkekomedier, men hendes forlystelsessyge hustru i Carl Alstrup-dramaet "Peter Andersen" (1941) viser oplagt talent for karakterspil i en sjælden negativ rolle. Mere åndsbeslægtet virker dog hendes husmor fru Lykkeberg i "Lykken kommer" (1942) - "et af de få livsstykker, man kan udholde" (Jørgen Stegelmann). Her ses hun i tæt, harmonisk samspil med en overdådigt veloplagt Ib Schønberg, der som sporvognskonduktør elsker "mutter og linie otte" - småborgerlighed med et menneskeligt ansigt. Hun er kvindesagskvinde i "Op med lille Martha" (1946), og i "Bag de røde porte" (1951) ses hun igen i samspil med Ib Schønberg, der som indehaver af en sangerindepavillion behandler hendes gæve bakkesangerinde med tilbørlig respekt. Og i "Fodboldpræsten" (1951) har hun som menighedsrådsformand igen hjertet på det rette sted, omend hendes geskæftighed kan tage overhånd. [Uddrag fra "Danske filmskuespillere" slut]
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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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Justin Baldoni
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Justin Baldoni is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing series regular Rafael Solano on the comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin. After the success of his digital documentary series My Last Days (2012), a show about living told by the dying, he founded Wayfarer Entertainment, a digital media studio that aims to create inspirational content to celebrate and elevate the human experience. He has since directed the scripted films Five Feet Apart (2019), Clouds (2020) and It Ends With Us (2024).
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Micah Lyons
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Born in Longview, Texas, Micah Lyons completed his schooling at Hallsville High School. An acting scholarship later led him to Texas State University, where he pursued theatre and film, eventually earning a BFA in Acting. Even before graduating, Micah made his mark in the acting domain, securing roles in plays, indie films, commercials, and network TV shows in Austin and Dallas. In 2011, he married model and actress Brooke Spurlock. Chasing their mutual aspirations, the couple relocated to Los Angeles. The city, rich in opportunities, embraced their talents, casting them in TV shows and commercials. The entrepreneurial spirit in them also flourished as they established their production house, Breath of Life Productions, LLC. Micah's flair for writing became evident as he penned over ten screenplays for their company. Among them is "BUD/S", a narrative focusing on a young man's relentless journey to become a Navy SEAL, primarily to earn the admiration of his strict military father.
Family joys were aplenty as the couple welcomed their firstborn, Elijah, in 2013, and two years later, their second child, Finley. 2016 saw Micah in a pivotal role, both off and on-screen. He wrote, produced, and starred in "The Runners", a "Taken"-inspired action/thriller set against the backdrop of East Texas. More than just a film, it represented a cause – highlighting the dire issue of domestic human trafficking. Dedicated to making a tangible impact, the production team undertook initiatives to raise nationwide awareness on the matter, committing a significant slice of the film's earnings to non-profits working relentlessly against this menace.
Most recently, Micah showcased his prowess as a producer and actor once again, by producing and taking on the role of Deuce in "Grumpy Old Santa".
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Anna Madeley
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Anna Madeley is an English actress. She has been described by the British Theatre Guide's Philip Fisher as one of the United Kingdom's "brightest and most versatile young actresses". She grew up in London and started her career as a child actress. She performed for three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in three off-West End productions. She has starred in BBC TV films and on Channel 4. Anna has also done work in radio and film.
Madeley grew up in London, attending North London Collegiate School, and began her career as a child actress. She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Madeley has performed three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company: 2001-2002; and 2003-2004. She appeared in The Roman Actor opposite Sir Antony Sher.
In 2005 she appeared in three off-West End productions (Laura Wade's Colder Than Here, as well as The Philanthropist (directed by David Grindley) and The Cosmonaut's Last Message..., both at the Donmar Warehouse), and rounded off the year starring as both Aaron and Young Alexander Ashbrook in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.
In 2006, Madeley starred in two BBC TV films - as the title character in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton, and in the original drama Aftersun - and the high-profile ITV drama The Outsiders.
In 2007, Madeley appeared in Channel 4's Consent, which combined a dramatised vignette about an alleged date rape with a "real life" sequence in which lawyers and a jury made up of members of the public participated in a trial. In February 2007, Madeley played Nina in a production of The Seagull for a time, when the main actress fell ill.
She was the only cast member to reprise her role in Grindley's 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist.
In 2010 she appeared The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake as Anne Lister, a 19th-century industrialist who was Britain's "first modern lesbian" and who kept a detailed journal. The film was shown on the opening night at the Frameline Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in June 2010.
In January 2013 Madeley starred in Hammer Films' first live theatre play, a new stage adaptation of The Turn of the Screw.
In 2016, she played the role of Clarissa Eden in the Netflix series The Crown.
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