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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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Abigail
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Abigail became Australia's undisputed number 1 female sex symbol through her role as virginal blonde Bev Houghton in Number 96 (1972). English born Abigail was educated in France. Her mother was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) of Dutch Burgher/Eurasian ethnicity. Abigail came to Australia in 1971 and played female lead in "There's a Girl in My Soup" in Perth. Moved to Sydney and got noticed in a TV commercial in which she played a Marilyn Monroe type bombshell opposite Phil Silvers. Landed the role of Bev in Number 96. Was an original cast member and one of the most popular stars of the series, though Abigail quickly tired of the monotonous storylines for Bev (she was a shy virgin and the scriptwriters conspired to simply throw her into bed with a series of men) and after several public disagreements with the show's producers left suddenly in June 1973. The role of Bev was hastily recast, with the new actress taking over mid-episode. Abigail was the only major star of the series not to appear in the movie version released in 1974. Abigail had difficulty gaining many serious roles after leaving the series, and appeared in several bit-parts closely following the contours of her sex-symbol image in various sex-comedy films of the mid 1970s. Later appeared in several comedy roles on the stage, played a prim French teacher in school based drama Class of '74 (1974) and a super-efficient secretary in the early episodes of hospital soap The Young Doctors (1976). Was finally lured back to Number 96 in 1976 briefly playing a new character called Eve who was to appear in a proposed spin-off series with Elaine Lee though the new series was never picked-up. Retired from acting and lived on a banana plantation in Queensland. Publicly criticized the increasingly overt sex-scenes and violence featured in the later episodes of Number 96. In 1984 after a long absence from the limelight was cast as comic heroine Caroline Morrell in television soap Sons and Daughters (1982) by producers desperate to revamp the show after the departure of the series most famous character Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton portrayed by Rowena Wallace. Abigail's character was a great success and the show survived a further three years with Caroline quickly becoming one of the central characters. She continued with the series until its demise in 1987. Later appeared in guest roles on TV shows such as the long-running series Neighbours (1985), and was added to the cast of floundering series Chances (1991) in a last ditch attempt to spice up its quickly fading popularity. In return to her sex-comedy roots, Abigail's Chances character was a sex-therapist named Bambi Chute.
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Jane Campion
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Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. Best known for her feature films with themes of rebellion and often featuring women in leading roles who are outsiders in society, Campion is regarded as one of the prominent female filmmakers in women's cinema.
Campion made her film debut in Sweetie (1989) and continues to direct feminist films, including An Angel at My Table (1990), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), and Bright Star (2009). She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), for which she has received two Academy Awards altogether. She also co-created the television series Top of the Lake (2013) and received numerous Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Palme d'Or (both feature and short), a Silver Lion award, a Directors Guild of America Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film.
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Patricio Coll
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Patricio Coll (1941, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina) was a student and professor at the Film Institute of the University of the Litoral. He has worked professionally in film and television production, direction, screenwriting, sound, and editing in Argentina, Venezuela, and Spain.
He has received awards for "Hachero nomás," "La doma," "Fernando Paillet, fotógrafo," "Cármen," "Cicatrices," "Regreso a Fortín Olmos," "La huella del gato," and "Ciudad de Sombras."
He has also taught at the School of Arts of the National University of Córdoba, the University Institute of Caracas (Venezuela), the Municipal High School of Santa Fe, and the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism of the National University of the Litoral.
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Russell Bentley
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Russell Bentley is an English-born actor and voice actor. He was born in London, moved to Boston where he spent his youth until relocating to the UK at age 10; he is a dual US/UK citizen. As an actor, he is equally at home with many UK and US dialects.
He trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and received a scholarship to train at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he received an MFA in acting.
His film credits include Kick Ass, Proof, and Lost Battalion. His TV credits include Dr. Who, EastEnders, Footballers, and Watergate. He provided voice narration for season 6 of ID's true-crime series Web of Lies.
Russell has provided voices for video games as well as countless campaigns including SportPesa, Shell, Barclays, Amazon and Virgin to name but a handful. He has narrated hundreds of Audio Books including Colm Toibin’s ‘The Story of the Night’ for Penguin, Ken Follett’s ‘ Night Over Water’ and ‘The Leopards of Normandy’ trilogy for Hodder Headline. His narration for Wilkie Collins’ No Name has earned him an Audie nomination.
He received a Sony award for his work on the BBC radio 4 series ‘Voyage’ directed by Dirk Maggs and appeared on Radio 3’s Woody Allen season in ‘The Whore of Mensa.’
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Taïrik-Amir
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Taïrik-Amir is a French actor, writer, and poet born in Paris. With a deep passion for performance from a young age, he began interpreting poetry on stage during his childhood, blending spoken word with raw emotional presence. Over time, his artistic path expanded into cinema: he founded his own production company, through which he writes, directs, and performs in original films. His work bridges literature and visual storytelling, drawing on a unique voice shaped by poetry, performance, and an unflinching exploration of the human condition. Emerging as a multi-disciplinary talent, Taïrik-Amir is steadily carving his place as a bold and uncompromising figure in contemporary French cinema.
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Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Carlos Salinas de Gortar (born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. He is widely regarded as the most influential and controversial politician in Mexico since the 1990s.[3] Earlier in his career he worked in the Budget Secretariat, eventually becoming Secretary. He was the PRI presidential candidate in 1988, and was declared elected on 6 July 1988 after accusations of electoral fraud.[4]
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Reol
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Reol is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, and record producer. She began creating and releasing music onto Nico Nico Douga and YouTube in 2012, achieving recognition for writing and performing viral Vocaloid songs. She released the album Gokusaishiki independently, which reached the top ten on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Reol signed with the record label Toy's Factory in 2015, and in 2016, she formed the J-pop group REOL, composed of her long-time collaborators GigaP and Okiku, where she served as both its namesake and lead vocalist. Their debut album, Sigma, was released the same year to widespread success and acclaim, peaking at 6 on the Oricon Albums Chart, and 9 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. In 2017, the group announced they intended to disband, and after their final live performance, they released the extended play Endless EP before officially disbanding.
Following the disbandment of REOL, Reol signed with Victor Entertainment in 2018, resuming her career as a solo artist and releasing the album Jijitsujo that same year. Giga-P still frequently collaborates with her as a producer, and Okiku has continued to contribute to live visuals and some music videos.
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Chris Joyce
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Chris Joyce (born 11 October 1957 in Manchester, England) is an English musician, known for being the drummer with various groups and with Simply Red in the 1980s.
Coming from Chorlton, Manchester, he adopted the hippie lifestyle. His most remote band was Fast Breeder, a short-lived late 1970s punk group from Manchester formed by him on drums and Dave Rowbotham on guitar and managed by Tony Wilson. Wilson called Joyce and Rowbotham to form a band alongside guitarist Vini Reilly and bass guitarist Tony Bowers, The Durutti Column. That line-up released only two songs from Factory's first EP, A Factory Sample, before Joyce, Rowbotham and Bowers quit the band to form another post-punk band around 1979, The Mothmen.
The Mothmen released only two studio albums and a number of singles, before disbanding in the 1980s. During his time with The Mothmen, Joyce worked with Pink Military, London Underground and Judy Nylon. By the mid-1980s, he was working with Suns of Arqa, playing drums on their second LP Wadada Magic. He later formed Simply Red, alongside his bandmate Tony Bowers and singer Mick Hucknall.
Joyce shares further details of his life and career, up to and beyond his work with Simply Red, in his biography on Chris Joyce School of Drums.
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Claudia Haines-Cappeau
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This stunning pretty Australian is a dancer, singer and actress from Perth. Claudia is a ballet teacher, barre instructor and is passionate about fitness. She is a master of ceremonies. She recently performed in Legally Blonde the Musical at Crown Perth. Claudia has worked with brands such as Lounge Underwear and Gymshark. She is passionate about fitness. She is also a presenter. Claudia studied dance full time at Charlesworth Ballet Institute while being home schooled during her eleven and twelve years of age. During this time she trained in Ballet, Spanish Dance, Contemporary and Musical Theatre and performed in La Sylphide, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote and Swan Lake. She has a postgraduate degree in Broadcasting and studied acting at an acting school in Western Australia. She landed her first starring role in the horror thriller "The Light" and has since played the role of Barbie in "Barbie the Musical", acted in television commercials and produced and presented documentaries aired on Nine and Seven Network (Australia TV).
Claudia has a positive energy and bright nature, loves the outdoors, fitness, and throws herself wholeheartedly into any task. Her dedication and friendly personality make her easy to work with.
By my friend Mahou 5 star.
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