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Disiz
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Sérigne M'Baye Gueye (born 28 March 1978), better known by his stage name Disiz (formerly Disiz la Peste), is a French rapper and actor. Born to a Senegalese father and Belgian mother, he grew up listening to hip hop music.
He was a great fan of the French rap groups NTM and IAM. He was discovered by JoeyStarr, one of the members of the famous rap group NTM after listening to a sample tape named "Bête de bombe".
Disiz has gained interest from the UK after his appearance on Channel 4's campaign: "Try life in another language". He is a follower of Islam and described his religion as his "greatest wealth" ("L'Islam est ma plus grande richesse").
Source: Article "Disiz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Larry King
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Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television host, radio host, and paid spokesman, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys, an Emmy award, and 10 Cable ACE Awards.
King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. From 2012 until 2020, he hosted Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America. He continued to host Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which has aired weekly on the same two channels from 2013 until his death.
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Richard Carpenter
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Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals.
Richard Lynn Carpenter was born at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now called Yale New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, the same hospital where his sister, Karen, was later born. His parents were Agnes Reuwer Tatum (a housewife) (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996) and Harold Bertram Carpenter (November 8, 1908 – October 15, 1988). Harold was born in China, where his own parents were missionaries, and was educated at boarding schools in England, before working in the printing business. Carpenter was named after his father's younger brother, Richard Lynn Carpenter. Carpenter and his uncle both married women named Mary. Richard and his sister were baptized into the United Methodist Church and as children were part of the Methodist Youth Ministry.
Carpenter frequently played the piano while his younger sister, Karen, played baseball outside. He and Karen also liked to listen to the children's records their father bought for them when they were young. Richard was introduced to Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others through his father's record collection, and by age 12, he knew he wanted to be in the music business. His first public appearance as a musician was at age 16 in New Haven. Along with two older friends, a group was formed and they played at a local pizza parlor. Richard joined the venture to earn money to buy a car. The Carpenter family moved from New Haven to Downey, California, in June 1963. They wanted Richard to further his music career, and the family was tired of the cold New England winters.
After graduating from Downey High School in 1964, Carpenter studied music at California State College at Long Beach (now known as California State University, Long Beach). There, he met Frank Pooler, a conductor and composer who wrote the lyrics to the Christmas classic "Merry Christmas Darling" in 1968. Richard also met his good friend John Bettis, who co-wrote songs with Richard. At Long Beach, Richard also met Gary Sims, Dan Woodhams, and Doug Strawn, who later became members of the Carpenters’ live band.
Carpenter created the Richard Carpenter Trio in 1965 with sister Karen and friend Wes Jacobs. Richard played the piano, Karen played the drums, and Wes played the tuba and bass.
In 1966, the Richard Carpenter Trio played "Iced Tea" and "The Girl from Ipanema" at the Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands. They won the competition, and shortly afterward recorded three songs at RCA Studios: "Every Little Thing", "Strangers in the Night", and the Carpenter original, "Iced Tea". "Iced Tea" is the only recording that was officially released to the public.
Around 1967, Richard and Karen joined four other student musicians from Long Beach State to form a sextet, Spectrum, consisting of: Richard Carpenter; Karen Carpenter; John Bettis; Leslie Johnston; Gary Sims; Danny Woodhams. ...
Source: Article "Richard Carpenter (musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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J.T. Takagi
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J.T. Takagi is a third generation Japanese-American independent filmmaker who works as the Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, a media arts center in New York City. An award-winning filmmaker and sound recordist, Takagi’s directorial credits include The Women Outside, Community Plot, Homes Apart: Korea and Bittersweet Survival, the latter two made with Christine Choy. In addition to this, Takagi teaches at the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts and works with several Asian American community groups.
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Hayley Greenbauer
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Hayley Greenbauer is a versatile actress residing in Los Angeles, CA. Born and raised in Grapevine, TX, Hayley grew up in the theater. With a natural gift for performing, she was immediately drawn to the stage. At age 6, she was picked up by a well-known agent in Dallas Texas. Acting was innate for Hayley and she booked several roles early on including a leading role in Barney's Musical Castle, a live international tour. This experienced forever changed Hayley. From this point on she knew her calling as an actress and continued on to study acting professionally.
Hayley moved to Southern California in 2009 to study theater and film at San Diego State University. Upon completing a Theater Arts degree, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued her studies under the tutelage of Lesly Kahn. She quickly signed with Q Talent Agency for commercial and print, and Linda McAlister for theatrical.
Since moving to LA, Hayley has become SAG eligible and has worked on a number of national commercials, independent films, and pilots.
She continues to be driven by the world of the arts and utilizes her life experiences and passions to continually find ways to push herself, grow and follow her heart.
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Vladimir Kristovskiy
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Vladimir Evgenyevich Kristovskiy is a Russian musician, actor, vocalist and leader of the "Uma2rmaN" band. The younger brother of Sergei Kristovskiy. In 1998, he assembled the punk rock band "View from Above", recorded several songs with the musicians and sent the cassette to record companies, but they invariably refused. Then there was another cassette with three records. With her, the group became the winner of the competition of the newspaper "Live Sound". Then the group broke up. In 2003, together with his brother Sergei, he created the "Uma2rmaN" group. He acted in several films. Columnist for the Infomania program on STS.
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Ramin Mohseni
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Ramin Mohseni is an international award-winning film director, writer and producer with more than 25 years experience in film and television industry, in Iran and Canada. He is a Director Member at the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), Directors Guild of Iranian Cinema, and Association of Iranian Documentary Producers.
He is known for his critically acclaimed feature film From Afar [Az Dourdast] (2006), winner of Warrior Jaguar for Best Film in Acapulco International Film Festival in Mexico (FICA 2007); his seven-episodes researched documentary series Azerbaijan (2009-2014), award-nominated fourteen-episodes documentary series A Season For Cinema (1998) and the feature documentary Khialisazi (1997) also his prime-time, nationally broadcast popular TV magazine show Iranian Cinema (2002-2006).
Ramin Mohseni is founder of ARIA TV Canada (2014-2019) and executive producer at BC production company Azersam Film & Media Inc. He is developing his new feature film An Eternal Traveller which will be shot in Vancouver, Canada.
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Evie Mackay
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Working as a photographic producer for some of the top commercial and editorial photographers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Evie Mackay naturally progressed in to production for film. Evie enjoys the diversity of working across all facets to each job, from the initial creative planning stage and budgets to scouting, casting and more. Running a smooth production and working with wonderful teams of people who believe in open communication are part of Evie’s job values. She will strive to ultimately work with you towards delivering a job to the highest standard no matter how small or large the scale.
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Anna Camp
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Anna Ragsdale Camp (born September 27, 1982) is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for her role as Sarah Newlin in True Blood, and her recurring roles in Mad Men, The Good Wife, and The Mindy Project. She is also known for her role as Aubrey Posen in Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). She made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of A Country House and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus. In 2012, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play All New People. Camp played Jane Hollander, a researcher for the fictitious News of the Week magazine in the Amazon series Good Girls Revolt. She also had a role in the 2011 film The Help.
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