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Josh Mankiewicz

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Joshua Paul "Josh" Mankiewicz (born August 27, 1955) is an American journalist, who has been reporting for Dateline NBC since 1995. He has reported for The Today Show, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly. Before moving to NBC, Mankiewicz worked as a producer and reporter for ABC News. Although he has covered a wide variety of stories, he may be best known for his Dateline NBC report on the Atkins Diet. In the piece, he showed his personal progress on the diet, losing upwards of 47 pounds (21 kilograms). In 2006, in addition to his work as a correspondent, he was featured in "The Mank Blog", an irreverent look at what people are talking about online.
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Gizem Emre

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Gizem Emre, born on May 22, 1995, in Berlin-Kreuzberg, is a German actress and model. The daughter of Kurdish parents from Turkey, she discovered her passion for acting while still in school. At the age of 17, she applied to an acting agency and began her career with minor roles. She achieved her breakthrough in 2013 with the role of Zeynep in the successful film series *Fack ju Göhte*. She reprised this role in the sequels *Fack ju Göhte 2* and *Fack ju Göhte 3*, as well as in the spin-off *Chantal im Märchenland* (2024). Since 2014, she has played the lead role of Commissioner Dana Wegener in the television series *Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei*, appearing in over 50 episodes through 2022. In addition to her work in Germany, Gizem Emre has also gained international experience, including a role in the US series *Homeland* and a Turkish-language role in the series *Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem*.
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Kosei Fujita

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Kosei Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK). He is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2025 Best of the Super Junior tournament, becoming the youngest wrestler to win the tournament in its history. Fujita joined the NJPW Dojo in 2021 and made his in-ring debut later that year against Ryohei Oiwa. After graduating from the Young Lions system in 2023, he joined Zack Sabre Jr.’s TMDK stable. Fujita and Robbie Eagles, known as the Ichiban Sweet Boys, won the 2024 Super Junior Tag League before capturing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 19 in 2025. Outside NJPW, Fujita has competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), and Major League Wrestling (MLW). Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Fujita No. 70 in the PWI 500 in 2025.
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Mohamed Shawqi

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An Egyptian actor, born in the Bulaq Abu El-Ela neighborhood in Cairo in 1915, graduated from the Saidia School and worked after graduation as an employee in Assiut, but he liked to work more in the field of art, so he joined the theater of Munira al-Mahdia and sang with her in the play (Bride of the East) in 1937. As for About acting, Muhammad Shawqi started it after joining Ali Al-Kassar's band after a test he took and remained with it until its dissolution in 1946, after which he joined the teams of Shkoku and Najeeb Al-Rihani. In addition to his theatrical work, Mohamed Shawky presented to the cinema more than 250 films, the most famous of them are: (Love in the Dungeon, Sugar Hanim, Black Candles, The Crazy in Naim). Mohamed Shawky died in 1984 after suffering from hepatitis.
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Ajiona Alexus

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Ajiona Alexus Brown (born March 16, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She began her career starring in the TV One sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show (2012–2014), and later played Teenage Cookie Lyon in the Fox musical drama series, Empire (2016–2019). She starred in the Netflix teen drama series, 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018), the Hulu supernatural thriller, Light as a Feather (2018–2019), and the starz crime drama, BMF (2021). Alexus also starred in films Something Like Summer (2017), Acrimony (2018),Breaking In (2018), Mary J. Blige's Real Love and Strength of a Woman (2023)
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Saugat Malla

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Saugat Malla (born June 21, 1976) is one of the most versatile and critically acclaimed actors in the Nepali film industry, widely appreciated for his ability to portray intense and unconventional characters. Known for his dedication to craft, he has played a significant role in shaping modern Nepali cinema. His breakthrough came with the film Loot, where his portrayal of the character “Haku Kale” became iconic and earned him widespread popularity. The success of Loot established him as a leading actor capable of handling complex and gritty roles. Following this, Malla delivered a series of powerful performances in films such as Talakjung vs Tulke, Kabaddi Kabaddi, Fanko, Lappan Chhappan, and many more. His ability to adapt to diverse roles—from comedic to deeply emotional—has made him a standout performer in the industry.
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Zhang Mei'e

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After graduating from elementary school in rural Hengdian, future actress Zhang Mei'e worked as common farmer and factory painter, raising silkworm cocoons. In 1996 Hengdian began to transform into big cinema city, which attracted many crews from the whole China, so Zhang Mei'e decided to put aside her farmwork and found a job in a movie studio 100 kilometers away from home. With the help of a fellow villager Zhang Mei'e found a job in repairing obsolete buildings in Hengdian Film and Television Base. At 60 years old, she debuted as actress in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.
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Galal El Sharkawy

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An Egyptian theater director in the field of theater. He obtained a Bachelor of Science from Cairo University in 1954, a Special Diploma in Education and Psychology from Ain Shams University in 1955, a Bachelor of the Higher Institute of Theatricals Arts with honors in 1958, among other degrees. At the beginning of his life, he worked as a science teacher, and during his artistic career, he held several positions, including the dean of the Higher Institute of Theatricals Arts from 1975 to1979. He is a full-time professor at the Institute since 2006. He also authored several books in the field of theater and cinema, including My Life in the Theater. He began his directorial debut in A Widow and Three Daughters (1965). He made during his career a large number of successful plays, including Ateya the Terrorist, West Side Story, and The School of the Misfits, which is his most famous one.
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Émile Chautard

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Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in 66 films between 1911 and 1934. Chautard was born in Paris. After a significant career beginning as a stage actor at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and moving up to the head of film production at Éclair Films' Paris studio in 1913, Chautard emigrated to the United States around 1914. From 1914 to about 1918, Chautard worked for the World Film Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At World, along with a group of other French-speaking film technicians including Maurice Tourneur, Léonce Perret, George Archainbaud, Albert Capellani and Lucien Andriot, he developed such films as the 1915 version of Camille, and taught a young apprentice film cutter at the World studio: Josef von Sternberg. In 1919 Chautard hired von Sternberg as his assistant director for The Mystery of the Yellow Room, for his own short-lived production company. Choosing Hollywood over a return to France, Chautard went to work for Famous Players-Lasky and other studios. He received some high-profile assignments, for instance a Colleen Moore vehicle and two features for Derelys Perdue, but he was a generation older than other directors in Hollywood's French colony. After 1924 Chautard did not direct again, but continued to make film appearances, in the von Sternberg film Blonde Venus (1932), where he appears for his former protege as "Night club owner Chautard". Chautard died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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Asmara Abigail

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Asmara Abigail was born April 3, 1992 is an Indonesian film actress, theater actress, dancer and model. Asmara debuted her film role in "Satan Jawa". A silent black-and-white film with classical orchestra and musical accompaniment directed by Garin Nugroho and shown in Melbourne, Australia as the opening of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts on February 24, 2017. Satan Jawa is the beginning of Asmara's career in the film industry. Asmara, who has a background in tango, flamenco and pole dance, made Garin inspired to express Asih's character through a combination of these contemporary dances with traditional Javanese dance movements. Asmara's enthusiasm was seen when she just returned from a photo shoot in Larantuka, East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. Asmara gained popularity when playing the role of Darminah, the antagonist in the Pengabdi Setan (film 2017) by Joko Anwar.
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