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Tereza Srbova

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Tereza Srbová (born 23 June 1984) is a Czech actress best known for her role in David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and HBO/Cinemax series Strike Back. Srbová earned a master's degree in culture anthropology from the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University. While undertaking her studies, she was approached by Elite Model Management Paris and appeared in campaigns such as Christian Dior, Torrente (Haute Couture) perfume, Mauboussin perfume, Clarins, and Martini alongside Jude Law. She has been photographed for magazines L'Officiel, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, The Face, Surface (magazine), FHM, and Madame Figaro, among others. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aoife Desmond

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Aoife Desmond (1974, Ireland) is a Filmmaker, Visual Artist and Performer. In her work she prioritises embodied knowledge and explores materiality, site and human/non-human relationships. She works in response to environmental crisis and rupture with an emphasis on restorative practices. Her films / works have been shown in festivals such as Marienbad International Film Festival Czech Republic, Cork International Film Festival, aCinema Milwaukee, Experiments in Cinema Albuquerque, Cornwall Film Festival, Wildscreen Galway, Tulca Festival Galway, EVA Limerick, ESB Dublin Fringe Festival and galleries / museums such as ICA London, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Temple Bar Galleries Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin, Crawford Art Gallery Cork, Fragil Gallery Madrid, Galerie Fin Avril, Paris. Whitespace, Bangkok.
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Tadanari Okamoto

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Tadanari Okamoto (岡本 忠成) was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, many of them winning award-winning, his honorific nicknamed "Sheldon Cohen and Hans Fischerkoesen of Japan." Eight of his films have been awarded the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the Mainichi Film Awards (more than any other director in the history of the prize) and his films have altogether earned at least 24 other awards internationally. In 2003, four of his films placed in a list of the best 150 animated films and series as voted for by practitioners and critics of animation from around the world in a survey commissioned by Tokyo's Laputa Animation Festival: most notably with The Magic Fox (おこんじょうるり, Okon Jōruri, literally "The Ballad Drama of Okon", 1982), which came twenty-eighth.
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Miho Hayashi

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Miho Hayashi (林 美穂, Hayashi Miho, January 19, 1977) is a Japanese actress and former model from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is 155 cm tall and has bloodtype B. She is B85cm, W58cm, H83cm, shoes 23.5cm. She worked for Office PSC and then for SaiProduction. She started her career as a child actress and has appeared in numerous dramas. She played the daughter of Tsunehiko Watase for 24 years in the Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary series. However, she has left SaiProduction after the discontinuation of the work, and it seems that she has not performed any further entertainment activities.
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Claudine Ullman

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Claudine Ullman is an actress, improviser, stand-up comedian, public speaker, facilitator, and the founder and managing director of the Jittery Citizens. Having completed her Bachelor’s of Arts at Wits University, Claudine travelled widely, refining her craft at some of the top international performance schools. In 2012, she formed The Jittery Citizens Improvised Comedy Troupe, performing alongside South Africa’s top theatre/comedic talent. The Jittery Citizens are now considered to be Johannesburg’s premiere Improvisation troupe and have performed to packed houses in various venues across South Africa. Claudine is also an established theatre creator and performer, having toured with her one-woman show Curled Up in 2011, as well as having recently completed a successful run at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in Wretched. In 2019, she debuted her one-woman show Artificially Infeminated, which has since gone on to tour nationally and internationally. She also makes up one-third of The Thunderbirds comedy trio.
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Josh Universe

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Josh Universe is an American analog astronaut, biohacker, and science communicator. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a Master’s degree in Commercial Enterprise in Space at the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). His work involves both academic studies and practical applications in space science and technology. Josh Universe attended Bullitt East High School and later studied at Jefferson Community and Technical College. He then enrolled at FIT, where he is involved in research and projects related to the aerospace industry. Josh Universe is the CEO of Astrochain, a company focused on developing blockchain applications for astronomy and science communication. Astrochain is known for its work in decentralized data management in the space sector and has been listed among the top 100 space companies in the United States. In 2023, Josh Universe founded the International Biohacking Community, an organization aimed at promoting research and collaboration in areas such as genetic engineering, cognitive enhancement, and longevity. This platform facilitates discussions among biohackers and transhumanists. Josh Universe is also a candidate for astronaut training at the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) through the AST 101 program, part of Project PoSSUM, where he participates in mission simulations and spacesuit evaluations. Josh Universe’s research interests span space exploration, biohacking, and health technologies. He is involved in forums and initiatives that encourage scientific collaboration and the dissemination of knowledge in these areas. Josh Universe resides in Melbourne, Florida, where he continues his academic studies and professional projects in the fields of space science and biohacking.
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Michael Trucco

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Edward Michael Trucco (born June 22, 1970) is an American actor with Italian roots. He is best known for his roles as Rufus Griswold on Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, Wade Scarborough on Netflix's Midnight Mass, Devin Hall in Hunter Killer (2018), ADA Sean Del Monte on ABC's The Rookie, Tae Kwon Doug on Netflix's Disjointed, Billy Parker on ABC's Killer Women, Justin Patrick on USA Network's Fairly Legal, Samuel T. Anders on SYFY's reimagined Battlestar Galactica and it's subsequent TV movies, and Spoon on the series Pensacola: Wings of Gold. He has also had recurring roles as Luke Leone on CBS's Fire Country, Nate Ryan on ABC's Revenge, Nick Podarutti on CBS's How I Met Your Mother, and Cooper Lee on CW's One Tree Hill.
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Seroca Davis

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Seroca Davis is an award-winning actress who has been working in the industry since she was a child, when she landed her first television role in a ten-part series for ITV. Since then, Seroca has continued to work in film, television, and has performed on stage in 'Don Juan in Soho' (Donmar Warehouse), 'Random' (Royal Court) 'Love Labour's Lost' (Shakespeare's Globe), 'We the People' (The Globe) and Debbie Tucker Green's 'Ear for Eye' (Royal Court). Her screen credits include 'Small Axe' (BBC), 'Criminal Justice' (BBC), 'Doctor Who' (BBC), 'Holby City' & 'Casualty' (BBC) and she narrated animated series 'Star Math's' (C4). Seroca has had a very successful career in Radio. One-woman show 'With a Little Bit of Luck', a celebration of the UK Garage and club scene of the early noughties, told through spoken word and live music, won Best Radio Drama at the BBC Radio & Music Awards 2019. Seroca also won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actress in 'Sweet Little Thing'. She was last on stage in the adaptation of Jackie Kay's 'Red Dust Road', which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival 2019. She can be heard in the lead role of The Professional in new Video Game 'Warhammer 40,000 - Darktide' (Fatshark) She can currently be seen starring as Una Marson in 'Our Lost Caribbean Voice' (BBC), opposite Kate Winslet in BAFTA winning 'I am Ruth' (Channel 4) and starring in comedy short '7 Minutes' directed by Ricky Gervais (BBC). Seroca can currently be seen starring as Erica in new 6-part Channel 4 drama 'Dreamers'.
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Sergey Shnurov

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Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov ( born 13 April 1973 ) is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as Shnur, of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he formed in 1997 and was the frontman of till the end of 2008.  In December 2008 the group disbanded, Shnur with some of its members forming Rubl.   Three of Shnur's songs featured on the Everything Is Illuminated soundtrack, including hugely popular Дикий Мужчина (Dikiy Muzhchina, "Wild Man").  Shnurov also composed music for many other movies, including the Russian cult film Boomer and its sequel. He has a daughter named Siham. She lives in France and is a talented drummer and songwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergey Shnurov , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Edward Ricourt

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Edward Ricourt is an American screenwriter and television producer. He began his career through Marvel Studios' Writing Program, which encouraged him to write a script for Luke Cage, as it was of high interest to the studio. Despite no Luke Cage project being made, Ricourt contributed uncredited script revisions to Thor (2011). However, Ricourt gained significant recognition in theatrical filmmaking as a co-writer of the screenplay and story for the heist thriller Now You See Me (2013), which led to further involvement in the franchise. In television, Ricourt served as a writer and executive story editor on Wayward Pines (2015), contributing to the show’s second season. That same year, he wrote for the Marvel television series Jessica Jones (2015) and worked as a consulting producer. Ricourt continued this trajectory as a writer and producer on Netflix’s superhero family drama Raising Dion (2019), where he wrote teleplays and served as a producer and later supervising producer across multiple episodes from 2019 to 2022. He was nominated at the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Series for Raising Dion (2019), alongside fellow producers and creative leads.
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