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Koel Mallick
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Koel Mallick (born Rukmini Mallick on 28 April 1982), is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema. Over the years, she has received several honors including a Filmfare Award Bangla, two BFJA Awards, and an Anandalok Puraskar. In 2023, she was conferred the Mahanayak Samman, a prestigious recognition awarded by the Government of West Bengal.
She made her film debut with the commercially successful Nater Guru (2003) and gained wider recognition through roles in films such as Shubhodrishti (2005), Mon Mane Na (2008), Premer Kahini (2008), 100% Love (2012), and Rangbaaz (2013). Known for her presence in popular romantic entertainers and box-office successes, she has also explored genres like thrillers , black comedy and family dramas, establishing herself as one of the leading stars of the Bengali film industry.
Beyond cinema, she has been associated with social initiatives
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Raymond Despiau
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Raymond Despiau, born January 20, 1935 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, died October 6, 2013 in Collegats, La Pobla de Segur (Lérida, Spain), was a French pyreneist and mountaineer.
Raymond Despiau is recognized as one of the great climbers of the mid-20th century. During his studies in Paris, in 1956, he practiced climbing in Fontainebleau. The following year, he tackled the high mountains in the Alps and completed major races such as the Aiguilles d'Argentière. In 1959 he returned to Bagnères-de-Bigorre and worked as a technician at the Pic du Midi de Bigorre. He is one of the first to practice artificial climbing in the Pyrenees, often with makeshift means and achieves many firsts; From 1963 to 1967, he equipped the Ansabère spigolo route. In 1964, with Jean-Louis Ferrané, he opened the south-west route of the small peak of Ansabère, between...
He made first-rate ascents in the Alps (north face of the Eiger, Bonatti pillar of the Drus, direct from the Cima Canali in the Dolomites), but also in the Caucasus and the Hoggar in Algeria.
In 1978, he will be part of the expedition to Everest led by Pierre Mazeaud, who, accompanied by a handful of experienced mountaineers, decides to undertake the ascent of the highest roof in the world, several nations have succeeded in the feat, except France. Obsessed with this quest, the French will take with him a Pyrenean: the Bagnérais Raymond Despiau, then 43 years old. Le Bigourdan has a great business card: the north face of the Eiger, the Bonatti pillar at Les Drus, the direct Cima Canali in the Dolomites... Climbs performed both in winter and in summer, "demonstrating its strength of character “, underlines Pierre Mazeaud in his book Everest 78.
Engineer at the Pic du Midi
Unsurprisingly, as a true lover of the mountains, it is as an engineer at the Pic du Midi observatory that Raymond Despiau works. "To see it, it looks like a rock", describes the leader of the expedition. With an imperturbable calm, the Bagnérais presents himself as a "balanced man", "taciturn", in love with classical music. As proof, Pierre Mazeaud delivers in his account having heard Bach or Mozart at more than 5,000 meters above sea level. A program signed Raymond Despiau, on the base camp of Everest, just before fighting with the Khumbu icefall.
66 days of expedition, twenty sherpas, journalists present on site to relay the feat: this Everest 78 marked an entire generation. The expedition will go to the end, on October 15, with only three Frenchmen: Pierre Mazeaud, Jean Afanassieff, Nicolas Jaeger and the Austrian cameraman Kurt Diemberger. Raymond Despiau, like others, preferred to give up and wait for the quartet to return. “A force of nature, however, this Pyrenean with many firsts, steeped in great qualities and above all a man of dedication, writes Pierre Mazeaud. Often solitary, he is perhaps the one we know the least, but how enriching his conversation was.
In 2013, while climbing in La Collegats (Spain), Raymond Despiau suffered a heart attack while practicing his passion. He was 78 years old. 78: like the year he started climbing Everest.
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Sarang Sathaye
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Sarang Sathaye is an Indian actor, writer, and director known for his versatile contributions to Marathi entertainment. He has been an integral part of stage, television, and digital content, consistently blending humour, social awareness, and relatable storytelling. As a co-founder of a popular creative collective, he has played a key role in shaping contemporary Marathi digital culture, gaining recognition for his sharp writing, strong performances, and innovative direction. His work continues to reflect a deep understanding of human experiences, making him one of the influential voices in modern Marathi content creation.
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Vinod Khanna
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Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor and producer of Bollywood films. He was the recipient of 2 Filmfare awards. He was also an active politician. He was the sitting MP from Gurdaspur (between 1998-2009 and 2014-2017). He had advanced cancer of the bladder.
Vinod Khanna acted in lead roles in many superhit films and is best remembered for his performance in films like Mere Apne, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Gaddaar (1973 film), Jail Yatra, Imtihaan, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Inkaar, Kuchhe Dhaage, Amar Akbar Anthony, Rajput, Qurbani, Kudrat, Dayavan, Kaarnama, Suryaa: An Awakening and Jurm.
After making his debut in 1968, Khanna first acted in small second lead roles or negative roles. His angry young man role in the movie Mere Apne, his negative role as the main villain in the superhit movie Mera Gaon Mera Desh and his role in the crtically acclaimed movie Achanak based on K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, as the military officer turned fugitive.
In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily quit the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh. After a 5 year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry giving two back to back hit films Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate.
Khanna is popularly hailed as one of the most handsome lead actors ever in Bollywood.
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John Waters
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John Waters (born December 8, 1948) is one of Australia's most recognised and respected film and theatre actors. He was born in London England, the middle of five children of Scottish actor, Russell Waters. As a child John often hung around film studios while dad worked and even starred in a few young parts. He first faced a live audience as a singer and bass player with 60s R & R Band The Riots and appeared in Macbeth before travelling to Australia in 1968 with only a guitar and $90. He soon heard a US film called Adam's Woman, starring Beau Bridges, was being filmed in NSW so he managed to get himself cast in a small role. Fellow cast members recommended he try auditioning for a musical. He did, and landed the lead role of Claude in Sydney's 1969 production of the landmark rock musical, Hair. This was followed by the role of Judas in Godspell. This led to an acting career on stage, film and television that elevated him to his current status as Australia's most versatile leading man. From the brooding Sgt. McKellar Of ABC TV's Rush in 1974 which earned him a Logie Award for Best New Talent, through the Australian film boom that followed with films such as End Play, Summerfield, Breaker Morant, and on to the mini-series of the 80's, All The Rivers Run, Nancy Wake and Alice To Nowhere. Not to be forgotten was his ten year stint as host of childrens ABC program PlaySchool. John has always intrigued audiences with his diversity. Since collecting Australia's highest accolade as the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor Award in 1988 for the film Boulevard of Broken Dreams, John has re-embraced musical theatre as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady, and They're Playing Our Song, and in productions of The Hunting of the Snark for Mike Batt, and A Little Night Music for the Sydney Theatre Company. He has also appeared in Love Letters at the Sydney Opera House and Children of a Lesser God. In 1995 he appeared in ReUnion a rock musical written and financed by himself and Stewart D'Arrietta. He won unanimous acclaim in the role of Pontius Pilate in the 1992 concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar with John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens and Angry Anderson which successfully toured the nation. He has made guest appearances in various TV series, including Good Guys Bad Guys, The Man From Snowy River, All Together Now and Young Lions. John's self written one man show Looking Through a Glass Onion, based on the life of John Lennon, toured nationally and regularly since 1992 and also played six months in London's West End in 1995.
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Angela Murray Gibson
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Angela Murray Gibson was born in Scotland in 1878. Her family emigrated when she was five, settling in Casselton, North Dakota, United States. Her father was rarely home due to working as a travel agent to help support the family, Gibson lived with her mother and her older sister Ruby in a small apartment in Fargo, North Dakota. She became infatuated with the film industry, and made her own productions featuring her Scottish heritage.
Gibson became one of the first women to graduate from what is now known as North Dakota State University. With the profits from Ruby's clothing store, once Gibson graduated, her sister paid for a trip to Scotland in 1908 for Gibson to study the culture and dress of her homeland. When Gibson returned to the U.S. she put together a show performed on a Scottish harp. In 1911 she took her performance all over the U.S. and Canada.
In 1916, she was approached by motion picture actress Mary Pickford, who was making a movie called The Pride of the Clan. Pickford flew her out to Hollywood for six weeks to work on this 1917 production, where Gibson helped as an adviser and assistant director to Maurice Tourneur. He wanted the movie to be authentic, and with Gibson's Scottish background, she was able to offer advice on costumes, dances and dialogue. These two got along very well, and a successful film. Gibson also gained acting experience from this film, as she played a small role in it.
After Gibson's first assistant directing production wrapped up, she attended Columbia University to study cinematography. After graduating she bought a camera and one lens and headed back to her home town of Casselton, North Dakota. She opened the state's first movie studio that was completely run and financed by women. She became the studio's writer, director and actress, while her sister Ruby ran the business side. Somebody had to crank the camera, which was the job of Gibson's mother, as she became the film crew. Gibson took advantage of the natural light at her studio, where she made outdoor canvases with which to film her movies. She did all of her own film processing as well as editing.
Gibson started off with two film documentaries, one about the life of a grain of wheat and the other about a rodeo. When the movies were completed she went to local film distributors. Her first comedy film was titled That Ice Ticket. With the start of the Great Depression, Gibson was forced to stop making films due to her financial situation, and turned the Gibson Studio into a dance studio, where she became the instructor.
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Liu Yuning
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Liu Yu Ning is a Chinese pop singer and actor born in Dandong, Liaoning, China. He's the lead singer of Modern Brothers. He started out his career with street performances, mainly live streams with the group, which was formed among his best friends after graduating from a vocational high school. He made his acting debut in the film "Class 952" (九五2班) in 2016.
On September 15, 2018, Liu Yu Ning released his first solo single, "Imagine." On March 25, 2019, he won the Best New Artist and the Internet Influence Honor awards at the Chinese Top Ten Music Awards 2019. At the Chinese Top Ten Music Awards 2020, he won the All-Round Artist of the Year award, the National Recommended Singer award, and the Media Recommended Album for his first studio album, "Ten".
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Travis Zariwny
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Travis Nicholas Zariwny is an American filmmaker and production designer known for his work in independent horror and genre cinema. He has built a long career in the art department, contributing to films such as The Cooler, Midnight in the Switchgrass, and Supercell. Alongside his design work, Zariwny writes and directs his own projects, including Cabin Fever, The Midnight Man, and Rot Log. His work often focuses on low-budget and experimental horror, and he frequently takes on multiple roles in production, including writing, directing, and editing.
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Tom Hanks
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon.
Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter.
Hanks' other notable films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.
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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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