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Lenore Kasdorf

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​Lenore Kasdorf (born July 23, 1948) is an American actress.She has since appeared on the soaps Santa Barbara and Days of our Lives, as well as a number of films (her most prominent film role costarring with Chuck Norris in 1984's Missing in Action). She also had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom Coach. Her television credits also include guest-starring roles on The A-Team, Knight Rider, Murder She Wrote, Barnaby Jones, 21 Jump Street, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills, 90210, and the science fiction drama Babylon 5. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lenore Kasdorf , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Brewster Kahle

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Brewster Lurton Kahle, born in New York City, USA, is an American digital librarian, computer engineer, and Internet entrepreneur, renowned for pioneering web archiving and digital information access. He is the founder of the Internet Archive, co-founder of Alexa Internet, and a key developer of WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers), receiving 16 awards from 2004 to 2024. Raised in Scarsdale, New York, he is the son of Margaret Mary (Lurton) and Robert Vinton Kahle. Kahle studied at Scarsdale High School and earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT in 1982, learning artificial intelligence under Marvin Minsky and W. Daniel Hillis. After graduation, he worked at Thinking Machines Corporation as Lead engineer on the Connection Machine project and co-developed WAIS, an early distributed search and document retrieval system. In 1992, he co-founded WAIS, Inc., later sold to AOL in 1995. In 1996, he and Bruce Gilliat co-founded Alexa Internet, acquired by Amazon in 1999. That same year, Kahle founded the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library, and launched the Wayback Machine in 2001, providing access to archived web pages dating back to 1996. A strong advocate for universal access to information, library digitization, and preservation of media, Kahle and his wife Mary Austin run the Kahle/Austin Foundation, supporting open access, free software, and long-term preservation of books and documents in climate-controlled facilities. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Internet Hall of Fame, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and holds an honorary doctorate from Simmons University. Throughout his career, Kahle has emphasized preserving digital information with proper metadata and creating affordable digital libraries to make knowledge widely accessible. TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad
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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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Ludo De Witte

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Ludo De Witte (born 1956) is a Belgian sociologist and political activist renowned for his groundbreaking work on post-colonial Central African history and eco-socialism. He gained international recognition with his 1999 book De moord op Lumumba (The Assassination of Lumumba – the book is translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic). In this work he exposes the Belgian government’s involvement in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His research led to a parliamentary inquiry in Belgium, marking a significant moment in the country’s reckoning with its colonial past.
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Maisy Stella

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Maisy Stella (born December 13, 2003) is a Canadian singer and actress. She is known for her role as country music singer Daphne Conrad on the musical television series Nashville (2012–2018). In 2017, she released her debut solo song, "Riding Free", for the soundtrack of the animated series Spirit Riding Free. Returning to acting, Stella starred as the lead character in Megan Park's coming-of-age comedy My Old Ass (2024). For her performance in the latter, she won a Critics' Choice Movie Award and an Independent Spirit Award and received a nomination for the Gotham Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maisy Stella, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jazmín Muñoz

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Jazmín Muñoz is a producer based in Monterrey, Mexico. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Digital Production from the Universidad de Monterrey. She has stood out at film festivals and showcases with projects such as Nudos (2025), which was awarded as Mejor Cortometraje Universitario de Ficción (Best University Fiction Short Film) at the Festival de Cine Mexicano Tamatán. In 2025, she was a recipient of the CIBEF International Call for Partial Scholarships to pursue a Diploma in Film Production from the Centro Iberoamericano de Estudios de Foto, Cine y Animación. Additionally, she has collaborated in various roles in the production department across local, national, and international films and series, music videos, and commercials.
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Chris Richards

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Chris Richards was born and raised in North Canton, Ohio. He is known for his appearances on Bull (CBS) and The Russo Brothers' film, Cherry. He is primarily of German, Italian, and Welsh descent. Richards studied acting at Kent State University. Upon graduation, he immediately began working as a local professional actor in the Cleveland area until he moved to New York City to continue the pursuit of his acting career. Since then, he has continued to earn a variety of roles in notable Theatre, TV, and Film projects. He also studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York under Anthony Atamanuik (creator of "The President Show" on Comedy Central). Chris Richards has been cast in numerous productions at several significant Off-Broadway and regional theatres, including the Tony-Award-Winning Cleveland Play House and Pearl Theatre Company in New York City. He has also been fortunate to act opposite of many highly celebrated actors, including Emmy-Award-Winner Maile Flanagan and Marvel superstar Tom Holland. Richards' work has been acclaimed in The New York Times, and critics have also published reviews comparing him and his work to Tom Hanks. He lives with his wife and two children in New York City.
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Jordan Gray

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Jordan Redford Gossamer Gray is an English comedian and singer from Essex. After beginning her career as a singer, she released several independent singles and albums. She appeared on the fifth series of The Voice UK, where she was a semi-finalist; having performed a skit during one of the live shows and preferred it to singing, and after a record label deal was not renewed, she became a comedian, where she was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award for her tour Is It a Bird? in 2022. Her 2022 appearance on Friday Night Live, where she performed a song about her experiences as a transgender woman, stripped naked, and played the piano with her penis, attracted praise and controversy.
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Elisabet Reinsalu

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Elisabet Reinsalu (until 2012, Elisabet Tamm; born April 21, 1976) is an Estonian stage, television, voice, and film actress. Elisabet Reinsalu was born Elisabet Tamm in Tallinn to Tõnu Tamm and Mari Lill, both actors. She has an older sister named Katariina. Her maternal uncle is glass artist Ivo Lill. Reinsalu graduated from secondary school in 1994 from Tallinn Õismäe Humanitarian Gymnasium. She spent three years studying advertising and media at Tallinn Pedagogical University (now, Tallinn University) before entering the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Drama School, graduating in 2002. Among her graduating classmates were Priit Võigemast, Ott Aardam, Hele Kõrve, Karin Rask, Mart Toome, Evelin Võigemast, Maria Soomets, and Argo Aadli. She made her film debut at age 15 in 1991 as Rita in the Roman Baskin directed drama Rahu tänav for Tallinnfilm, starring Mikk Mikiver and Jüri Järvet. Following this role, she returned to her studies and didn't appear in another film until receiving a small roll in the 2002 Elmo Nüganen directed historical drama Nimed marmortahvlil, adapted from the 1936 Albert Kivikas novel of the same name about the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence. In 2006, she played the role of Ottilie in the Roman Baskin directed Vana daami visiit; based on 1956 tragicomic play The Visit by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and starring Ita Ever and Aarne Üksküla. Other small film roles include, the Marko Raat directed Agent Sinikael in 2002; the Mart Arjukese directed film short Viimane öö in 2003; as a voice actress in the Hardi Volmer directed animated film short Barbarid in 2003; in the 2005 Leeni Linna directed dramatic short film Personal Space; and the Sander Allikmäe directed dramatic short film Kastis in 2012. In addition to film roles, she has also had a career as a voice actress; often dubbing foreign animated film characters into Estonian. She has voiced the characters Colette Tatou in Pixar's 2007 American computer-animated comedy film Ratatouille; Vanellope von Schweetz in the American 3D computer-animated fantasy-comedy film Wreck-It Ralph, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios; and Maggie in the 2013 3D Belgian-French computer-animated fantasy-comedy film The House of Magic, among others. Tamm's first prominent television role as an actress was as Rita Leidpalu in the 2006–2007 ETV crime drama serial Ohtlik lend. In 2008, she appeared in the role of Helmi Reiman in the ETV twelve-part television historical mini-series Tuulepealne maa, which focused on the pre-World War II history of Estonia, its birth as a country, the Estonian War of Independence, post-war life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II. Since 2010, she has appeared as Mari Murakas in the popular Kanal 2 drama series Pilvede all. In 2013, she played a central character named Vivian in the TV3 drama series Kartulid ja apelsinid.
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Gary Hughes

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Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English singer. Apart from his work as a solo artist, he is the frontman and main songwriter of hard rock/melodic rock band Ten. He has also worked as a producer and songwriter on Bob Catley's first three solo albums and more recently on Serpentine's third studio album, Circle of Knives. He has also produced Hugo's first album and has appeared on Vinny Burns' The Journey solo album and on the Ayreonauts Only album by the band Ayreon. Hughes started playing guitar when he was nine years old and a schoolboy at Sale Boys' Grammar School. His musical career started in 1989 when Hughes released his first album, Big Bad Wolf (renamed and re-released with extra tracks in 1992 as Strength of Heart) through the Polygram Oslo label in Germany and Norway. In 1992, Hughes signed with the then newly formed Now & Then Records and his forthcoming self-titled album was the first one released on that label. In 1995, Hughes and former Dare members Vinny Burns on guitar and Greg Morgan on drums begun working on what were to be his third and fourth solo albums. The sessions lead to the formation of the melodic hard rock band Ten. Between The Robe and Spellbound albums, Hughes released his third solo album named Precious Ones. Precious Ones met with critical acclaim especially in Japan. In 2002, he undertook his most ambitious project yet; the two-album wide rock opera named Once And Future King that was based on King Arthur's myths and legends. The albums were released six months apart from each other and featured the vocals of Bob Catley, Lana Lane, Doogie White, Danny Vaughn, Sean Harris and others. Hughes wrote and produced Bob Catley's first three solo albums, as well as Hugo's first solo release. Though he has been leading a band for over a decade, he continues to release solo albums as well as working as a songwriter, producer and musician for other artists. His latest release was the 2007 solo album named Veritas which saw a return to his AOR/melodic rock roots, following the Once And Future King project. In September 2012, Hughes announced on his personal Facebook page that he will be producing and co-writing the new studio album of the band Serpentine.[3] The follow-up album to the highly acclaimed Albion, Isla De Muerta, was released on 20 May via Rocktopia Records, with the band's first EP in 16 years entitled The Dragon And Saint George, following on 4 September. In March 2016, it was announced that his band Ten had signed a new contract with Frontiers Records, for a multi-album deal, starting with the release of Gothica, Ten's 13th studio album in July 2017 and the reissue of the band's back catalogue under the name "Opera Omnia". In May 2018, he started working on Ten's 14th studio album Illuminati, which was released in November of the same year, through Frontiers Records, while in December 2020, his label Frontiers Records announced the forthcoming release of his seventh solo studio album entitled Waterside and a double CD compilation album featuring tracks from his back catalogue, entitled Decades. Both albums will be released on 12 March 2021. Among the other projects, Hughes is working on a new rock opera project and the debut album of a female singer.
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