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Mahalia Jackson
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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer. Possessing a contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". She became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds" (million-sellers).
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Juli Reding
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Esther Fay Reding (November 28, 1935 – September 16, 2021), better known as Juli Reding, was an American actress and model, best known for her role in the horror film, Tormented (1960).
Reding, usually presented as a curvaceous platinum blonde starlet, won a Warner Brothers contract in a publicity contest in the 1950s. She appeared in several films, most notably the horror film Tormented (1960), and murder mystery Mission in Morocco (1959). She held various beauty queen titles and also appeared on the covers and in pin-up pages of magazines including Scamp, Escapade, Fling, Vagabond, Vue, and Foto-Rama.
Later in life, Juli Reding Hutner was a socialite in Los Angeles, often photographed at charity galas. She was named to the board of directors of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum in 1994. She died in Springfield, Missouri on September 16, 2021, at the age of 85.
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Salina EsTitties
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Salina EsTitties is the stage name of Jason De Puy (born October 8, 1990), an American drag queen who competed on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
In West Hollywood, Salina EsTitties has performed at The Abbey and Micky's. She is also a musician. She’s appeared in #NoFilter, Vida, Dance Moms, and AJ and the Queen. In 2018, she performed in the ensemble of the Los Angeles production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Salina EsTitties competed on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, placing in the bottom two four times before being eliminated in the episode "Wigloose: The Rusical". Salina EsTitties is based in Los Angeles. She is of Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Honduran descent. She has quit drag multiple times due to how expensive the profession is. Her drag name is inspired by Selena Quintanilla Pérez
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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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Mahershala Ali
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Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.
After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series Crossing Jordan (2001–02) and Threat Matrix (2003–04), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series The 4400 (2004–07). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of the original The Hunger Games film series and in House of Cards, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as a drug dealer in the drama Moonlight (2016) and as Don Shirley in the comedy-drama Green Book (2018). He is the first Black actor to win two Academy Awards in the same category and the second Black actor to win multiple acting Oscars. Ali won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for executive producing We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020).
In 2019, he played a troubled police officer in the third season of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective, and in 2020, he starred in the second season of the Hulu comedy-drama series Ramy. He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for both performances. Ali has also played Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage (2016) and voiced Aaron Davis in the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
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Gregg Berger
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Greggory "Gregg" Berger (born December 10, 1950) is an American voice actor, who is known for his iconic role as Odie from the Garfield franchise. His other roles include Jecht from the Final Fantasy franchise, Grimlock from The Transformers, Odie from Garfield and Friends, Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter from Spider-Man, Agent Kay from Men in Black: The Series, The Gromble from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Captain Blue from Viewtiful Joe, Eeyore from Kingdom Hearts II, Hunter the Cheetah from Spyro The Dragon, and The Thing from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
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Matt Polinsky
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Matthew Polinsky (born February 24, 1984) is an American sports commentator, university professor, and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs as a commentator under the ring name Corey Graves; also providing English commentary in its sister promotion, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
As a former in-ring competitor, he is a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion. In 2014, Polinsky announced his official in-ring retirement due to his concussion issues and revealed that he would be joining NXT's commentary team with immediate effect. In 2021, he won the WWE 24/7 Championship despite still being retired. Polinsky is also known for his work on the independent circuit under the ring name Sterling James Keenan.
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Mireia Espluga
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Mireia Espluga is a Spanish Korean Actor based in the UK best known for her work in film and music video. She stars in the recent SXSW award and British Independent Film Awards nominated feature film 'Raging Grace' in 2023.
Mireia began her acting career in 2018 after studying her VFX degree at University of the Arts London. Mireia was involved in various projects on screen, in which one of the music video named Somebody Loves you by Aly and Fila reached almost a million views on Youtube.
Later she performed at a several different theatre in London. She was involved in BESEA focused play at the New Earth theatre where she also took part in writing the play. More of her theatre credits follow; Punchdrunk the Burnt City as the Ferryman, The Lion and Unicorn theatre, Etcetera theatre, and the Criterion theatre. Mireia is also a VFX editor previously worked with Sony Entertainment in Seoul, South Korea.
She is represented by the Atwell Artist Management in the UK
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Suzi Simpson
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Gorgeous, buxom and voluptuous blonde knockout Suzi Simpson was born Susan Athena Simpson on November 16, 1968 in Athens, Greece. Her father was a Navy officer and her mother was a flight attendant. The eldest of four children, Simpson has two brothers and one sister. She has lived in such coastal areas as Maine, Florida, and California. A Roman Catholic, Suzi attended the all-girl St. Mary's Academy high school. In 1983 Simpson was voted the Homecoming Queen of Virginia Military Institute. In 1984 she won the Miss District of Columbia Teen USA Pageant. Suzi began modeling to raise money to go to dental school. She appeared in a TV commercial for Pepsi with Michael Jackson and was featured in the music video for "Love in an Elevator" by Aerosmith. Simpson was the Playmate of the Month in the January, 1992 issue of "Playboy." Suzi has appeared in several "Playboy" videos. Her most prominent film role was as federal agent Becky Midnite in the enjoyably lowbrow straight-to-video action picture "Enemy Gold." Suzi Simpson not only made a guest appearance on an episode of "Married with Children," but has also popped up in small parts in such movies as "St. Elmo's Fire," "Men at Work," "Red Surf," and "Rock Star."
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Gordan Kičić
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Gordan Kičić is a Serbian actor, comedian and director.
Acclaimed for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is prominent for his starring role in the acclaimed television series Balkan Shadows, and for his roles in praised Serbian films War Live (2000), Sky Hook (2000), Mala noćna muzika (2002), Kad porastem biću Kengur (2004), Seven and a Half (2006) and Redemption Street (2012).
He is also known for his supporting role as foolish Rajko in the popular television comedy Otvorena vrata. In November 2019, he made his directorial debut with the successful film Realna priča.
He is a permanent member of the Atelje 212 theatre. In 2010, he won the Zoran Radmilović Award for his performance in the cult theatre's production of Hair.
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