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Fernando Gabeira
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Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy.
In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002.
Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.
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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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Kang Seo-ha
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Kang Ye Won, known professionally as Kang Seo Ha, was a South Korean actress. She graduated from Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Acting.
She first appeared in the industry in 2012 as part of BRAVE GUYS' music video for their single, "Falling Away". She then made her acting debut in 2014 (using the stage name Seo Ha) with a role in the JTBC drama "Seonam Girls High School Investigators". She returned to her real name in January 2020 before changing it again to Kang Seo Ha the following year.
On July 14, 2025, an acquaintance posted a message on her IG notifying her death. Her agency, Insight MCN (인사이트MCN), later confirmed the news. She passed away at the age of 31 after battling stomach cancer. She was cremated at Seoul Memorial Park and laid to rest at Haman Cemetery in Gyeongnam.
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Tim Mertens
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Tim Mertens is a filmmaker known for his work on *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), *Bolt* (2008), and *Big Hero 6* (2014).
Tim Mertens was born in Burbank, California, not far from the Disney Studios. After studying at Weber State University, he returned to Los Angeles and began his career at Disney TV Animation in 1990. In 1994, he moved to Disney Feature Animation.
There, he worked on films such as *Pocahontas*, *Tarzan*, *Brother Bear*, and *Bolt*. His first project at Disney was *Pocahontas*, on which he served as an Assistant Editor. Later, he worked—among other roles—as Supervising Editor on the animated film *Tangled*, assisting the directors in developing the project from initial sketches and storyboards through to the finished theatrical release.
In 1994, Mertens also received an Emmy Award for sound editing on the Nickelodeon series *Rocko’s Modern Life*.
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Joey D. Vieira
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Joseph Douglas Vieira, known as Joey D. Vieira (born April 8, 1944), is an American film and television actor. He began as a child actor using the professional name Donald Keeler playing chubby, beanie-wearing farm boy, Sylvester "Porky" Brockway in the first several seasons (1954–57) of TV's Lassie (retitled Jeff's Collie in syndicated reruns and on DVD). Vieira borrowed the professional surname from his aunt, Ruby Keeler, star of numerous Warner Bros. musicals in the 1930s.
Other early TV appearances include The Pride of the Family, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Shirley Temple's Storybook, and My Three Sons. Film appearances include The Private War of Major Benson (1955) with Charlton Heston and The Patriot (2000) with Mel Gibson in which he played as Peter Howard. Vieira has also written, produced and directed.
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Yoyo Sham
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Yoyo Sham, born on November 7, 1984 is a Chinese pop singer. In April 2008, Yoyo Sham appeared in the "Lust, Caution Concert" as a backing vocalist for Liu Meijun. In 2010, Yoyo Sham was appreciated by Eason Chan and served as a backing vocalist in his "DUO Concert" and sang "The End of The World" solo. In 2011, she released her personal EP "4-6PM". In 2012, she released her second EP "2/2" and was invited to perform at the Simple Life Festival at the end of the year. At the 2014 "Project Wao-Women As One Women's Unity Music Festival First Year-Hong Kong Station", Sandy Lam invited Yoyo Sham to sing on the same stage. In January 2015, Yoyo Sham released her first official album, Here. The limited edition was quickly sold out, breaking the sales record of independent releases in Hong Kong and Taiwan for 20 years. She was nominated for the Best New Artist at the 27th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for the album Here, and won the Best Mandarin Female New Artist Award at the 16th Chinese Music Media Awards on December 16 for the album Here. In 2017, Yoyo Sham received more attention for singing the theme song "Light Chaser" in the popular TV series Summer Is Yet to Come. The song was listed on the NetEase Cloud Music 2017 Annual Chart and won the 25th Shanghai Oriental Billboard Annual Golden Melody Award. In March 2018, she won the 25th Oriental Billboard Dynamic 101 Annual Golden Melody Award for "Light Chaser".
In 2019, she was nominated for the Best Mandarin Female Singer and Best Album Producer at the 30th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her song "Nothing is Under Control". In the same year, "Nothing is Under Control" won the 3rd Taiwan Music Workers' Committee Music Award for [Best Recording Engineering]. She also sang the ending song "fly" for the movie "Better Days".
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Gunther Hauk
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Gunther Hauk has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener, and beekeeper for more than 35 years. He co-founded the Pfeiffer Center in Chestnut Ridge, New York in 1996 and, together with his wife Vivian, Spikenard Farm, Inc., a non-profit honeybee sanctuary in 2006. Over these decades, he has given many workshops on the successful use of biodynamic principles in gardening and naturally harmonious beekeeping methods throughout the U.S. and Canada. In his book Toward Saving the Honeybee (2002) he calls for a radical change from current approaches to beekeeping. The Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary is now located in Floyd, Virginia.
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Tony Colti
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Tony Colti started out in the country music field in his home city of El Paso. He toured the Southern states for two years with various groups, and then turned solo vocalist. As a vocalist he headlined in clubs up and down the East coast, New York, Washington D.C., Virginia Beach, and Miami Beach. It was in Richmond, Virginia, where Tony Colti entered musical comedy. He starred in "Oklahoma", "Carousel", and other musical shows. He also appeared in dramatic roles in such plays as "Street Car Named Desire." Then, I performed in nightclubs in Spain. He did some adventure diving for shipwrecks off the coast of North Africa. In 1960 he returned to the United States to resume his acting and singing career. He moved to Los Angeles and was signed by Paramount Studios where he appeared in the movie "Paint Your Wagon" and "On A Clear Day." This led to television parts, and he had roles in "Bonanza", "Adam-12", "Dan August", "Cannon", "FBI", "Interns", "High Chaparral", "Most Wanted", and "Barnaby Jones". He was a star entertainer on board Royal Viking Lines cruise ships. He made five feature movies in Italy before going to the Far East on the Pacific Far East Lines ships.
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Austin Judd
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Austin debuted onstage in her first performance in kindergarten, but honed her craft through St. Petersburg Children’s Theatre, John Hopkins Middle School Theater Magnet and Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High in her native Florida.
Stepping into a leading role came naturally to Austin as a preacher’s child. She grew up singing and assisting with worship productions. This launched her into active social justice leadership, from her early protest marches in her stroller to public speaking and leading workshops in diversity where she drew from her own experience as the daughter of a mixed-race family with same-sex parents.
Using her extensive technical theater experience, Austin launched her professional modeling career in 2010 with regional work in benefit runway shows, underwater dance, body painting, fitness modeling, fine art photography and video work. She continues to be sought after for studio modeling for professional artist and has a working relationship with Ringling College of Art & Design.
Austin's gifted, natural talent led her to being cast as the lead role CANDY in the feature film BIG TOP EVIL (2019) which garnered rave reviews for her performance and the opportunity to work with Iconic Horror star Bill Moseley. Most recently Austin stars as CHRYSTAL in CANNIBAL COMEDIAN (2020).
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Nic Blazier
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Vidalia May is a drag artist known for her conceptual looks and awe-inspiring performances. She loves a goop, a gag, a reveal, and a twist. She is remarkably versatile, giving everything from a swaying scrotal sack, to the sultry songbird, Stevie Nicks. She always keeps the girls guessing and always has at least one trick up her sleeve. With roots in visual art, design, and video, Vidalia also electrified the She Lives brand. Her obsessive attention to detail ensured that She Lives was always snatched in the creative department. She has put these skills to the test for this project, as Exxxecutive Creative Sherector of SHE LATE!
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