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Debora Caprioglio
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Debora Caprioglio (born 3 May 1968) is an Italian actress. Internationally, she is best known for playing the title character in the 1991 film Paprika by Tinto Brass and a relationship with Klaus Kinski from 1987–1989. In 2007, she took part in the Italian version of the reality show Celebrity Survivor (L'isola dei famosi).
In 2008 she married actor and director Angelo Maresca. They divorced in 2018.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
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Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic films of European cinema, and worked with many prominent auteur directors, including Roger Vadim, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Claude Chabrol, Bernardo Bertolucci, Éric Rohmer, François Truffaut, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michael Haneke.
He made a critical and commercial breakthrough in And God Created Woman (1956), followed by a starmaking romantic turn in A Man and a Woman (1966), and The Great Silence (1968). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1968 Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in The Man Who Lies and the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Costa-Gavras's Z. Trintignant's other notable films include, My Night at Maud's (1969), The Conformist (1970), Three Colours: Red (1994), and The City of Lost Children (1995). He won the 2013 César Award for Best Actor for his role in Michael Haneke's Amour.
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Sally Menke
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Sally JoAnne Menke (December 17, 1953 – September 27, 2010) was an American television and film editor.
She had a long-time collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino, editing all of his films until her death. Menke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds, of which Variety's Todd McCarthy wrote, "Sally Menke's editing reps the definition of precision."
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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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Mike Ancrile
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Michael B. Ancrile is an Actor and Comedian, who can flow seamlessly between Comedy and the Dramatic. He has appeared in several feature films including, Transformer: Age of Extinction, Real Steel, Whip It, Street Boss, Super Sucker and many more. He has also played Key, Diverse roles in many award winning short films, including Train Station and The Greatest Gift 2.0.
Michael has also appeared in several National Television programs, including HBO's Hung, ABC's Detroit 1-8-7, The Discovery Channel: You Spoof Discovery, TNT Network: Moviefest and Fox Sports The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Michael has also appeared in many local and National Commercials, including Diet Coke, Detroit Pistons, Alro and Firekeepers Casino.
Michael has Developed Many Original Comedy Characters over the years, which he has used in his Stand up Comedy Act and on Local and National Radio shows, including the Jim Rome Show. He has also appeared as these Characters in local and National commercials and TV shows including Creep Theater, where he met and developed an excellent working and creative relationship with Phillip Assenmacher. The two of them have gone on to many Diverse projects together, including Many Celebrity and Civilian Interviews, including Dawn Wells, Ernest Thomas, John Dugan, John Provost, Erin Gray, Karen McDougal and many many more.
Michael is proud and grateful to join the staff at Tressa Graves Productions, and has quickly developed a great creative and working relationship with Tressa and all the staff at TGP, all in the hopes of continuing the fine tradition of excellence and creativity established by Tressa Graves and the staff at TGP.
While co-staring in the Tressa Graves Production Film, Sociopath, Michael gives a very scary, menacing performance, in a very pivotal role of one of the stalkers, Oli. Amazingly, Michael also wrote the title song "Sociopath" the melody and lyrics for the film. In addition, Michael sings the song, a duet, with another member of the production. Michael also wrote and performed a second song "The Stalker Song" for the film.
The COVID shutdown, did not stop Tressa Graves and Michael Ancrile from collaborating on a new project. A Web Series, Quarantine. A series based on the "Dr. Death" virus shutdown. Michael gives a very powerful, emotional performance, when he stars in the series as Tony Berks. Michael also Co-Wrote the series with Tessa Graves.
Michael gives a haunting performance, as he co-stars in the TGP film, The Teddy Bear Girl. Michael's performance in the film, leaves you wondering if his character is a ghost, or is he real, or is it all just in your mind? Michael again, wrote and performed the title song, Teddy Bear Girl, for the film.
Michael gives one of his strongest, most emotionally charged performances, as he Stars in, Phantom. A film written specifically for Michael, by Tressa Graves. Michael is the only actor on camera for the entire film, as he takes you on a emotional rollercoaster as he slowly, comes to grips with what he has done. Once again, Michael wrote and performed the title song, Olivia, for the film.
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August Wittgenstein
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Prince August Fredrik zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, known professionally as August Wittgenstein (born 22 January 1981), is a German-Swedish actor and member of the princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
Wittgenstein has appeared in English, German, and Swedish language films, starring in the 2013 German television movie Desert Heart - The Trip of My Life. He is known for his portrayals of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse in The Crown and Count Alfred Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin in Ludwig II as well as his roles as Karl Tennstedt in Das Boot and Andreas Wolf in Deadwind.
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Claudio Carsughi
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Claudio Carsughi, born on October 13, 1932, in Arezzo, Tuscany, is an Italian-Brazilian journalist, sports commentator, and engineer. He moved to Brazil in 1946, where he studied at Colégio Dante Alighieri in São Paulo. At 16, he began his journalism career as a correspondent for the Italian daily Corriere dello Sport, covering the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Carsughi is renowned for his expertise in football and motorsports, particularly Formula 1. He worked at Rádio Jovem Pan from 1957 to 2015, covering five consecutive World Cups between 1970 and 1986. He also contributed to Quatro Rodas and Oficina Mecânica magazines and served as director of Auto&Técnica. In 2015, Carsughi joined Rádio Nacional and participated in TV Brasil's sports programming. He is an avid supporter of the Italian football club Fiorentina. His daughter, Claudia Carsughi, authored the book Claudio Carsughi – 50 Anos de Brasil, chronicling his career and experiences in Brazil.
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Yu-Peng Chen
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Chen Yupeng (Chinese: 陈宇鹏; pinyin: Chén Yǔpéng; born January 15, 1984), also known by his stage name Chen Zhiyi (Chinese: 陈致逸; pinyin: Chén Zhìyì), is a Chinese composer and music producer best known for writing the soundtrack of Genshin Impact, an open-world action role-playing video game by HoYoverse. His work is known for its versatile style of integrating traditional Chinese musical instruments with Western orchestral arrangements. From 2019 to 2023, he was a music producer at HOYO-MiX, the in-house music studio of miHoYo, and led the music production of the game.
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Étienne Mougeotte
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Étienne Mougeotte (4 March 1940 – 7 October 2021) was a French journalist and media director. During his fifty-year career, he served as Vice-President of TF1 Group and was satellite director of TF1 from 1987 to 2007 alongside Patrick Le Lay. He directed the editorial staff at Le Figaro from 2008 to 2012 and was Director-General of Radio Classique from 2012 to 2018. From 2015 to 2020, he was President of Groupe Valmonde, including the magazine Valeurs actuelles.
Mougeotte was born in La Rochefoucauld on 4 March 1940, during the Phoney War. His father worked as an inspector for SNCF and his mother was a housewife in Charente. His father died when he was 18, which compelled his mother to start working. He was a khâgne student at the Lycée Henri-IV, which prepared him to attend Sciences Po, where he became Vice-President of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France. He was opposed to President Charles de Gaulle while maintaining an anti-Marxist stance. While a student, he spent his time playing basketball alongside Lionel Jospin. He finished his studies at the French Press Institute.
Mougeotte began his career with Paris-Normandie before joining France Inter as a reporter and correspondent in Beirut. During his time in Lebanon, he often interacted with Lebanese radio. He notably covered the Six-Day War for France Inter. He then worked as a newspaper editor for Europe 1 during May 68. In 1969, he joined the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), presented the newscast Information Première with Philippe Gildas. From 1972 to 1973, he worked for RTL before returning to Europe 1 in 1974, where he became editor and news director until 1981.
In 1987, Mougeotte joined TF1, which had just been purchased by Bouygues. He quickly became Vice=President of TF1 Group and became antenna director of TF1 in 1989. In 1987, he was diagnosed with throat cancer, which he recovered from, but left lasting effects on his voice. He and Patrick Le Lay were credited with the group's success in the 1990s and 2000s. He was responsible for hiring multiple personalities who became prominent news anchors, such as Nikos Aliagas, Arthur, Christophe Dechavanne, and Jean-Luc Reichmann. Several successful programs also took off under Mougeotte's leadership, such as Ciel, mon mardi!, À prendre ou à laisser, Qui veut gagner des millions?, and others. He received great renown for his journalistic and professional skills.
Mougeotte also served as President of La Chaîne Info, the non-stop news channel of the TF1 Group, from 1994 to 2007. In 2006, he became Vice-President of France 24.
Mougeotte left TF1 in 2007 to become a communications consultant. However, he remained an adviser to TF1 Group CEO Nonce Paolini, who replaced Patrick Le Lay. In August 2007, he began working for Le Figaro Magazine and became editorial director of the Le Figaro group in November of that year, replacing Nicolas Beytout. On 2 December 2007, he joined the team of interviewers on Le Grand Jury. In 2012, he took part in the group with supported re-election for President Nicolas Sarkozy. In July 2012, he left his post as editorial director of Le Figaro and was replaced by Alexis Brézet. That month, he briefly worked as a consultant for TVous. ...
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Michael Cipiti
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Michael Cipiti hails from The Land, Cleveland, and got his start professionally at the historic Cleveland Play House. He is of Italian descent, with roots in the boot.
Open to portraying a variety of roles, Cipiti still enjoys using his olive oil voice and guinea charm, which he has displayed in Gotti (Carlo Gambino) with John Travolta and Stacy Keach, Chicago Overcoat (Freddy Falzone) with Frank Vincent, The Sugar Wars, a documentary based on Cleveland mob boss Angelo Lonardo, among others.
Michael has also had the pleasure of working on some national commercial spots with LeBron James.
In his spare time Michael is passionate about fitness, and spends a lot of time on the water kayaking.
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